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“REBEL” ISSUE INTERVIEW: DRAG QUEEN CHARITY KASE FORGOES ALL FORMS OF GENDER, CONFORMITY, AND SYSTEMATIC RULES TO CREATE ONE-OF-A-KIND ART

When hearing artist Charity Kase discuss her philosophy behind drag as an art form, her otherworldly, over-the-top, alternative style begins to make perfect sense. Focusing predominantly on non-human forms, Charity’s drag exists in a realm of the surreal, sometimes inspired by pop culture and media figures, but more often of her own twisted creation. Charity…

“REBEL” ISSUE EXCLUSIVE: DRAG QUEEN SASHA VELOUR IS TAKING ON THE WORLD WITH HER VERY OWN DRAG “MANIFESTO”

Just as drag queen Sasha Velour’s style is dead-set on breaking the boundaries of gender identity, so too is her view on the concept of uprising incredibly nuanced. After starting out in the Brooklyn scene, Sasha’s growing profile gained enough traction to get her cast on RuPaul’s Drag Race’s ninth season, where she would claim…

THE HARMFUL PRECEDENTS AND DOUBLE STANDARDS OF TENNESSEE’S NEW ANTI-DRAG BILL

In the last half decade or so in the United States, with every cultural step forward seems to come two steps back in the realm of queer rights. Following Tennessee Governor Bill Lee’s confirmation on Monday, Feb. 27 of his intentions to sign a bill that would effectively criminalize public drag performances in front of…

INTERVIEW: PRIYANKA CAPS OFF HER STUNNING “TASTE TEST” EP WITH THE WEST INDIAN-INSPIRED “SNATCH” MUSIC VIDEO

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oo0P2rGBgOQ&ab_channel=thequeenpriyanka Few drag queens have managed to crack the popstar code like superstar Priyanka. With the release of the music video for “Snatch,” the final track on her successful debut EP Taste Test, Priyanka caps off her inaugural music era with a bang, and a tour! Featuring videos for four of its five tracks, the…

INTERVIEW: ACTOR KIT CONNOR BRINGS MUCH NEEDED AUTHENTICITY TO CHARACTERS QUESTIONING SEXUALITY ON NETFLIX’S BREAKOUT HIT “HEARTSTOPPER”

Despite growing media representation for LGBTQ+ people over the last decade or so, it is still increasingly rare to find a robust representation of bisexuality or questioning sexuality on television. What’s even rarer is representation that is not only healthy and poignant, but also not particularly interested in the trend of queer trauma porn, as…

ACTOR NATHAN KRESS ON SEASON 2 OF “iCARLY,” FATHERHOOD, AND HIS NEW OUTLOOK ON LIFE

Watching Nathan Kress as Freddie Benson all grown up on iCarly, the Paramount+ revival of the Nickelodeon sitcom of the same name from a decade earlier, should be a somewhat surreal experience for someone who grew up watching the show. But in all honesty, watching Freddie, along with the familiar faces of Miranda Cosgrove as…

“JUMP, DARLING” SHOWS HOW FAR QUEER NARRATIVES HAVE COME, BUT DOESN’T QUITE STICK THE LANDING

I’ll say one thing for Phill Connell's indie film Jump, Darling straight away: it is frankly refreshing to see a gay-boy-in-a-small-town storyline that doesn’t take the To Wong Foo or Pricilla approach. That is to say, despite taking place in a small Canadian country town east of nowhere, the film’s flamboyantly queer protagonist does not…

HIGHTOWN’S MONICA RAYMUND TALKS SEASON 2 AND HER PROLIFIC WORK BEHIND THE CAMERA

Having just finished out her role of Gabby Dawson on NBC’s Chicago Fire, actress Monica Raymund was looking for a change. That change would come soon than later with the lead role in the Starz original series Hightown, created and produced by Rebecca Cutter. Raymund stars as Jackie Quiñones, a National Marine Fisheries Service Agent…

INTERVIEW: RISING BRITISH ARTIST CODY FROST INTRODUCES HER CHEEKY AND GRUNGY STYLE TO THE WORLD WITH DEBUT EP “IT’S NOT REAL”

It’s a fairly difficult task to introduce yourself as an artist in just four songs, but rising British artist Cody Frost has accomplished just that with her debut EP It’s Not Real. Inspired by a host of personal experiences like mental demons, her upbringing and loneliness, the EP serves as a clear and concise introduction…

ST. VINCENT’S “DADDY’S HOME” IS POIGNANT, UNCOMFORTABLE, AND ABSOLUTELY SUBLIME

If pop sensations like Miley Cyrus, Madonna, and more recently Billie Eilish are the mothers of mainstream creative reinvention, then St. Vincent is their indie equivalent. An unfair statement perhaps, since the genre-bending but always guitar-heavy music of Annie Clark has broken far more into the mainstream than many of her contemporaries. But the point…

CODY FROST EXUDES A POLISHED PUNK SPIRIT WITH NEW SINGLE “HIGH/BYE”

Fans of The Voice UK will surely recognize (and likely already follow) the pop talent that is Cody Frost. Since the now-17 year old made her blind audition debut on the program in 2016 and subsequently cemented herself as a fan favorite, she has honed her image as a bona fide electropop and punk artist.…

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