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RuPaul Werks it Out: A TV show, a Book deal, and Billboards galore

February 5, 2010 in Television, books by hadjalexiou | No comments

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LET’S BE REAL: RuPaul has taken over New York City. Her p*ssy-perfect picture is plastered on subway ads, the sides of buses and every other LOGO commercial from here to next Sunday. Last week was (after mad anticipation from homos across North America) the first episode of season two of “RuPaul’s Drag Race.” (We’ll get to that too honey, I promise.) But in a perfectly-timed media storm, this week also saw the release of Ru’s new book: “Workin’ It!: RuPaul’s Guide to Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Style”.

For anyone that wants to curl up with the soothing love of RuPaul’s voice before falling into slumber, this guide to living fabulously is like a pink fluffy hand-warmer that you put in your socks before skiing. Full of cheerful advice and hilarious anecdotes, it really does feel like the spice of her personality was caught and put into this 172-page coffee table liner, complete with flawless photos and bullet lists of How-To’s. Werk.

UPDATE: RuPaul’s Drag Race 2 is coming… and some Chelseans are upset

January 20, 2010 in Television by Antonio Cerna | 4 comments

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STFU! The billboards in Chelsea don’t lie. Something big is coming… and will entail blonde wigs, lots of tape, catty fights, runways, and pure, uncensored, full-on fagging out! “Ru Paul’s Drag Race: Season 2” starts Feb. 1, 2010. [Photo via contestant Shangela's FB].

UPDATE: I failed to mention above that the posters are totally illegal, and that the Gem Hotel (the building on which these posters are plastered) is fighting back — demanding the posters come down “immediately” even going as far as calling the posters an “abomination.” Whoa! [Read about it on Curbed]

UPDATE TO THE UPDATE: So, now we’re hearing a whole new story. This may be just another case of upset neighbors. What it does showcase however is the changing Chelsea demographic. Chelsea, NYC’s infamous gayborhood is no longer the den of fringe culture it once was. Have you walked down 8th Ave recently? The gentrified and gutted buildings are now homes for upper-middle class straight families! Well, at least according to one guy who told us recently, “Its  nasty cycle. The gays move in to a neighborhood, revamp it, restore buildings, then yuppies move in and hike up the rents, and the gays move elsewhere.” You have to admit, the man makes a good point, no?

RuPaul’s Drag Race:
There’s a New Diva at the Judges’ Table

February 4, 2009 in Uncategorized by B.B. Nichols | No comments

If you weren’t already aware, RuPaul’s Drag Race premiered this Monday on Logo. Drag Race combines what we love about Project Runway, inane challenges that result in bizarre outfits, and what we love about America’s Next Top Model, bitchy contestants all brought down a peg by a ferocious drag queen. Each week the contestants follow a very ANTM series of events: photo shoot, special challenge, and “main-stage” show. The difference being that they have to do their own make-up, make their own outfits, and the bottom two each week, instead of quivering in the face of Tyra’s icy glare, are ordered to ‘lip sync for their life,’ naturally.

Though these added touches of glam really bedazzle the stonewashed denim jacket that is Drag Race, the other ways in which is differs from its predecessors further illustrates just how sharp the divide is from Bravo and the CW to Logo.