Arielle Scarcella

[[File:Arielle Scarcella Vlogbrothers 2016 01.png|thumb|165px|Arielle Scarcella, 2016]]
{{youtubenav}}'''Arielle Scarcella''' {{lived|1986}}<ref name=wikitubia>[https://youtube.fandom.com/wiki/Arielle_Scarcella Arielle Scarcella]. WikiTubia.</ref> is a [[Transphobia|trans-exclusionary]] [[lesbian]] vlogger and [[LGBT|LGB]] "activist" turned right-wing grifter. Her [[YouTube]] channel has over 185 million views.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/user/ArielleIsHamming/about Arielle Scarcella - About]. YouTube.</ref> Her other YouTube projects include GirlfriendsTV<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/user/GirlfriendsTV/about GirlfriendsTV - About]. YouTube.</ref> and Project Toasty, described as the "…first ever interactive, creative, not-for-profit organization."<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/user/ProjectToasty/about Project Toasty - About]. YouTube.</ref>

==Video content==
Scarcella is a prolific producer of humorous educational videos dealing with facets of lesbian life, love, and [[sexuality]], as well as related LGBT topics. Her channel includes the video series "Lesbians Explain",<ref>Arielle Scarcella. [https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLmgzFAjGn8-7--BPLs9THUvnNJtGd3jO2 Lesbians Explain - Playlist]. YouTube.</ref> and "Lesbian Comedy Videos",<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?list=PL0BC3E13EF0F2906F Lesbian Comedy Videos! - Playlist]. YouTube.</ref> the latter of which involves numerous videos of the "Things X's say" variety. Aside from covering a large variety of topics, a few of which include an explanation of the [[bisexual]] spectrum<ref>Arielle Scarcella. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=axY3GedYTuk The Bisexual Spectrum Explained]. YouTube.</ref> and the perks of lesbian sex,<ref>Arielle Scarcella. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ok2YRR8bH-cWhy Lesbian Sex Is Better...]. YouTube.</ref> Scarcella has also collaborated with a gynaecologist to deliver important information about [[safe sex]] for [[queer]] women<ref>Arielle Scarcella. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LeZc7lZqhL4 Ultimate Lesbian Safe Sex Guide (Ft. Gay Gyno) | Part 2]. YouTube.</ref><ref>Nichols, James Michael. [https://www.huffingtonpost.com.au/2017/07/06/lesbian-gynecologist-answers-your-questions-about-safe-sex-for-q_a_23018749/ Lesbian Gynecologist Answers Your Questions About Safe Sex For Queer Women]. ''[[Huffington Post]]'', July 6, 2017.</ref> and reached out to LGBT elders to disseminate to her audience the things that they would like younger people to hear.<ref>Arielle Scarcella. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DrPdebpI2pk These LGBT Elders Have A Message For Youth]. YouTube.</ref> She defended Nash Grier after he apologized for his [[homophobia]], citing that she had also said stupid things when she was younger.<ref>[[Dan Savage|Savage, Dan]].  [https://www.thestranger.com/features/feature/2015/06/17/22436281/accept-the-apology-already Accept the Apology, Already]. The Stranger, June 17, 2015.</ref> Her video collaboration with gay YouTuber Riyadh K in which each showed the other their genitals made the headlines,<ref>Maloney, Alison. [https://www.thesun.co.uk/living/2319879/lesbian-reveals-her-vagina-to-a-gay-man-who-has-never-seen-one-and-films-his-stunned-reaction/ Lesbian reveals her vagina to a gay man who has never seen one and films his stunned reaction]. The Sun, December 3, 2016.</ref> and she also teamed up with activist Matthew Vines to make the case that [[the Bible]] includes verses that affirm same-sex relationships.<ref>GirlfriendsTV. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kinSS1P1T4Y 7 BIBLE QUOTES SUPPORTING GAY RELATIONSHIPS]. YouTube.</ref> In 2016, ''Bustle'' included her as one of their top eight recommended LGBTQ channels.<ref>Higgins, Marissa. [https://www.bustle.com/articles/174070-8-lgbtq-facebook-pages-to-follow-bring-a-dose-of-diversity-to-your-newsfeed 8 LGBTQ Facebook Pages To Follow & Bring A Dose Of Diversity To Your Newsfeed]. Bustle, July 22, 2016.</ref>

