Category Archives: Celebrity

Comment o’ the Day: it’s ME! And Johnny Weir!

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Yet again, over on Gawker (which has discontinued their Comment of the Day program, alas) I brought my A Game – strange, isn’t it, how one’s A Game slips away from one when one is preoccupied with things like locking down food and shelter; now that I have both, plus spending money, the mots, they are bon indeed! – and managed a remark to be proud of for once, instead of dreading clicking the “See All” on Kinja notifications.

raincoaster: That is glorious. Millinery without ambition is just outerwear.

Always nice to pick up some compliments, even if recent events have me looking askance and asking myself if someone is trolling me.

heycheckitout

Yesterday 5:17pm

You are a poet for our generation.

heycheckitout

Yesterday 9:30pm

You madam are a treasure in this place. Please never stop commenting. Where did you learn to write? What books/publications/journals do you read?

raincoaster

9 minutes ago

I’m blushing! As for what do I read, I generally read Gawker. When I have time, which isn’t lately, I read Joan Didion, Damon Runyon, the Father Christmas stories of GK Chesterton, old ghost stories, Fast Company magazine, Maisonneuve, McSweeney’s, and the New Yorker.

Read those (and write a celebrity fashion blog for six straight years) and you too can create snappy celebrity fashion captions just like raincoaster!

Tony Blair Speaks Truth to Power!

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Tony Blair says How YOU doin?

Tony Blair says How YOU doin?

Here is My Imaginary Boytoy and also apparently Wendi Deng‘s, former British PM Tony Blair, aka bLIAR, speaking the absolute, literal truth for once in his goddam life, with a little help from remix artist Cassetteboy. The peace broker was risking all to deliver a desperate address to the hastily-gathered rebel alliance at the beating heart of the fabled Bloomberg empire, its London HQ. Oh, who am I kidding? He was there for the paycheck.

 

Fabulous Fascists!

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Prince is the KING of fashionable fascists

Prince is the KING of fashionable fascists

I forget who said it (when in doubt, blame Diana Vreeland) but it’s true: fascists have the best uniforms. Imagine what they could do if they really let themselves go!

They could do this. From Pseudonymous (for obvious reasons) Middle Eastern Internet Artist Saint Hoax comes the ultimate recipe for a dictator.

The recipe for an iconic queen:
1- Flamboyant name
2- Fierce persona
3- Defining outfits
4- Personalized hairdo
5- A trademark feature
6- One hell of a PR teamI then realized that it takes that same exact effort to make a leader.
A rush of images containing Hitler’s mustache, Bin laden’s headgear, Obama’s campaigns, Saddam’s narcism crossed through my mind. It got me thinking that behind every “great” man, there’s a queen.Like drag queens, political/religious leaders are expected to entertain, perform and occasionally lip-sync a public speech.
But unlike drag queens, the fame hungry leaders don’t know when to take their costumes off.

Hitleria Hysteria

Hitleria Hysteria

Queen Abby

Popette Benny Madame O'Sane Georgia Buchette Vladdy Pushin Ossie B Baricka O'Bisha Kimmy Jungle

My political compass doesn’t point north

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Political Compass graph

Political Compass graph

Well, that sounds about right. According to the Political Compass Test I’m lefter and more anarchal than the Dalai Lama, but then if I headed up a country and was worshipped as a living god, it’s hard to see how I would be able to resist the temptation to, you know, believe them a little bit. Of my hacker/Anonymous friends who have taken this, I’m the most authoritarian and also the most leftist. As Disconnect on Facebook said, “To be fair you are only an authoritarian compared to rest of us anarchists.. You are the most anarchist authoritarian on the planet and the most authoritarian anarchist in the room.”

I'm not quite as lefty as Stalin, it says. But Stalin was a fascist.

I’m not quite as lefty as Stalin, it says. But Stalin was a fascist.

And what are you?

Who am I today?

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I am, apparently, two people. Which is fewer than normal for me.

https://twitter.com/AnonIndustry/status/432303512538456067

I'm Joe Strummer and you're not

I’m Joe Strummer and you’re not

Which Punk Icon Are You?

You got: Joe Strummer from The Clash

You have a cynical view of the world, but you’re nevertheless very earnest and truly believe that people have the power to bring about positive change. You’re very curious and creative, and are very active in seeking out inspiration in unlikely places.

 and

I am the Thin White Duke and you aren't

I am the Thin White Duke and you aren’t

Try the Which Bowie are You quiz at Zimbio. and tell them AND Buzzfeed to provide a goddam embed code, wouldja?

Time to celebrate! Who knows, I may take the Geographic Cure soon enough!