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

[KiwiFuzz]

While Jazz’s family on one hand is loaded

Are they really?

They're got three kids in college and did we ever get a valuation on their house?

They don't seem to want for money but they're certainly not in the position of not needing to work.

 

[Fapcop]

Are they really?

They're got three kids in college and did we ever get a valuation on their house?

They don't seem to want for money but they're certainly not in the position of not needing to work.

Daddy is a high powered lawyer of the kind who actually makes money.

And they earn $10K and up per person, per episode.

And there are things like appearance fees, TV residuals, book sales, etc.

They may not be multi millionaires, but their little tranny show pony has made them quite the payday.

 

[OJ Simpson]

Are they really?

They're got three kids in college and did we ever get a valuation on their house?

They don't seem to want for money but they're certainly not in the position of not needing to work.

Quick cursory search netted this:

Spoiler: stuff

https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/4550-NW-85th-Ave-Coral-Springs-FL-33065/42836996_zpid/

I searched Greg(ory) Bloshinsky first, but just got a bunch of lawyer stuff. Searched Jeanette Bloshinsky and found the address above.

 

[KiwiFuzz]

Quick cursory search netted this:

Spoiler: stuff

https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/4550-NW-85th-Ave-Coral-Springs-FL-33065/42836996_zpid/

By California standards, $650K is not a rich person house.

 

[Tasty Tatty]

Google maps doesn't show the street where their house is. Only from far away.

 

[Fapcop]

By California standards, $650K is not a rich person house.

Then it’s a good thing they live in Florida.

And their house is hardly a good measure of wealth. Suddenly splurging on a multimillion dollar mansion because you can afford it, when your house is close to paid off, and you’re a few years away from becoming empty nesters is the definition of being nigger rich.

The guy is doing estate planning for a national law firm, and they earn hundreds of thousands from just their appearance fees from A&E.

Trust me, they’re not hurting for money.

 

[KiwiFuzz]

Then it’s a good thing they live in Florida.

And their house is hardly a good measure of wealth. Suddenly splurging on a multimillion dollar mansion because you can afford it, when your house is close to paid off, and you’re a few years away from becoming empty nesters is the definition of being nigger rich.

The guy is doing estate planning for a national law firm, and they earn hundreds of thousands from just their appearance fees from A&E.

Trust me, they’re not hurting for money.

I said that they weren't hurting for money, but there's a big difference between JKR rich and retire to a condo in Boca Raton rich.

 

[Iron Jaguar]

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Jeannette better watch out for hop-ons.

Y'know, this is actually a really good meme, because Sanders is absolutely the G.O.B. Bluth of his family.

George Michael: "I was thinking about becoming a Trans Activist."

Michael: "It's a path to a lonely life where people mock you and don't even realise it."

Sanders: "Uh, Michael..I'm a Trans Activi....oh, I see..."

Plus, I can totally imagine Sanders getting blackballed by the Magicians Alliance.

 

[My cravat doesn't flutter]

Then it’s a good thing they live in Florida.

And their house is hardly a good measure of wealth. Suddenly splurging on a multimillion dollar mansion because you can afford it, when your house is close to paid off, and you’re a few years away from becoming empty nesters is the definition of being nigger rich.

I vaguely remember watching a video by some finance/money-related YouTuber about the reason successful athletes end up in financial ruin when their high-paying careers end. They indulge in lavish custom mansions that they can't move out of because no one they can't find any buyers. The houses are expensive as hell and made explicitly to the initial owner's tastes.

Jazz's parents have already completely fucked him over physically, psychologically, and emotionally. At least they haven't completely fucked him over financially. Yet.

 

[KiwiFuzz]

I vaguely remember watching a video by some finance/money-related YouTuber about the reason successful athletes end up in financial ruin when their high-paying careers end. They indulge in lavish custom mansions that they can't move out of because no one they can't find any buyers. The houses are expensive as hell and made explicitly to the initial owner's tastes.

That's not a lavish custom mansion, it's an expensive tract house. I'm sure every house on the block shares a lot of the same features, and there's probably an HOA. It's exactly the kind of place that 60 years ago would have said "No Negroes or Jews."

 

[Tasty Tatty]

The Jennings house isn't even one of the biggest houses of the area. And if the many videos from inside the house tell something, is that it's not even that big. Jazz' own bedroom is about the same size of the bedroom in a middle class house. I think Ari's room is smaller.

 

[OttoWest]

The problem with the house is that it was built in 1994 and looks it. No renovations, no upgrades, the inside is dim, cluttered, and filthy, the decor and fixtures are dated and ugly.

A lot of that can be mitigated by other factors such as location, schools, etc. But since Greg & Jeanette have done nothing to maintain the home, whoever buys it will need to do a lot of updates.

Florida tract houses are so fucking ugly.

 

[Florch]

The problem with the house is that it was built in 1994 and looks it. No renovations, no upgrades, the inside is dim, cluttered, and filthy, the decor and fixtures are dated and ugly.

They certainly are.

 

[Friend of Dorothy Parker]

I said that they weren't hurting for money, but there's a big difference between JKR rich and retire to a condo in Boca Raton rich.

Call it upper-middle-class. They want for nothing. Greg's probably been practicing 35 years. 25-30 years of steady equity partnership (I assume he's equity and he's been working steadily - T&E lawyers are a pretty steady bunch) at a national law firm is an excellent living. And 25-30 years of a steady, excellent living creates a lot of assets.

They bought that house for $306,000 in 2001. It's likely long paid off, assuming he's reasonably prudent like I imagine. Actually surprised they didn't upgrade the house once the kids were teens - 3 baths is ugh for 6 people. But that they didn't suggests some prudence.

