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Pregnant “Man” Thomas Beatie Getting A Reality Show?
Bummer. I really hoped against hope that Thomas Beatie, despite his very conspicuous uniqueness, was looking forward to raising his children in a caring, if not kinda weird, family environment. I thought maybe he’d get a manly job as a plumber or auto mechanic and all would be groovy. But no… he wants a freaking reality show.
According to the NYP, Thomas and his wife Nancy are looking to profit from their family’s idiosyncrasies. They’re pitching the show to Oxygen and TLC (hoping to kick Jon & Kate while they’re down) so they can put their two children’s (Susan and Austin) formative years on TV for all to see. The pilot is titled “Meet the Beaties.”
Personally, I’m hoping that this whacked out family doesn’t get a reality show. It’s not that I object to the Beaties having a show over Octomom, but I think it’s just time to draw the line.
I’m starting to think that losers are starting to consider having a dysfunctional family as a career path. With Jon & Kate, the Masches, and who could forget Octomom all getting their own reality shows, it’s starting to get a little too much like a child exploitation freak show for me.
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[...] Considering that this teacher probably won’t have the advantage of getting media access and writers to put together an autobiography for her, she’ll probably have to settle with getting her face in the Guinness Book, and not milking a reality show out of her freakishness. [...]
Step Aside Octomom, Dodeca-Mom’s Got 12 Buns In The Oven | Famecrawler commented on Aug 17 09 at 6:00 pmJenny commented on Aug 06 09 at 3:18 pmI’m sure it would have been possible for you to rightly criticize this family’s exploitation of their children for money and fame, without spreading transphobia. Calling Thomas Beatty a “man” — in quotes — invalidates his chosen gender. “Weird,” “whacked out,” “losers,” and “dysfunctional” could be adjectives directed at all reality-TV parents, but you chose to direct them at Beatty’s gender, perpetuating hatred and bigotry. It’s clear what problem you *really* have with this family, and it has nothing to do with television. What gives you the right to judge someone else’s gender, or how they chose to build their family?
Bekka commented on Aug 07 09 at 5:45 amI had the same response, Jenny – is the transphobia really necessary? I sent a really frustrated email to Strollerderby after the first post about Thomas Beatie, which had the same tone – it had gotten better since then, and I was hoping maybe someone had paid attention. Clearly not. Very disappointing.
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