Tabby

Tabby is a far-left transgender catgirl. She is a character used to represent criticisms of the left, and in "The Aesthetic" used with Justine to discuss different beliefs in the trans community.

Character
In "The Left" Tabby is used to convey how various branches of leftist thought can be far less effectual and may be less appealing than far-right thought. After Freya gives a speech about white nationalism to thunderous applause, Tabby comes on and is ill-received when she addresses her audience with academic jargon and references to Hegelian philosophy.

In the same episode, she and Justine discuss her appeal to the public. She initially refuses optics advice from Justine due to her belief that media is controlled by capitalists and naturally opposed to leftist thought; thus changing her strategy must be futile. Justine points out that Tabby is too deep-rooted in theory to aim for the achievable goals that leftists can achieve in the future and that she enjoys being a pariah. Tabby believes that praxis is based on theory, however.

She also educates Justine on some elements of Marxist thought, such as the distinction between personal and private property.

Tabby's political stances are somewhat fluid, or at least she identifies as a broad range of beliefs. She is a leftist, anarcho-syndicalist and antifascist and though she denies being a Marxist-Leninist she posts Soviet memes on Twitter and believes that "liberals get the bullet too."

In "The Aesthetic", Tabby's main role is to argue that she believes that being a trans woman comes from the innate act of identifying as a woman, as opposed to Justine who argues that presenting as a woman matters far more.

Relationships
Tabby and Justine are used to complement each other in several videos. In "The Left", Justine criticises the way Tabby conveys her political views and her inclinations towards violence. In "The Aesthetic," Tabby and Justine argue about whether to be trans is something innate (a belief held by Tabby) or largely gained through presentation as the gender being transitioned into. Justine even expresses attraction to Tabby, but Tabby is not interested.

Arguably, Tabby is the leftist counterpart to Freya. However, Tabby is presented as having good intentions but bad methods, the inverse of Freya. The portrayal arguably gets more sympathetic as time goes on with the discussion between Justine and Tabby in "The Aesthetic" not condemning Tabby's beliefs at all unlike "The Left."

Tabby is in a polyamarous relationship that includes Adria Finley.

Appearances

 * The Left
 * Violence
 * What's Wrong with Capitalism (Parts 1 and 2)
 * Tiffany Tumbles (photo only)
 * The Aesthetic
 * Justice (Part 1) [only briefly]
 * Voting (via Tweets)

Behind the scenes
She is one of the ContraPoints characters used in the videos of another creator. In Lindsay Ellis's video [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFMiuAtbMO0 Marxism! | The Whole Plate Episode 9] Tabby appears to explain the various forms of Marxism.