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Serve!

7/30/2016

God!

It's the only natural response when someone brings up legendary Andre Leon Talley, one of my personal favorite icons of the fashion world.

Andre Leon Talley has a style. He has a trademark. He has this grace. This elegance. This poise. He's one of the most knowledgeable men in fashion. Andre Leon Talley is the kind of man who does his homework. He will research it all. If your going to say something you have to be able to back it up.

Fans of pop culture might recognize Andre Leon Talley for his stints as a judge on America's Next Top Model. He was always fabulous and ready to give you the hard advice you need.

Andre Leon Talley is 65 years old. He's a native of North Carolina and he excelled in a predominantly white controlled field. You can't name a black designer in charge of a major fashion brand, because there isn't one.

In his more then 40+ years in the fashion industry, Andre Leon Talley has worked with everyone. He's worked with Andy Warhol, Diana Vreeland, been asked to write the autobiography for Yves Saint Laurent, and served as a director at Vogue with bestie Anna Wintour. You can find him and Anna giving runway collections the evil eye ever year in the front row.

Anna Wintour is reportedly the inspiration for Miranda Priestly in The Devil Wears Prada. And, conversely I've always believed Andre Leon Talley was the inspiration for Nigel. In the book Nigel was black and always dressed in capes (an Andre Leon Talley staple since his time time in college). The movie played down his eccentricites and white washed him into a standard charmingly middle of the road gay Stanley Tucci.

There aren't that many people who can say they've had Anna Wintour host an intervention on their behalf, but Andre Leon Talley, never the smallest man, needed to lose some weight for health reasons. Anna Wintour is a true friend.

I love Andre Leon Talley for the poise and elegance he radiates. The man never stops smiling. He's the opposite Kanye. He's the kind of man that makes me feel like we're best friends and I've never met him.

He's one of the few elder gays we still have after losing so many of them during the AIDS epidemic that both Ronald and Nancy blatantly ignored during the eighties.

He's one of the most powerful gay men in the United States and I love him for all his easy breezy truth. You can thank him for turning Michelle Obama unto designer Jason Wu. He's also close friends with Mariah Carey if you wanted proof that he hangs with the divas.

Fashion wouldn't be the same without Andre Leon Talley. He's accessorized to the hilt, critical and always in the know, a tell all book from Andre Leon Talley would be the kind of scandal that only Jackie Collins could have written. Andre Leon Talley is the kind of different that makes the world so interesting.

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All The Shine

10/24/2015

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Recently, I've come to realize that I'm low key in love with like five people. There's my Australian blogger. There's that cute guard at my school. We even talked once. He told me the parking lot was full. There's that engineer who's really nice if boring. Just think about the money. There's that man who's in charge of marketing at my school. And, recently at Mass I realized that Brother Dylan is beautiful and that he needs to marry me.

Needless to say, I decided why not add someone else to my list. I was rewatching Magic Mike XXL. As a good gay does and Donald Glover lit up my screen.

I don't think he's sexy. Although, that body is surprisingly more banging then I expected. He's just so cute to me. Like he's that smart, but cute geek next door that your low key in love with, but he never catches on because he's too involved with his TI-84.

Donald Glover is foremost an actor. To a general public. I think that's what he's known for. He played Troy Barnes on Community. I don't know why I never got into that show. It was funny. The only episode I ever saw was the one with Hilary Duff. I just want you to know that your judgment is not warranted. That is a very valid reason to watch any show on television.

I never see movies, but I've seen all the movies he's been in this year. The aforementioned Magic Mike XXL that I personally thought was better then the first. Although, Miss Sara Bellum disagreed with me. That's why I'm the one running the blog.

He was also in that sci-fi horror film The Lazarus Effect. Don't think we didn't notice that the black guy died first. There's a possibility of there being a sequel where everyone who was killed in the movie comes back to life. This movie just made me sad. It reminded me of when Olivia Wilde was popular and didn't have to lower herself to low budget horror flicks.

The Martian is the only movie I haven't seen that he's been this year and it came out on October 2nd, so there's time to correct that. You just know that he's getting hotter and hotter. Sexy and hotter...

He also has a singing career. Or more accurately a rapping career. If you've heard of Childish Gambino, then you really like hip hop. That's his stage name and he has The Weeknd level fame circa The Trilogy. His music sells moderately well. Critics like him, but he's not having top forty hits. Or any hits for that matter.

