I keep seeing entertainment news about Elliot Page. I strive to be empathetic and open minded, and I respect his struggle as a transitioned man. Transitioning at all, especially in the public eye, requires tremendous strength of character. Having said that, I have and continue to find his bleatings exhausting and frankly, stupid. His privilege as a celebrity should not be used to bemoan his difficulty, but instead to highlight the challenges of the less privileged. He has failed to do so by making such a fuss about his struggle, and become simply tiring. I am not sure if this is a failure in PR, a personal failure of mine in interpreting his caterwauling, or something else. In any case, I find Elliot Page, and all related news, now completely exhausting.

https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2023-06-04/for-real-elliot-page-survival-pageboy-umbrella-academy

"One night, he tried to knock himself out. Took his knuckles to his face and pounded over and over until bruises formed. For days after, he sat in a lawn chair on the porch, ashamed, his face sore. And then he heard a voice."

"'It was as if something in my brain turned around,” recalls Page, now 36. 'The agonizing voice saying, ‘No, you’re not,’ ‘No, you can’t’ just switched and became very gentle and loving. ‘Oh, maybe I’m trans. Why don’t I explore that?’'"

"Within weeks, he’d scheduled a Zoom consultation with a doctor to discuss top surgery. The procedure was scheduled for November. A month later, he announced to fans on Instagram, who have known him since the release of “Juno” 13 years prior, that his name was Elliot. "

This is really worrying. You shouldn't be able to get surgery scheduled after a few weeks of figuring this shit out. Adults should have the same stricter requirements that minors do, we seriously just let people over 18 do whatever the fuck they want with their bodies and it's wrong.

Edit: I've been banned from this subreddit for a while after calling Blaire White a he, despite people "misgendering" a bunch of other fake trans women who talk about how much they love their penis, so I'm unable to reply to all of the cisgender dregs who are finding this post. Go back to Twitter.