Three-time GRAMMY Award-nominated multiplatinum 21st century R&B icon KEM returns to the #1 spot on R&B radio this week! His critically acclaimed new single, “Stuck On You” captures #1 at R&B radio, marking his eighth career #1 record. Affirming his place at the top once more, this milestone extends his incredible legacy, which remains one of the most storied and influential in modern soul and…
Now in its 11th year and recognized by USA Today as one of the 10 Best Film Festivals in the World, the ICFF 2022 Lavazza IncluCity Festival has become a 10-day, nine-city festival of over 130 feature films, documentaries, and short films, showcasing the best in cinema from around the world.
Attracting an Affluent Audience
The festival, being held at the Historic Distillery District (new for…
Coral Contemporary Gallery will present an exhibition of Argentinian artist Maria Chiara Baccanelli on May 19, 2022. Titled “Primamore,” this exhibition reflects the striking spontaneity of Baccanelli’s work, characterized by powerful colors that decant into floral forests. The aroma of these bouquets comes off as in a sunny spring afternoon in the countryside and surpasses her creations,…
Multi-platinum recording artist Gavin DeGraw has released his very personal new single “Face The River,” which is the title track from his forthcoming album out May 20 via RCA Records. On the track, written by DeGraw, his distinct intonation quivers above sparse piano before the organ-laden beat simmers. This slow-burn catches fire on a heavenly hook as he croons, “Try to face the river. I cannot…
Rising Houston-based rapper Guapo has mastered a new flow full of punchlines, quotables and Instagram captions that is just simply above par. He recently shared his new single “SRT” feat. OTB Fastlane. Listen to “SRT,” produced by 100Keyz, HERE and watch the video, directed by SpxrkStudios, HERE.
About Guapo
A Houston act so early in their career has never had such prolific strides quite like…
Milk + Cookies is thrilled to announce Atlanta-based rap artist and record executive Gucci Mane and DJ, producer and singer Alison Wonderland as the headliners for the spring Block Fest. The headliners will be joined by DJ collectives WERC Crew and Perreo404, with more local and national acts to be announced. With an expected guest count of over 5,000 attendees, Milk + Cookies Atlanta will blend…
Bob Moses shared a live performance video of their track “Hanging On.” Filmed in Hollywood, “Hanging On” is the fourth single released from the GRAMMY Award-winning duo’s new album The Silence in Between, out now via Astralwerks/Domino Recordings Co. Watch HERE.
“Hanging On” perfectly reflects the album’s duality of darkness and light, abounding in luminous melodies and effervescent rhythms even…
Center Theatre Group hosted its popular Black Out Night Performance for Blues for an Alabama Sky on Friday, April 8, 2022, at the Mark Taper Forum. Actress Wendy Raquel Robinson began the sold-out night with a pre-show address welcoming the audience into the theatre for this special performance of “Blues for an Alabama Sky” intended for Black theatregoers. Robinson, during the welcome, gave…
Multiplatinum band Fitz and the Tantrums have announced additional touring plans for summer 2022. The run of dates—co-headlined with Andy Grammer—are set to kick off in Key West, FL on July 29th. Ticket pre-sales will begin this Wednesday, April 13, at 10 AM local time, with general on-sale starting this Friday, April 15, at the same time. For more information, please click HERE.
Making history again, Sean “Diddy” Combs AKA Love announced today the launch of his new R & B record label ‘LOVE RECORDS’ and simultaneously signed a one time album deal with Motown Records. The new label will be dedicated to R & B music and will release singles and collaborative projects from a collective of world-class artists, producers and songwriters. The announcement marks Combs’ official…
In honor of Haitian Heritage Month, the Miami Design District‘s latest art exhibition takes place at the Buick Building. NOULA is an exhibition that challenges the idea of Haitian experience and existence. This exhibition brings together contemporary Haitian artists from different parts of the world, who disrupt and confront the negative notion about Haitian culture, societal standards and the…
[ID: Two tweets by Mor the Book Dragon (@ MorTheBookWyrm) that read: Disabled MCs are NOT hard to sell, you’re just bad at writing us.
Ash Williams (Evil Dead) is disabled
Imperator Furiosa (Max Max) is disabled
Kaz Brekker (Six of Crows) is disabled
Cinder (Lunar Chronicles) is disabled
Long John Silver (Treasure Island) is disabled
And you know what, they’re literally just five I rattled off the top of my head. There are loads of us. You just no longer consider us disabled if we’re accomplished. You think that “disabled” is a euphemism for “failure” or “useless” when is really, really isn’t. We’re awesome. End ID]
They really don’t connect disability with accomplishments. Remember that one post that was like “how is Ed Elric disabled” when he is literally missing an arm and leg!?
