The premise: You’re stranded on a deserted island. Maybe you were on a gay cruise and the U.S.S. Streisand hit an iceberg. Or your flight to Paekakariki Pride dove into the Tasman Sea. Whatevs. You’re all alone. Suddenly, your iPhone X, Samsung Galaxy S9 Plus or flip phone borrowed from Aunt Sally lights up with…
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 —…
You may be a fascist if you spend half of your day gaslighting your allies and constituents on social media. But you’re only a true fascist if you start gaslighting the dead ones, too. Today, Donald Trump celebrated Memorial Day by tweeting that “those who died for our great country would be very happy and…
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…
Attn: We’ve gone full Nineteen Eighty-Forty-Five. According to CBS News journalist Lesley Stahl, Donald Trump once admitted to attacking the press in order to purposely discredit them. Reportedly, when Stahl asked Trump prior to the 2016 election why he criticized the press so aggressively, Trump responded, “You know why I do it? I do…
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…
In ancient times, the key to a city actually meant something. Whenever a friendly dignitary visited a city, that city would give them a functional key that opened the city’s gates. The city was essentially saying, “Hey dude, we trust you not to break in and murder our wives and children or draw giant dicks…
