Monthly Archives: April 2012

an open letter to lindsay lohan on the occasion of her official casting in the forthcoming lifetime movie “liz and dick”

Posted on 24 April 2012 by

dear lindsay lohan, you are officially playing elizabeth taylor in the lifetime movie liz & dick. presumably wearing this enormous sweatshirt with her image on it was your audition… how has it come to this?

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merde

Posted on 18 April 2012 by

in 52 days, i’m presenting a paper that i’ve not yet begun to write. my proposed title contains the following words (presented here in no order): “adventure”, “stardom”, “tabloid”, “feminism”, “narrative”, journey”, “the NEW woman”, “via”, “jackie onassis”. it contains … Continue reading →

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kim kardashian <3 kanye: hysteria and the acceleration of "real" time in the Ro(Faux?)mance of The Century

Posted on 11 April 2012 by

kim kardashian and kanye. (“kimye” if you’re into portmanteau.) this all went down last thursday. in, like, the blink of an eye. it promptly bulldozed into my google reader and has yielded an unrelenting deluge ever since so- in case … Continue reading →

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and you will be watching “easter parade” this weekend, yes?

Posted on 4 April 2012 by

as a child, i was a super awesome gay man. i loved me some judy garland and figure skating and musicals and, omg, would that there had been a judy garland figure skating musical, i would have been all over … Continue reading →

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