So there's a story out on Ellen Page this week. It made Time magazine. Did anyone see Time magazine? apparently it is still a thing. Anyway Ellen has had some kind of upper body surgery and is now identifying as a man and will go by Elliot Page. uh, sure.
E. Page looked terrible in the Time photo, a 14 year old boy comes to mind. That's fine for a fourteen year old. In the next 4-7 years he will fill out properly, the trajectory is upward and good. Not so much for 34 year old Page.
It brings to mind some recent stories in and around this area over the years. Let's go over a few.
Amber Heard when Elon Musk or Johnny Depp resources were available she was into men. Otherwise when it's in her interest for being lesbian or bi then she's cool with that.
Lindsay Lohan remember in 2008 Lindsay was an international story for coming out as a lesbian in her sensational relationship with DJ Sam Ronson. The story was front page for weeks. Lindsay got an incredible amount of attention out of it. I wonder if the reason the relationship with Lindsay and Sam failed was it was a dispute over who was going to live off the others' paycheque.
Today Lindsay is apparently straight again, in a relationship with international financier Bader Shammas.
Lindsay understood that you can only shock people once. She was smart enough to get there first with the lesbian thing, along with Ellen DeGeneres. Every one since has had less impact. Today the typical reaction is shrug, yawn, whatever.
Miley Cyrus she was prim and proper as a teen on Hannah Montana. Then she was wild for a few years with Wrecking Ball, VMA and all that. Then when advantageous back to prim and proper, on The Voice with clothes carefully concealing her tattoos, married to wealthy movie star Liam Hemsworth. oh then there's another wild Miley phase, took off on Liam with Kaitlynn Carter. Put her in the news for a while. Then she's straight again with Cody Simpson. yawn. Liam Hemsworth is A-list. Everyone since further down the list.
Ellen/Elliot Page Ellen Page skillfully strung out the "is she a lesbian" thing for a number of years. Then in 2014 she made a splash coming out as lesbian. Helped her acting career, landing an X-Men role. She was gay married for a while when that was a thing. didn't have as much impact it seemed as the 2014 announcement. heh E Page puts the men in X-Men now. I don't know what the acting job market is for Marvel movies or any roles for Elliot Page. Could be the end of that career, who knows. Shame, she was a not unattractive woman, in movies.
Going through with actual surgery, there is the first time shock factor, as with Lindsay years ago. Though unlike the others, there's a permanence to this. It limits and closes off potential future options to switch back or whatever if the situation is advantageous. If some opportunity presents. The other ladies were smart enough to always keep their future options open, whatever they may be saying or doing in the current moment.
Got a Time magazine piece and photo shoot. I'm old enough to remember when being featured in Time was a big deal. I guess Ellen got there first on this one. I suppose there's Chaz Bono too, somehow that feels different, more genuine, from a different time
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