She took part in a viral coming-out video by the Zakar twins,<ref>Zakar Twins. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BIzKHDdzPS8 Coming Out: 4 Words or Less]. YouTube.</ref> and is featured in a new documentary, "Ahead of the Curve".<ref>Curve Staff. [http://www.curvemag.com/News/Ahead-Of-The-Curve--Franco-Stevens-Documentary-Kickstarter-2613/ Ahead Of The Curve – Franco Stevens Documentary Kickstarter]. Curve Magazine, May 7, 2019.</ref>

==Transphobia==
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Prior to specific controversial incidences, Scarcella had a general trend of representing androgyny, drag, and trans people in demeaning or exclusionary ways. Early skits often depicted ugly women through male actors and there were instances of the idea that cis women should feel insulted by being compared to drag queens or trans women.<ref>Arielle Scarcella. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQXmn9f8u5U Lesbian Video Speed Dating : Episode 1]. YouTube</ref><ref>Arielle Scarcella. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=stqGI1el5q0 Things I HATE About GAYS]. YouTube</ref> One skit depicted multiple trans woman as contenders to date her on a dating show, while Scarcella's slight self-parody instantly rejects them on the bias of being trans.<ref>Arielle Scarcella. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_YqLFTWC9o Lesbian Video Speed Dating - MORE GIRLS]. YouTube</ref> In another video, she asked women to post feedback even if they identified as men (i.e. trans men, misgendered).<ref>Arielle Scarcella. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wGeanXpooLQ Lesbian How To : Be a Proper Lady]. YouTube</ref>

In August 2013, Scarcella made a video intending to call out pushy men harassing her at bars but neglected to give context, and her exact wording of yelling at men who call themselves lesbians caused trans viewers to take offense. Instead of opening a dialog and smoothing things over with them, she followed up with another video to rant at the trans community for being overly aggressive.<ref>Arielle Scarcella. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eo_IKJJ609o Dear "Lesbian Men," Love Lesbians]. YouTube</ref><ref>Arielle Scarcella. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WNUta2Ijnzo Shit Gays Need To Stop Doing]. YouTube</ref>

In 2014, Scarcella had a stint making content for She Wired, a lesbian-centered offshoot of Pride.com, and her first act was to open a dialog to define womanhood. She made a vlog with the title "What is a woman?",<ref>Arielle Scarcella. [https://www.pride.com/sex/2014/02/03/watch-lesbian-asks-what-woman Watch: Lesbian Asks, What Is a Woman?] Pride.com</ref> foreshadowing the question's later use as a snarl phrase used by transphobes like [[Matt Walsh]], who would make a transphobic documentary with the same title. She didn't speak directly to trans women and instead polled the general LGBT community.

In August 2017, Scarcella teamed up with [[Jaclyn Glenn]] to produce a response<ref>Arielle Scarcella. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gjC0D7p2_P0 Re: A Chat About Dating "Preferences" (SJW Response)]. YouTube</ref> to a video by Fiona (neonfiona) who — just like her girlfriend, [[transgender]] [[feminist]] [[Riley Dennis]] — called on her audience to reflect on how societal and cultural influences may have a role in trans-exclusionary dating preferences. Unfortunately, Scarcella and Glenn misrepresented Fiona's argument as a call for [[conversion therapy]]. To make matters worse, Scarcella tweeted her video with a caption calling Fiona (a [[bisexual]] with a trans girlfriend) a "[[Homophobia|Homophobic]] [[SJW]]",<ref>{{a|https://twitter.com/ArielleScarcell/status/894220918351949826|Arielle Scarcella on Twitter}}</ref> and then proceeded to tag numerous influential [[antifeminist]] and transphobic personalities.<ref>{{a|https://twitter.com/RileyJayDennis/status/894653000316092416|Riley Dennis on Twitter}}</ref> Unsurprisingly, as a result of all this, Fiona received an enormous amount of backlash and abuse on her much smaller channel, to the extent that she made it private and deleted much of her content.<ref>Flores, Buffy. [https://www.pride.com/dearmarsha/2017/8/09/we-need-talk-about-arielle-scarcellas-video-trans-women-dating-preferences We Need to Talk About Arielle Scarcella's Video on Trans Women & Dating 'Preferences']. Pride.com, August 9, 2017.</ref> Scarcella also dismissed Fiona's commentary on the basis that she could "never understand" the lesbian perspective, while [[irony|forgetting]] that she (Scarcella) is a [[cis]] woman talking over trans people.<ref>{{a|https://twitter.com/bibutterfly83/status/894348044946341893|Bibutterfly83 on Twitter}}</ref> 

