WTF Wednesday: An iron curtain for LGBT* folks
At the end of June, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed an extremely controversial bill that punishes people for “homosexual propoganda.” People found guilty of promoting homosexual acts can be...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Strike while the iron is hot
Trigger Warning: heterosexism, cissexism, homelessness Unfortunately, all too many families don’t need to be asked this, but instead told to merely respect their children. From here. In the United...
View ArticleRemus Lupin: Hijacking a queer narrative
Harry Potter fans have always been an overtly rowdy bunch — opinionated, loud, and inclined to have blazing rows among themselves about the smallest, most inconsequential things. Of course, those...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Coming Clean: The Rob Ford ‘Crack’ Scandal
TW: drug use, racism, homophobia Earlier this year, the Toronto Star recovered a video in which Mayor Rob Ford appeared to be smoking crack. The initial video shows Ford “incoherent, trading jibes with...
View Article“We’re not laughing with you, we’re laughing at you.”
Trigger warnings: racism, homophobia Comedy is great. The gut-wrenching, muscle-tensed feeling of laughing so much you’re struggling to gasp for air is a welcome feeling. Give me slapstick comedy,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Twitter Tuesday: A Payneful meltdown
[Trigger Warnings: mentions of queerphobia and racism, mentions of abortion and rape] [Editor’s note: This post is image-heavy, due to screencaps of tweets.] Last weekend, 1/5 of internationally famous...
View ArticleThrowing the ‘Nazi’ label at people you don’t like
[Trigger Warnings: homophobia, transphobia, Nazism, antisemitism, racism] Earlier this month, Christian radio personality Rick Wiles went on a tear on his show and unleashed this entire rant after...
View ArticleNFL draft pick kisses significant other on ESPN; all Hell breaks loose?
[Trigger Warning: homophobia] On Saturday, May 10, Michael Sam became the first openly gay athlete to be drafted into the NFL. Drafted by the St. Louis Rams in the 7th round (249th overall), his...
View ArticleWTF Wednesday: CNN and the Washington Times got played
[Trigger Warnings: gun violence, homophobia, misogyny] Over the past two weeks, there’s been contention over a seemingly innocuous list of recent school shootings, originally tabulated by the...
View ArticleCan the press calm down about Angel Haze and Ireland Baldwin?
[Trigger Warnings: homophobia, fetishization, sexual assault] In a recent interview with The Independent, rapper Angel Haze talked in detail about how ‘amusing’ it is that media coverage of her...
View Article