Sorry to take so long to reply ... the old, tired excuse of Life is coming from an old, tired broad. But let's see if I can respond in any sort of reasonably rational manner.
I think what I failed to make clear in my post is that these folks made it clear that they believed Caitlyn Jenner had decided to go through the hell and heartache, the physical wrenches and the societal misunderstandings and non-understandings, of transition purely, or initially, or solely, because Jenner thought it was a great way to make money.
Jenner has apparently been involved in a very lucrative televised lifestyle. That's as may be; she's obviously at ease in front of a camera and it's entirely possible that she decided, having made her decision, that she wanted to be in front of the cameras again as she made her transition. I don't argue that her personality doesn't have a money-grubbing aspect to it.
But it's not her personality that's at issue here. It's the simple question: why did Caitlyn decide to transition?
It is beyond doubtful, right on into the land of Does Not Compute, to decide that someone gets up in the morning and says, "Hey, I need more money! How can I get some? I know! I'll change gender, with (as mentioned above) all the vast and life-changing struggles implicit in the process! Wow! I can hardly wait to be made fun of - and, hey, the chance of being beaten to death in a back alley is totally worth it, because I can't make enough easy TV money simply by being Bruce Jenner, step-dad to the immensely remunerative Kardashian kids ...."
It's in line with the idea that being gay is a choice; yeah, the kind of choice that gets you ostracized, abandoned by family, hurt, fired, etc. etc.
I think it was important for me to speak up because I have, throughout my life, declined to speak up in public because of a) cowardice and b) a desire not to rock the boat. As I've gotten older, I've realized that just speaking up online isn't enough. When I spoke up, I was fairly polite about it, but I didn't stay silent out of a desire to be polite. That is a point it's taken me decades to reach.
But you are very right to remind me of the long way we've come. Most of the time I remember that; sometimes I forget.
The private reply about my attachment to writing fanfic? Some day perhaps we'll have that discussion, either in private email letters or - should luck attend me - a face to face get together. I never mind your urgings, even as I fail to respond to them. And I'm sure my last couple of posts, all full of excitement about writing the next chapter, or for actually organizing my various stories, must have made you shake your head/roll your eyes/both. Totally understandable. Heh.
The land of reason? I'm still trying to find my way to Fletcher Pratt's Land of Unreason, simply because the title is so attractive to say.
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Date: Friday, 28 August 2015 02:26 am (UTC)I think what I failed to make clear in my post is that these folks made it clear that they believed Caitlyn Jenner had decided to go through the hell and heartache, the physical wrenches and the societal misunderstandings and non-understandings, of transition purely, or initially, or solely, because Jenner thought it was a great way to make money.
Jenner has apparently been involved in a very lucrative televised lifestyle. That's as may be; she's obviously at ease in front of a camera and it's entirely possible that she decided, having made her decision, that she wanted to be in front of the cameras again as she made her transition. I don't argue that her personality doesn't have a money-grubbing aspect to it.
But it's not her personality that's at issue here. It's the simple question: why did Caitlyn decide to transition?
It is beyond doubtful, right on into the land of Does Not Compute, to decide that someone gets up in the morning and says, "Hey, I need more money! How can I get some? I know! I'll change gender, with (as mentioned above) all the vast and life-changing struggles implicit in the process! Wow! I can hardly wait to be made fun of - and, hey, the chance of being beaten to death in a back alley is totally worth it, because I can't make enough easy TV money simply by being Bruce Jenner, step-dad to the immensely remunerative Kardashian kids ...."
It's in line with the idea that being gay is a choice; yeah, the kind of choice that gets you ostracized, abandoned by family, hurt, fired, etc. etc.
I think it was important for me to speak up because I have, throughout my life, declined to speak up in public because of a) cowardice and b) a desire not to rock the boat. As I've gotten older, I've realized that just speaking up online isn't enough. When I spoke up, I was fairly polite about it, but I didn't stay silent out of a desire to be polite. That is a point it's taken me decades to reach.
But you are very right to remind me of the long way we've come. Most of the time I remember that; sometimes I forget.
The private reply about my attachment to writing fanfic? Some day perhaps we'll have that discussion, either in private email letters or - should luck attend me - a face to face get together. I never mind your urgings, even as I fail to respond to them. And I'm sure my last couple of posts, all full of excitement about writing the next chapter, or for actually organizing my various stories, must have made you shake your head/roll your eyes/both. Totally understandable. Heh.
The land of reason? I'm still trying to find my way to Fletcher Pratt's Land of Unreason, simply because the title is so attractive to say.