Scarcella doubled down on her position, posting numerous videos with provocative and arguably [[clickbait]]y titles such as "Why I'm Transphobic"<ref>Ira, Stephen.[http://www.newnownext.com/stephen-ira-transphobia-sex-arielle-scarcella/02/2017/ Trans People Are More Than The Sum Of Our Parts]. ''NewNowNext'', February 17, 2017.</ref> and "I Won't Apologize For Being Transphobic".<ref>O'Hara, Mary Emily. [https://www.out.com/news-opinion/2019/2/13/afterellen-was-refuge-all-queer-women-until-it-wasnt AfterEllen Was a Refuge for All Queer Women — Until It Wasn’t]. ''Out'', February 13, 2019.</ref> Be that as it may, she maintains that she is not transphobic, and has collaborated with trans lesbians such as Maia Monet,<ref>Arielle Scarcella. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oe-5XJHVbCM WOULD YOU DATE A TRANSGENDER LESBIAN?] YouTube.</ref><ref>Tempesta, Erica. [https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-3849014/Transgender-woman-shows-surgically-crafted-vagina-lesbian-friend-new-video.html 'It is perfect!' Transgender woman shows her surgically-crafted vagina to her lesbian friend]. [[Daily Mail]], October 19, 2016.</ref> as well as bisexual trans woman Miss London.<ref>Miss London. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8_Vpm3vtupc ARE TRANS WOMEN MALE? (Ft. Arielle Scarsella, Kalvin Garrah, St0rm Ryan)]. YouTube.</ref><ref>Arielle Scarcella. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pxzNJUQgye8 Trans Woman Reacts To Lesbian With Top Surgery : Ft Miss London]. YouTube.</ref> Of course, this could be an example of [[tokenism]], as she has been widely condemned by both the lesbian community<ref>Diva, Autostraddle, Curve and Lez Spread the Word [https://www.autostraddle.com/not-in-our-name-a-statement-on-trans-inclusion-from-leading-lbq-womens-publications-443684/ Lesbian Publication Editors' Open Letter]</ref> and the trans community.<ref>Pride Magazine [https://www.pride.com/dearmarsha/2017/8/09/we-need-talk-about-arielle-scarcellas-video-trans-women-dating-preferences/ Trans Youtubers Respond to Scarcella]</ref>

In a video entitled "Dear Trans Women, Stop Pushing 'Girl Dick' On Lesbians", Scarcella opined that lesbians are being "told to get over their genital preferences and their hangups,"<ref>Arielle Scarcella. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9D_lK8cwmgg Dear Trans Women, Stop Pushing "Girl Dick" On Lesbians]. YouTube.</ref> claiming that a Medium.com article about "girldick" specifically targets lesbians (when the said article doesn't even mention lesbians and could just as easily be addressing straight men).<ref>Williams, Rachel Anne. [https://medium.com/@transphilosophr/what-is-girldick-9363515e0bfd What is Girldick?] Medium, June 26, 2018.</ref> She then presented a series of egregious tweets and [[Tumblr]] posts that, while clearly denigrating lesbians, could possibly be [[Nutpicking|nutpicked]], as she did not present any data showing whether such posts are more frequent than those attacking other gender/sexuality demographics. The video was retweeted by the website AfterEllen, who received backlash for this along with other anti-trans content they had posted.<ref>O'Hara, Mary Emily. [https://www.out.com/news-opinion/2019/2/13/afterellen-was-refuge-all-queer-women-until-it-wasnt AfterEllen lambasted after sharing Arielle's video as anti-trans]. Out.com, February 13, 2019.</ref>

