Dan Savage

was there was something about the way she didn't police herself as a person, as a performer, as a figure in pop culture that I recognize as kind of what gay men do when they come out. Stop policing themselves, be big and messy and chaotic and hungry and have appetites and take up space. And that's what Coolidge does.

was there was something about the way she didn't police herself as a person, as a performer, as a figure in pop culture that I recognize as kind of what gay men do when they come out. Stop policing themselves, be big and messy and chaotic and hungry and have appetites and take up space. And that's what Coolidge does.

She's blind. She has blind spots. Dan Savage again. She is unintentionally non-maliciously cruel and hurtful. And for that, she gets a pass, right? Because we all have blind spots, and we all move through the world, sometimes oblivious to the damage we leave in our wake.

She's blind. She has blind spots. Dan Savage again. She is unintentionally non-maliciously cruel and hurtful. And for that, she gets a pass, right? Because we all have blind spots, and we all move through the world, sometimes oblivious to the damage we leave in our wake.

And one of the points I think White makes in season one is that the more wealth and power and privilege you have, the more oblivious you can be to people as you move through the world, shoving your money around.

And one of the points I think White makes in season one is that the more wealth and power and privilege you have, the more oblivious you can be to people as you move through the world, shoving your money around.

It certainly brought back the gay villain, right? Mm-hmm. Which... You know, season one you had the gay victim in a way that it ended up being Armand who was in the coffin being loaded into the plane. It was a shock. And in this season, there are more dead gay people at the end. But they had it coming. And it's ironic because...

It certainly brought back the gay villain, right? Mm-hmm. Which... You know, season one you had the gay victim in a way that it ended up being Armand who was in the coffin being loaded into the plane. It was a shock. And in this season, there are more dead gay people at the end. But they had it coming. And it's ironic because...

the gay people who die at the end of season two were the gay people who were coming for the gay fan favorite from season one and season two, Tanya. And so we were happy to see them die, which was a real trick of Mike White's on his gay audience that we were, when she was shooting gay men dead, we were like, fuck yeah, go Tanya.

the gay people who die at the end of season two were the gay people who were coming for the gay fan favorite from season one and season two, Tanya. And so we were happy to see them die, which was a real trick of Mike White's on his gay audience that we were, when she was shooting gay men dead, we were like, fuck yeah, go Tanya.

When she was shooting the gay bad guys. And like, one of the things I think that is so exhilarating about both seasons is that there is a sense sometimes when you're a gay person and you watch the representations of gay men by people in queer community in film and on television that we're not all good and we're complicated and some of us are awful and some of us are evil.

When she was shooting the gay bad guys. And like, one of the things I think that is so exhilarating about both seasons is that there is a sense sometimes when you're a gay person and you watch the representations of gay men by people in queer community in film and on television that we're not all good and we're complicated and some of us are awful and some of us are evil.

And yet, it's almost as if because TV and film only showed us gay villains for the first 70, 80 years, that once they... began to make it up to us for that. They stopped showing us any gay villains at all, which is tedious. I'm sorry, it's just tedious and boring and not who we know we are, which is complicated and morally ambiguous.

And yet, it's almost as if because TV and film only showed us gay villains for the first 70, 80 years, that once they... began to make it up to us for that. They stopped showing us any gay villains at all, which is tedious. I'm sorry, it's just tedious and boring and not who we know we are, which is complicated and morally ambiguous.

If you're stuck in a relationship quandary, or if you're looking for sexual harmony, well, there's nothing you can't do.

If you're stuck in a relationship quandary, or if you're looking for sexual harmony, well, there's nothing you can't do.

Walking home from the pot shop in my neighborhood the other day, doing two things at once, eating an edible and doom scrolling as I wandered into traffic. I suddenly felt like reading what I was reading pretty soon. I'm going to be living in a country where no one goes to prison for possessing marijuana anymore, but people go to prison for possessing pornography.

Walking home from the pot shop in my neighborhood the other day, doing two things at once, eating an edible and doom scrolling as I wandered into traffic. I suddenly felt like reading what I was reading pretty soon. I'm going to be living in a country where no one goes to prison for possessing marijuana anymore, but people go to prison for possessing pornography.

That's the plan in Oklahoma where Republican state Senator Dusty Devers, which is a porn name. If I ever heard one Republican state Senator Dusty Devers introduced a bill the day after Trump was sworn into office or back into office and that would put anyone who produces, distributes, or possesses pornography in prison for 10 years.

That's the plan in Oklahoma where Republican state Senator Dusty Devers, which is a porn name. If I ever heard one Republican state Senator Dusty Devers introduced a bill the day after Trump was sworn into office or back into office and that would put anyone who produces, distributes, or possesses pornography in prison for 10 years.