Roseanne Barr has done a lot in the name of “political correctness” in recent years — advocate for Trump, mock “libtards,” dub intersectionality a “degenerate” philosophy — but now she’s just gone full racist. And now her reboot has been cancelled. Here’s the tea: In response to a post about former Barack Obama adviser (and…
Every year, a thousand muscly shirtless men (and a few hundred women) jostle each other for the opportunity to grab each other’s butts, grasp each other’s rippling shoulders, and mount a giant, thick, lubed-up phallus in the name of brotherhood. Eventually, the mass of bodies becomes a throbbing mass of limbs, buttocks, and sweat —…
If fashion is a religion, André Leon Talley is its pope. His ornate capes and voluminous caftans could easily double for religious garments. And his creative headpieces (a turban!) rival any bishop’s miter Rihanna might wear to New York’s Met Gala. Whether at a book signing, on the panel of America’s Next Top Model, or…
Interview, the almost 50-year-old magazine co-founded by Andy Warhol, has had its last word. Staffers at the art publication expressed their shock and dismay Monday morning when they received news of the mag’s folding. Often called “The Crystal Ball of Pop,” Interview had been embroiled in capital D Drama ever since its former editorial Fabien…
To quote Arrested Development, which is the most we’ll do with Arrested Development now that we know we’re not watching Season 5, RuPaul has made a huge mistake. Besides Eureka, Monet was the liveliest queen left on Drag Race — and yet Ru decided to boot Monet instead of Kameron Why-chaels last night. The fuck?…
We’re deep into Act Two of Lord of the Queens: The Fellowship of the Rim, and the heterosexuals have begun to advance on Ian McKellen the Gay in the fire mines of Hollywood. But he has not given up hope. Instead of escaping from Hollywood with his friend Rupertwise Everettgee, Ian McKellen the Gay has…
By Evan Lambert The second season of Netflix’s Dear White People isn’t coasting on the steam generated by its debut season. By framing each of its episodes around a different protagonist, this season has created a new, hypnotic engine of its own. But within the comfortable familiarity of this structure, the season has introduced a…
Renowned ice gazelle Adam Rippon has scored another win for queerkind. The openly gay Olympian walked away with the Mirrorball trophy after Monday’s finale of the athletes-only competition of Dancing with the Stars. Rippon and his partner Jenna Johnson beat out a series of strong competitors for the prize, including ice wildebeest Tonya Harding. Ironically,…
For the honor of Grayskull, She-Ra is returning to Earth. Led by the queer creator of Lumberjanes, Noelle Stevenson, She-Ra will be rebooted on Netflix later this year with a luminous vocal cast including Sandra Oh and Lorraine Toussaint, a.k.a. Orange is the New Black’s season two antagonist, Vee. The news is a much-needed win…
There might be a reason to see Deadpool 2 after all. P.S. SPOILER ALERT! While Ryan Reynolds has been praised for his affecting, if exhausting and transparently needy, portrayal of the movie’s titular superhero, the movie has been knocked for its lack of decent action sequences and troubling sexism. (Critics have decried the film’s “fridging,”…
