Jaron Seth Bloshinsky / Jazz Jennings / I Am Jazz - Puberty Blockers: Not Even Once

[Sinner's Sandwich]

@Gussielove

Jazz is NOT 5'3. He is nearly as tall as his brothers.

 

[OttoWest]

Jeanette and Jazz are 5'3". Not exactly hard to tower over these people.

We’ve covered this. Jazz is closer to 5’6”. He’s about an inch shorter than Griffen and Greg, and two inches shorter than 5’8” Sander. He’s taller than either Ari or Jeanette who is the runt of the family.

 

[Miss Misery]

Interestingly, right after the binge eating section I posted earlier from S1E3, Jeanette did an interview scene where she talked about how depressed Jazz was a few years before and they were scared they might lose her to suicide. None of Jazz's issues are new - they're just very visible and very out of control now.

 

[Julius Rosa]

There is a big wrongful death suit against Harvard College right now from the family of a brilliant Asian kid who committed suicide while a student. Kid had tried once before, and Harvard had him spend time in a mental hospital and made him promise to keep working with doctors and follow their directions. Kid didn't follow through with treatment and offed himself, and the parents are suing Harvard, saying the school needed to do more to ensure he was getting the help he needed. This has gotten a lot of publicity and there was even a movie about the kid. I suspect Harvard is very skittish about suicidal students right now. And I agree, I do think Jazz tried to off himself too. The dark references, and the requirements for "a local team of doctors" sounds exactly like the requirements I've seen for other suicidal kids at other schools.

 

[rocknrollmartian]

There is a big wrongful death suit against Harvard College right now from the family of a brilliant Asian kid who committed suicide while a student. Kid had tried once before, and Harvard had him spend time in a mental hospital and made him promise to keep working with doctors and follow their directions. Kid didn't follow through with treatment and offed himself, and the parents are suing Harvard, saying the school needed to do more to ensure he was getting the help he needed. This has gotten a lot of publicity and there was even a movie about the kid. I suspect Harvard is very skittish about suicidal students right now. And I agree, I do think Jazz tried to off himself too. The dark references, and the requirements for "a local team of doctors" sounds exactly like the requirements I've seen for other suicidal kids at other schools.

Not sure how others feel about this, but I think it's fucked-up tbh. It's not Harvard's fault that this kid didn't follow up with explicit demands for continued mental health treatment, and you know that most any Asian student at Harvard has been in an academic pressure-cooker since preschool. Also, the father of this student is an MD. Where's the familial responsibility?

Anyway, it's especially important that a "success story" like Jazz not kill himself; that would destroy their whole flimsy, idiotic narrative.

 

[Tasty Tatty]

If Jazz tried to kill himself, how would Harvard know? The only way for them to know is if this is in his medical records, and for that to happen, he either told his doctors or he was taken to ER. And if that had happened, be sure we all would know.

Unless there is other way for them to know that I am not aware of.

Let's not forget these people are highly histrionic and they could have said "yes, Jazz tried to kill herself before the transition because she couldn't go to the girls' bathroom" to get some pity points from them and get him special privileges and more drama for the show and make it about Jazz's mental health after dealing with his transition.

Tl:dr, they're just lying and making up issues for the camera.

 

[Troll Patrol]

The only way Jazz will 41% is if Jeanette follows him to Harvard. But to be fair, I'd probably kill myself if I had to listen to this cackling cunt too.

 

[Rarity Green]

Jazz deferred Harvard for one year and it was probably due to the suicide attempt if that is what happened and so Harvard was probably informed when they asked to delay entry by one year.

 

[Julius Rosa]

My suspicion is that the first "gap year" wasn't a gap year at all, but a last-minute emergency leave for mental health reasons. When that happens, in order to get your money back, and to hold onto your spot at the college, you have to come up with documentation that establishes a valid, emergency reason for the leave. This means that the college was well aware of whatever crisis happened that kept him from starting college with the class. Remember that while they were still filming season 6 the summer before he was supposed to start college, they talked about him accepting the offer of admission, sending in a deposit, and requesting a single room in the dorm. You don't do any of that if you are requesting a gap year -- you request a deferred entrance from the get-go or at the very least early in the summer.

