Pro-Trump Pastor Goes on Non-Apology Media Tour After Clinton Blackface Tweet
South Carolina evangelical pastor Mark Burns says he will continue to speak out in favor of “unity” — and Donald Trump for president.
Daily Archives: August 30, 2016
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Jammin 107.7 New London Pride
Jammin 107.7 New London Pride
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Cancel Your Life And Immediately Watch This Insane New Commercial By Spike Jonze
Cancel Your Life And Immediately Watch This Insane New Commercial By Spike Jonze
The less said about this new commercial directed by Spike Jonze, the better. We wouldn’t want to ruin anything.
Related: Sia Lends Her Voice To Unusually Gritty — Though Sexy — Olympics Ad
So, we’ll just give you the basics and be on our way: The Leftovers‘ Margaret Qualley stars as a socialite who abruptly escapes the stifling stuffiness of an anonymous gala in order to get a breathe of fresh air.
Related: This Ballsy Male Hygiene Commercial Will Likely Leave Some Viewers Feeling Rather Testy
Choreographed by Ryan Heffington (the man behind Sia’s “Chandelier”) and set to a maniacal anthem called “Mutant Brain” by Sam Spiegel (Jonze’s brother) and Ape Drums, this commercial for Japanese perfume company Kenzo is an absolutely godsend.
Enjoy.
Why Is Rick Perry Doing Dancing With the Stars?
Why Is Rick Perry Doing Dancing With the Stars?
Disgusting man Rick Perry, former governor of Texas, just got cast on Dancing with the Stars. So is this just a very charitable definition of star?
Rick Perry — who, you’ll recall, really really really hates gays — just spent the last few years at a career crossroads. If things had gone his way, he’d have become president. Instead, he will be waltzing poorly for America to laugh at.
Apparently he’s planning to use the platform to raise money for veterans. We’ve heard this sort of promise from Republicans before, so the veterans might want to ask for Rick’s donations in cash rather than check.
Joining Rick will be his intellectual peer, Ryan Lochte. Also Vanilla Ice, Babyface, Marilu Henner, and a whole bunch of people who will make you say, “not sure who that is but I think I saw them listed as a featured guest that one time I watched a CSI with my mom.”
In case you need a refresher on Rick, he’s the guy who said that being gay is like being an alcoholic, and that that both groups could just choose to stop their destructive behavior. He also supported ex-gay torture camps. Nice guy! Should be fun to watch him twirl around on a dance floor.
There are also long-standing rumors about him being gay — but who knows, rumors are easy to start, and this particular one was fueled by a Ron Paul supporter, so it doesn’t exactly come with a veneer of trustworthiness.
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Matt Bomer is Going to Play a Transgender Sex Worker and It’s Instantly Controversial
Matt Bomer is Going to Play a Transgender Sex Worker and It’s Instantly Controversial
Matt Bomer is set to play a transgender sex worker in the upcoming film Anything, co-starring John Carroll Lynch and directed by Timothy McNeil.
“Anything” is based on McNeil’s play of the same name. Lynch plays a man who is suicidal over the death of his wife and moves from Mississippi to Los Angeles, where he can be under the watchful eye of his protective sister, played by [Maura] Tierney. He then begins an intense friendship with Bomer’s character, a transgendered sex worker. The unlikely new couple must reconcile their vastly different backgrounds as they fill the void in each other’s lives.
“Anything” is being produced by Hauptman, Louise Runge, and Ofrit Peres. Bomer, Tony Lipp, and Scott Wexler also executive produce.
Actor Mark Ruffalo has also signed on as an executive producer of the project.
The casting of Bomer as a transgender woman is reviving longstanding grievances between the trans community and Hollywood. Bomer joins Eddie Redmayne and Jared Leto in the list of cis men who have played recent roles depicting the stories of trans women.
Reaction to the news of Bomer’s casting was not welcome among many trans actors, advocates and allies who took to social media to voice their displeasure.
Why the hell is Matt Bomer playing a transgender woman?????
— Emma (@ToManyFeelings) August 30, 2016
I auditioned for this. I told them they shouldn’t have a cis man play a trans woman. They didn’t care. t.co/T7YFe6OeX9
— Jen Richards (@SmartAssJen) August 28, 2016
More cis men being sourced to play trans women. Hollywood, do better. t.co/U8b1nIKEjo
— Kate Krosschell (@KateKrossch) August 30, 2016
Hollywood…could you just not? t.co/xeua71NGoW
— Kelleigh Anne Jones (@kellj1983) August 30, 2016
.@MarkRuffalo lip service to the trans community but when actually money and a job is involved — he hires a cis guy pic.twitter.com/OBcUAMOX2b
— Trans Hollywood (@transhollywood) August 28, 2016
@MarkRuffalo
Since we’re ALL not getting killed, is it that hard to simply have a trans woman PLAY a trans woman? t.co/bbxSiMVgzo— Elisa (@TrulyTG) August 30, 2016
Casting men to play Trans women leads to violence against trans women. @markruffalo @mattbomer @DiversityACTRA t.co/E4Qu8mwCh0
— Savannah Burton (@savannahvburton) August 28, 2016
The announcement regarding Bomer’s casting comes shortly after word that a Michelle Rodriguez film called Tomboy, in which she plays a transgender role, was being renamed (Re)Assignment.