They probably have paid for all the kids' educations (grad included) but were likely smartly saving all along. Jazz probably got a scholarship of some sort, anyway.

Other than financing their kids and the occasional vacation (I hear about them taking them a lot less frequently than UMC in-tact couples with high school & college-aged kids and uninterrupted high-level work history that I know), what else? Jeannette's clearly not going to most expensive salon in town to get her hair done weekly. They don't need loans for anything...they're just amassing assets - and a couple extra hundred thousand dollars a season for X seasons doesn't hurt at all.

 

[all4mom2]

Really rich people don't flaunt it.

 

[White-Kettle Shufflepunk]

I'm shocked Roald Dahl never released this in his lifetime. Quentin Blake should be pleased with himself.

 

[The stinky skink]

Is the TLC network deliberately showcasing how toxic the relationship between Jazz and her mother is? Because Christ, this recent episode really shows Jeanette being a loon. A psychic who channels an angel? Yes please! I have to admire the psychic for being brave enough to try to tell her that she needed to pull her talons out of Jazz. In the boot store she tries to tell Jazz that she has to get boots with pointed toes. That's maniacal control. Let your 21 year old get the boots they want. And then moments after telling Jazz she has to get pointed boots, Jeanette tells Jojo, the 18 year old, that it's a magnificent idea to showcase his shenis to online pervs. Because transphobia has prevented Jojo from doing any other kind of work, you see! What a great mom!

The whole scene where Jeanette is talking about how thrilling it is to curl Jazz' hair for the date because when Jazz was an icky bicky wittle girlie, she used to do the same nearly made me vomit. Congratulations, you have produced a child that can't even interact with a date without being overcome with anxiety. This is bad.

 

[T.E.R.F]

I can't properly recap this episode because after about 20 minutes I just completely tuned it out. Not even sure why I keep watching, it's so boring. A few random thoughts:

-The greenscreen where they do their confessionals makes me laugh. It looks like shitty photoshop with bits of Jeanette's hair seemingly cut out of the frame. I really wanna see what she's like with the cameras off. They do a number of flashbacks in this episode and every time Jeanette is just so robotic and lifeless while pretending to experience human emotion as Jazz is breaking down.
-Not sure why Jazz needs a bikini wax, but they send him to a poor Eastern European woman (and even subtitle parts of her English) who lies to Jazz and tells him she's done this before. They might as well be efficient with screentime, so they force Jojo to go so he and Jazz can have an awkward conversation as the Slavic lady goes to town. He claims he had to quit his job because his coworkers were "outing" him (like, hate to break it to you dude...) and casually says they used racial slurs but he never really specifies what he means (like is he implying they called him a beaner or something lol??) and doesn't bring this up again. He also says that he feels less dysphoric because there are cis women in his family hairier than him LOL. Press X to doubt.
-This is all against the backdrop of Jazz and Jojo larping as adult "women" while both acting like flamboyant, homosexual males whose only reference of womanhood is drag race and teen movie villains. Jazz, who normally loves saying vagina, refers to it as her "vajeen" and Jojo makes comments like "custom cooter" and something about Jazz' "kitty" being hurt and calls it animal abuse (like wtf).

I think the middle of the episode is all Jazz and Jeanette preparing for the date but honestly I can't recall a single thing so someone else will have to say if something funny happens. Jeanette displays her usual, overbearing brand of controlling and crazy.

Anyway, enter the bubbly, big-titted line dancing instructor for the date. It's awkward and boring. Again, totally tuned out here. Sander says he had to find a date last minute. Don't remember if she gets a single line of dialogue. Dayron is stubby, chubby, and Colombian and is either seriously overestimating Jazz' ability to launch him any semblence of a career or is very desperate and pathetic. They have a scene at the end where he is incredibly forward and trying to force something on Jazz (I really like you. What's your type? Are you interested in long distance?) Jazz voice goes up an octave as he awkwardly stutters that he doesn't have a type and he's pansexual and that he's open for anything but he thinks it's always best when relationships start as friendships and maybe they could continue developing their relationship in the future. Dayron somehow interprets this as the opportunity to ask Jazz if he can kiss him. Jazz responds "Right now?" and this is supposed to be the cliffhanger the episode ends on. Also of note Jazz has a visible sheen of sweat on his face (and maybe even a grease stain from food near his chin??) during this entire scene.

Edit -- Oh yeah and the preview for next week is Jeanette doing another confessional saying she fears that Jazz might be asexual (with a soft implication that they are freaks for not experiencing sexual attraction) and tells the camera that she "really" hopes he isn't. The Blonshinskys are behind the times for the audience they're catering to!)

 

[Tasty Tatty]

Is the TLC network deliberately showcasing how toxic the relationship between Jazz and her mother is?

Yes. All these reality shows always focus on the most negative aspects of the protagonists and even edit to make a normal situation a negative one. In your everyday life, don't you sometimes discuss and even fight with your friends, family, whatever and then just move on like nothing happened a moment later because the subject of discussion perhaps wasn't a big deal? Well, in these shows, they would take that scene alone, add dramatic music, some aggressive camera angles and bang, you have a conflict.

Is Jeanette a narcissist mother? Yes, she is. Is some of her actions exaggerated for the show? Yes, that is also true.

 

[KiwiFuzz]

Edit -- Oh yeah and the preview for next week is Jeanette doing another confessional saying she fears that Jazz might be asexual (with a soft implication that they are freaks for not experiencing sexual attraction) and tells the camera that she "really" hopes he isn't. The Blonshinskys are behind the times for the audience they're catering to!)

You're a goddamn hero of the realm for recapping this shit.

I wonder what goes through Jeanette's head as she lies there in the Cal King bed she shares with Greg.

"I paid for that thing and Jazz better get some use out of it!"