I Read The New Yorker's Profile of RuPaul So You Don't Have To

[mayjailer]

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[colossusx]

that's not erykah badu?

[drunkard]

God lord, I hollered

[tippythepoodle]

I came here to post this. Lol ty

[tifa333]

I THOUGHT THE SAME THING!!

[anterrabre]

This has made me interested in reading the whole article. Thank you so much for posting this!

[mayjailer]

no problem!

[khays]

It's a surprisingly short article imo, I read it all on my phone in like 5 minutes.

[iznanassi]

"I've won fourteen Emmys. And you would think I'd have been on the cover of Ebony, if that still exists. I don't represent what the Black community wants to lift up. I never have."

That's not why black people don't like you. Unbelievable.

[anterrabre]

I agree with you but at the same time see where he's coming from, especially from his generation (where people got disowned for being queer and were thought to be from the Devil and used the Bible to treat their children like shit). While things are somewhat better and folks more educated about LGBT he comes from Ball/Aternative NYC culture and the reason why there were "Houses" and "Families" was because so many literally got kicked out of their homes for being who they were.

I don't expect you to agree with me; just offering another perspective.

[mizzyoung]

It reminds me of how little BET supported Lil Nas X because of how open he is with his sexuality that they didn't bother inviting him to their award show, but did invite the white artist that was featured on his album

[colossusx]

white person does a two step and we fall over ourselves to invite them to the cookout

[mspopstar]

“Oh, the fracking?” will forever live rent free in my head

[xmignonnex]

bob and peppermint >>>

[wapiko]

Same, my brain completed that sentence when I read the cut

[picturemegone]

Humans on this planet are in the cycle of destruction.

[alwayspolaris]

Yeah like he can't see a difference between people just trying to get to work/errands/see their loves ones vs. people profiting off the continuous use of unsustainable and environmentally toxic fuels? Most of us would love to see public transport and clean energy sources expanded, while he profits when they don't.

Obviously he knows the difference, he's just trying to downplay his own part in what's happening :/

[miharu]

Like Blanche DuBois, he will not see it.