My Oscar party crew was a pretty representative cross-section of my community: women, trans and nonbinary folks, people of color, queers, and a cat. We hadn’t seen a lot of the nominated movies, but we had very strong opinions on who we wanted to win and who we wanted...
In college, I wrote a paper about Negro Faggotry, particularly as represented by the “Men on Film” bit on the sketch comedy show In Living Color. The term “negro faggot,” coined by queer Black filmmaker and professor Marlon Riggs, refers to a stereotype about Black...
There is such a thing as a death penalty in the NCAA. It’s the most severe punishment that an NCAA member school can receive, banning a particular team from competing for at least one year. The death penalty has been handed out just FIVE times in the...
