Spoiler Alert - this review may contain spoilers if you haven't seen the first 2 seasons.
The sheer bravery it took to come "out of the closet" for Caitlyn, and to do it while being besieged by the press at every turn was heartbreaking to watch for most people, if you have a beating heart. So when the show came out and it was her show on her terms, I couldn't wait to watch it. Hasn't everyone had enough of the paparazzi and all the craziness they create in people's lives? Her transition showcased how cruel the media is and the lengths they go to get what they want, with total disregard to how it might hurt anyone.
I needed to watch this show. I wanted to learn about being trans and what it meant. It came at a time when I was dealing with something similar in my own family, with a family member that was going to become a part of my life, and I had no basis to go on. I didn't know what it was. I thought being trans meant that you were a guy who liked wearing dresses. That is what I had gathered throughout my life, when I watched something about it. I loved the Bird Cage, and even watching that and loving it, it didn't dawn on me fully what being trans was.
Watching this show made it all make sense, and it is so simple for me to understand now. Sometimes when we are born, our outsides don't match our insides, the person we really are.
I loved watching the show, it brought so many light bulb moments for me, and Caitlyn as Caitlyn and no longer Bruce still has the same vibration for me as Bruce did. I came to realize they are the same person, it is just her outside now matches her inside. And she is happy. And isn't that great?
We should all celebrate when any one of us humans has the courage to be who we really are on the inside. I believe all of us are striving for that, it is just so damn hard to do due to society telling us who we are, and who we have to stay. Cait and friends make it seem easy just to be that person inside, and then show how very difficult it was and is to get there and remain there, but how very worth it.
This is Life, and everyone should live it out loud. And it is a Joy to watch. As Cait is learning to be Cait, and not having to be Bruce anymore, that is really what this show is about. She gave herself the opportunity to finally become herself and be who she is. And what came through for me is how utterly brave all of these people truly are, as being truly who you are means you cannot care anymore what anyone else thinks of you.
Cait has brought out of the shadows and into the light of day that we are truly all the same underneath. Just humans trying to find our way to Joy. And you can't do that without being truly who you are, who you were meant to me.
Maybe we all want to be accepted, but we have to stop caring about being accepted, and care about being ourselves more.
I did find something strange in the way that the LGBTQ community reacted to her. That was hard to watch. It was like, this individual who had transformed from a caterpillar into a beautiful butterfly was now being dissed by people who have gone through the same process, which is becoming who you are. Judged and ridiculed by people who I thought would have embraced yet another of us who has stepped into such bravery.
Strange what forms judgment can take, when we learn to judge each other. Yet Cait remained steadfast, even though you could tell she didn't understand why she was being judged, and frankly I, as a viewer, didn't understand it either. I still don't get it. But I'm glad I don't, because everyone has their journey and this is Cait's alone, even with the help of some new friends who keep trying to judge her, but finally get over it.
The sheer bravery it took to come "out of the closet" for Caitlyn, and to do it while being besieged by the press at every turn was heartbreaking to watch for most people, if you have a beating heart. So when the show came out and it was her show on her terms, I couldn't wait to watch it. Hasn't everyone had enough of the paparazzi and all the craziness they create in people's lives? Her transition showcased how cruel the media is and the lengths they go to get what they want, with total disregard to how it might hurt anyone.
I needed to watch this show. I wanted to learn about being trans and what it meant. It came at a time when I was dealing with something similar in my own family, with a family member that was going to become a part of my life, and I had no basis to go on. I didn't know what it was. I thought being trans meant that you were a guy who liked wearing dresses. That is what I had gathered throughout my life, when I watched something about it. I loved the Bird Cage, and even watching that and loving it, it didn't dawn on me fully what being trans was.
Watching this show made it all make sense, and it is so simple for me to understand now. Sometimes when we are born, our outsides don't match our insides, the person we really are.
I loved watching the show, it brought so many light bulb moments for me, and Caitlyn as Caitlyn and no longer Bruce still has the same vibration for me as Bruce did. I came to realize they are the same person, it is just her outside now matches her inside. And she is happy. And isn't that great?
We should all celebrate when any one of us humans has the courage to be who we really are on the inside. I believe all of us are striving for that, it is just so damn hard to do due to society telling us who we are, and who we have to stay. Cait and friends make it seem easy just to be that person inside, and then show how very difficult it was and is to get there and remain there, but how very worth it.
This is Life, and everyone should live it out loud. And it is a Joy to watch. As Cait is learning to be Cait, and not having to be Bruce anymore, that is really what this show is about. She gave herself the opportunity to finally become herself and be who she is. And what came through for me is how utterly brave all of these people truly are, as being truly who you are means you cannot care anymore what anyone else thinks of you.
Cait has brought out of the shadows and into the light of day that we are truly all the same underneath. Just humans trying to find our way to Joy. And you can't do that without being truly who you are, who you were meant to me.
Maybe we all want to be accepted, but we have to stop caring about being accepted, and care about being ourselves more.
I did find something strange in the way that the LGBTQ community reacted to her. That was hard to watch. It was like, this individual who had transformed from a caterpillar into a beautiful butterfly was now being dissed by people who have gone through the same process, which is becoming who you are. Judged and ridiculed by people who I thought would have embraced yet another of us who has stepped into such bravery.
Strange what forms judgment can take, when we learn to judge each other. Yet Cait remained steadfast, even though you could tell she didn't understand why she was being judged, and frankly I, as a viewer, didn't understand it either. I still don't get it. But I'm glad I don't, because everyone has their journey and this is Cait's alone, even with the help of some new friends who keep trying to judge her, but finally get over it.