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

[Duncan Hills Coffee]

Little Jazz keeps drawing realistic naked women who supposedly look like his mother.

I remember making a joke earlier in the thread about how Jazz's relationship with Jeannette makes the one between Norman Bates and his mother seem healthy, but holy fuck this is something else entirely. Norman may have dressed like his mother, but at least it wasn't driven out of sick sexual desires. How could anyone have seen this and not think something was horribly wrong with him?

 

[💗Freddie Freaker💗]

Juicy bits from the book, part 6: Jazz is forced to play soccer with boys. The Bloshinskis are not happy about this and REEEE until the USSF change their rules. In first grade, Jazz often compared genitals with one of his female friends. He says he didn't find her vagina particularly weird because "he had seen plenty of vaginas at home".

He was less successful playing soccer with boys than with girls but blamed it on their personalities being incompatible with his.

Spoiler

Jazz doesn't think it's right for a girl or a girly boy to play soccer against masculine boys. To me, it sounds like Jeanette was the one who didn't want Jazz to play against boys.

Dad was able to find a local travel team that had one girl playing with the boys, but for all intents and purposes it was a boys’ league. Because of the physical differences (and, in the league’s mind, capabilities), girls were allowed to play with boys, but boys were not allowed to play with girls. There were a few truly coed teams out there, but they were in towns that were hours away from us. Since there was at least one other girl on this team, my dad hoped the situation would be similar to me playing coed. But none of the other teams we would go on to play against had girls on them, and it messed with my head that suddenly the activity I loved most in my life was being ripped away from me because of a single letter on a piece of paper somewhere. It felt like the universe was playing some sort of cruel trick on me

On the first day of practice, Mom and I walked down a long sidewalk that separated two soccer fields, girls on the right and boys on the left. One by one we watched the kids ahead of us splinter off onto the side they belonged to, running up to their teammates, slapping backs, and hugging each other. I could see some girls whispering and pointing at me, and I looked up at my mom. “I don’t want to be here,” I told her. I saw her eyes fill with tears and understood that what was happening was just as hard for her as it was for me. I knew she and my dad were doing everything they could to get me back on the right team. Dad thought it was a good idea for me to keep playing so I could stay in top form, but I could tell that my mom wasn’t as convinced that this was a good idea. She was right.

Jazz blames the fact that he was less successful playing against boys on having an incompatible personality:


The Bloshinskis REEEE until the USSF change their rules to allow transpeople to play with whichever team they most identify with:

Dad finally accepted that the state soccer association was never going to budge on their own. So Dad went over their heads to what he thought was their governing body and appealed my case directly to an organization called US Youth Soccer. They told him they agreed with the ban, but if the United States Soccer Federation (USSF) agreed to lift it, they would have to comply. So he immediately went to the USSF. While all this was going on, I continued to practice and watch my teammates compete, as well as play with my brothers at home. I was about to abandon all hope and quit for good when it finally happened. After the USSF’s independent board reviewed all the information that my dad had supplied, they stepped in and took the unprecedented action of demanding that the state soccer association issue me a female player card. They were awesome and took things even further by bringing in a member of NCLR to create a task force to write a transgender-inclusive policy to be followed by all states, so that no other transgender athlete, regardless of age, would ever have to go through what I had. Now if only all other sports leagues would follow their lead! I couldn’t believe that by fighting so hard for me, my parents ended up helping to make a change that affected the entire nation. I’d already started to speak on some panels with my mom and do more interviews about my life and transgender rights, but this was the first time I saw just how much good advocacy work could really do. I was only eleven, but it made me want to start working even harder.

First grade: Jazz is still drawing naked ladies who look like his mother.

I had chilled out with drawing naked pictures in school, but I still sketched them at home every now and then.

Jazz compares genitals with a female friend and admits he had seen many vaginas at home, presumably his mother's and Ari's:

What I liked even better than the pancakes was this one game we’d always play. Well, it was less of a game and more of a “let’s pull down our pants and show each other what’s there” sort of situation. We didn’t waste any time by pretending we were playing doctor—it was just schwoop, undies down, there it is. This was totally normal little-kid behavior, and anyone who tells you different is just trying to shame you, so don’t listen to them. Anyway, I don’t remember feeling jealous that Rebecca had the parts I needed. I’d seen my share of vaginas at home so I already knew I wanted one. It was definitely interesting to see a new one, but I think the game was more to satisfy Rebecca’s curiosity and help her better understand me and what being transgender meant. Just because there was something different between my legs didn’t make me any less of a girl in her eyes. It only strengthened our friendship.