By the way, that claim that Jeanette keeps making about the year after the surgery being Jazz's happiest time ever makes no sense if you watch season 6, which was that year after the surgery. We see Jazz gaining weight, freaking out to the nth degree about his graduation speech, losing his shit during a discussion with Jojo's grandma about breast implants, deciding to "write a song" and then completely falling apart about it, freaking out about some lame-ass drag show, and lots of other warning signs.

 

[Law]

He acts high and mighty being able to hit down so easily at Sanders but throwing around his lawyer title is just as cringey.

I agree.
It's not difficult to be better than Sander. Feeling superior to a professional TikTok irritant because you have a law degree doesn't really count for much.

 

[Cydonia]

The only way Jazz will 41% is if Jeanette follows him to Harvard. But to be fair, I'd probably kill myself if I had to listen to this cackling cunt too.

I always thought this (Jeanette coming to Boston with him) was gonna be the case. I haven't really kept up to date with things this season, but is she suddenly ok letting Jazz go off to Harvard alone? Couple of years ago she chimped off bigly when Jazz expressed interest in moving like 15 minutes away and Jeanette doesn't really seem like a person who would change their mind about letting the family's prize pig wander off this easily. Especially when she can find a valid excuse for it. Sure, the vagina doesn't seem to be falling apart anymore, but from what I've seen, Jazz is now morbidly obese with no dietary control and on what, 17 different drugs? One way or another, this is going to end in a complete disaster.

 

[rocknrollmartian]

I always thought this (Jeanette coming to Boston with him) was gonna be the case. I haven't really kept up to date with things this season, but is she suddenly ok letting Jazz go off to Harvard alone? Couple of years ago she chimped off bigly when Jazz expressed interest in moving like 15 minutes away and Jeanette doesn't really seem like a person who would change their mind about letting the family's prize pig wander off this easily. Especially when she can find a valid excuse for it. Sure, the vagina doesn't seem to be falling apart anymore, but from what I've seen, Jazz is now morbidly obese with no dietary control and on what, 17 different drugs? One way or another, this is going to end in a complete disaster.

I'm sure Jeanette is still completely overbearing while Jazz is at Harvard, i.e., scheduled daily texting, Facetime, etc. Perhaps Jazz has to check in with campus or local clinical staff on occasion, too. Jeanette might have enlisted some "helpers" who keep an eye on Jazz as well.

And Jazz is now 21, not a teen, so it's a bit harder for Jeanette to continue to play the role of "extremely concerned and involved parent" to an audience of people who consider 21 to be an adult--after all, most college students are juniors or seniors when they're 21, not freshmen--especially while trying to pretend that Jazz, despite years of abuse and meds and arrested development, can be a relatively normal individual as well.

Jazz should be back at school since the spring semester starts tomorrow. We shall see.

 

[Ross Ulbricht]

I'm sure Jeanette is still completely overbearing while Jazz is at Harvard, i.e., scheduled daily texting, Facetime, etc.

Does she watch him dilate too?

 

[Miss Misery]

Does she watch him dilate too?

She's threatened to do it TO him if he doesn't do it himself.

 

[Julius Rosa]

Does she watch him dilate too?

Wasn't that why there was such a big rush to do the big surgery in the summer before his senior year, so he would have a whole year at home before heading off to college, when she could supervise the first year of dilation (the assumption being, without mom watching, he would slack off and things would close up).

 

[UncleTusky]

Wasn't that why there was such a big rush to do the big surgery in the summer before his senior year, so he would have a whole year at home before heading off to college, when she could supervise the first year of dilation (the assumption being, without mom watching, he would slack off and things would close up).

Yes and it was also the first time Jeannette got really, inappropriately worked up over dilation on camera - she did not view dilating as gross but necessary, she seemed to view helping him dilate as an intimate experience for both of them.

