Ugh! We have had it all the way up to our chinny-chin-chin with Trumpy Bear’s capitalization of what once belonged to us: SLEAZE! First there was the whole pussy grabbing–or was it pussy ass bitch–thing. Then, Stormy. Melania’s outfits. Don Jr.’s beard. Kavanaugh’s boozy meltdown. Jerry Falwell Jr.’s pictures. Religious leaders laying hands on Trump’s … Continue reading
Is there some special relationship between moms and their sissy boys? What might their relationship look like? Have no fear! We here at Filthy Dreams have done the digging for you–just in the nick of time for Pride! What’s wrong with mother and boy–especially when that boy is gay! Oh, Mommy! You don’t own … Continue reading
Happy Gay Pride, friends! Happy BIG 50 to the Stonewall Riots! I mean, Uprising. No, I mean, Rebellion! Yes, rebellion! The New York Times recently provided a series of pieces on the many conflicting narratives about Stonewall. Who threw the first brick–or stone–or rock–or coins? Surely, it wasn’t Roland Emmerich’s cornfed midwestern white boy laughably … Continue reading
“This homosexual dream of perfect metaphysical union is not so much a reflected heterosexual ideal as it is the compensation for having wept in the darkness.” (Thomas Yingling, Hart Crane and the Homosexual Text, quoted in Heather Love, Feeling Backward) Long, long ago, Leo Bersnai formulated a theory of the impossibility of queer desire: queer … Continue reading
THANK YOU, NEXT Full disclosure: I am gleefully out of touch with pop music. In fact, I decided to swear it off forever when that whole autotune phenomenon made Cher unlistenable. When all those queens lifted up their index fingers and pranced towards the center of the dance floor as Cher’s autotuned voice … Continue reading
“Come you spirits / That tend on mortal thoughts / Unsex me here, / And fill me from the crown to the topful / Of direst cruelty.” (Lady Macbeth) Boo!! It’s time for another round of our annual HALLOWREEN music playlist! While prior installments were framed around campy Dracula, Frankenstein, and UFO themes, this year, … Continue reading
Oh my God, ANOTHER Pride Parade?! What? Google has a banner up? More Absolut Vodka ads? Every corporation vying to spread the rainbow? Whew, I don’t know about you queens, but we here at Filthy Dreams are hiding behind bushes. We’re tired. *SIGH* How many years have we said that Pride is over? How many … Continue reading