Collaborations are his gateway drug. He's been on the radar. He was featured on Leona Lewis's lead single “Trouble” for her underrated album Glassheart. He was on the highlight of Jhene Aiko's Sail Out EP with “Bed Peace”. And, let's not forget his clean and smart rap he contributed to Ariana Grande's blockbuster album My Everything. If released “Break Your Heart Right Back” could have been his break through in the United States.

Buy "Trouble"

Buy "Break Your Heart Right Back"

Buy"Bed Peace"

There's a strong possibility he'll break it big. He's charting Weeknd territory right now. Just below the surface.

Funny enough he's also a comedian. This is partially why I love him. He is funny, but he's just too smart. It's a little too intellectual for any mainstream good. It just reinforces what a cute person I think he is. I love Donald Glover. He's my baby. My older much more attractive then me baby.

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Rose Without The Thorn

10/10/2015

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I feel really on right now.

That's how Amber Rose makes me feel. This week I struggled for an article of sumptous excitement to write about. Thankfully to the power of tumblr user WayneVevo I realized who I wanted to write about. Amber Rose is a sexy goddess of tattoos and good genes..

The woman is sex and sex appeal. She's one of these people who's famous, and you're like the fuck? I kind of know what she does, but not really. She acts, but no one cares about the movies she's in this year.

Two things have helped make this woman famous. Her relationship with Kanye and Wiz Khalifa with who she had a child. Now if you've been following social media, you know that her and Khloe went at it. Khloe called her out for being stripper. Woefully forgetting that her stardom is a result of begone sex tape between her sister and Ray J.

I don't get why we can't embrace the sex. Amber Rose is a confident woman who was dipping and doing it and can out dip a wanna be any day. There is no need for this.

Personally, I liked it better when neither of them talked. And, I mean like this. I like Khloe- to an extent- and Amber Rose is love. Be mysterious. Be sexy. You don't need this business caught out here in the public.

Now.

If Khloe wants to keep pushing Amber she can. We all know Amber has the truth on Kanye. There are lots of rumors about this man and Amber Rose is the one person who can confirm all of them.

Kardashians beware.

Truthfully, I only liked Whiz Khalifa when he was with Amber Rose. Now that their divorced he's irrelevant to me. I was shocked when “See You Again” became a hit this year. I thought we had left Whiz Khalifa and “Black and Yellow” back in 2010. Yet, here we are.

There was a boy I knew who dolled himself up just like Amber Rose. Can we say goals. He was gorgeous. He was no Amber Rose, but it was lush.

Amber Rose is an entity. What she needs to do to support her and her child is do some modeling. High end. No more twitter feuds. Class up the instagram a little and get yourself a Givenchy ad. If Kendall can do it. You can. .

The outfits she wore at the VMA's were perfect in my homosexual opinion. I love that she was making a statement. The media seemed to gloss over that and just label her and Blac Chyna “trashy”. I love that they put the misogynistic degrading comments people leave on their couture like a brand. I think it's empowering. I liked the statement they made. It's puts trolls in their place.

I can't help my love for Amber Rose. She's my kind of woman.

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Videos RAised The Modeling Star

8/1/2015

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The Buggles sang in a quirky 1970's anthem that “video killed the radio star”. Here in the 21st century we are long past the days of Claudia Schiffer, Kate Moss, and Naomi Campbell. Where modeling and a famous rock star boyfriend was all it took to be famous. It takes more then that now.

We've never had a male model who really fell under the title of “supermodel”. None has ever rivaled the notoriety that Giselle still manages to attain just from being on the sidelines at her husband's football game.

In the 90's, Alicia Silverstone was an actress. But, had only starred in one marginally successful film The Crush. She was beautiful. She was a knockout, but it was her appearance in a string of Aerosmith videos that propelled her existence to the forefront of the casting directors for Clueless. The most iconic work she has worked on to this day. The music video raised her stature.

That's what Shaun Ross has capitalized on whether consciously or subconsciously. Music videos are far more prominent in pop culture and mainstream media, then a glossy three page spread for Givenchy. He might become the world's first male model to become a household name.

I love Shaun Ross's look. He stands out among all the perfectly chiseled men and exceptionally toned women that grace Vogue. The fashion industry so often puts forward this hegemony of what beauty is and it's wonderful to see something else slid in to defy this.

The first time I remember seeing Shaun Ross was in the music video for Katy Perry's “E.T.”. I kept expecting Kanye to show up and then you see Shaun. And, he's all naked and good. Visually he's just such a unique and beautiful. I was like this is what I want in my life. Mind you I'm a little young for a 24 year old, but that doesn't stop me from dreaming.