I also suspect it helped create a plotline for the first season of the show: "Trans teen" is less of a sales pitch than "trans teen who is going to get his dick cut off imminently".

 

[RL Steinbeck]

any Asian student at Harvard has been in an academic pressure-cooker since preschool.

Come on, “academic rice-cooker” was right in front of you

 

[sperginity]

We’ve covered this. Jazz is closer to 5’6”. He’s about an inch shorter than Griffen and Greg, and two inches shorter than 5’8” Sander. He’s taller than either Ari or Jeanette who is the runt of the family.

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this pic also nicely highlights how fucking huge jazz's feet and hands are. he has some damn long arms, too.

If Jazz tried to kill himself, how would Harvard know? The only way for them to know is if this is in his medical records, and for that to happen, he either told his doctors or he was taken to ER. And if that had happened, be sure we all would know.

Unless there is other way for them to know that I am not aware of.

Let's not forget these people are highly histrionic and they could have said "yes, Jazz tried to kill herself before the transition because she couldn't go to the girls' bathroom" to get some pity points from them and get him special privileges and more drama for the show and make it about Jazz's mental health after dealing with his transition.

Tl:dr, they're just lying and making up issues for the camera.

ehhh I don't think we would find out. People who work in psych don't shame anyone, even if it is in their best interest to be shamed. If you can't stay quiet about confidential matters you won't make it far in that area of medicine.

so that leaves the ER. People can go there for suicidal ideation, as in they are thinking of killing themselves, and if they have formulated a plan (even if they haven't acted on it at all) they will be admitted for at least 72 hours. People with other kinds of mood disturbances may be admitted for longer to rule out things like brain tumors, thyroid problems, etc that can cause your mood to dramatically change.

While it may be tempting to leak stuff about celebrities, it is basically impossible to get away with after the identity of octomom was revealed. The government made an example out of kaiser for that, definitely. Journalists won't believe you without some kind of proof, and the software records how many minutes anyone looks at any specific patient info, as well as how you got there (did you have to search for the patient? did you know their medical record number? did you do anything useful while there?). They may have an alias in a system as to make it harder to positively identify the person. They can compare you as a user to see if you're spending an inordinate amount of time anywhere. If anything gets leaked, the hospital admins have an easy job if figuring out who it was, and even if they can't say for sure they will fire anyone who accessed it without being strictly required to by their role in the organization. If they are high enough in the chain they can be on the hook for the government fines in addition to being fired. There were some updates to privacy laws since octomom which entail hospitals having to actively inform patients of their data being compromised rather than only telling them if they request that information specifically.

 

[Patrick X Tomlinson]

I always thought this (Jeanette coming to Boston with him) was gonna be the case. I haven't really kept up to date with things this season, but is she suddenly ok letting Jazz go off to Harvard alone? Couple of years ago she chimped off bigly when Jazz expressed interest in moving like 15 minutes away and Jeanette doesn't really seem like a person who would change their mind about letting the family's prize pig wander off this easily. Especially when she can find a valid excuse for it. Sure, the vagina doesn't seem to be falling apart anymore, but from what I've seen, Jazz is now morbidly obese with no dietary control and on what, 17 different drugs? One way or another, this is going to end in a complete disaster.

In the latest episode the father actually told the mother he thinks she should take a step back and let Jazz try to be more independent while at Harvard. I'm fairly new to this whole show, so IDK if it's normal for him to speak up like that or if he usually keeps quiet, but I was surprised he said anything.

 

[Marvin]

In the latest episode the father actually told the mother he thinks she should take a step back and let Jazz try to be more independent while at Harvard. I'm fairly new to this whole show, so IDK if it's normal for him to speak up like that or if he usually keeps quiet, but I was surprised he said anything.

Same. I have mostly just been following along in this thread, but I watched the past few episodes. I always got the impression Greg was a huge cuck and let Jeanette run roughshod over the family, so I was really surprised to see that. It's like he found his nuts 15 years or so too late.