You can read the book here.
(Both books and the dissertation were free downloads.)

Can I ask where the previous posts about the book are? I skimmed the thread and didn't see many.

 

[NoReturn]

Juicy bits from the book, part 6: Jazz is forced to play soccer with boys. The Bloshinskis are not happy about this and REEEE until the USSF change their rules. In first grade, Jazz often compared genitals with one of his female friends. He says he didn't find her vagina particularly weird because "he had seen plenty of vaginas at home".

Spoiler

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Jazz doesn't think it's right for a girl or a girly boy to play soccer against masculine boys. To me, it sounds like Jeanette was the one who didn't want Jazz to play against boys.


Jazz blames the fact that he was less successful playing against boys on having an incompatible personality:


The Bloshinskis REEEE until the USSF change their rules to allow transpeople to play with whichever team they most identify with:


First grade: Jazz is still drawing naked ladies who look like his mother.


Jazz compares genitals with a female friend and admits he had seen many vaginas at home, presumably his mother's and Ari's:

Can I ask where the previous posts about the book are? I skimmed the thread and didn't see many.

To my knowledge it was just a handful. Your write up is the most in-depth I've seen so far.

 

[heathcliff]

Can I ask where the previous posts about the book are? I skimmed the thread and didn't see many.

Many (if not all) passages have been summarised, cited or shown with a screenshot.
At first, I couldn't find a free download of Jazz's second book, but as soon as I did, I attached it as a PDF document to the comment I linked to earlier (and at least once before). Before that, mainly snippets were copy/pasted here and discussed.

The previous posts about the book are spread all over this thread.

ETA:

To my knowledge it was just a handful. Your write up is the most in-depth I've seen so far.

Many times when a particular subject was questioned, the relevant part of the book was quoted as an answer.
Even the photos from the book have been posted on here.
Quoting the entire book and then re-wording it a little bit is not an "analysis".

@Alto already gave a summary in this comment.

 

[Muttnik]

Many (if not all) passages have been summarised, cited or shown with a screenshot.
At first, I couldn't find a free download of Jazz's second book, but as soon as I did, I attached it as a PDF document to the comment I linked to earlier (and at least once before). Before that, mainly snippets were copy/pasted here and discussed.

The previous posts about the book are spread all over this thread.

I gave a brief summary but we have yet to cite and post actual paragraphs. There's a few details from this new write-up that I missed while skimming. Feed the Farms. Analyze everything.

Semper fi @Bitchstopher

 

[heathcliff]

Analyze everything.

Simply re-telling what is in the books and not even linking to other sources that might give you an insight to determine whether the content has some credence or seems made up, is not "analyzing".

What's next? Posting screenshots of tweets or Instagram captions and then typing out the text underneath them?

 

[Muttnik]

Simply re-telling what is in the books and not even linking to other sources that might give you an insight to determine whether the content has some credence or seems made up, is not "analyzing".

What's next? Posting screenshots of tweets or Instagram captions and then typing out the text underneath them?

Why do you always have to act like a prick? This thread is about laughing at horrorcows, not your autistic way of categorizing. Stop acting lame and let them do their thing. It's not like we have much else to go off of apart from these pathetic social media posts.

 

[beautiful person]

These two bits were really funny to me, in a semi-twisted way

She was nine at the time and wasn’t too happy to suddenly have to share the family princess status. But after my dad explained to her that many transgender kids have really difficult lives and that more than 50 percent try to kill themselves at some point because they aren’t loved and accepted, she started to cry and promised him she’d be the best big sister ever.

When kids asked questions about why I could wear girly shirts, I told them it was because I was a girl. If they kept asking about it, the teacher would tell them I was allowed to be whatever I wanted to be. In the end nobody else besides me wanted to dress differently, so it didn’t upset the balance too much.

Because other kids have totally normal kid reactions and balk at the Jazz BS and from the adults they either get inappropriate guilt bait or the empty 'just because' in response. And so then everything works out Jazz because the other kids just had to deal with it. And then she* chalks it up to endless sisterly compassion and her classmates being a bunch of boring conformists.

What's even funnier/more twisted is that all these conveniently positive interpretations of these events were all probably fed to her by Jeanette through the years, so she's probably never thought back deeply enough to consider that these other kids had more complex emotions and motivations behind how they interacted with her.

