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The weird, wacky and WTF ‘Pride’ contributions in the name of capitalism
Strap on (no pun intended) your gayest garments because pride season is just around the corner! And you know what that means… brands are going to act as allies to sell merchandise! Hooray! As you know, LGBT month is prime time for brands to pretend their ‘inclusive’ by throwing some gaudy rainbows on whatever products they’ve got. There seems to be a lot of “pinkwashing” these days. There are a few things in life that boils my piss and seeing brands that don’t really do much for the LGBT community slap a rainbow on some that during pride month is one of them. Not only that but I think it’s really…
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TV Review: RuPaul’s Drag Race S11 Ep 11: Bring Back My Queens
Brace yourself because I have another rant brewing! You thought I was mad last week when Shuga was unfairly sent into the lipsync, well this week’s episode has had me all kinds of vexed. Why? Well, because *spoiler alert* Nina West was wrongly eliminated this week! But I’ll come back to that later, just know that I’m fuming at RuPaul and his illegitimate daughter, Silky, who he keeps saving from elimination. After Shuga’s unjust elimination last week, the queens now know that the competition is hotting up. And there’s nobody who knows that more than Silky after she got read for filth (but saved from lipsyncing… again). I’m going to rush…
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TV Review: RuPaul’s Drag Race S11 Ep 10: Dragracadabra
Before I get into the episode I’m going to start off with a *SPOILER* for this episode. You’ve all seen how it ends and I think it was a joke. Shuga 👏🏻 was 👏🏻 robbed 👏🏻 ! It was obvious that the show wanted to get rid of Shuga as they didn’t see her as finale material but I thought Silky or Yvie should have been in the lipsync. Am I wrong? Well, you know the answer to that. The decision was a farce. But hey, Vanjie’s skirted by in her bathing suits all season and Silky has just played herself in every acting challenge so I can’t say I was surprised. The episode…
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TV Review: RuPaul’s Drag Race S11 Ep 9: L.A.D.P.!
After that double save last week (which was absolutely deserved), the queens know knew that the stakes had been raised and there most likely wouldn’t be another chance at a double save. With the competition hotting up, the queens know they can’t slip up at any point, don’t believe me? Just ask Plastique *spoiler*. But jokes aside, I really felt like Plastique was robbed this week – yes, she didn’t wear a facekini this week but she had a much stronger track record than Vanjie and I felt with both lipsyncs being on par, the track record should come into play as to who stays in the competition. As you…
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TV Review: RuPaul’s Drag Race S11 Ep 8: Snatch Game at Sea
Ladies and gentlemen, it’s the one you’ve all been waiting for – Snatch Game is finally here! The episode of episodes and a fan favourite for all where the queens battle it out with their best celebrity impersonations. But before we get into it, there’s some unresolved beef in the werkroom to address. Silky is still bitter that Yvie called her talentless, which I do get, but it’s obvious Silky straight up hates Yvie and that bit can’t be ignored. But it was Vanjie and Yvie that blew up on the red couch as they reentered after Ra’Jah’s elimination. Shit the bed, I know we all love seeing drama on…
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TV Review: RuPaul’s Drag Race S11 Ep 7: From Farm To Runway
I, like most of you reading this are still saddened by the outright criminal activity that was Scarlet being robbed last week. I mean, what the hell was RuPaul thinking?! She was definitely on some sort of trip – either that or Ra’Jah is her illegitimate son. The episode started with tensions as high the decibels in Vanjie’s ‘indoor voice’. Straight away, Ra’Jah was saying how she didn’t want to read Scarlet’s message and she just wanted to scrub it out and not give her the time of day. Firstly, that’s rude as hell – it’s the queens parting message to the other contestants, don’t be nasty. Ra’Jah was so damn…
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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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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…