Buy "E.T."

At this point I didn't know his name. This was 2011, I didn't have functioning internet. All I knew was that he was this beautiful man. It's only been a year, since I've known who he was. It was when Lana Del Rey was shooting that short film Tropico that I learned his name.

Tropico is one of the most stunning films I've ever seen. Much like Lana Del Rey's work in general, it's glamorous and vintage with a touch of sin. Shaun Ross fit in perfectly. It was 27 minutes and 9 seconds of me being in complete awe. Then, you got Shaun being all sexy and it was magical.

He's also been in a Beyonce video, so you know his life is complete. He was in “Pretty Hurts” (the opening track on her self titled album Beyonce). I think that was a perfect choice. As a child he was bullied for the differences that made him a supermodel. The song is about how shallow fashion is and how hard we work to be beautiful and how it doesn't make us happy. He was a perfect choice.

Buy "Pretty Hurts"

We need more people like Shaun Ross in fashion. There needs to be an effort made to show that there isn't one way to be beautiful and that we all have something to offer. That everything and everyone is sexy. You don't need to be perfectly tanned and boys don't need a set of abs to be hot. I'm glad that the fashion community has embraced people like Shaun Ross and Madeline Stuart, so that there isn't this rut we're stuck in that there's only one kind of perfection. We're perfect just by existing.

Shaun Ross and Rihanna

Shaun Ross with fellow model Chantelle Winnie

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This Is How Bad Bitches Do It

7/18/2015

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Natalia Kills

A controversial figure if she had any reasonable level of fame. She is a singer/actress (predominantly singer) who has Afro-Jamaican and Uruguayan heritage. Those genes blessed her. Natalia Kills is stunning. She's a very visual artist. Her beauty is glamorous to me. Her instagram feed is to die for. Of should I say kill for. God. I hate myself.

Now if your trying to place Natalia Kills let me help you. Obviously, you saw Pitch Perfect 2 and remember that “Problem” her lead single to her second album Trouble was used in a mash up with Nero's song “Promises” so the Barden Bellas could shamelessly embarrass themselves at the convention performance.

In reality you might remember two of the New Zealand X-Factor judges being let go for their rude comments to a contestant on one of the live shows. That was Natalia Kills and Willy Moon.

Everyone was so up in arms about it. I remember watching it already being a fan of Natalia Kills and it honestly was just not as mean as I expected. People were so upset and it seemed almost timid in comparison to what was being said. I might have had my expectations up to high.

This behavior also didn't surprise me. Natalia Kills brand is unapologetic bitch. It's like putting Azealia Banks in front of cameras and being surprised that you spouts something. To be fair Natalia's comments were not exactly accurate either. The only good thing that came from this is some name recognition and that hysterical meme of her with her hands out. That was funny.

I don't think this incident really hurt her brand, but I also don't think this is going to help her top the charts whenever her next release comes out.

Now she has only had two albums. Perfectionist and Trouble. The casual pop fan will enjoy Perfectionist more, but I question if Trouble has more artistic merit. I'm torn on which one I like my better. The first album features one of my all time favorite songs “Kill My Boyfriend”. It's as straight forward as you would expect and I loves it.

Buy "Kill My Boyfriend"

Her second album features “Problem” that I can flawlessly flow with. Natalia Kills initially wanted to be a rapper. Now that would have been interesting. She's very word oriented. Her words paint a visual picture even if “we're going to fuck like rabbits” isn't exactly the epitome of class and sophistication.

Honestly, as strong as the music is I think Natalia Kills could have gone the route of modeling that Iggy Azalea approached with. In my own personal opinion Natalia is more striking, especially since Iggy's nose job. But, that's neither here nor there.

She's probably not going to reach the heights of a superstar.

Natalia Kills plays the role of a degenerate beauty queen. She is the synth driven anti-pop star. Her music certainly has merit. She wrote for Madonna after all. Her music videos are always something to live for. Her first album even sported promotion by a web series entitled Love Kills xx. Natalia Kills is driven if nothing else.

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Hot For Teacher

7/4/2015

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In a recent video I acknowledged that I was giving up boys for lent. In reality I have really been letting go of them for some time now. I was going through my Snapshot Saturday's and I haven't posted about a boy since late March. We've been in a drought. Yes, Gabourey Sidibe, Priyanka Chopra, and BoA are sexy goddesses, but sometimes we need some boy flesh in our lives.

