I've become enamored with Christina after I saw a screening of The Girl King. It was full of solid enough acting to be palatable and lots of lol's (lots of lesbians). There were only two, but since the lead was head lesbian I think it counts. Especially given the particular social climate of Europe during that time period. Queen Christina faced backlashes for her lesbian infatuations. Her predisposition to love women was determined to be a result of her “being raised like a man”. Queen Christina was commonly known for dressing masculinely, but that was a tactic also picked up by Queen Elizabeth I of England in order to solidify her authority. |
Queen Christina was one of the most powerful women in Northern Europe during the 17th century. She ruled Sweden. My personal favorite of the Scandinavian countries. As a leader she was one of the most educated women in Europe at the time and she courted intellectuals such as Rene Descartes who spent the last years of his life keeping company with Christina in Sweden. As a leader Queen Christina established peace for Sweden creating a conclusion to the 30 Years War as well as bringing more culture and literature to Sweden. Her ruling was marked with issues and her decision to abdicate the throne was a result of a myriad of problems, one of which was her lesbianism. She spent most of the rest of her life in Rome after converting to Catholicism and is one of only three women to be buried in the Grotte Vaticane. She is questionably referred to as “The Virgin Queen”
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My sister must have forgotten my mother's reliance on Christian radio and Celine Dion as I was growing up and she insisted I invest sometime into this band. I have to say I like them. I haven't bought an album, or even started listening to their 6x platinum debut The Better Life. However, I've listened to the hits cursory and recognizable.
Buy "Hold Me Now" Eden xo covered the song last year for the premiere episode of Scream Queens. I listened to her version then and enjoyed it, but did not take the time out to put it on repeat. Recently, I've been missing her so much (where is the new music she says is coming out?) that I dived back into her archives. Whether that be either of her two fantastic singles for Virgin Records, “Too Cool To Dance” and “The Weekend”.
Buy "Hold Me Now" You can read more about her song “Too Cool To Dance” here.
This is the woman after all who broke her toe, but still wore heels “because she couldn't ruin the look”. She's taken court ordered anger management classes and admitted that she used to have a problem with cocaine. Who hasn't.
She also completed community service in a Dolce & Gabana dress. There's nothing more quintessentially Naomi Campbell then that.
Buy "Ghostbusters"
The original Ghostbusters gave rave reviews of the new film and you can find Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, and Sigourney Weaver all making cameos.
This is a list of her 5 Worst (Best?) music videos, one from each Avril Lavigne era, that visually guide us through her punk rock reveling image. Buy "Complicated"
Buy "Don't Tell Me"
Buy "Girlfriend" The Best Damn Thing (2007) “Girlfriend” Avril Lavigne finally caught onto the game she was playing. “Girlfriend” was her knockout cheerleader rant hit and the video is a sticky guilty pleasure. It was once the most viewed video on YouTube and for good reasons. It's easy to make fun of, but that's what we were supposed to do. There's a cute dark haired boy. There's two girls. One who has him and one who “deserves” him. Avril Lavigne is the protagonist and antagonist ala Taylor Swift, “You Belong With Me”. AND, it all takes place at a Golf N Stuff (Family Fun Center). Buy "What The Hell"
Buy "Rock N Roll" Avril Lavigne (2013)
“Rock N Roll” Say what you want about the visual for “Here's To Never Growing Up”, it was fun, candy coated, and predictable. And, arguably “Hello Kitty” was the worst, but nothing was more middle finger raising about expectations for an Avril Lavigne video then “Rock N Roll”. There's product placement (Can I make it any more obvious?). Cartoon graphics circa the campy Batman in the sixties and some Katy Perry kissing girls action. It has it all and exactly what you would want from Avril Lavigne a decade after her foray into the music industry.
The 182 room hotel was first opened by hotel manager Mr. Heiss in 1925. He was from Bavaria and if my reading from British detective fiction is accurate, the Bavarians are known for their service. Nothing seems to have changed in the past ninety odd years it's been open. The service was impeccable and the hotel was beautiful in all of it's retro glory. There were chandeliers, stained glass, white bed sheets, and a beautiful view of the hotel across the street.
