About

Swarthy, Gender-fluid Child refers to a description author Juniper Fitzgerald used to describe her child in a tweet, leading to mockery and parodies similar to those which followed the 30-50 Feral Hogs tweet.

Origin

On August 24th, 2019, Twitter user @JuniperFitz^[1] tweeted a story about how a girl at her child's school was overly affectionate towards her child, saying it made her "swarthy, gender-fluid child uncomfortable." The tweet and subsequent follow-ups were subsequently deleted.

Spread

As the tweet spread, it was harshly criticized for being what many saw as an overreaction to her child receiving affection from another. Ian Miles Cheong^[1] tweeted sarcastically, "Totally not batshit fucking insane at all," gaining over 150 retweets and 600 likes (shown below, left). Twitter user @maplecocaine^[2] tweeted it with a shocked emoji, gaining over 190 retweets and 2,400 likes (shown below, right).

Others made jokes about the phrase "Swarthy, Gender-fluid Child" in a similar fashion to "30-50 Feral Hogs." User @dsteele713^[3] combined the jokes, gaining over 40 retweets and 450 likes (shown below, left). User @inthesedeserts^[4] tweeted a joke that inserted the phrase into the lyrics of "Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)" by Green Day (shown below, right).

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