I've gone basic white girl. My taste in men is always basic white girl. Matt Bomer, Enrique Iglesias, Nico Tortorella. I can't say the man I picked for today's post is any better. You've probably heard of him or seen his pictures circulating the internet.

Pietro Boselli. He's a professor at UCL. He's very sexy. He also teaches engineering. So, don't transfer just so you can take classes with him. I would literally fail out. You know Rosencrantz has decided to major in something that's in the vein of engineering. It's not going well for her.

It would probably be going marginally better if she had Pietro Boselli leaning over her shoulder. That name is just sexy. It's the name of the boy you have a fling with when you study abroad in Europe. I can imagine it. Whispering Pietro. Your alone on the beach together. It's night fall. The only illumination is the moonlight. And, depending on your lack of sexual history, you lose your virginity to him.

That sounds romantic, but even as I write it. I'm sitting here like you know sand is going to get into every party of your body. And, sand isn't the kind of thing you lick off your lover's body. There would have to a luxurious cashmere blanket involved for this to be sexy.

If you were wondering what foreign country you would be studying abroad in. Pietro is Italian. So, that's nice. Just don't end up like Amanda Knox. There's something so appealing about Italian men. Maybe it's because I watched the Lizzie McGuire Movie one too many times, and I've always wanted my own Paulo. I also imagine Greek Adonis's. I don't know why. Italy is not the same thing as Greece, but I digress.

Actually, Joyce and I both find this one boy we know to be very good. He's Italian. It's just good. He has a nice voice. His hair is a little schoolboy prep, but I'm barely a sophomore in college. A cute school boy is still age appropriate.

I actually find it very uncomfortable that we're objectifying this male teacher. We are objectifying a model, but his students are not. It's weird. Whenever people have the hots for a teacher, I just want to slap them, and tell them to get a grip. I had this conversation recently with someone and he told me he always thought it was strange when his friends had crushes on their teacher. I agree. It's the age difference and the fact that there in a position of power over you.

No judgment if your into that.

All that can be really said about Pietro Boselli is that he's beautiful. This is the kind of summer fling I want in my life. I've missed objectifying men. This was fun.

I have never been more jealous of a boulder in my life.

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(She's Got) The Look

6/20/2015

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Vanessa Williams is just one of my favorite people in general. Before I was a fan I just thought she was one of the most beautiful women I'd ever seen. She's in her fifties now and it's still snatched. I feel like she's one of those very sophisticated charming women that knows her Louboutins and her politics.

I am not the only one who thinks Vanessa Williams is just one of the most beautiful women ever. She did win the Miss America Pageant. Back when people actually watched the Miss America Pageant. I remember when it was on NBC or one of those major channels. And, now is it even on cable? No one cares about it.

Vanessa Williams was surrounded by controversy when she won the Miss America Pageant. She was the first black woman to win the title and in true American spirit she received hate mail and death threats. This was 1984 and it was the 57th time this pageant had happened. It was honestly fucking time.

The true scandal was the fact that she resigned her title. Vanessa Williams had posed nude for a photo shoot before she won. These photographs were offered around to Playboy and eventually Penthouse who printed them after she won. Honestly, Playboy does some upright things. These photographs were a major scandal and it no doubt would have sold copies, but Hugh Hefner refused to purchase them. Playboy is a smutty magazine, but occasionally it's on the up and up. How you doing Hugh Hefner?

Now, I've seen the photos and I think 'scandal' is a little much. What did we all think was under that evening gown? Now they weren't exactly tasteful nudes. Now, I wasn't conscious in 1984, but I think forcing Vanessa Williams to resign her title was extreme. Because, we all know she was pressured to give it up. Now believe me. Scandal or no scandal. I am holding on to my crown.

Vanessa Williams made the correct transition after this happened. She can sing, act, and dance. So, she did it all. She released a string of successful albums, much like Samantha Fox did. If you don't know Samantha Fox was a page 3 girl. Not the kind of girl you bring home to mother and during the eighties she played off this image with a string of hits like “Touch Me (I Want Your Body)” and “Naughty Girls (Need Love Too)”

Now Vanessa did it in a far more classy, soul, R&B vibe. At heart she's a sophisticated woman. She had multiple hits “Dreamin”, “Save The Best For Last”, “Love Is” and yes she is voice behind “Color of the Wind” in the Pocahontas movie.

The only album I have by her is Sweetest Days. I actually have two copies (shout out to the Mayor and Miss Sara Bellum for getting me an extra one for Christmas) and nineties R&B is just not my thing. Now I do jam sometimes. I keep one copy in my car at all times, because sometimes you got to turn up to some good R&B.

