Tag: Pride Month
Romy Builds On the Queer Musical Canon With “Loveher”
As far as songs about women loving women go, well, they’re pretty few and far between. Unless one wants to count queerbaiting singles like Katy [Read More…]
“Vulgar”: A 2023 Update to the Sentiments of “Human Nature”
Although reports (and video) surfaced of Madonna’s steely demeanor toward Sam Smith as he approached the stage to perform “Unholy” with Kim Petras at the [Read More…]
Parodying Gender Identity in But I’m A Cheerleader
As Pride Month begins to cum to a close, it’s important to remember that, for most of the rest of the year, the straights and [Read More…]
The Long Ago Vindication of Kathy Griffin By Way of Sharon Needles
Accustomed to always being just on the periphery of fame, Kathy Griffin perhaps thought on some level that she was still as much of a [Read More…]
Taylor Swift Again Can’t Calm Down on Making Being Gay About Her in Video for “You Need to Calm Down”
The assumption that, “If Katy Perry and Taylor Swift can make peace with one another, so, too, can gays and homophobes” is the crux of [Read More…]
Taylor Swift Says “You Need To Calm Down,” Can’t Seem To With Her Political Shtick–And It Is a Shtick
Being political tends to come early on in one’s career if he or she is genuine about it. It happened with Bob Dylan, Patti Smith, [Read More…]
St. Vincent Leathers the Storm (of Orgiastic Semen) in “Fast Slow Disco”
New York, New York, it was a helluva town. Some people still think it is, even want to go so far as to creating their [Read More…]