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Pop Culture

How Straight is Adam Lambert?

By Tavia Nyong’o A dirty little secret about American Idol finalist Adam Lambert: a lot of gay men dislike him too. The “shrill,” ” campy,” “theatrical,” “vegas act” epithets thrown at him as he advanced to finals on the recent Idol season were also hurled by many queers who found him equally grating. Now that […]

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Pop Culture

Guyliner and Glass Closets

Do you care whether American Idol runner-up Adam Lambert (seen here in “Clockwork Orange” drag) officially comes out of the closet? Is he even in it, in your opinion? And regardless of when or whether he ever sings to the tune of our confessional culture, will he make an impact on queer representation in pop […]

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Higher Education

“Educational Values” versus “Educational Value”

by Brian Eugenio Herrera Mark Taylor’s call to “End the University as We Know It” proved most disappointing for its shockingly naïve (or cruelly disingenuous) echo of a previous higher education manifesto published several years prior:  the notorious  “A Test of Leadership: Charting the Future of U.S. Higher Education,” authored by The Secretary of Education’s […]

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Videos

Weekend Video Inspiration

Thanks Kandia, for sending this our way.