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Post by ladyM :) on Jul 22, 2021 13:59:40 GMT -5
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Post by ladyM :) on Jul 22, 2021 14:39:32 GMT -5
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Post by katycake on Jul 22, 2021 15:03:47 GMT -5
james factora@jamesfactora
at long last….. for @papermagazine i wrote about @adamlambert and the most personally formative awards show performance of all time Before Lil Nas X, There Was Adam Lambert In 2009, America just wasn't ready to see queer kink on primetime TV. papermag.com Before Lil Nas X, There Was Adam Lambert by James Factora 6h I've moved far past the need for my queer identity to be validated by mainstream representation, but I'd also be lying if I said that I didn't tear up a little when I watched Lil Nas X's "MONTERO (Call Me By Your Name)" music video for the first time. Part of the reason why the "representation" conversation wears me out so thoroughly is because people, for the most part, are only concerned with "good" representation — good meaning family-friendly, likable, and certainly never ever sexual. Never mind the fact that sometimes, stereotypes are based in truth, and queer people in real life are often not very "family friendly," depending on what your definition of family is. But here was the biggest male pop star in the world, defying the puritanical sensibilities that seem to characterize much of his extremely online queer Gen Z peers — bringing an "all-male leather orgy," as Jazmine Hughes put it, to his Saturday Night Live debut, passionately making out with a backup dancer while clad in a gold miniskirt at the BET Awards. Here was Lil Nas X, breaking the "love is love" era taboo that has mandated the sanitization of public queerness. In the "MONTERO" video, he elevates and defiles the aesthetics of antiquity that white right-wingers favor so heavily, taking the place of Eve in the garden, seduced by none other than a reptilian version of himself. And of course, there's the penultimate moment in which he gyrates down a pole to hell to literally dance with the devil and take his place. Even when hearing the song's radio-friendly version, it never fails to tickle me that censors can force the rapper to swap "champagne" for "cocaine" and say that he wants to "put a smile" on his lover's mouth while he's riding. No amount of censorship can hide that this is a deeply horny, gay song. It's taken a while to get here. Especially when you recall the very different reception that Adam Lambert received for his overt displays of raunchy, queer sexuality at the American Music Awards in 2009. Whereas Lil Nas X's career has remained relatively unscathed by his performances, Lambert was nearly ruined. In a recent interview with Billboard, Lambert discussed how his performance of his song, "For Your Entertainment," immediately led to future television performances of his getting cancelled, which led to him having to "toe the line a bit" for the sake of preserving his career. Blessedly, he's never apologized. more: www.papermag.com/lil-nas-x-adam-lambert-2653881330.html?rebelltitem=12#rebelltitem12
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Post by pi on Jul 22, 2021 15:22:58 GMT -5
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Post by pi on Jul 22, 2021 15:27:34 GMT -5
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Post by pi on Jul 22, 2021 15:30:01 GMT -5
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Post by pi on Jul 22, 2021 15:33:29 GMT -5
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Post by pi on Jul 22, 2021 15:36:48 GMT -5
Lots of pro photos
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Post by pi on Jul 22, 2021 15:41:33 GMT -5
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Post by pi on Jul 22, 2021 15:49:41 GMT -5
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