Scarcella also collaborated with [[antifeminist]] [[conservative]] transgender commentator [[Blaire White]] to talk about this topic,<ref>Arielle Scarcella. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f6ywxHAvAds Lesbians Who Don't Date Trans Women...TRANSPHOBIC!] YouTube.</ref> in which both of them, once again, misrepresented the arguments of trans feminists, and categorically ruled out the possibility that societal and cultural factors could influence sexual preferences.<ref>Curlew, Abigail. [https://www.vice.com/en_ca/article/neq9zx/whats-wrong-with-the-no-trans-dating-preference-debate What’s Wrong With the ‘No Trans’ Dating Preference Debate]. Vice, February 24, 2018.</ref>

Scarcella was rejected from an LGBT panel in 2020 after other lesbians objected to her inclusion due to her transphobia.<ref>Emma Powys Maurice, [https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/02/18/arielle-scarcella-youtuber-transphobic-sydney-gay-lesbian-mardi-gras/ Sydney Mardi Gras scraps event because of backlash over transphobic YouTuber Arielle Scarcella]. pinknews.co.uk, 18 February 2020.</ref>

In 2021, Scarcella was interviewed by Dave Rubin and made the transphobic claim, "I don't think someone is a lesbian if they want to suck a dick."<ref>The Rubin Report, [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AFNlzcf-SBY What Happens After a Lesbian Comes Out as Conservative]</ref>

==Biphobia==

Arielle Scarcella posted an incredibly biphobic video “What Lesbians Think About Bisexuals” in which biphobic lesbians described bisexual women as “greedy”, “slutty” and “confused”, and said it would be “unfortunate” if they met an attractive girl who happened to be bisexual. These biphobic lesbians also described dating a bisexual as being on “ice that would melt”, and that lesbians don’t date bisexuals because they’re “smarter” than bisexual women. Only one woman conceded that lesbians could be too hard on bisexual women.<ref>[https://youtu.be/xUozcqlhX3w What Lesbians Think About Bisexuals]</ref>

=="Leaving" the "left"==

To the surprise of no-one, Scarcella "came out" as [[conservative]] in February 2020.<ref>[https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/02/24/arielle-scarcella-lesbian-transphobic-youtuber-woke-conservative-coming-out-progressive-left/ Proud transphobe and lesbian YouTuber Arielle Scarcella is ‘leaving the insane progressive left’], Lily Wakefield, ''PinkNews'' 24 February 2020</ref> While she claims to be open to debates with progressives, she backed out of a debate with leftist Youtuber and streamer [[Vaush]], citing [[cunt|a certain gendered insult]] that he used against her in a previous video, [[hypocrite| even though Scarcella herself had used the word in question against her critics]] in the past.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQo4gW2MAe0 Arielle Scarcella BACKS OUT of a Debate With Me]</ref>  Unsurprisingly, she has a [[Let's Go Brandon]] hat.<ref>[https://twitter.com/ArielleScarcell/status/1454565556586258437 Arielle in a Let's Go Brandon hat]</ref>

Scarcella's justification for leaving the left has been criticized as superficial and borne out of hatred of transgender and non-binary people.<ref>[https://youtu.be/9oEyqY5yM4I?t=1825 Arielle Scarcella : Journey To The Center of the TERF], HeyItsVadim, ''YouTube'' 13 May 2020</ref>

== Other activities  ==

=== Anti-vax ===
She retweeted this tweet which stated that {{quotebox|1=BREAKING: 
@Pfizer
 Exploring "Mutating" COVID-19 Virus For New Vaccines

"Don't tell anyone this...There is a risk...have to be very controlled to make sure this virus you mutate doesn't create something...the way that the virus started in Wuhan, to be honest."<ref>[https://archive.is/1sygI Project Veritas] on Twitter, 26 January 2023.</ref>}}

==See also==
*[[Blaire White]]
*[[Jaclyn Glenn]]
*[[Laci Green]]
*[[Dave Rubin]]

==External links==
* [https://www.youtube.com/user/ArielleIsHamming/ Her channel]

==References==
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