Blake Lively Feels Like A Transwoman?

[Shana A]

Thursday, April 16, 2009
Blake Lively Feels Like A Transwoman?
Posted by Monica Roberts at 4:00 PM

http://transgriot.blogspot.com/2009/04/blake-lively-feels-like-transwoman.html

Gossip Girl's Blake Lively recently did a photo shoot for the May issue of Allure magazine which will be hitting the stands on April 21.

During the interview for the upcoming magazine cover Lively confessed 'she feels "like a ->-bleeped-<- a lot of the time."

The 21 year old star then expounded on her remarks by saying "I don't know, I'm...large? They put me in six-inch heels, and I tower over every man. I've got this long hair and lots of clothes and makeup on. I just feel really big a lot of the time, and I'm surrounded by a lot of tiny people. I feel like a man sometimes."

[Sandy]

*sigh*

What does that feel like?

Perhaps it's a good thing overall.  Here is a person who isn't truly disparaging transwomen just trying to express that given her size and outfits that she wears, she towers over everyone.  And expresses her thoughts thinking that that is how a transwoman must feel.

Again, here we seem to see trans people not as objects of fear, pity or ridicule, but of people who have a different outlook.

And while here statements were crass, I don't believe they were meant to hurt.

But perhaps she could be counseled that the "T" word is right up there with the "N" word.

-Sandy

[Luc]

It's funny to me that people equate "->-bleeped-<-" with the "n-word". I call myself a ->-bleeped-<- all the time. Perhaps it's just one of those words, like "queer", that we need to take back for the good guys (/girls, /whatever...).

Just my opinion. Blake Lively's comments, however, do seem disparaging to me... just reflects the overwhelming public (at least in America) opinion that tall women are abnormal somehow. Doesn't help the cause of many beautiful mtf women who do stand above "normal" female height, but otherwise are quite often more feminine than many genetic women.

My wife is 6'1"... it would be nice if people could see her for something other than her height. As long as opinions like this prevail, however, people like her will likely have to deal with persecution for it.

SD

--- as an afterthought, why do we never see short guys in Hollywood, etc., commenting that they feel like ftms? I'm 5'6", but I don't see guys like Seth Green (who's 5'3") being made to feel less like men.