Her acting is on point as well. You know her from Ugly Betty and the last few seasons of Desperate Housewives.

I just feel like Vanessa Williams is blessed. She could have crawled into a hole after what happened to her with Miss America and been a footnote. She was in her early twenties at this point. This was devastating, but she made the decision to come out and be on top. I feel very much the same way about Paris Hilton. She had her sex tape leaked and she said fuck the haters. I'm going to do me and get paid to party. Vanessa Williams did the same thing, albeit in a more classy way. I have so much respect for her and she deserves all of it.

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ANDROGYNOUS Chic

6/6/2015

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I got confirmation recently in Vogue that I am fashionable. Apparently “androgyny” is in and the number of fucks I give on what section of the department store my clothes come from are nonexistent. Clothes don't have a gender. Wear what looks good on you or what makes you feel good.

I'm about to be hella fashionable. I gots a 75 cent raise at work and now it will be Gucci! Prada! Alexander and McQueen! It will be couture only.

Vogue's May issue also had an article in it that I was very excited to read. It was on transgender issues. It featured this stunning model, Andreja Pejic. It was all very well written and I love supermodels. Whether it be Cara Develigne or Joan Smalls.

Andreja Pejic is a stunning transgender model. She was known for her androgynous look and would model both men and women's clothes. She was born in Bosnia-Herzegovina, which is in Europe. She didn't grow up there as there was the Bosnian war and instead she grew up in Australia. The article says that she has this “unplaceable accent”. I can imagine.

She recently underwent gender confirmation surgery. From what I was able to gather from the article Andreja had a relatively supportive family. She used puberty suppressing hormones as a child with the blessing of her mother. It's not easy to be trans.

On the left is Andreja Pejic and on the right is Tallulah Morton

It's incredibly important that Vogue and other publications show case transgender individuals in their magazine. Andreja is certainly stunning. Representation is important. Until recently there really wasn't transgender representation on television or in print. Ugly Betty did have Alexis Meade and that's one of the great things about that show. Is how it really tackled and showed a diverse group of people. Of course Alexis was only on for one and a half seasons at most. But, now we have Laverne Cox on Orange is the New Black, Bruce Jenner will be showcasing the process on some form of documentary series.

Someone said to me that they thought transgenders were “freaks” until they watched the Bruce Jenner interview on ABC. That's why representation is so important. Not only do transgendered individuals need to see people like them, but cisgender people need to be exposed to it as well. It needs to be normalized. There is nothing abnormal about being transgender.

Transgender is going to be the social rights issue of this decade and coming decades. I love that Andreja Pejic was put in Vogue. She's a beautiful woman and twenty years ago she would not have made it. As a society we're making slow progress in the right direction.

Gender and sexuality are far more complicated then just two options. They are fluid concepts that don't have restrictions placed on them. It can be hard to really understand what transgender is. No matter what your level of comprehension all really have to do is to support transgender individuals. I will never understand how people can be opposed to human rights. Publicly identifying yourself as transgender is a hard process for someone to go through. The one thing you can do for a friend or family member who comes to you with this is to support them. And, be there for them. You don't have to understand to be there for them. Support them. Protect them. Being transgendered is one of the hardest things to be and they need all the support they can get.

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Tuxedo Queen

4/11/2015

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Janelle Monae

R&B songstress, topic of this Snapshot Saturday, and incredibly beautiful. She is on the Naomi Campbell, Joan Smalls level beautiful. Whenever, I see a picture of her I'm always struck by how pretty she is. It honestly makes me so mad that there are people who knock me down. I'm a solid 4 in good lighting, but when you acknowledge these goddesses I'm like a 2 plus. It just doesn't go well for me.

There is no reason you shouldn't know who Janelle Monae is. She's been nominated for a few Grammy's. Both of her albums The Electric Lady and The Arch Android were critically acclaimed. I haven't listened to any of the music on either one, but I know multiple people who swear by her music. She also got Solange for one of her songs and the music of Solange Knowles is everything. Also, the album covers are flawless, so there's that.

Her big claim to fame is the female vocalist on fun.'s breakout hit “We Are Young”. Don't you remember when that was our jam. I lived for that song. Honestly a little bit of me misses fun. Like sure I lived for Nate Ruess dueting with P!NK on “Just Give Me A Reason”, but I want more. I'm sure they'll be back sooner or later.

