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Diana, Princess of Wales

2/28/2015

There was going to come a time that I would have to talk about Princess Diana. The royals are having another baby and at this point I'm surprised Harry hasn't come out with a secret love child. Everyone loved Diana or at the very least everyone now loves Princess Diana. She was the people's princess after all.

My mother really liked her and she's always been my style icon. I always wanted to be like Princess Diana. I'm not sure how I quite got that into my head. She passed away in the car accident a year after I was born, but she embodied what I wanted to be. She is poise and dignity. Both of which I am not, but she is the standard I try to live by and fail at meeting every day.

Of course in her lifetime she was a fashion icon. Not at the beginning, though. That might really have been what endeared her to us, she was so charmingly not royal. She dressed plain and college school girl cute. It took some time, but slowly she started killing it all the time.

The fact that she was a legitimately great person as well didn't hurt how much everyone loved her. I for one have never forgiven Charles. Look here sir. You had Princess Diana and you are now married to the horse face that is Camilla. The gene pool is rough enough in the Windsor family and you brought that wench into it. On the bright side the likelihoods of them have children are nonexistent at this point.

I don't want Charles to be king. Let's just skip over him and hand the crown over to William and Kate. This could be a whole noir King Edward, Wallis Simpson abdication and I would be here for it, because nobody likes you sir.

While, Camilla and Charles were having the affair, you know everyone said that Princess Diana and that horse trainer guy, James Hewitt were going at it. This was a nasty and tawdry little thing that was going down.

Now everyone says that Harry is not Charles's son, but that he's the love child of Diana and James Hewitt. Isn't that so good, and that would explain so much. Harry is hot. He was in the military, he's got that good red hair. For a royal he is steamy. Sure we could tweak a few things, but we all saw the Vegas pictures and honey it was not bad.

If you are sitting there right now telling me you did not look up Prince Harry participating in copious amounts of high octane sex, you are so full of shit, I didn't even internet at the time, and I made it a point of seeing those pictures.

Poor William. He really was pretty cute back in his college days when he and Kate first started dating. He had a full head of hair He was boyish and charming. Probably too smart for me. Lord I would have tried to date him.

No matter which you father you take, though, the good genes that these boys have are from Princess Diana. I obviously didn't know her, but there's this part of me that wishes she was still here. This dull aching. She was fantastic and not just because Lady Gaga has a song about her (if you just asked your question of which one, you are a true Gaga fan). Princess Diana is what royalty was supposed to be and people still miss her. We would all be that lucky to be remembered that way.

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Glam Slam

12/20/2014

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Do you know who Laverne Cox is?

You should know. First transgendered woman to be featured on the cover of Times and the best hairdresser ever in Orange is the New Black.

I don't just kind of like Laverne Cox, I just love her. She is a sexy, beautiful, confident, well spoken icon. She might not be an icon, yet. But, I have no doubt that in a few decades she will be. She is the first main stream transgender talent.

As much as I love Chaz Bono, he was not as much a talent, then the son of a famous celebrity. Laverne Cox is making mainstream progression. That is something to applaud. Her role as Sophia Burset on Orange is the New Black is stunning. She is playing a transgendered woman in prison.

In the first season she was unable to get her medication. And, she had to do some pretty crazy things. This medication mind you is for her body. It was medically necessary. If I remember correctly it was her estrogen pills, the ones that replace her testosterone. They were no longer the right dosage. I could be wrong, I haven't watched it in a while.

Her role on Orange is the New Black does a great job at publicly addressing a lot of the problems that trans people face in prison, in life. You just have to love Laverne Cox. She is a goddess.

I decided to do this article on her, specifically, because of Transgender Awareness Day. That is November 20th every year. This year it was on a Thursday. If you follow me on tumblr or twitter you know that's all I was talking about. I was going to apologize and say I'm sorry for being so annoying. Then, I realized I had no reason to apologize. This is one day out of the year and you would have to get over it.

Being transgender is so hard. That's something people don't understand. That kills me. It is the LGBT community. Not the LGB community. Transgendered people go through a lot of violence and discrimination. Your opinions on this are irrelevant. You need to support these people. You need to support any friend or family member who acknowledges this to you. This is not your body. This is not your life choice. This is someone else's body. This is someone else's choice. It does not effect you.

Repeat after me.

“It does not effect you.”

Just repeat that to yourself and embrace them. The person has not changed. They have always been this way, this is just the first time they've actually acknowledged it in front of you. Let's talk about the fact that the average life expectancy for a transgendered individual is about 30 years of age. Let that sink in.

You are twenty more times to be young and homeless if you are transgendered. The answer to why the average life expectancy is at 30 should now be answered. Your shitty opinions are going to cause the death of someone you cared very deeply about before that.

41% of all trans people have attempted suicide. 1 in 12 transgendered women will be murdered. Yes. That is a high ratio. That should also answer why the life expectancy is unacceptably low.

Protect transgender people, because no one else is going to. That is why Laverne Cox is important. That is why Chaz Bono is important. These people cannot be marginalized. They are fucking important. Human life is important. I cannot stress that enough.