I'll eventually get the hang of referring to her as Caitlyn, but do you know if the Olympic committee will update its records to reflect the name change as well? There are still many historical references out to Cassius Clay who changed his name to Muhammad Ali.
"Impossible is just a big word thrown around by small men who find it easier to live in the world they've been given than to explore the power they have to change it. Impossible is not a fact. It's an opinion. Impossible is not a declaration. It's a dare. Impossible is potential. Impossible is temporary. Impossible is nothing.”
~ Muhammad Ali
I'm not sure it's ironic. I don't watch the Kardashians because I only have a finite time to live but the people who complain about it say the family is famous for being famous and nothing else, really. It doesn't seem they actually contribute anything to humanity.
Bruce was right in the Sawyer interview that there he was the bumbling step dad on that show holding in a secret that actually WAS a story. I'm actually interested in watching Caitlyn's story. And just as she's having her eyes opened up the past few weeks about the demands placed on women, I'm hoping she learns a WHOLE lot about who her friends are. Sharing her story is a big deal in this country. It may actually help other people.
Oh wait, I guess the Keeping Up show could be seen as helpful to stars of leaked sex tapes.
My mother watches them, so I've caught more of them than I'd like to admit over the years. All those girls really do talk in that babywhine that Nasim and company captured perfectly on SNL. And I think the youngest two are functioninaly illiterate.
I'll probably watch a few episodes of the new Caitlyn show.
Okay, my sense of hope about this is strengthened by the talk The Advocate had with the author of the Jenner piece in Vanity Fair. It's Buzz Bissinger, the author of "Friday Night Lights". He explains the feelings of empathy both author and subject felt for each other and other people who are different in the world.
I am very dumb because I am failing to see how her transition now would affect a gold medal that was won years ago. It just seems to me that they are targeting someone because they are different to them.
I still do not understand why people would think it would happen. Like why would the IOC remove her medal in the first place? I am too dumb to understand
The equivalency may be if an Olympian dies, do they rescind the metal? Of course not. So although Bruce is now gone, I can't imagine the IOC tampering with his Olympic record.