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TV Review: RuPaul’s Drag Race S11 Ep 6: The Draglympics
Escandalo! It would appear that this week has given the Drag Race community it’s first big scandal of the season. No, I’m not counting Silky’s sexual assault claims, that was pre-show. I’m talking about what’s happening right here on television. The scandal, of course, is the tragic and heartbreaking elimination of Scarlet Envy – or Tammie Brown 2.0 as I like to call her. Yes, I was pretty gutted about this week’s results, but I’ll get on to that later. On with the episode! It started with Vanjie moaning about being called out by the judges for serving the same look – something that she has absolutely been doing this…
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TV Review: RuPaul’s Drag Race S11 Ep 5: Monster Ball
From political satire to spooky attire, it’s time for the Monster Ball! Yes, we knew there would be a ball on the cards and this time, the show decided to do it a little early so we can see what the queens’ standards are. Screw it, I’m just going to get straight into the toots and boots. It wasn’t a particularly memorable episode so I may as well just get straight into the critiques. The Maxi Challenge – Monster Ball This week, Ru was giving the queens a ball, a Monster Ball to be precise. They had to serve up three ghoulishly glamourous looks. The first look, ‘Trampy Trick or…
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Vans x David Bowie – Stars Are Never Far Away
I don’t know about you, but it doesn’t feel like two minutes since the world learnt about the passing of David Bowie. This legend of music, art and fashion managed to redefine gender, change how we saw the world and introduced us to new music. “There’s a starman waiting in the sky, he’d like to come and meet us but he thinks he’d blow our minds” Thankfully, for those who have been in need of a Bowie fix, look no further, there’s a new collaboration in town! That’s right, VANS has partnered with the David Bowie estate to create a small fusion collection which celebrates the man who fell to…
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London Fashion Week Men’s Autumn / Winter ’19 – DAY 1 #OOTD
If there’s one thing I love, it’s sharing my content about 3 months later than it was created. I joke, of course, but I did realise that I never posted these images of my attire from London Fashion Week Men’s AW19. The images were all shot by the incredibly talented Kirstin Sinclair who has become a great friend over the many seasons of fashion week. On the first day of LFWM AW19, I decided to wear top to toe Vivienne Westwood. I adore this three-piece suit with the matching cape because I feel like an old headmaster. To go with that theme, I thought I’d pair my suit with my…
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TV Review: RuPaul’s Drag Race S11 Ep 4: Trump: The Rusical
The competition is really starting to heat up. We’re now at a part where we’re seeing some front runners. But enough speculation, onto the show! By now the queens have pretty much accepted that Brooke and Vanjie are an item. To be honest, I think even Stevie Wonder saw that one coming. The Mini Challenge RuPaul gave the queens a nice topical challenge this week, the queens had to deliver their best Rachel Maddow news report. Honestly, it was a pretty ‘meh’ challenge but it did teach us one thing. Barely any of the queens could read. Like, legitimately illiterate. They struggled with words like ‘ginormous’ and that had me…
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TV Review: RuPaul’s Drag Race S11 Ep 3: Diva Worship
Kahanna Montrese, we hardly knew ye. But that’s the show, it’s a new day and another queen has been eliminated. Was Kahanna gone too soon? Perhaps, but I felt it was deserving for her to go at that point. She joins many other famous ‘2 times in the bottom at the start of the competition and eliminated on the 2nd’ queens; Serena Cha Cha, Vivacious, Laila McQueen, Kimora Blac and Kalorie Karbdashian-Williams. Anyway, enough about the past, let’s talk about the present. The queens headed back into the werkroom to discuss the lipsync shock of the last episode. Of course, all the queens were shocked by the 6-way lipsync and it…
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A Very Millennial Hamlet – A Female, At Uni Who’s a Lesbian
I had the privilege of being able to attend another Press Night at Leeds Playhouse’s Pop-Up theatre. This time, I was popping my Shakespearian cherry by seeing my first live piece of proper Shakespeare and thankfully I was given the lighthearted romp that is Hamlet! Now, I know that Hamlet is a tad long with the uncut version of the show having two intervals and lasting around 4 hours. But blessed be that the team at Leeds Playhouse had trimmed the fat to give us only what we needed. Shakespeare is a hard one to get into and Hamlet especially is a tough one to keep up with, what with…
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TV Review: RuPaul’s Drag Race S11 Ep 2: Good God Girl, Get Out
The first queen has departed and now the competition has become real for the queens. After Soju’s departure, the queens ventured into the werkroom to discuss the first challenge. But the queens weren’t feeling the same way I was. Scarlet said she felt like her dress should have been in the top and I absolutely agreed yet all the other queens looked at her like she was delusional. Personally, I thought she did pretty well. Oh well, another day, another challenge. Ru came into to give the queens their next mini challenge and, as we’ve seen on a previous season, it was a photobomb challenge. It’s a hard one to…
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TV Review: RuPaul’s Drag Race S11 Ep 1: Whatcha Unpackin?
Another season of RuPaul’s Drag Race is here which means there are plenty more queens, memes and angry teens. We’ve already seen the queens in the promo and now we’re ready to watch them interact with their competitors for the first time! First and foremost, Vanjie is back and I’m not surprised but I’m also not particularly bothered. I feel like bring queens back has become too common now. I liked it when it used to be a shock revelation and now it’s almost become a seasonal part of the show like Snatch Game. The Entrance Looks – Toot or Boot Vanessa Vanjie Mateo – Toot She looks great. The…
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RuPaul’s Drag Race: Season 11 – Meet The Queens
Well, whaddya know? Badda-bing-badda-boom. We haven’t even finished All Stars 4 yet and already we’ve been given the ‘Meet The Queens’ for Season 11 of RuPaul’s Drag Race. Curl your lashes, slap on some lippy and start your engines! 14 brand new queens will be entering the werkroom and 1 queen will be returning? Who could it? Oh fuck it, we all know it’s Miss Vanjie and gay men shuddered all around the world when they realised that straight girls everywhere will be screaming ‘Miss Vanjie’ in every gay bar/drag show everywhere imaginable… great. A pretty colourful promo trailer right? I’d like to say that the show has given as…
