{"id":29418,"date":"2015-06-01T23:59:37","date_gmt":"2015-06-02T03:59:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/?p=29418"},"modified":"2015-06-03T01:01:27","modified_gmt":"2015-06-03T05:01:27","slug":"werq-caitlyn-jenner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2015\/06\/werq-caitlyn-jenner\/","title":{"rendered":"Werq, Caitlyn Jenner!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2015\/04\/bruce-jenner-the-interview\/\" target=\"_blank\">Bruce Jenner<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Elvis_has_left_the_building\" target=\"_blank\">has left the building<\/a>, and Caitlyn Jenner is looking fierce on the cover of Vanity Fair&#8217;s July issue.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_29419\" style=\"width: 438px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/hollywood\/2015\/06\/caitlyn-jenner-bruce-cover-annie-leibovitz\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-29419\" class=\"wp-image-29419 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/vanityfair.jpg\" alt=\"vanityfair\" width=\"428\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/vanityfair.jpg 428w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/vanityfair-214x300.jpg 214w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/vanityfair-300x421.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 428px) 100vw, 428px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-29419\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Caitlyn Jenner photographed by Annie Leibovitz, courtesy of Vanity Fair.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.justjared.com\/2015\/06\/01\/jessica-lange-trends-on-twitter-after-caitlyn-jenner-comparisons\/\" target=\"_blank\">A lot of people<\/a> pointed out Caitlyn&#8217;s resemblance to actress Jessica Lange, who played the hot Supreme Witch on <em><a href=\"http:\/\/americanhorrorstory.wikia.com\/wiki\/Fiona_Goode\" target=\"_blank\">American Horror Story: Coven<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Surgeon: &#8220;how fierce do you want to look&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/CaitlynJenner?src=hash\">#CaitlynJenner<\/a> : &#8220;Like a supreme&#8221; Surgeon: &#8221; Say no more fam&#8221; <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/pgJCzEafhl\">pic.twitter.com\/pgJCzEafhl<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Lateef Abdullah (@Thynative) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Thynative\/status\/605430671331471360\">June 1, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/center><\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;re not <em>exactly<\/em> sure how Jessica Lange feels about the comparison, because <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/articles\/2015\/06\/01\/jessica-lange-learns-about-caitlyn-jenner-comparisons-that-s-so-wonderful.html\" target=\"_blank\">she hadn&#8217;t yet seen the pictures when Kevin Fallon of the Daily Beast told her that her name<\/a>, along with Caitlyn&#8217;s, was trending on Twitter (Fallon also had to explain to her what Twitter was.)<\/p>\n<p>On a more serious note, I&#8217;ve noticed a number of people &#8212; after both <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2015\/04\/bruce-jenner-the-interview\/\" target=\"_blank\">Bruce Jenner&#8217;s farewell interview with Diane Sawyer <\/a>and now, after Caitlyn&#8217;s debut &#8212; questioning why anyone would make this change at age 65. There seems to be some perception that it&#8217;s &#8220;too late.&#8221; But life ain&#8217;t over till it&#8217;s over, you know? People can have decades left at 65. And, if it turns out they don&#8217;t have that much time, it&#8217;s even more important to take action to live life on your terms. As Caitlyn told Vanity Fair:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n<em><span class=\"content\" data-reactid=\".1k7n73m5p1c.5.1:2.1.0.0.5\">\u201cIf I was lying on my deathbed and I had kept this secret and never ever did anything about it, I would be lying there saying, \u2018You just blew your entire life. You never dealt with yourself,\u2019 and I don\u2019t want that to happen.\u201d<\/span><\/em>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Personally, I&#8217;ve found that it&#8217;s easier to &#8220;be me&#8221; the older I get. I was talking about this last night with someone who was seven years older than I am, as well as another person who was seven years younger. We all agreed that in our 40s &#8212; with the benefit of experience and the loss of a 20-something&#8217;s sense of immortality &#8212; we realized it was time to stop putting up with other people&#8217;s crap, including their expectations of us. Acceptance of self: It&#8217;s the consolation prize for aging!<\/p>\n<p>UPDATED TO ADD: Of course, I have to add this <a href=\"http:\/\/familyguy.wikia.com\/wiki\/We_Love_You,_Conrad\" target=\"_blank\">2009 clip from <em>Family Guy<\/em><\/a> (Note: the original tweet had the year wrong).<br \/>\n<center><\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-video\" lang=\"en\"><p>\nFamily Guy called it in 2008! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/CaitlynJenner?src=hash\">#CaitlynJenner<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/e3MujO1Lg4\">pic.twitter.com\/e3MujO1Lg4<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 ShitWhitePeopleRuin (@PeopleRuin) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PeopleRuin\/status\/605769589532655616\">June 2, 2015<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/center><\/p>\n<p><\/center>&#8220;A beautiful, elegant Dutch woman.&#8221; I love it! <em>Family Guy<\/em> <a href=\"http:\/\/thetvpage.com\/2015\/04\/29\/family-guy-will-bruce-jenner-jokes-be-axed-from-future-broadcasts\/\" target=\"_blank\">executive producer Steve Callaghan in April mused aloud about<\/a> whether the joke should be deleted from future reruns, but I&#8217;m dubious. I just saw a Robin Williams reference in an old episode; at least &#8220;Bruce&#8217;s&#8221; story has a happy ending! <\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bruce Jenner has left the building, and Caitlyn Jenner is looking fierce on the cover of Vanity Fair&#8217;s July issue. A lot of people pointed out Caitlyn&#8217;s resemblance to actress Jessica Lange, who played the hot Supreme Witch on American Horror Story: Coven. Surgeon: &#8220;how fierce do you want to look&#8221; #CaitlynJenner : &#8220;Like a&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2015\/06\/werq-caitlyn-jenner\/\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":29419,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-29418","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrities","8":"entry"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29418","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29418"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29418\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29442,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29418\/revisions\/29442"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29419"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29418"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29418"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29418"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}