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janelle monae

A photograph of Janelle Monáe in a birthday hat and very little else. She smiles at the camera with her eyes, her hands covering her lips, and has short red hair.
Vapid Fluff

No Filter: Janelle Monáe Wants Your Birthday Wishes in Her Birthday Suit

Well hello most glorious day, Happy Birthday Janelle Monáe!! Also, honestly, we don’t care if it’s sponson if Sarah Paulson and Niecy Nash are going to keep being this cute at it — and somehow Janet Mock personally hired the sun to bless her thigh.

By Christina Tucker| December 2, 2020 | 17 Comments
A collage of Tessa Thompson and Janelle Monáe on Instagram Live together. Tessa Thompson's hair is in braids and she is smiling. Janelle Monáe's short red hair is framing her face. They are laughing and smiling together.
Society + Culture

Also.Also.Also: Janelle Monáe and Tessa Thompson Are Playing Truth-Or-Dare for Democracy

Janelle Monáe and Tessa Thompson are baiting us for Democracy this Election Day… and I’m not mad at it? Also: Lots of good, thoughtful election reads that (mostly) won’t piss you off and concrete, actionable ways to distract yourself right now if you need it.

By Carmen Phillips| November 3, 2020 | 3 Comments
Janelle Monáe in "Antebellum" as the character Eden. Eden screams in anger, her face in profile to the camera, as smoke from torches fill the screen behind her.
Film

“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.

By danijanae| September 25, 2020 | 2 Comments
Janelle Monae looks handsome in new closely cropped red hair and big glasses. She's also wearing a blue suit in the sunshine.
Society + Culture

Also.Also.Also: She’ll Be Making Passes at Janelle Monáe Wearing Glasses

It’s been a long, hard summer: here’s a photo of Janelle Monáe’s new haircut + glasses just because! Also: Monáe 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!

By Carmen Phillips| September 3, 2020 | 4 Comments
Janelle Monae lounges in water in a small bathing suit. Her hair floats around her in the aqua marine water that dances against her skin.
Vapid Fluff

No Filter: Janelle Monáe Is the Mermaid of Your Dreams

Janelle Monáe makes water look so good. Also, Samira Wiley is the wife you’ve been waiting for, Leisha Hailey’s cat (!!), and Trace Lysette wears a t-shirt better than most people wear couture.

By Christina Tucker| August 19, 2020 | 9 Comments
Arts + Pop Culture

Pop Culture Fix: Janelle Monáe Wants to Play Storm, Preferably in the “Black Panther” Sequel

Also: Wynonna Earp’s season four episode titles, the real puppers of Last of Us 2, Keke Palmer covers Cosmo, your BSC personality based on your sign, and more!

By Heather Hogan| July 13, 2020 | 12 Comments
Vapid Fluff

No Filter: Here For Janelle Monáe’s 2 Hat Revolution

Kate Moennig and Leisha Hailey are starting a podcast! Kristen Kish and Padma Lakshmi are matching! Hayley Kiyoko is good at signs!

By Christina Tucker| June 17, 2020 | 3 Comments
Television

“Homecoming” Is a Homo-Coming, but It’s Not the Star Vehicle Janelle Monáe Deserved

I wanted “Homecoming” to be Janelle Monáe’s star vehicle and for her search to be as compelling as Julia Roberts’ during the first season, but sadly — it simply wasn’t.

By Natalie| June 12, 2020 | 5 Comments
Arts + Pop Culture

Pop Culture Fix: Janelle Monáe’s Final “Homecoming” Trailer Is Here and Queer and Weird as Hell

One Day at a Time scores an animated special, The Last of Us II gets a real release date maybe, a show about social distancing from the Orange Is the New Black team, Ali Krieger and Ashlyn Harris talk activism on and off the filed, and more!

By Heather Hogan| April 29, 2020 | 3 Comments
Arts + Pop Culture

Pop Culture Fix: Janelle Monáe Stars in “Homecoming”… We Shall Call It, Homo-Coming!

Kristen Stewart’s long history of playing moody teenagers, the casts of Hamilton and The Nanny reunited and it feels so good, here’s what your favorite TV characters might do during a pandemic, what the hell is Quibi, and more!

By Carmen Phillips| April 6, 2020 | 1 Comment
Society + Culture

Sunday Funday Is Already Getting Ready for Pride with Janelle Monáe

Happy Sunday! Janelle Monáe is headlining NYC Pride Island, lady basketball coaches, new music videos, and so much more! Come celebrate with us!

By Ari| March 8, 2020 | 2 Comments
Society + Culture

Also.Also.Also: Janelle Monáe 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?

By Carmen Phillips| March 5, 2020 | 1 Comment
Society + Culture

Also.Also.Also: Janelle Monáe Reclaimed Flower Crowns as Queer Culture at the Oscars Last Night

Black femmes won Oscars weekend, starring: Janet Mock, Janelle Monáe, Angelica Ross, Billy Porter, and MJ Rodriguez! Also, links about why we still don’t believe survivors, moms starting a housing rights revolution, and more.

By Carmen Phillips| February 10, 2020 | 4 Comments
Society + Culture

Sunday Funday Is Celebrating Being Non-Binary With Janelle Monáe

Happy Sunday! Here’s some good news: Janelle Monáe might be non-binary, Janet Mock is winning an award, Jonathan Van Ness wrote a children’s book, and more!

By Ari| January 12, 2020 | 6 Comments
Vapid Fluff

No Filter: A Cuddle-Off Between Janelle Monáe’s Bathrobe and Samira Wiley’s Hoodie

It’s a holiday week, Gigi Gorgeous and Clay teach us what art is, and could someone explain Amber Heard?

By Christina Tucker| November 27, 2019 | 15 Comments
Fashion/Style

Bi-Suited

With the golden age of women’s red-carpet suiting upon us, who is queer fashion for?

By Natasha Ochshorn| September 25, 2019 | 7 Comments
Vapid Fluff

No Filter: What is Happening On Janelle Monáe’s Instagram

Clea Duvall, Jen Richards and other heartthrobs wear suits on red carpets, Laverne Cox and Cara Delevingne wear neon lingerie backstage, I love the Indigo Girls forever, those girls from the Bachelor show are still blonde and happy and more hot news from the week in queer insta!

By Riese| September 25, 2019 | 9 Comments
Herstory Music

Janelle Monáe Is This Week’s Modern LGBTQ Trailerblazer #WCW

Janelle Monáe is, quite simply, peerless.

By Heather Hogan| May 29, 2019 | 9 Comments
Vapid Fluff

No Filter: Welcome To The House Of Janelle Monáe and Lupita Nyong’o

Janelle Monae is the mother of dragons, Amber Heard and Corey Rae enjoy amazing cuisine, Gaby Dunn holds a dog, Halsey and Joan Jett have a meet-cute, Samira Wiley wears a hoodie and more important news from this week’s queer celebrity instagram.

By Riese| May 22, 2019 | 28 Comments
Vapid Fluff

Are Janelle Monáe and Lupita Nyong’o Dating Or Just Canoodling!!???

WHAT DOES IT MEAN???

By Heather Hogan| May 11, 2019 | 20 Comments
Film

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.

By Drew Gregory| May 10, 2019 | 29 Comments
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