On multiple occassions the hotel has been renovated, the most recent renovation changed it from the the Roberts Mayfair Hotel to the Magnolia Hotel. Originally the hotel was known simple as the Mayfair Hotel. The hotel was modern and the pipes had good pressure. The three elevators also move fast enough to make you spill your milk on the wood inlaid floors.
Other guests such as Irving Berlin, President Truman, and John Barrymore of the Barrymore family have marked the hotels intensive guest list.
Mariah Carey was one of the commercial juggernauts of the 90's and continued her success well into the late 2000's. It's hard to compile all of her relevant chart history, so I decided to focus on her number ones. Mariah Carey is the solo artist with the most number ones (18), trailing only The Beatles with 20.
Emotions (1991) Her second album only featured one single to top the charts, the other two hitting the top 5, and ending her streak of number ones. “Emotions” was the most lyrically bland and vocally soaring song to ever top the charts and was a testimony to her success as a singer. MTV Unplugged (1992) The EP featured live performances of some of her major hits as well as her fifth number one single a cover of the Jackson 5 song “I'll Be There”. Just like the original it hit the top of the charts. Music Box (1993) Music Box one of her most critically acclaimed albums and diamond selling albums found itself bolstered by two number one hits. First and second single “Dreamlover” and “Hero” were massive hits that anyone alive in the nineties will try to hit a high note on. Daydream (1995) All three of the charting singles for the icon's fifth studio album hit number one in the United States. If Mariah Carey wasn't already cemented as an icon this album went on to further that reputation. “Fantasy”, “Always Be My Baby”, and the duet with supergroup Boyz II Men “One Sweet Day” are among it's identifiable this. “One Sweet Day” spent 16 weeks atop the Hot 100, the longest leading single ever in the United States, and it was the most successful song of the decade. Butterfly (1997) Two more number one hits founds themselves attached to Mariah Carey's name with this album. “Honey” and “My All” found themselves into the hearts of little Lambs everywhere. Rainbow (1999) Mariah Carey was still at the top of her game when Rainbow was released. Two singles found themselves at number one. “Heartbreaker” with Jay-Z and “Thank God I Found You” with Joe and 98 Degrees. She continued her transition into R&B and hip-hop with commercial viability. The Emancipation of Mimi (2005) This album found Mariah Carey back on the airwaves of American radio. She'd gone a studio album and a soundtrack without a number one hit (the horror). “We Belong Together” was the biggest song of the 2000's and every single one of us still tries to hit that high note at the end. The equally memorable if not as successful “Don't Forget About Us” also scaled the charts.
#NeverTrump
It was the biggest thing to rock the nineties after Kurt Cobain's death. It was the pop culture phenom of the century. Their were SNL skits and if the internet was functioning they way it was now we would have had memes referencing Bill's infamous, “I did not have sexual relations with that woman.”
I personally love Monica Lewinsky. She's honestly a role model to me. This woman picked herself back up and she's led her life despite all the public scandal and ridicule she faced. Praise her. It's must have been so traumatic being the center of such a political scandal. She was the “home wrecker” who led Bill on.
I can't express enough how much of an inspiration she is too me. America bullied Monica and she's hear being this positive ray of light in the world and I just love her. I'm a fan.
This presidential election is a pretty clear sign that the old white people are handling the social progress our country is making really well. Our republican front-runner is the clearest sign of their forward thinking thoughts on immigration, women, the gays, and freedom of religion.
Of course Ted Cruz avowed at some point to bring back “biblical marriage” and I’m personally disappointed that he won’t have a chance to make polygamy mainstream again.
With higher trans visibility they have also been more highly under attack. Over 10 states are looking at passing “bathroom laws” that don’t allows trans individuals to use their correctly gendered bathrooms. To that I say, in the most politically correct way “fuck you America”
Also, shout out to Governor Bill Haslam of Tennessee for passing a bill into law that allows health care providers to discriminate against the LGBT. It’s not as if we are a disenfranchised minority group that faces constant discrimination. Thank you for making our lives more difficult.
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