Guess what! It’s International Mix Tape Day! Or … it was. But now Laneia, Intern JK and the entire Team & Army are ready for it … and the future is bright. Speaking of the future, we sent a lady into the world of men to tell us about the Worldwide Developer’s Conference in Carlytron’s latest Nerd Alert. Also! Girl-on-Gallery – Hot Boyish Girls do Androgyny. Also if you haven’t listened to Carlytron & Riese’s hiLARIOUS visit to the Gay Pimp Podcast, you really should!
ART AGAINST h8: I’m obsessed with this and will be posting photos from it all week.
MUSIC! Del Marquis Interview (@outmagazine)
LADY GAGA! “I write about what I know: sex, pornography, art, fame obsession, drugs, and alcohol. I mean, why would anyone care to listen to me if I wasn’t an expert in what I write about?” (@elle)
POP! Stars who are totally over it. (@ohnotheydidnt)
ADAM LAMBERT: MEDIA AGAINST THE MUSIC!: Did you see Adam Lambert on 20/20? Didja, PUNK? We saw it. So, Adam Lambert is GAY! Gaygayggayayayaygagyayg. (His brother always knew it!) Sidenote: get your pants on, go to the store, buy Rolling Stone and read the article, it’s good, we la-la-love him even more today than yesterday. P.S. HE’S GAY! Watch this video!
ADAM LAMBERT! Meanwhile Gene Simmons has gone on FoxNews to say Adam should “shut up about being gay” because “no one cares.” And for the first time in Autostraddle history, we will now quote an internet commenter:
Gene Simmons talks about his sexual preferences (apparently, every female on the face of the earth) and his sexual history ALL THE TIME. He brags about the THOUSANDS of women he said he has slept with. He shoves his sexuality in our faces (that tongue! Ugh.) ALL THE TIME. Why is Gene Simmons allowed to do something, but Adam Lambert isn’t. Heck, Adam Lambert isn’t as vulgar as Gene Simmons — not by a long shot.
+ POP! Last night June 13th the Logo NewNowNext Awards were on the teevee. If you missed it, you can see it on the computer. Hey-o guess who helped create these fancy gay videos? That’s right, our very own Carlytron! Take a gander:
Check out Jessica Clark, Erin Foley and Kate McKinnon and other ladies in this here video.
+ WOMYN: Ask Professor Foxy: Am I Nonmonogamous? … Also, I’ve always considered myself somewhat bisexual, and I have become increasingly eager to explore that side of my sexuality …” (@feministing)
+ POP! Jodie Foster, Chelsea Handler, etc. go to the Women in Film Awards, Jennifer Aniston pokes fun at her movies. (@people)
+WOMYN: British Vogue Editor’s Lame PR Coup: No More Size Zeros! – “Isn’t that the name of the game? Calling out that which came before as utterly passe – especially if you’re in control of it – in lieu of “reinventing” or whatever the hell fashion people do?” (@gawker)
↑ Why I Now Support Gay Marriage: “WHEN I ran in the Democratic primary for governor against Eliot Spitzer in 2006, I vocally supported civil unions for same-sex couples but did not endorse equal marriage … I was wrong.” (@nytimes op-ed)
↑ Every Gay Loves a Parade in Europe, similarly, every gay loves a parade in Boston. Also, everyone is loving a parade right now in West Hollywood, California.
↓ I know it’s Sunday Funday but when Queerty says, “[Obama] is a liar, and his actions are despicable. He’s risked every ounce of credibility among gay Americans. The man who championed hope has given us every reason to lose it,” I think it’s worth noting.
↑ @carlytron: this made my day.
Auto-Straddler of the Day
Tank Girl = Fashion Icon
Your No-On-H8er of the Day
Psst. The Gene Simmons link is a little wonky.
ok, it’s fixed now!
(is that a bad sign when the only comment on the daily fix is that we messed up a link?)
I’m listening to The Future is Bright and that Tank Girl pic made my day!
I totally understand wanting to act for the sake of acting and art, and not for want of (the invasions of) fame… but you have to expect it. Otherwise… stick to the stage. Don’t be ungrateful to the people that paid for those $200 ray bans and haircuts that you hide behind. I’m just saying.
And I’m too upset about to Obama to say anything else about that whole deal.
Those NOH8 campaign photos are just *pretty*.
Tank girl is an amazing piece of cinema…p-p-p-pow
It’s been swell (but the swelling’s gone down)
I’m taking the “Why I Now Support Gay Marriage” link and saving it forevs. It gives me hope that if Nassau County Executive Tom Suozzi (a name I’ve known for years living here on Long Island) can realize that Civil Unions are unfair and unequal, than others can too :)
my fave part of the adam lambert interview is probs the baby pic of him in the cowboy outfit, clearly ready for the rodeo disco