Dylan Gwynn | July 7, 2016
Week-by-week, we learn more about the different aspects of Jazz Jennings. Last week we learned that, despite claiming to be female, Jazz is still prone to the occasional ‘boner.’ This week, on an episode titled ‘Confronted With Hate,’ we learned that, despite being threatened and hated by the world around him, Jazz is totally above it all, and not at all concerned with anyone’s petty issues.…
Dylan Gwynn | July 7, 2016
Jazz: Well, I use the female restrooms because I consider myself a girl. I think it's not really a big deal. I just want to use the bathroom, get it done with, remove my waste, and then that's it. I can't imagine walking into the men's restroom and people staring at me like, "Why is a girl in here?" But, you know, with states like North Carolina enacting these bathroom bills, I think that it's…
Dylan Gwynn | July 1, 2016
Most parents take their kids to the doctor, or to have operations, for football injuries, really bad cases of strep, perhaps the kid fell off their bike? Or, had some kind of mishap in the pool? Or, maybe your transgender son, who thinks he’s a girl, needed his testosterone blocker switched out, and gets an erection during recovery? No? Well, on Wednesday night’s edition of TLC’s I Am Jazz…
Dylan Gwynn | June 2, 2016
But as for where Jazz’ parents were really coming from, her father made it all too clear in a closing plea to dictatorial government intrusion that would have made Khrushchev blush: Snow: We were talking earlier about, sort of, this moment that we're in, right? The conversation is definitely started on transgender issues. People are talking. What happens next? Dad: Well, the conversation…
Dylan Gwynn | June 2, 2016
At one point, Jazz’ parents admit they embraced the medical side of his transgender conversion out of fear. Snow: Why not just let nature take its course and deal with this when she's an adult? Mom: Because she might not be alive. She might not make it to adulthood. And she'll tell you that herself. Going through male puberty would probably be the worst, most devastating thing that could…
Dylan Gwynn | June 2, 2016
The TLC Network is not exactly shy about proudly carrying the banner of radical transgenderism into your family’s living room. On Wednesday night’s TLC lineup, following something unfortunately titled Transgender Kids, was a sneak peek edition of I Am Jazz: More Jazz. The behind-the-scenes, inside look at The Learning Chanel’s reality show about a 14-year old boy, Jazz Jennings, who is convinced…
Dylan Gwynn | May 30, 2016
Donald Trump found himself in the crosshairs of NBC’s The Carmichael Show on Sunday night. But then again, so did Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton. In fact, if this episode was meant to resemble a political smack down, it was more of a “Three Stooges” type smack down, where everyone took an open-handed swat. The source of the conflict, is Jerrod’s dad Joe (David Alan Grier), who comes home…
Dylan Gwynn | May 29, 2016
The show wraps up in a hospital emergency room, with the family fretting over Jerrod, who was stabbed at a Trump rally: Maxine: Okay, see, I knew something like this was going to happen at a Trump rally. All of his supporters are just out of control. Joe: Now, wait a minute, you don't know that Jerrod was stabbed by a Trump supporter. There were other protesters there too, getting people all…
Dylan Gwynn | May 27, 2016
Narrator: The AR-15 used in Newtown could have been rendered a bit less deadly if it had not been outfitted with high-capacity magazines that hold dozens of bullets each. But shortly before the massacre, a bill that would have banned them was defeated with help from the NSSF. David: Your organization lobbied against the proposed restrictions in Connecticut on high-capacity magazines. Lawrence:…
Dylan Gwynn | May 27, 2016
Narrator: But target shooting in the era of the AR-15 looks, like the gun itself, less like American apple pie, and more like combat. The industry has developed a new range of shooting sports tailored for the AR-15. There are professional shooting leagues, with rankings and sponsors, where the winners take home trophies and prize money and compete before a national television audience.