Sounds about right - salty and "oh, her shoulders are broader than mind omg MAN!" transphobic gender stereotype enforcing crap.

She lost to five racers but only seems to blame her failure on the one that's different? What is she, Abigail Fisher?

Yeah, no. Nature gives certain people advantages in certain tasks. I could have trained from birth and I’d still never be as fast as Sharp, let alone Semenya. Sometimes life is unfair. I feel for Sharp, and for all athletes who get to that level and realize they still can’t be the best, but that’s how competition…

That reads as 100% concern-trolling.

Thank you. I have real problems with Caitlyn, but her being trans isn’t one of them. I look for clear ways to say it.

Whoa, whoa, whoa. That whole “crossdressing is a fetish” thing is routinely used to dismiss trans people’s identities and it’s super fucked up. Gender=/=sexuality, and gender identity is not a fetish.

i can’t believe how everyone is speaking over you right now.

too true...but i think the issue here is that these arent just opinions and academic or linguistic exercises to drdonna, i think they are her life.

Ugh, I really did expect better from you. This is pretty disheartening, to be honest.

I am honestly gobsmacked that you and others seem to think people would transition for...money? She’s already rich as fuck. Fame? She’s already famous. And has been dealing with gender stuff for decades. So....?

Look, I’m not going to go out as far as to call Bette transphobic, but let’s not assume being a ally to the LGB community or even being being lesbian/gay/bisexual is the same thing as being an ally to the transgender community. There’s been an unfortunate amount of transphobia among the cis gay community and its…

There are many LGB supporters and, indeed, many LGB people themselves who are transphobic. Being supportive of some parts of the queer community does not inherently mean one isn’t transphobic as, I’d argue, Midler’s tweet above shows.

Her whole point was that Caitlyn transitioned for personal gain, which is shitty and serves to undermine trans identities as a casual choice and subject to others’ opinions. You can take that attitude and shove it.

I wonder how many of the folks here in the comments saying what she said was ok are trans? Let’s reiterate for those who may be slow on the uptake: even if you disagree with someone, that doesn’t give you the right to undermine their identity with impunity. Don’t misgender trans folks.

I watch Arrow off and on, but I religiously watch The Flash. The cast is the best - Jesse L Martin and Tom Cavanaugh are eternal babes, Carlos Valdes is the best, Grant Gustin is so pretty, Candice Patton is gorgeous and even better in person. Plus it looks like we’re going to get more Captain Cold next season, and…

When I originally read her comment about whippets I thought she meant those shivery small greyhound looking dogs and I was all, “Huuuunnnhh?”

Oh lawd. I gasped.

I agree with you wholeheartedly. I don’t follow a lot of Taylor Swift stuff, since I don’t listen to much country, but I really liked 1989 so she came on my radar more. From what other commenters have said, she’s always been a big giver both to fans, other artists, friends, and to charities and causes like the…

Years ago (circa 2010-2011, I’d guess), my mom was working at the main local organization for the blind and they had someone from Make a Wish (or a similar organization) give a talk and he mentioned Taylor Swift. The organization had contacted Taylor Swift to ask for something (I think it was for her to autograph a…

Right. Even here on Jezebel, they’ve mentioned her donating money to the nephew of a backup dancer who had cancer, when she donated money to Keisha’s legal fund, and has routinely sent money/gifts to mega-fans. Maybe it’s all just good PR, but it’s very consistent. May all our celebrities try to get PR this way.