dispatch from drake being a lesbian now
dispatch from drake being a lesbian now
and something about bella swan arriving at the venice film festival
Welcome to this week’s dispatch from the lesbian internet, a mid-week news roundup from Paging Dr. Lesbian. If you like this type of thing, subscribe.
Two important things happened this week, and they have to do with Drake and Kristen Stewart. I’ll start with Drake. Late Thursday/early Friday morning, Drake released his new album Certified Lover Boy. (I have listened to it and I still can’t tell any of the songs apart). For our purposes, the most important part of the album is a lyric in the song “Girls Want Girls” where Drake says “say that you a lesbian, girl me too.” Now, obviously this is offensive and silly and sounds like a joke a 12-year-old boy would make, but it’s also so idiotic that it’s funny. I’m also perplexed by the next line in the song, which is “girls want girls where I’m from.” Do all the sapphics just live in Toronto? Is Toronto the birthplace of lesbians? Do I need to go there? Give us some answers here, please. Anyways, I don’t have any other thoughts on the matter, so here are some memes.
The second big piece of news from this week has to do with our lesbian lord and savior, Kristen Stewart. Kristen Stewart and her girlfriend Dylan Meyer arrived at the Venice Film Festival last week – and they obviously looked great. Kristen was rocking her new brassy blonde hairdo and various high fashion, yet still dyke-y outfits. (Look at this one). In particular, these pictures (below) really sent people into a tailspin. If more pictures like these surface, we may never recover.
In str***** news, sapphic favorite Brie Larson went on a glamping getaway with her boyfriend. Like, we knew she had a boyfriend, but she doesn’t have to rub it in our faces like this, does she??? (Especially after those archery pics from last month. Just cruel!)
MUNA and Phoebe Bridgers released a music video for their song Silk Chiffon, and it is a wonderful tribute to the classic lesbian film But I’m a Cheerleader. A trailer for the new Dutch lesbian film ANNE+, based on the series of the same name, has just been released. I loved the series (which you can watch with a premium subscription on Amazon Prime), and I’m excited for the film.
In ‘fun gay things on Instagram’ news, JoJo Siwa apparently threw a party that was attended by both Dorian Electra and Rebecca Black. The power that this has!
Also, Ashlyn Harris, Ali Kreiger, Tobin Heath, and Christen Press (and baby Sloane) apparently all ran into each other at the airport, looking like the gayest group of people I have ever seen. Tobin and Christen were obviously traveling together, because they never leave each other’s side. (If you didn't know, there have long been rumors that the two are dating).
The Guardian published an extensive profile and interview with Angelina Jolie this week, and it’s worth reading. (Despite the fact that the idiotic lede confirms my opinion that men should stop writing profiles of women). Along with talking about her commendable humanitarian work and her upcoming book about the rights of children, Jolie also discusses her relationship with her children and her (ex) husband Brad Pitt. In addition to what we already know about his apparent domestic violence issues, Jolie also alleges that Pitt knew about her experience with Harvey Weinstein and yet continued to work with him. (Pitt also happens to be producing a film about Weinstein, by the way). Let’s end this man’s career, please!
Some other things you might consider reading this week: This article about The L Word: Generation Q and Work in Progress (the latter of which the author alleges is the better show). This piece in Vulture about Maya Cade, who founded the Black Film Archive, which collects all of the black films made from 1915 to 1979 and provides links for how to stream them. You can check out the Black Film Archive here. And this piece, The dying art of the hatchet job, about today’s backlash against critics being, well, critical.
Also, here is a great interview with Judith Butler in The Guardian, in which Butler explains how her classic theory of gender performativity relates to the world today. To put it simply, it slaps. Apparently, however, The Guardian cut a very important (and lengthy) point Butler made about the allegiance between TERFs (Trans Exclusionary Radical Feminists) and fascists. Not cool! Judy 4ever.
That’s all for this week, folks! Stay tuned for more gay adventures next time. I will leave you with this tweet from Vulture that made me laugh out loud.
