Photo: Caitlin Covington Instagram
The star of a popular — and seasonal — meme is offering her support to the creator who made it all happen during a time of need.
Caitlin Covington and fellow lifestyle blogger Emily Gemmawent viral in 2019thanks to a meme featuring a photo of the pair embodying what many now refer to as the “Christian Girl Autumn” style.
“These christian girl autumn articles coming out while im struggling to find work and make ends meet… we didnt do it Joe,” Markel, a 22-year-old who is transgender, wrote ina tweeton Oct. 18 (invoking anothermemefeaturingKamala Harrison the phone with then-President ElectJoe Biden), before requesting help via the cash app Venmo.
“This is the creator of the Christian Girl Autumn meme!” Covington wrote, adding, “Please help her if you can 🙏🏼.”
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Markel laterthanked Covingtonfor her support, writing, “Caitlin is the best for real!!!!”
“It’s not a question of ‘do i deserve money for christian girl autumn’ … it is pop culture… i deserve a piece of that pumpkin pie!” she said in the same tweet.
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Markel alsoexpressed gratitudefor everyone who “retweeted, donated, sent job info or just words of support” since her first tweet was posted.
“i have a lot of people rooting for me and that really means the world to me 🥺🫶,” Markel wrote in another tweet. “i have felt so much love in the past few weeks and i reallyyy needed it. … i am so glad to be here ❤️.”
Covington has been supportive of Markel since the creator shared the now-famous meme more than three years ago.
In Sept. 2020, Covingtondonated $500to a GoFundMe supporting Markel’s transition, according to Insider and theTimes.
“I wasn’t expecting that much, and I immediately felt so grateful she had even shared the post on her platform,” Markel, who currently hasmore than 200,000 followers on TikTok, told Insider at the time. “Caitlin’s such an amazing woman and has an endless supply of kindness.”
“I support her decision 100% — I am always in favor of people embracing who they really are and to feel confident in their own skin and find happiness,” she said at the time.
source: people.com