Wrote one Instagram user:
“This is what Trans Face looks like! And I’m really over it! Awhile back I decided to do some poking around to see what updates I came across concerning the deplorable new movie formerly known as “Tomboy: A Revenger’s Tale” starring Michelle Rodriguez (@MRodOfficial). It has now been renamed “(Re)Assignment”. Apparently “Tomboy” was to insensitive of a title. Written and directed by Walter Hill (from a story by Denis Hamill), the film centers on an expert assassin who is double-crossed and transformed into a woman (Rodriguez) by a rogue surgeon (Sigourney Weaver), and then sets out for vengeance. This movie is a remake of “Johnny Handsome” with a Gender bending twist. This is a behind the scenes pic of Michelle Rodriguez with a faux beard (assuming this a shot from a scene before the inflicted “punishment” in the movie) on YouTube along with this “post-op punishment” clip (m.youtube.com/watch?v=5jtsvDcdwuY)! Yes, this is really happening!”
Transgender actress Jamie Clayton (Sense8) says she was blocked by Bomer on Twitter after trying to engage with him about his new role in Anything:
It’s sad that this happens instead of wanting to have a conversation about how to help. #transisbeautiful @MattBomer pic.twitter.com/k4Qpap5dLW
— Jamie Clayton (@MsJamieClayton) August 30, 2016
Clayton had tweeted an article to Bomer and Rodriguez the night before about transgender representation in Hollywood, and said “I really hope you both choose to do some actual good for the trans community one day.”
I really hope you both choose to do some actual good for the trans community one day. @MRodOfficial @MattBomer t.co/9WHwNu7HFm
— Jamie Clayton (@MsJamieClayton) August 30, 2016
Bomer has spoken out in the past for transgender rights.
Back in October 2015, he was active in the campaign to defeat anti-LGBT activists who were trying to do away with Houston’s equal rights ordinance (HERO) and were especially focused on demonizing transgender people.
“The messages being broadcast across Houston attacking LGBT people in an attempt to repeal the Houston Equal Rights Ordinance (HERO) go beyond misleading – they’re horrifying,” Bomer wrote in an email for HRC. “These malicious ads, funded with a lot of money from anti-equality opponents, slander innocent people with slogans like ‘no men in women’s bathrooms’ and imply transgender Houstonians want non-discrimination protections as a means to abuse children.”
Bomer also recorded a video for the cause:
In an interview with Sirius XM earlier this month, Bomer told Bruce Bozzi that a transgender woman taught him to embrace his own sexuality:
“I was working at the Utah Shakespeare Festival after my sophomore year of college, and we had a hair and makeup artist who was a transgender girl and did the entire company’s hair and makeup. Her name is Kennedy,” he said. “She did shows when she was very dolled up, but in her day-to-day life she lived very simply, and she was raised in a Mormon family, which was very conservative…Growing up it was very hard for her, and to hear the trials and tribulations she had to go through as a Mormon person who really felt like she was born in the wrong body, I really felt like, ‘My god, if this person can really look this deeply into themselves, what am I turning a blind eye on?”
How this plays out remains to be seen, but it’s an issue that’s not likely to go away soon, especially as qualified transgender actors continue to make strides in Hollywood.
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Scientists Discover Cells that Make Nipples Go Hard
Scientists Discover Cells that Make Nipples Go Hard
Scientists trying to understand the biological processes behind involuntary human responses say they have been able to determine what makes a person’s nipples become hard.
Swedish researchers made the discovery while mapping out the various nerve cells that ferry messages around the body in times of emotional distress, such as when the “fight or flight” reaction takes hold and prepares us for imminent danger.
Another type of nerve that emerged from the study hooks up with hair follicles. When activated, the nerves contract tiny muscles around the hairs, making them stand up and produce goosebumps.
All together, the team found eight different types of nerve that carry messages for the sympathetic nervous system, the part of the body’s neural wiring that makes the heart race and the palms sweat in anxious moments, but which also produces goosebumps, constricted blood vessels and hard nipples in cold weather.
What it boils down to is that different nerves are used to wire different physical reactions. And bad nerve wiring could lead to someone responding to danger with erect nipples rather than, say, sweaty palms.
Said one researcher, “It’s the same challenge that an electrician faces when they wire up a house. If the wires all look the same, it’s going to be hard to wire them up correctly.”
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