{"id":10780,"date":"2015-06-08T23:01:12","date_gmt":"2015-06-09T07:01:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.godammit.com\/?p=10780"},"modified":"2015-06-08T23:01:12","modified_gmt":"2015-06-09T07:01:12","slug":"getting-over-bruce-and-caitlyn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/godammit.com\/getting-over-bruce-and-caitlyn\/","title":{"rendered":"Getting Over Bruce and Caitlyn"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.godammit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/lauren-bacall.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10782\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.godammit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/lauren-bacall.jpg?resize=480%2C288\" alt=\"lauren bacall\" width=\"480\" height=\"288\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/godammit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/lauren-bacall.jpg?w=480&amp;ssl=1 480w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/godammit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/lauren-bacall.jpg?resize=300%2C180&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>How much longer do we have to hear about <strong>Caitlyn Jenner<\/strong>? It was fun for a moment, I&#8217;ll admit it. I&#8217;m as much of a ghoul as the next man when it comes to sensational news stories and celebrities.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s just that stories become so overblown now, with everyone needing to weigh in on their own angle and digging for cultural significance or subtext.<\/p>\n<p>The tide of political correctness is so massive that there&#8217;s just one way to react to things, or else risk the collective disapproval of the entire worldwide web.<\/p>\n<p>So now the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/fashion\/2015\/jun\/02\/caitlyn-jenner-vanity-fair-cover-kim-kardashian-unites-acceptance-transgender-issues\" target=\"_blank\">Guardian<\/a> has published a long and ridiculous exegesis on the Caitlyn Jenner Phenomenon, comparing her looks to Lauren Bacall and winding up on this note:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Like it or not, the Kardashians have done something positive, progressive and meaningful. The internet era of baring all can be a beautiful thing: prejudice can wither and fall, and acceptance and understanding blossom in its place. And I\u2019m not just talking about Caitlyn Jenner.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Jesus god almighty, can we just shut up about this guy or woman? Fuck her\/him already!<\/p>\n<p>Soon enough, people will turn on Caitlyn, because that&#8217;s what happens. But until then, we&#8217;ll all be judged on our response to her &#8216;journey.&#8217; Because I&#8217;m so awful, I can admit that I&#8217;m not impressed by the &#8216;courage&#8217; it took for a media-savvy reality TV star to use Diane Sawyer to one-up his awful attention-seeking family.<\/p>\n<p>If I were a regular every-day transgendered person, I think I&#8217;d feel even more fed up with the adulation this character has received. My inner gay guy (who doesn&#8217;t have a name but loves Japanese menswear) is not impressed.<\/p>\n<p>Not to mention Lauren Bacall.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How much longer do we have to hear about Caitlyn Jenner? It was fun for a moment, I&#8217;ll admit it. I&#8217;m as much of a ghoul as the next man when it comes to sensational news stories and celebrities. It&#8217;s &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/godammit.com\/getting-over-bruce-and-caitlyn\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[8,7],"tags":[1101,860,99],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7t44M-2NS","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/godammit.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10780"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/godammit.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/godammit.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/godammit.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/godammit.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10780"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/godammit.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10780\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/godammit.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10780"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/godammit.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10780"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/godammit.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10780"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}