Posts tagged as The Straights
The Safety of Categories
"When you start operating on the principle that you indeed can divide people into sheep and goats, then there’s also the idea that you must divide people into sheep and goats and there are certain boundaries that cannot be crossed without reclassifying." READ MORE
In Praise of 'Batman Forever'
The first time I heard Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds was on the soundtrack for Joel Schumacher's 1995 Warner Brothers superhero blockbuster and subsequent cultural whipping-boy Batman Forever. Ol' Nick the Stripper has famously donned the hair shirt for his involvement in the album, calling it a cynical cash-grab. I think that's pretty stupid, given that the song he contributed to the record encapsulates, in just a few minutes, all the things I think are important about Batman. This is far better than director Christopher Nolan would later do with six whole hours. READ MORE
Scott Brown, Chief Bro
Someone needs to tell Scott Brown to not wear button-down shirts with his suits. It's ghastly. It's quite accurate that John McCain described Brown yesterday as "a real straight guy," because, Jesus. Also, from the hilarious article recounting Brown's arrival in D.C.? "'Thanks bro,' Brown texted State Sen. Michael Knapik, another Republican friend, in reply to his message of congratulations on the night of his victory."
Can Gays And Straights Really Be Friends?
An article in this weekend's Times dealt with the burgeoning trend of intersexual friendship between straight men and gay men. There are some surprising nuggets of information-straight men with military training are more likely to be accepting of gay friends-and some confusing assertions about the basis for these friendships and how they do and don't work. To further advance the discussion, we got a gay dude and a straight fellow who have been friends for most of this decade to reflect on the piece. READ MORE
