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Author, Heal Thy Words
With everything happening in the world (An Incomplete Recap: ongoing global pandemic, massive economic downturn, wildly corrupt and morally bankrupt administration with fascist authoritarian...
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We The People Protest
The world is a lot right now. It’s easy to get overwhelmed and want to block it all out. But in some ways I feel more hopeful than I have in quite some time. I mean, granted, we’re in the midst of...
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Gender Fuck Thursday: Anna May Wong Edition
How about another delightful Pride Month delight? Here is a little Gender Fuck Thursday Glamour from Chinese-American trailblazer and under-appreciated Hollywood icon Anna May Wong. Considered the...
View ArticleMy Weekend Crush
Well, now isn’t this sweet? Pixar has released its first animated project featuring a gay main character. If you have Disney+, then you should definitely check out the adorable short “Out.” It marks...
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SCOTUS says LGBTQ Rights
It had been so long since we’ve had good news that I almost forgot what it feels like. But today, today we got good news. Real, unadulterated, bona fide good news. Because today the Supreme Court of...
View ArticleGot To Let It Show
Fuck it, it’s Pride and we’re gonna party if we want to. Sure all the parades are canceled this year (and rightfully so, hello COVID-19 is still real and still here), but we can still celebrate in...
View ArticleSurviving
It’s been an incredibly busy week here at Surrenders Central. So apologies for today’s late post. Let’s keep the good vibes going with my second-favorite disco-era hit of all time. This is actually the...
View ArticleBout a Revolution
One more music post for good measure this week. And then, I promise, I’ll write actual words. But I also believe Tracy Chapman’s “Talkin’ Bout a Revolution” just fits this moment. And Chapman, despite...
View ArticleMy Weekend Lemon
Please, my Fake TV/Movies Wife Tina Fey returns to “30 Rock” for a special episode and I’m not gonna write about it? So this week it was announced that the original cast of the acclaimed NBC series...
View ArticleMusic Monday
Every time I remember that Dolores O'Riordan is gone, I feel a little melancholy. But then I hear Dolores O'Riordan sing again and it fades to gorgeous melancholy. Since we’ve been talking 'bout...
View ArticleLizzo, Redux
Kittens, 2020 is grinding us all down to nubs. Please take a little joy and rewatch Lizzo’s Tiny Desk concert from last year. I do whenever I need a pick-me up. And, goodness, do we need it. Life, the...
View ArticleNot Going Back Again
This! 🙌🏾 IG: kimberlylatricejones & djonesmedia pic.twitter.com/l8zX4CULEg— Trevor Noah (@Trevornoah) June 6, 2020Sometimes, it’s good to just listen. Like really listen. Really, really listen. And...
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Lady K-Stew
Well this is genuinely interesting casting. Kristen Stewart is going to play Princess Diana in a new film about the beloved late British monarch’s decision to leave Prince Charles and depart from her...
View ArticleMy Weekend Crush
Damn. Just damn. I’ve watched the video for “March March” by The Chicks (because there ain’t no more Dixie) at least half a dozen times. And each time it gives me chills. And each time it makes me cry....
View ArticleMusic Monday: Pose Edition
For the last Music Monday of Pride Month, how about a little love? Sorry, that’s not accurate. How about A LOT of love. Billy Porter and the cast of “Pose” give us this delightful ode to self-love...
View ArticleBurning Down the Patriarchy, But Funny
As we are all simultaneously somehow incredibly stressed and and yet also somehow incredibly bored (I mean, if you’re lucky enough to like me have been working in your home for the last 3+ months...
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Happiest (Movie) Season
You know what, fuck it, we’re taking the first week of July too because we didn’t get to have our parades and we’re worth it. And you definitely deserve to see Kristen “Like So Gay, Dude” Stewart and...
View ArticleCenter Stage
As we keep our Pride extra week rolling, how about enjoying the trailer for “Stage Mother.” The movie seems like a but if a camp throwback – like, when’s the last time you remember a movie revolving...
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My Weekend (Fourth of July) Crush
I can’t think of anything more All-American this Fourth of July weekend than tearing down a monument to a man who committed treason by leading the Confederate Army in an attempt to destroy the United...
View ArticleMusic Monday: The Schuyler Sisters Edition
Yes, like everyone else I spent last weekend watching “Hamilton” on Disney+. Now that’s now you truly celebrate America’s birthday, by reframing and correcting history. Goodness knows, she needs it....
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