This week on Informed Dissent, Jamie, Lauren, and Cori step into the breach โ with guest Jennifer Sey.
Jennifer Sey
Jennifer Sey is an American author, filmmaker, business executive, and retired National Champion gymnast.
She was the 1986 U.S. Womenโs National Champion and 7x National Team member. She was the first gymnast to speak out about the abuses in the sport in her 2008 memoir, Chalked Up.
Sey went on to produce the 2020 Emmy-award winning documentary film, Athlete A on Netflix, exposing the crimes of Larry Nassar and the abuse of athletes rampant in the Olympic movement.
Sey began working at Levi Strauss & Co. in 1999, rising to Chief Marketing Officer and then Brand President.
In 2020, she was the only C-suite executive to speak out against covid lockdowns and school closures.
She is now the founder and CEO of her own clothing brand, XX-XY Athletics โ the only athletic brand to stand up for womenโs sports and female athletes.
https://xx-xyathletics.com
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๐ฌ๐ง UK Pauses PATHWAYS Puberty Blocker Trial
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โ๏ธ AAP & Endocrine Society Sue the FTC
The American Academy of Pediatrics and the Endocrine Society have filed suit against the U.S. Federal Trade Commission over investigations related to gender-affirming care guidance.
Read the Reuters coverage:๐ https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/pediatricians-group-sues-over-us-ftc-launching-gender-affirming-care-probe-2026-02-17/
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