Ellie Flynn

And the fact that you can use a Teen Vogue photo shoot to spread writing about that around the internet is super, super useful.

No, like, she is at, like, the center of this, like, matrix of trans commodification in so many ways. Like, this special issue was the first time Vivian was really, like, framed as the subject matter of, like, any piece. And, like, framed as her own person.

No, like, she is at, like, the center of this, like, matrix of trans commodification in so many ways. Like, this special issue was the first time Vivian was really, like, framed as the subject matter of, like, any piece. And, like, framed as her own person.

No, like, she is at, like, the center of this, like, matrix of trans commodification in so many ways. Like, this special issue was the first time Vivian was really, like, framed as the subject matter of, like, any piece. And, like, framed as her own person.

For the entirety of her adult life, she's been used as this rhetorical object, like both by her dad, but as well as like by people on the left who's like objectified Vivian to use her as a bludgeon against her father. And yeah, like people are very willing to like commodify or use trans people in certain ways.

For the entirety of her adult life, she's been used as this rhetorical object, like both by her dad, but as well as like by people on the left who's like objectified Vivian to use her as a bludgeon against her father. And yeah, like people are very willing to like commodify or use trans people in certain ways.

For the entirety of her adult life, she's been used as this rhetorical object, like both by her dad, but as well as like by people on the left who's like objectified Vivian to use her as a bludgeon against her father. And yeah, like people are very willing to like commodify or use trans people in certain ways.

But to have like trans people writing about other trans people in a way that frames them as a subject matter is so important.

But to have like trans people writing about other trans people in a way that frames them as a subject matter is so important.

But to have like trans people writing about other trans people in a way that frames them as a subject matter is so important.

And especially to like counter the narrative of her life that's been driven by Walter Isaacson's 2023 biography, which is like so hostile and to have like a prominent, like a prominent biography like that, like trying to make a narrative out of, out of your existence. And it was something you have like no like input in no control. And that's like, so demeaning.

And especially to like counter the narrative of her life that's been driven by Walter Isaacson's 2023 biography, which is like so hostile and to have like a prominent, like a prominent biography like that, like trying to make a narrative out of, out of your existence. And it was something you have like no like input in no control. And that's like, so demeaning.

And especially to like counter the narrative of her life that's been driven by Walter Isaacson's 2023 biography, which is like so hostile and to have like a prominent, like a prominent biography like that, like trying to make a narrative out of, out of your existence. And it was something you have like no like input in no control. And that's like, so demeaning.

It's also like a very like, you know, trans misogyny moment as well. Like, yeah, it is interesting how, how much of like, Vivian is so relatable, like like a lot of trans people have, shall I say, challenging relationships with their parents, maybe not to this extreme, but but sometimes, frankly, right, like there's a lot of people are forced to cut off contact with their family.

It's also like a very like, you know, trans misogyny moment as well. Like, yeah, it is interesting how, how much of like, Vivian is so relatable, like like a lot of trans people have, shall I say, challenging relationships with their parents, maybe not to this extreme, but but sometimes, frankly, right, like there's a lot of people are forced to cut off contact with their family.

It's also like a very like, you know, trans misogyny moment as well. Like, yeah, it is interesting how, how much of like, Vivian is so relatable, like like a lot of trans people have, shall I say, challenging relationships with their parents, maybe not to this extreme, but but sometimes, frankly, right, like there's a lot of people are forced to cut off contact with their family.

And something like Vivian talked about at length is like as someone who did transition as a minor, there's all of this like villainization around whether that's whether that's puberty suppressing hormones, whether that's having HRT and how like the landscape that like me, like her, Ella and like a lot of people that our age like came out of is not going to exist for the next generation of like trans kids.

And something like Vivian talked about at length is like as someone who did transition as a minor, there's all of this like villainization around whether that's whether that's puberty suppressing hormones, whether that's having HRT and how like the landscape that like me, like her, Ella and like a lot of people that our age like came out of is not going to exist for the next generation of like trans kids.

And something like Vivian talked about at length is like as someone who did transition as a minor, there's all of this like villainization around whether that's whether that's puberty suppressing hormones, whether that's having HRT and how like the landscape that like me, like her, Ella and like a lot of people that our age like came out of is not going to exist for the next generation of like trans kids.

Or at least it's going to be very different. And we need to do everything we can to stop it from being as bad as what it looks like it's going to be. And Vivian talked about this at length in the piece.