Frank DeVol: Homophobe or Hypocrite?
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WarpedRecord — 16 years ago(May 25, 2009 12:20 PM)
Now that's the right attitude, Mavvy! Should you ever find the urge to cross over, I'm sure you'd find more than a few lasses willing to give you a try. I subscribe to a site called Awful Plastic Surgery that shows the horrors of going under the knife.
Regarding "lesbian" scenes in mainstream films, these appear to be rarely on the mark and serve mainly to perpetuate the straight male fantasy of what woman want from each other. I guess filmmakers are more interested in following the dollar than telling true stories.
Did you ever see that movie Gena Rowlands made with Jane Alexander, "A Question of Love"? I saw it when it aired on TV, but I'd love to get my hands on a copy.
And speaking of Dana Delaney, I share her birthday. OK, this rambling has gone on long enough. Time for some cheesecake and pizza! -
Loomis_Orange — 16 years ago(May 25, 2009 05:45 PM)
I have never seen that film with Gena and Jane - Must look it up. I think it sounds familiar tho I will check out the surgery site. I dig looking at the end product of too much botox and surgery on famous people but they deserve it! (clink)
Whither goest thou, America, in thy shiny car in the night? ~~ Jack Kerouac -
WarpedRecord — 16 years ago(May 25, 2009 06:56 PM)
Here's the link:
http://www.awfulplasticsurgery.com/
The site's awkwardly designed and kind of hard to navigate, but I get their daily RSS feeds, which makes it easier. Lots of sad before and after shots of former beauties like Meg Ryan and Cheri Oteri. I'd write more, but I'm at work now -
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chrismartonuk-1 — 16 years ago(June 08, 2009 11:32 AM)
Men enjoy watching women having lesbian sex (only if they resemble Playboy bunnies mind!) because they can watch naked women having uninhibited sex without any male dangly bits getting in the way and spoiling the view.
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preppy-3 — 16 years ago(June 09, 2009 07:24 AM)
"Men enjoy watching women having lesbian sex"
Not all men. I'm a gay man but I've had two str8 roommates who have zero interest in lesbian sex scenes. One of them used to watch "The L Word" on On Demandand fast forward through the sex scenes! Also I've asked str8 male friends about it and most of them have no interest in lesbian sex scenes. So it seems quite a few guys don't like them. -
hockeyhrs — 9 years ago(October 27, 2016 10:09 PM)
There's long been debate about whether gay people are
(a) born (it's in their DNA)
vs.
(b) made (it's caused by events that occur in their childhood)
Either way, very few argue that gayness is a considered CHOICE that one adopts after a careful trade study. They just are that way either by DNA or environment, and we leave them unburdened by volition in the matter.
So why isn't the same reasoning applied to homophobes? i.e., Either Mr. DeVol was (allegedly) homophobic by nature, or he learned it from older people in his environment (and there was nobody of the non-homophobic persuasion to disabuse him of those ideas).
In other words, why do we let gays be pawns of the random forces in nature/society, but we act as if the anti-gay (homophobes) are masters of their universe and can control their feelings 100%?
And why should musicians be less vulnerable to queer-hatred than non-musicians?