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Flysexual ArchAndroid Janelle MonĂ¡e Confirms She Is Nonbinary!
“Queers around the world feel validated in their thirst and the kinship they feel with Janelle’s music and style.”
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58 Gay Pop Icons and Rising Stars
Gay pop is a dynamic, enormous genre of music that has defined our community’s parties and culture for years. Here are just some of our favorite, most iconic, and exciting gay pop artists.
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Sunday Funday Is Celebrating Being Non-Binary With Janelle MonĂ¡e
Happy Sunday! Here’s some good news: Janelle MonĂ¡e might be non-binary, Janet Mock is winning an award, Jonathan Van Ness wrote a children’s book, and more!
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Also.Also.Also: She’ll Be Making Passes at Janelle MonĂ¡e Wearing Glasses
It’s been a long, hard summer: here’s a photo of Janelle MonĂ¡e’s new haircut + glasses just because! Also: MonĂ¡e is starring in the new “Gloria” movie coming to Amazon and here’s a first look; we have Niecy Nash’s wedding video; and so many links to read to carry you into the (almost) long weekend!
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Also.Also.Also: Janelle MonĂ¡e and Kiersey Clemons Star in New Movie “Antebellum,” Black Femmes Plot Worldwide Takeover
Also: the music that takes you back to high school, and have you ever considered that potlucks are a site of queer resistance?
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“Homecoming” Is a Homo-Coming, but It’s Not the Star Vehicle Janelle MonĂ¡e Deserved
I wanted “Homecoming” to be Janelle MonĂ¡e’s star vehicle and for her search to be as compelling as Julia Roberts’ during the first season, but sadly — it simply wasn’t.
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“Antebellum” Forgot That Black Women Can’t Save the World From Fascism, We Only Must Save Ourselves
Seeing as the modern police force is an evolution of slave catchers, for a film trying to make a point about how the horrors of the past still exist in the present — it comes across as both ahistorical and like a serious misstep.
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Sunday Funday and Lizzo with Janelle MonĂ¡e, Oh My!
Hello it’s Sunday and every single one of our faves is here! Lena Waithe and Westworld, Janelle MonĂ¡e and Lizzo and “Lady and the Tramp” and Tessa Thompson and Kiersey Clemons! What a great Sunday!!
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23 Black Queer and Trans Femmes to Follow on Instagram This Black History Month
Honey, these glorious embodiments of black femme magic are about to sweep you off your feet.
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The Black Lesbian Movie Project
What if “Coming To America” starred Lena Waithe instead of Eddie Murphy? What if Sanaa Lathan and Gabrielle Union made out with each other at the end of “Love & Basketball”? What if black lesbians finally got to get the girl on the big screen? I’m buying the popcorn. You coming with?
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Pop Culture Fix: Janelle MonĂ¡e Presents Amandla Stenberg With Her First Award for “The Hate U Give”
Plus: Who even knows what’s happening with this “San Junipero” sequel, a first look at Ali and Mona’s Pretty Little Liars spin-off, She-Ra is coming to Netflix sooner than expected(!), a new mini-episode of Broad City, The Satanic Temple is suing Sabrina the Teenage Witch and more!
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The 14 Most Heterophobic Movies of All Time
As a queer person, it’s a relief to watch work like this. It gives us permission to just be free, to just be queer, to just be ourselves. That’s what great queer cinema can accomplish.
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The Best Radical Anti-Racist Art I Encountered This Year
There were some moments of anti-racist creativity that were so sublime, I’d like to take a moment to honor them. These are the top ten moments of radical art or artful activism that I encountered in my own little world this year.
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Audiostraddle Record Club: Wanna Listen?
Audiostraddle is starting a Record Club! Which is just like a book club but you know, with records. Who’s in?
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Audiostraddle Record Club: Go Get Janelle Monae’s ArchAndroid, Start Listening!
Audiostraddle Record Club, get your headphones ready!
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Janelle MonĂ¡e Covers Honey Mag, is Androgynous, Loves Androids
Janelle Monae is next up to be the Next Best Thing. In related news, it’s tough to be Ke$ha in a Lady Gaga world. Plus, Kristen Stewart looks like Kate Moennig at Coachella, Lady Gaga on Idol, Hailey Wojick, Christina Hendricks & more!