No surprise she is also one of the Cover Girl's. She's so effortlessly perfect and she just pulls off a tuxedo. Janelle is just this mysterious figure of stunning beauty and I honestly can't handle it. She was literally was once quoted as saying “the lesbian community has tried to claim me, but I only date androids”. What does that even mean Janelle? Her sexuality is irrelevant, but I honestly died when I heard she said that. Who honestly comes up with that.

Despite how pretty she is. It really surprised me when I heard that she didn't think she was pretty and that she was surprised that anyone wanted to look like her. That's really heart breaking. We are all attractive in our own way and if someone so effervescently attractive isn't happy with how they look what does that say.

You know I spread all of my Vogue's from the year out on my dresser and I was piling them up in December and it really struck me that the only black cover girl was Lupita Nyong'o. Of course Lupita is stunning, but what is the message when a fashion magazine only has one cover girl that looks like you. Kanye and Kim did have the cover in April, but still what does this say when we're always shown this one standard of what beauty is.

Lupita said something very similar about how she didn't know that she could be an actress until she saw The Color Purple. Representation is so important. I love that ABC has these sitcoms with an array of different types of families that Blackish, Fresh Off The Boat, and Modern Family represent. It always kills me when people say there doesn't need to be another gay character on a show. Really? Your offended that we don't have yet another white heterosexual stereotype that you've seen a hundred times before to fill this void.

I say all of that to say that you're pretty and attractive and sexy and there's nothing wrong with you just because there's no one like you on TV or on the cover of a magazine. Don't get me wrong you're still not on Janelle Monae's level, but your still pretty hot.

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A Shade Shady

11/22/2014

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If you were a woman and I was a man.

That's how RuPaul opened the closing song on his second album Foxy Lady. It's just one of the many gender blurring, tongue in cheek moments RuPaul has embraced over the course of his career as the worlds foremost drag queen and Supermodel of the World.

RuPaul is a phenomenon of the 90's. He gained cult status with the release of his almost top forty hit “Supermodel (You Better Work)” (Expertly covered by Taylor Dayne for The Lizzie McGuire Movie). This success came right after the true scare of the AIDS epidemic and came as a result of MTV putting his music video on high rotation.

Buy "Supermodel (You Better Work)"

Not only was RuPaul an openly gay man in drag. He was black. He made it through so much adversity to make it to that point, and even though he's never had a song chart as well or as popularly he's maintained his foot in the music business.

There is no doubt in my mind that RuPaul was discriminated against and treated unfairly in his life. That's why it amazes me how loving he is. How willing he is to embrace everyone. That's what his reputation was. The family friendly drag queen.

This reputation was hurt early on when he was molested by co-presenter Milton Berle at the MTV awards and ad libbed during their presentation. This was not the 'everybody say love' mentality that was expected of him. He was already on faulty rocks with the public just being a drag queen, but this didn't help either of his follow up singles gain radio success.

From that point he hosted a talk show on VH1, guested on All of My Children, dueted with Elton John on “Don't Go Breaking My Heart”, released an autobiography, a slew of dance club hits, until he eventually landed RuPaul's Drag Race on Logo.

I just have so much admiration for this man. It might be too much too put on him to say that he taught me to love. Not only other people, but myself. My parents don't know that I love RuPaul. When I was 15, I bought one of his albums.

RuPaul and Lady Gaga performing Fashion!

RuPaul and Tyler Oakley on RuPaul's YouTube series Driving

My mother found it be vulgar (Mind you I owned Madonna's Erotica at this point) and couldn't believe that I would listen to anything that promoted the homosexual lifestyle. I don't know what she was worried about. Listening to RuPaul was not going to make me gay.

Needless to say. She threw it away one day. I couldn't believe it. I was so hurt. That's when I realized the kind of injustice there was. My mother hated him, because he was gay. That was her reason. It had nothing to do with the lyrical content. It had to do with who was singing it.

RuPaul as both Barack and Michelle Obama

Let's not forget that Madonna's song “Deeper and Deeper” is about a boy coming to terms with his homosexuality. I was listening to things that accepted the lifestyle. I don't even know what to make of that. This isn't a problem, sent from hell to destroy the world. That's what 2012 was for.

It did nothing to make me not like RuPaul. I suppose I was supposed to revile him, because he's gay. I didn't I loved him still, and now here I am. Still obsessed with RuPaul and his show, still loving life. Let's not forget that he's a sexy drag queen. It was bound to happen that he needed a Snapshot Saturday.

Buy "Sissy That Walk"

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"Walking with your chest out and your head held high says you have earned the right to stomp and pummel this particular piece of real estate."
- RuPaul