Drag Race All Stars 5 Finale and More RuPaul’s Drag Race Content For a season packed with so much talent, it has just FLOWN by hasn’t it? Tonight is the finale of RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars Season 5! What do you think of this season? The calibre of drag has been jaw dropping, but I’m pretty sure my By Prem • Jul 24, 2020 03:53 pm
Music 1D’s 10th Anniversary and the Secret Envelope As Lainey mentioned in her post about Taylor Swift, yesterday marked the 10th anniversary of the day One Direction was formed. TEN YEARS! A WHOLE DECADE AGO! As we’ve seen the last couple of years and especially now, nostalgia isn’t a trend anymore, it’s a state of By Prem • Jul 24, 2020 01:21 pm
Dumbass War of YouTubers: Jeffree Star Enters the Ring The scene opens. We see Jeffree Star dressed in a bright pink robe and Louis Vuitton socks casually relaxing on an enormous, luxurious couch that seems to be covered in some sort of golden fur. In the background, a monumental entrance framed by not one but two spiral staircases is By Prem • Jul 21, 2020 11:37 am
Equality Issues Reframing Cancel Culture (This is the latest installment in our Long Read series. For previous entries, please visit the Long Reads archive.) Yesterday morning, Harper’s Magazine published a letter written and signed by 50 public figures including J.K. Rowling, Malcolm Gladwell, Gloria Steinem, Salman Rushdie, Margaret Atwood, and so many more. By Prem • Jul 09, 2020 11:20 am
Drama War of YouTubers: Beauty Edition 2020 Hooo boy. I didn’t think that of all the stories to make headlines in 2020, it would again be the Tati Westbrook and James Charles feud. Back in 2019, I wrote about a developing story concerning Tati Westbrook and James Charles, two major names in the beauty guru YouTube By Prem • Jul 03, 2020 10:36 am
Maple Leaf Canada’s Drag Race Week: Meet Four of Canada’s Best Queens It’s here! Tonight is the premiere of Canada’s Drag Race. Canada’s Drag Race will be premiering tonight on Crave TV at 9pm EST! In case you missed it, I’ve been spotlighting the judges and the competition all week, and you can access all of that content By Prem • Jul 02, 2020 01:18 pm
Maple Leaf Canada’s Drag Race Week: Spilling the T(immies) on Canadian Drag In case you missed it, all week leading up to the premiere of Canada’s Drag Race on Thursday on Crave, I’ll be spotlighting the judges and the competition. To access our Drag Race main page, where all Drag Race articles are collected, please click here. Representing RuPaul Andre By Prem • Jun 30, 2020 02:28 pm
Maple Leaf Canada’s Drag Race Week: Brooke Lynn Hytes Our Canada’s Drag Race Week coverage continues – if you missed our previous posts, please visit the Drag Race main page for profiles of Jeffrey Bowyer-Chapman and Stacey McKenzie. Today we focus on our third judge, Brooke Lynn Hytes. The very same club where Stacey went to her first drag By Prem • Jun 30, 2020 11:28 am
Maple Leaf Canada’s Drag Race Week: Stacey McKenzie In case you missed it, all week leading up to the premiere of Canada’s Drag Race on Thursday on Crave, I’ll be spotlighting the judges and the competition. To access our Drag Race main page, where all Drag Race articles are collected, please click here. Earlier I wrote By Prem • Jun 29, 2020 02:35 pm
Maple Leaf Canada’s Drag Race Week: Jeffrey Bowyer-Chapman We’re officially t-minus three days until the premiere of Canada’s Drag Race, arriving just in time for Canada Day. Happy Dragtastic Birthday Canada! This week, we’ll be counting down with some very special content including interviews with the judges, spotlights on the queens, and an in depth By Prem • Jun 29, 2020 01:47 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Disclosure: The Documentary the Everyone Needs to Watch We’re nearing the end of Pride Month, and although the cancellation of Pride parades and festivities due to the pandemic has been disappointing, it’s also been a great opportunity to read and reflect about queer history. About Black history. Pride month commemorates the anniversary of the Stonewall riots, By Prem • Jun 23, 2020 03:20 pm
Amazingness K-pop, Elijah Daniel, and the BBC Every time I think that I’ve seen the most outrageous, unbelievable headline, 2020 is like, “oh, so you thought??” and slaps me with another one. This weekend’s story was “professional troll and internet prankster Elijah Daniel tells the world to stan BTS and stream Stay Gold on the By Prem • Jun 22, 2020 10:33 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Lupita Nyong’o on Black Lives Matter We’re just over a month away from Emmy nominations which will be announced on July 28th. Lupita Nyong’o is eligible for the outstanding narration category for her work on Discovery’s Serengeti, a wildlife documentary series that she narrates along with John Boyega. Yesterday, Lupita did an interview By Prem • Jun 19, 2020 09:39 am
TV Updates Love, Victor Switches Up the Formula Back when the trailer came out for Love, Victor, the spinoff TV show from Love, Simon, I wondered how the show’s creators planned to differentiate the show from the movie. Yesterday, the first season of the show was released on Hulu, and it’s not what I was expecting. By Prem • Jun 18, 2020 12:04 pm
Break Ups Too Hot To Handle: A Storm is Brewing Lainey has been posting frequently about Ben Affleck and Ana de Armas’s relationship during quarantine. They’re among the many who have developed new relationships amidst a global pandemic. But there have also been many break-ups, like Jessie J and Channing Tatum or Kelly Clarkson and Brandon Blackstock. Circumstances By Prem • Jun 17, 2020 11:18 am
Equality Issues What Can We Take Away from the Historic Supreme Court Decision? Yesterday, the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) made a landmark decision in support of LGBTQ community. In a 6 – 3 decision, judges voted to protect LGBTQ+ rights in the workplace, deciding that Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act applied to LGBTQ+ individuals. Basically, it means that By Prem • Jun 16, 2020 03:57 pm