*I'm going with female pronouns, leave me alone

 

[Muttnik]

It pisses me off that they forced Ari to go along with it by playing the suicide card. That's a cheap, dirty way to manipulate a young child's emotions, as well as place the blame on her. "Well if you don't let Jazz wear your dresses and bras then she'll kill herself!" Disgusting. Ari should have been allowed to come to terms with it without reaching to such extremes. No wonder she tunes everything out nowadays.

 

[keyboredsm4shthe2nd]

It pisses me off that they forced Ari to go along with it by playing the suicide card. That's a cheap, dirty way to manipulate a young child's emotions, as well as place the blame on her. "Well if you don't let Jazz wear your dresses and bras then she'll kill herself!" Disgusting. Ari should have been allowed to come to terms with it without reaching to such extremes. No wonder she tunes everything out nowadays.

That's narcissists for you. Everyone else is a prop for their own gain and only they have emotions that matter.

 

[flight of ideas]

Juicy bits from the book, part 6...

(i’ve read the whole thread and usually have a good memory for trivia, so please excuse me if this has been explained already)

does it say anywhere or do you know why jazz uses “jennings” instead of “bloshinsky”?

 

[Orion Balls]

@flight of ideas, so far as I know, it's just a fake name like actors choose. "Bloshinsky" is way too Jewish, and doesn't roll off the tongue.

 

[NerdShamer]

It pisses me off that they forced Ari to go along with it by playing the suicide card. That's a cheap, dirty way to manipulate a young child's emotions, as well as place the blame on her. "Well if you don't let Jazz wear your dresses and bras then she'll kill herself!" Disgusting. Ari should have been allowed to come to terms with it without reaching to such extremes. No wonder she tunes everything out nowadays.

I find it weird how often the suicide claim gets thrown around. You'd expect that a reasonable parent would be seeking therapy for it instead of setting Jazz up for disappointment. Speaking of which, he already experienced it when he realized that he can't keep up with the boys on the soccer field.

(i’ve read the whole thread and usually have a good memory for trivia, so please excuse me if this has been explained already)

does it say anywhere or do you know why jazz uses “jennings” instead of “bloshinsky”?

The Jennings are Jewish, but I'm not sure if they've legally changed their names.

 

[Muttnik]

Ari had every right to be pissed seeing how her brother was stealing her clothes, copying her every hobby, and throwing massive tantrums when he didn't get his way, along with stealing most of her parents' attention. I would have been mad as hell if I was in her place and them having to manipulate her means they likely never gave her breathing room to cope or have her rightful say. And don't forget being used as a surrogate womb later for when Jazz wants children! Such a progressive family, you guys.

 

[NerdShamer]

Ari had every right to be pissed seeing how her brother was stealing her clothes, copying her every hobby, and throwing massive tantrums when he didn't get his way, along with stealing most of her parents' attention. I would have been mad as hell if I was in her place and them having to manipulate her means they likely never gave her breathing room to cope or have her rightful say. And don't forget being used as a surrogate womb later for when Jazz wants children! Such a progressive family, you guys.

Makes you wonder why Ari actually puts up with this.

 

[heathcliff]

does it say anywhere or do you know why jazz uses “jennings” instead of “bloshinsky”?

@flight of ideas, so far as I know, it's just a fake name like actors choose. "Bloshinsky" is way too Jewish, and doesn't roll off the tongue.

The Jennings are Jewish, but I'm not sure if they've legally changed their names.

From "The Untold Truth Of I am Jazz" (Archive):


In the very beginning, Jeanette claimed they had a "very long, difficult to pronounce, Jewish surname" and that's why they went with "Jennings". As with all their stories, they kept telling the same thing over and over, only changing some details along the way. Jeanette started of as "Renee Jennings" and Greg as "Scott Jennings".

They have not legally changed their names as proved by the twins' resumes and LinkedIn profiles.
For Sander there's a PDF attached, his LinkedIn profile says "Jennings", but he has a Wordpress website (among others).
Griffen's LinkedIn profile shows "Bloshinsky", not "Jennings".
Ari has a lesser online presence, but there are titbits to be found when you look for "Arial Bloshinsky University of Florida", such as this one from WayUp and she was on the varsity lacrosse team.
Greg is also listed a "Bloshinsky" at the law firms he's a partner at. LinkedIn profile and profile from Morris Law Group

In fact, when Jazz was at the DMV to get his driver's license (learning permit), his first name was still officially "Jaron". In the series, they had to bleep it out when his name was called through the PA. Jazz explained it in that episode. This stuck me as strange, because at that time, Jazz legally could have had a name change and be listed as female on official documents, yet they didn't go that far.

