Bill Cosby On the "N" Word; Reader Question; Cost to Self-Publish Chase of a...
This past weekend Bill Cosby spoke to graduates at Paul Quinn college, and among other things he mentioned the “N” word. Cosby spent most of his time making people laugh, but he also imparted a...
View ArticleSam Taylor-Johnson Fifty Shades Movie; N-Word Paula Deen; Ex-Gay Group Apology
According to this article, they’ve chosen a director for the Fifty Shades Movie, Sam Taylor-Johnson. So the movie adaptation is moving forward, but still no announcement about who is going to star in...
View ArticlePaula Deen the N-Word; The Q-word; Supreme Court/Gay Marriage
(Update: It doesn’t seem to be ending for Paula Deen. More sponsors may terminate their relationship with her, and Smithfield Foods has terminated their relationship with her and issued a striking...
View ArticleGay Content; More Paula Deen; Equal Rights Blog Hop
I posted yesterday about something that happened to me during final edits for an upcoming book about tea dance in gay culture, and I just wanted to elaborate on why I’ll probably vet gay content…or gay...
View ArticleAlec Baldwin Gay Slurs; Free Excerpt Tea Dance
I really do like to post more positive things on Fridays, but I just couldn’t ignore the recent gay slurs from Alec Baldwin again. And in light of what’s been happening with Paula Deen all week, I...
View ArticleEmpire and the "N" Word; Queer As Folk Nudity; Booking Pros for Three-Ways
Empire and the “N” Word There’s been criticism about why the TV show, “Empire,” will use the “F” word as a pejorative toward gay men, but they won’t use the “N” word. Terrence Howard, the show’s star,...
View ArticleMadonna’s Racial Slur; Jeff Kaufman: The State of Marriage
Madonna’s Racial Slur I almost hate putting up a title like that because I don’t for one single minute think Madonna Ciccone is in any way a racist. But an exchange between Maddona and her son, Rocco,...
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