It seems deliberate. The pastel hair, gigantic bosom, absolutely straight side/back, with nary a hint of hips or a waist, micro-mini skirt with high black boots. I mean, nobody on Duolingo exactly has a figure, but you can tell who's what (well, someone here says they also non-binaryed Lin, but she's still obviously meant to be female)
I don’t think a company would portray a TIM like that unless they were trying to be TERFy
That's kind of the irony of the whole situation. In order to show trans representation, they have to show someone sounding/looking/acting in ways opposite to their birth sex, which must also be obvious. But it puts paid to the fantasy that they are just the same as people born to sex they wish they were.
Breast but no hips or hips but no breasts is what the webcomic "Order of the Stick" does for androgynous elves (those two things being the only markers of sex in a stick figure comic), so I see your point.
Hi, fellow OotS fan!! I got really into the webcomic a few years ago and binge read it until I was current. I stopped reading for a while but one day I'm excited to binge read the whole thing again.
I mean it could also that ugly corporate art style that just won't go away