 

[💗Freddie Freaker💗]

(i’ve read the whole thread and usually have a good memory for trivia, so please excuse me if this has been explained already)

does it say anywhere or do you know why jazz uses “jennings” instead of “bloshinsky”?

According to the book, they came up with it to protect their identities during the Barbara Walters interview (the first time Jazz went on TV).

After some more negotiating, my parents finally came to an agreement with Barbara Walters and the producers that everyone was comfortable with. In the beginning, Dad had wanted all our faces to be blurred out, but the producers convinced him that it was important to put real faces to the story so the viewers could better empathize. Mom and Dad decided to let the producers shoot inside our actual house, the idea being that if the audience could see inside our home and get a glimpse of how normal and loving our day-to-day life was, it might open people’s hearts more. Our family’s name would be changed, and Dad came up with Jennings, sort of in honor of news anchor Peter Jennings, but also because it’s a pretty common last name. Mom and Dad both used fake first names, and I got to pick my own. I went with Jazz, which was a name I’d always loved after watching Ari play Princess Jasmine in the school play version of Aladdin. I was also still kind of into the name Sparkles, but Jazz won out. Just imagine, in some parallel universe I might be going by Sparkles Jennings right now.

 

[CobraPlissken]

Makes you wonder why Ari actually puts up with this.

Ari seems the most aware that something's very wrong with her family and seems to be slowly increasing the distance between her and them. She is also rather private compared to Sander, for instance.

The thing is, it is very hard to set boundaries with a family who seems oblivious to how dysfunctional it is, even worse when there's a narcissist like Jeanette involved (and Jazz, as the golden child, is likely to become another narc himself). She has never respected Ari's boundaries, and even if Ari cut contact with Jeanette completely, everyone else in the family would do Jeanette's bidding and overstep Ari's boundaries for her (by guilt-tripping Ari to resume contact with Jeanette, for example - "mom is making our lives a living hell since you left, sis!", "your mother is worried sick about you, why don't you call her?").

Sadly, the only way out for Ari is cutting contact with the entire family or with Jeanette kicking the bucket, yet no matter how much she has put up with, how righteously angry and upset she might feel, it won't be easy. Despite their many flaws, they're a very tight-knit family. It's hard to break such a bond. As the eldest of the children, she might feel somewhat responsible for her siblings, even if they're already adults. Also, being estranged from your family makes it seem (to you and to other people) that you're the one in the wrong (even if you aren't), and since the family revolves around a famous tranny and his mother who isn't afraid of getting her way through media attention, it'd be easy for them to destroy Ari's life with very public accusations of transphobia.

 

[2020chan]

Juicy bits from the book, part 4: Jazz has a coming out party, is enrolled to kindergarten as a girl, constantly shoves his hand down his pants during class and develops an obsession with drawing naked women.

Spoiler

Jazz's coming out party when he was five years old:

It seemingly went well, although I imagine the cock bulge he probably would have had wearing his sister's swimsuit would have weirded people out. And wouldn't it be uncomfortable to have his twig and berries squished like that? Female swimsuits are pretty tight.

From a young age, he went to the women's restroom. As a kid, he was accompanied by his sister:


When Jazz was still in preschool, Jeanette harvested attention at the Philadelphia trans-health conference by claiming to be the mother of a transgender kid:


The story of the first time Jazz got media attention:


The Bloshinskis insisted that Jazz be enrolled to kindergarten as a female, expressing disgust at the principal's suggestion of enrolling him as gender neutral:


The Bloshinskis insisted that Jazz be allowed to pee with the girls, even though the school had gender neutral restrooms:


Jazz was made to wear skorts, which resulted in him picking at his penis in the middle of class. He claims being so frequently told not to put his hand down his pants caused him to develop an obsession with drawing naked people:

So Jeanette running to the media was her just trying to bully the school? Way to use your kid as a weapon. I feel for the teachers and other parents that have to deal with her crazy pushy ways.
And why couldn't he just wear shorts? The only time I remember wearing a dress/skirt at school was when I was in catholic school and had a uniform (with shorts underneath still) and on picture day. Otherwise I remember most girls in early grade school wearing shorts/pants. Even in catholic school we still had pants we could wear. They just had to be the uniform color.

 

[Muttnik]

I'm noticing how many times Jazz brushes off all the body parts/nakedness/deviant behavior as "totally normal". Kids flashing their genitals is "totally normal". Seeing mom's boobs is "totally normal". Drawing boobs and vaginas in elementary is "totally normal".

Someone touched this kid.