Toph is disabled. She’s blind and she’s one of the best Earth Benders ever.
Professor Xavier is also disabled and he’s a super powerful mutant.
Hiccup from How to Train Your Dragon is disabled, he had to get his foot replaced at the end of the first movie.
For real, it’s not that hard to sell these character, people just don’t try
So look. I agree there should be more queer folks involved in the creation of media, particularly mainstream media. (Other groups too but I’m speaking on queer folks right now.) Queer people are underrepresented and shoved to the side and poorly portrayed and that sucks, and there should be more of us involved, particularly when it comes to telling our stories.
HOWEVER
Nothing good comes of the idea that ONLY queer folks should tell queer stories or portray queer characters, or that it’s okay to critique and harass straight folks purely for telling queer stories.
Why?
1. Segregation is not going to work in our favor. We know how “well make your own, then” plays out when the other group has the resources and institutional power. Especially if there’s no one even making them pay lip service to “separate but equal.” It’s not going to be any better if the segregation is self-imposed.
2. Saying straight folks can’t make queer media gives them a convenient excuse to simply not include any queer characters at all in the majority of stories, and I thought we hated that? I thought that was explicitly a bad thing? We WANT straight creators to be doing their best to write us well so we’ll be represented in a full range of mainstream media. Saying they can’t do it right and shouldn’t try lets them off the hook.
3. It puts closeted queer creators in a bind. Either they stay closeted and be harassed by angry queer folks, they come out and expose themselves to harassment from bigots, or they simply never tell queer stories, their own stories. The world gets worse for some subset of queer folks and fewer authentic queer stories get told. Net loss.
4.It makes the small pool of out queer creators the arbiters of queer narratives, which sucks for people who don’t see themselves well represented. There is no single definitive queer narrative and the smaller the pool of Approved Creators the more we risk instating a false one.
5. It opens the door to further divisions within the community. If a straight person can’t possibly understand a trans person well enough to write about or act them, can a cis gay person? So should a cis gay man ONLY write characters who are cis gay men? Ridiculous. No, all queer people are not alike and do not have the same experiences. So either we need to overcome that to learn about and empathize with other people and stand in solidarity, or we’re all going to splinter off into our own little bubbles which, again, is explicitly bad for both our real-life community and our fiction.
We want people to write about others who aren’t like them. We want people to write about others who aren’t like them. We also want people like us to have the opportunity to tell our stories but making it an exclusive privilege can only backfire.
Setting up for my party tonight. She’s in charge of buying for the part, setting up, hosting, serving, clean up. I’m in charge of making sure she gets beaten if she doesn’t do those things right.
Alright my little dummies, gather round, it’s time for another lesson. Just because you’re a bimbo that doesn’t mean you can’t have class and elegance. You can still relish sophisticated music, beautiful art, fine dining, and the other accoutrements of high culture. But you need to change the way you appreciate these arts.
The young miss in the video above demonstrates this principle in action. She adores Beethoven’s soaring music and profound rhythm. She expresses this love of music with her most valuable and beloved feature, her ass. Men pay attention to her backside, they admire it and like to see her ass displayed in garments that accentuate it’s individuality.
The young miss knows that her words and ideas are unworthy to consort with great art. The only thing about her that can aspire to the lofty heights of genius are the sensuous curves of her hips, buttocks, and booty. Her body is her instrument. She performs for us and invites men with the artistic temperament to tune the instrument and play it.
There shall never be a bimbo Beethoven. Nor will there ever be a bimbo Picasso or Vermeer. Yet the bimbo can partake in artistic genius as the creative man’s muse, mistress, and whore. This delightful twerker in black tailcoat no doubt imagines herself servicing the great composer as she entertains us. In his waning years of deafness she lets Beethoven feel the beats of his music as they pulsate through her ample derriere onto his most sensitive organ. Taking direction from her conductor, she wiggles pianissimo and thrusts fortissimo.
With this example in mind, no bimbo should ever complain of boredom again. Have you tuned your ass into an exquisite instrument for men to play my little ones? Have you mastered a repertoire of classical selections, national anthems, power ballads, Broadway showtunes, and charming ditties performed with your bouncing butt-cheeks? If not, never let me catch you following current events, studying an academic subject, or striving in your career. There are, quite simply, more important things for you to rehearse.
Christmas is coming so give yourself a gift little ones. Pay some attention to what you sit on and dedicate yourself to the art of your ass. Michelle L’Amour, the dancer in the bow-tie, has released a DVD entitled “BootyLab” outlining her exercise routine and musical techniques. It is for sale at http://michellelamour.com/bootylab/. If you are serious about your bimbofication, you should purchase the Booty Lab and study it…. assiduously.
