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

[Mococoa]

It wouldn't surprise me if ALL college freshmen today are holed up in their rooms obsessively glued to their smart phones. Do kids even socialize IRL anymore? If not, Jazz will fit right in!

You are partly correct about that. I remember reading an article about it while I was at uni, but I couldn't find it. I also specifically remember it citing frequent internet use (e.g social media), or perhaps gaming, being a major factors as to why. I found another one but it's not as in depth. Of course, it's not the same country but I wouldn't be surprised if this is a trend that has also hit the States.

 

[Behavioral Sink]

Correct, no commercial filming on campus. But I think this season will just be about the lead up, with Jazz leaving for Harvard as the season/series finale.

Does anyone think maybe Jazz opted for Harvard specifically to get away from filming? (Jazz being incapable of simply telling Jeanette no.)

It wouldn't surprise me if ALL college freshmen today are holed up in their rooms obsessively glued to their smart phones. Do kids even socialize IRL anymore? If not, Jazz will fit right in!

A formerly popular campus pub where I live had to close a few years ago. University kids are apparently drinking less, and having less sex.

 

[Tasty Tatty]

A formerly popular campus pub where I live had to close a few years ago. University kids are apparently drinking less, and having less sex.

How is that possible when media is telling me that rapes are happening every single day every hour in every campus?

 

[Shaolin]

I will be incredibly surprised if he doesn’t substitute his food addiction for an alcohol one to some degree in college. He definitely uses food as a form of escapism - alcohol offers a whole new level of that. Hopefully the campus adderall dealer gets their claws in to him before that so at least he can shed a few lbs while self destructing.

 

[NoReturn]

University kids are apparently drinking less

There was a kerfuffle a few years back with a bunch of frats killing guys by accident. I think a couple schools actually divorced their entire "Greek" system iirc. This is all probably part of it.
That and consequences. Everything is recorded now. Any mistake you make is either recorded, or remembered by someone who now feels empowered by power of internet to dredge it up again later.

 

[KiwiFuzz]

Groups of young people, men and women alike, have always been more than happy to peer pressure each other into destructive lifestyles. Trooning out, cutting, anachan, keggers, raves, cocaine... really tight corsets, fighting the Papists, taking the Holy Land back from the infidels... it's what young people do.

 

[OttoWest]

Does anyone think maybe Jazz opted for Harvard specifically to get away from filming? (Jazz being incapable of simply telling Jeanette no.)

Jazz did not want to go to Harvard. His first choice was Pomona. Harvard is a Jeanette thing.

 

[Umaibae]

Gender Studies and/or Philosophy. The latter he'll drop in two seconds because that's beyond his stunted child brain.
And then sophomore year comes, he has a "breakdown" and takes a semester off for his "mental health". And never comes back.

lmao at imagining Jazz in a Harvard Philosophy classes. Ivies attract the most militant philosophy major dorks, and they are aggro as fuck.

Jazz can absolutely go the 4 years of Harvard. Unlike state schools and most other universities (and I could be wrong about this), they likely have a more freeform approach to required classes. Most schools require you pass a Math, English, History, Science, and some other Humanities course, over the first two years, before you can finally do something remotely related to your major. Harvard being an Ivy League will intentionally pick students with unique perspectives/goals and let them run wild (if they’re talented enough—or have enough familial clout.) Jazz isn’t going to be a physicist, he’ll do Humanities, or get a “Social Justice Degree.”

Nah, Harvard has general education requirements. Like all schools, their handbook outlines the class requirements for each degree. Looked just as rigid as the college I attended.

Jazz did not want to go to Harvard. His first choice was Pomona. Harvard is a Jeanette thing.

Pomona would have been better for him. Small liberal arts school in a rural-ish town with a cute downtown area. Small classes, kind of geared toward creative students who also want rigid academics. He’d probably get a lot of positive attention there. At Harvard, he’ll probably be ostracized. Ivies still have a lot of old money, frat boy types.

 

[all4mom2]

It's very disturbing that he didn't insist on his preference, Pomona, and instead allowed himself to be roped into Harvard to pump up Jeanette's ego. But not entirely surprising.

 

[Muttnik]

It's very disturbing that he didn't insist on his preference, Pomona, and instead allowed himself to be roped into Harvard to pump up Jeanette's ego. But not entirely surprising.

It's not that surprising. In the show, you can clearly see Jeanette bullying and gaslighting Jazz into Harvard. Whenever he expresses interest in Pomona, she throws a tantrum, gets huffy, or shakes her head. Jazz had no real choice.

 

[Tasty Tatty]

Jazz has never had a choice ever, that's the only constant in his life. That ain't rare for many children with overbearing parents, but at least they can use the careers their parents forced them to follow to have a job and hit the road for good. Jazz might not worry about money in the future, but he's gonna be disabled for the rest of his life.

 

[all4mom2]

Or at least emotionally crippled. Where are all his therapists -- including Debbie -- now that someone should be telling him he's an adult and can attend college wherever he damn well pleases?

 

[Thomas Eugene Paris]

Or at least emotionally crippled. Where are all his therapists -- including Debbie -- now that someone should be telling him he's an adult and can attend college wherever he damn well pleases?

Your hateboner for Aunt Debbie is kind of weird. Do you really think she deserves a larger share of the blame than any of the other adult onlookers who just stood there and watched his destruction?

 

[all4mom2]

Your hateboner for Aunt Debbie is kind of weird. Do you really think she deserves a larger share of the blame than any of the other adult onlookers who just stood there and watched his destruction?

