Jennermania
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Jennermania (uncountable)
- Enthusiasm for Caitlyn Jenner (born 1949), US decathlete who famously came out as transgender in 2015.
- 2015 July 3, Nathalie Atkinson, “Teenagers: the power brokers of fashion”, in The Globe and Mail:
- Unlike the fashion hierarchy in Material Girls, this new teen identity was born of sincerity, not cynicism.
As Matheson points out, and present Jennermania can attest, the innocence was short-lived.
- 2015, The Washington Post, The Evolution of Bruce Jenner (e-book)
- Jennermania may have hit its peak when producers shortlisted him for the lead in 1978's “Superman.” His acting skills may have fallen short; the role went to Christopher Reeve.
- 2015, Brendan O'Neill, ‘Call me Caitlyn, or else’: the rise of authoritarian transgender politics (in The Spectator, June)
- Yesterday's Jennermania confirms how weirdly authoritarian, even idolatrous, trans politics has become.