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Mad Props for Maddow

Regular Air American Dr. Rachel Maddow will be filling the slot (settle down, girls) of a rescheduled and repositioned Dan Abrams on MSNBC and getting her own show beginning Monday, September 8. When the good doc, out lesbian, and Rhodes scholar began making regular guest appearances as a commentator on various news programs, much was made about the "look-softening" she underwent in her trek from radio to television. Well, everyone knows TV adds about 10 pounds of dyke to anyone with short hair. We can only hope that at some juncture, the glasses will make a comeback. Not that we're biased.

4:26PM Fri. Aug. 22, 2008, Kate X Messer Read More | Comment »

Dear Obamans

If your man picks gay-baitin', new-Dem-con Tim Kaine for his choice for running mate; then find me… and bring a bucket. You will be witness to the grandest public rainbow display of reverse peristalsis this side of Mr. Creosote. I will be puking up:
Purple for the shoulder shrugs, including those from his own purple state. Barfing up
Blue for his blandness. Regurgitating
Green for his inexperience. Yakking up
Yellow for his shitty gay-baiting tactic during the gubernatorial race, going off on his Republican opponent for having a "gay-sounding" voice. (As Chronicle Politics department maven Amy Smith deftly points out: "That's a gay accent, buddy.") Upchucking
Orange for how his name is half of McCain. And retching
Red for his anti-choice tendencies. Be sure to bring a wafer-thin mint.

12:31PM Fri. Aug. 22, 2008, Kate X Messer Read More | Comment »

The Road to Hell Is a Towleroad

Catholic League Prez Bill Donohue has his hairshirt in a wad over who's on the official DNC list to get press credentials to the Democratic National Convention next week in Denver. Which is all well and good until he starts fuckin' with the Towleroad. Do not fuck with the Towleroad.

12:44AM Tue. Aug. 19, 2008, Kate X Messer Read More | Comment »

TODAY'S EVENTS

Sweet Pill, Zeta, Equipment

Parish

Concert in the Dark: Full Moon edition w/ Will Taylor & Ryan Murphy (the Beatles tribute) at ATX Unplugged

Friends Trivia
at Waterloo Ice House

MUSIC | MOVIES | ARTS | COMMUNITY

Let Them Eat Critical Cake!

Funny juxtaposition in a recent GaySocialites.com post. They criticize US Weekly for having a slow news day, yet lead off with the same exact schlocky headline they are making fun of. And then proceed to validate the idea further by reporting the details of the story. Back in a Media Studies class I used to teach, we'd call this technique "Having My Critical Cake, and Eating It, Too." And sometimes we'd add, "And Then Purging." But the capper? The relative proximity of the last line:

"It's great to be accepted, bad to be capitalized upon…"

right above the obviously gay targeted loveandpride(tm) ad for gay wedding rings! (UPDATE: YMMV, it's a revolving ad. But when we read the article that was the ad that showed up!)

12:12AM Tue. Aug. 19, 2008, Kate X Messer Read More | Comment »

Kitty's Back... and Going Bowling

She never really went away. Foodies founder and wrangler Diane "Kitty" Murray, the woman behind the women who love women who love food, has a life too, y'know. But for too long, her email list of over 3,000 Central Texas lesbians (and a few regular visitors, for good measure) has sat dormant. A post seen regularly on a local Women seek Women board this past Spring was "What happened to Foodies?"

9:50PM Mon. Aug. 18, 2008, Kate X Messer Read More | Comment »

Queens of the Realm (or Part II: The Coronation)

The Widow Norton, Empress I José, couldn't have clocked in at more than 3'3" ( perhaps 4'3"), yet still managed to tower high above the realm over which she presides. And the realm over which she presides is stocked with 9' tall glamazons (not counting hair). Imagine Danny Devito channeling Harvey Fierstein while convincingly playing the part of your Aunt Gertie … and you're halfway there. Needless to say, the founding Mama of the International Court System leaves quite an impression.

2:28PM Mon. Aug. 18, 2008, Kate X Messer Read More | Comment »

Queen for a Day

Gender in and of itself carries enough expectation baggage. But when gender skew has a matching suitcase, you know you gotta do some unpacking: even if it means shaving your armpits. If one more person asked if I were going to wear a tux, I was going to scream. Both founding Empress Mona littleMore and current/outgoing Empress Simone Riviera sent along invitations to the United Court of Austin's annual Coronation: The Chronicle, "The Gay Place," Getty, and I were being acknowledged with an award and would I like to accept it. I knew that my guayabera and Sansabelts wouldn't cut it. Accessorizing, to me, usually means putting a Romeo y Julieta in the little cigar pocket over my breast.

2:50PM Wed. Aug. 13, 2008, Kate X Messer Read More | Comment »

Ziro the... Whut?

George Lucas, what were you thinking? First, Jar Jar Binks. Now, this? The new animated Star Wars clone thing features Jabba's uncle, Ziro the Hutt, a reportedly lisping, peacock-feather laden slug which Lucas insisted should sound like ... Truman Capote. Actually, Ziro sounds like he's gonna look like what Truman Capote called Mick Jagger.

10:10PM Tue. Aug. 12, 2008, Kate X Messer Read More | Comment »

On the Corner of Gay and...

According to WOAI, the NBC affiliate in the Alamo City, San Antonio City Council has denied Second Baptist Church's request to change the name of the street on which their church resides. As the report points out, "Gay" is the name of a community activist of significance to the surrounding community, which wants the name of the street to remain Gay Street. We think instead that the church should move a few blocks south to the corner of Gay/Hub.

1:58PM Sat. Aug. 9, 2008, Kate X Messer Read More | Comment »

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