No, and I never said "she deserves a larger share of the blame." I'm seeking to explain, not blame, and am just opining, based on her own dissertation and other information, how this whole thing originated. Jeanette mentioned Jazz's love of girly things to Debbie at a family function, Debbie - being a trans shrink/having a confirmation bias - suggested he was trans, and the two together decided it was best to affirm it. Referrals were made, and Jazz was then officially labeled. All involved were probably sincere and well intentioned, IMO, until Jeanette's love of fame in the spotlight became the bigger factor, and Jazz was stuck for life.

Debbie planted the seed, but Jeanette prevented Jazz from ever being able to say it wasn't so and reverse course.

I see nothing "weird" about this theory except that the rest of you are loath to let Jeanette off the hook for even one little second.

 

[T0oCoolFool]

Universities will never lose the party scene. You're talking about a bunch of young horny adults that finally have some freedom, away from their parents. Every single kid grows up knowing that college/universities = parties and getting laid. Not every student will be into parties of course, but you'll still have a lot who want and expect there to be parties, especially during times of high stress (such as final exams).

Spoiler: Slight PL

I have family in a university city. I visited over this past weekend and the cops had to be called due to a frat party next door getting way out of hand.

According to family, the parties never stopped when the school shut down due to covid, they just moved to off campus houses/apartments

As for how Jazz will handle being a student, I'm sure resident troons at Harvard (You know there will be some there) will take Jazz under their wing and try to get him to mingle with other students. At the very least they'll try to get him to mingle with fellow troons and SJW types. And I'm sure there will be a handful of students that want to hang out with Jazz at first just to get some woke bragging points.

I do have to wonder how Jazz will do once the novelty wears off. How he'll react without the cameras around and mommy to coach him on what to say. Jazz always seems really awkward, especially when caught off guard. He's socially stunted due to growing up in a scripted environment and having everyone cater to his needs. Now all of that will be gone. I can see him not knowing how to react when some drunk frat boy asks him to bump uglies, or some foreign exchange student says something politically offensive.

TBH, I kind of worry about Jazz giving into peer pressure easily and ending up super drunk or trying drugs. I can also see Jazz eventually getting super depressed and just staying in his room, only coming out to go to the cafeteria or go to class.

Maybe he'll have a mentor troon that will keep an eye on him. I can't imagine his mother letting him go completely wild with independence.

 

[Corn Flakes]

Well, this thread has been a journey and a half. Anyway...

TBH, I kind of worry about Jazz giving into peer pressure easily and ending up super drunk or trying drugs. I can also see Jazz eventually getting super depressed and just staying in his room, only coming out to go to the cafeteria or go to class.

I'll give you near perfect odds of Jazz trying drugs. Back in college, the most repressed kids with the most overbearing parents were ridiculously likely to spend half the semester completely wasted. Usually the second semester, for some reason. As to how is he going to handle said drugs... well, that's a story arc just waiting to happen, isn't it?

 

[heathcliff]

No, and I never said "she deserves a larger share of the blame." I'm seeking to explain, not blame, and am just opining, based on her own dissertation and other information, how this whole thing originated. Jeanette mentioned Jazz's love of girly things to Debbie at a family function, Debbie - being a trans shrink/having a confirmation bias - suggested he was trans, and the two together decided it was best to affirm it. Referrals were made, and Jazz was then officially labeled. All involved were probably sincere and well intentioned, IMO, until Jeanette's love of fame in the spotlight became the bigger factor, and Jazz was stuck for life.

Debbie planted the seed, but Jeanette prevented Jazz from ever being able to say it wasn't so and reverse course.

I see nothing "weird" about this theory except that the rest of you are loath to let Jeanette off the hook for even one little second.

Jeanette had an "idea," looked for "advice" (a.k.a. confirmation) from anyone who was in the trans-business. Everyone who said that Jazz wasn't transgender was discarded. This was an very intimate matter, especially back in the day, but since Greg (the father!) didn't immediately go along with the trans thing, other people were dragged into it. The Jennings always emphasize what a great bond their family has: between the parents, the children, the maternal grandparents: all one big happy, wholesome family where everybody can talk about anything to anyone. And Jeanette went straight to cousin Debbie to have that "seed implanted"? No. I'm not saying Debbie didn't play a significant role in the whole mess, but there were also other professionals consulted.

My recollection may be off on one thing that paints Debbie in a bad light, though. I can't find the episode but didn't Jeanette once say Debbie was her therapist? Jazz and Jeanette going to the same therapist for different issues seems like a big no-no to me.

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Edit to avoid double posting.

trying drugs

I'll give you near perfect odds of Jazz trying drugs.

A few years ago, Jazz was caught by a papparazo, allegedly buying weed or something from a person.
It was never addressed by the family, but soon after it was as if it never happened.

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[all4mom2]

These will always be muddy waters because Debbie the trans counselor was ALSO Debbie the family member who actually DID attend backyard bar-b-qs with Jeanette, at one of which Jeanette confided Jazz's "tendencies." That isn't necessarily "seeking out transgender specialists," it could just as easily have been "catching the cousin up on the family," but those who wish to entirely blame Jeanette will see it as the former. It was only after Debbie shared her opinion and the (alleged) suicide statistics that Jeanette sought out further advice in actual medical settings. Do I think Jeanette just dreamed it up one day on her own? No. YMMV.

 

[Shaolin]

Omg can you guys stop arguing about the bloody aunt please. I think you’ve said everything that could possibly be said on the matter.

 

[On a Journey]

I can see him not knowing how to react when some drunk frat boy asks him to bump uglies

This is one problem I don’t think Jazz has to worry about. He’s totally gonna start drinking though, he’ll be 21 in like 2 months, and binge eaters + introduction of alcohol is not a great mix.