Man, what’s not to love about Dolly? I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again until I’m blue in the face, I think that Dolly Parton is The Great American Songwriter. No offense to Willie, Bruce, Woody, Bob, Joni, Hank, Jon and Exene, but when I think of great artists with a capital A, I think of people who can communicate every facet of being a human being.Jay Smooth gives Chris Brown a history lesson (video)
Why does everyone hate Patrick Wolf? (Sick Mouthy)
Maybe it’s that people are still scared of homosexuality, especially when it’s not manifested within strictly delineated and accepted paths. Homosexuality manifested as flamboyant camp is perhaps acceptable when it’s delivered with an undertone of impotence (and thus safety), but it petrifies when the voice is deep and the stride long.Also, two posts that address the lack of women and people of color in Bravo's Top Chef finale from Post Bourgie and Shakesville. On the accusations of sexism, Shakesville's Melissa McEwan sums it up:
The consistency with which men on the show who break the rules are lauded as rebels and the women who break the rules are scolded as not understanding the challenge is really getting old.
Colicchio says there's no sexism on the show, and most of the contestants agree, but there is absolutely a covert double-standard that routinely results in women getting eliminated. Men are rewarded for creativity; women are rewarded for compliance.
And on a show where creativity wins, not compliance, it's no fucking wonder there's only been one female winner.
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