Reality TV star Josh Duggar, of 19 Kids and Counting is a hero to the far Christian right, who see him as an anti-choice and anti-gay icon. He is also the executive director of Family Research Council Action – the political action arm of the anti-gay hate group. Sunday, after speaking at the National Organization For Marriage‘s anti-gay marriage hate rally, CNS News interviewed Duggar about this week’s Supreme Court marriage case:

“Natural marriage has been clearly defined over the years. Right now in America there is an agenda to silence people of faith, those who hold a dissenting opinion. That’s not what America was founded on. America was founded on respect, tolerance, and really not discriminating against people based on their religious convictions.”

In other words, not allowing Christians to discriminate against gay people is…

“discriminating against people based on their religious convictions.”

Today more than half of the country, 61% of Americans, support marriage equality.

“I think what we have to realize is this is only the beginning of a larger discussion, and what’s really at stake here is the American family. I believe strongly, being the oldest of 19 kids and counting that you know marriage is central to the family and every single child deserves a mother and father. And I’m sure grateful for my parents and I’m grateful for my wife and we have our fourth child on the way due in July, and I think it’s just such a blessing when you see family and you see that you can honor each other.”

Nothing against families but, barf. (via The New Civil Rights Movement)

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My friend, the fantastic writer, actress and all-around fascinating gal, Joan Juliet Buck just penned a piece for Harper’s Bazaar on how “great style is timeless —until it isn’t”. She knows what she’s talking about too…. besides having been on the International Best Dressed List, she was also the editor of French Vogue too, so TRUST, she’s knows whereof she speaks. (You may also have seen her in the movies, as she is a good actress and was the french cooking school mistress in Julia & Julia) I’ve been thinking lately of what I CANNOT wear as a bald, gay man his mid-50s. As I told Joan, the list is l o n g . . . and getting longer. I’m not sure if these rules (or any) apply to men in dresses. I’ll ask Joan the next time I see her.

When I was 30, my necklaces were ironic. The single row of baroque pearls with the intaglio clasp that I wore along with my grandmother’s double strand were a cheeky nod at Coco Chanel in her late-revival prime, say, when she was 78 or 80. Now that I’m barreling toward my mid-60s, the last thing I want to do is remind anyone of Coco Chanel at 78.

Necklaces age me.
So do black jackets.
So do shoulder pads.
So do earrings. Any earrings.
So, alas, do printed scarves.
So does red lipstick.
So does smoky, sexy eye makeup.
And high heels I can’t walk in.

Now that I’m a lady of a certain age, I have to drop the costumes. Everything that put me in the Best-Dressed List Hall of Fame in 1987 must be left in 1987, and the same goes for the Lartigue look of 1972, the dust-colored suits of 1991, and the rest. Fashion is a time capsule and becomes a time machine that only the young should enter.

I hang on to the Saint Laurent smoking coatdress that I wore to a lunch in 1983 because I hadn’t slept in my own bed, the Missoni camisole I wore to a magical dinner at Maxim’s in 1974, the Hermès chestnut leather dress from 1996 that was the coolest thing in the world. But the world moves on, the Saint Laurent coatdress is a fashion history lesson, the camisole can’t be worn with a bra, and the leather dress is oddly tight. I haven’t gained weight, but things have moved around.

We find our style in our 20s and hang on to everything that makes up our look—hair, shoes, colors, shapes—through our 30s and 40s, at style cruising speed. But somewhere between 50 and 60, there are bumps in the road. Physical changes, social changes, contextual changes.

The face changes shape. From the age of 23 onward, I wore a particular expression in photographs until I saw evidence that the pensive, dreamy, three-quarter profile had turned grumpy. Now it’s full face, with a smile, and as much light as possible.

Last fall I longed for Saint Laurent silver boots identical to the gold ones I had in 1973. Missoni makes me as happy as ever, Uniqlo’s collections by Jil Sander and Ines de la Fressange are beautiful, and I look forward to what Christophe Lemaire will do there this fall. The wardrobe now comes down to the essentials: black sweaters, good trousers, boatneck tunics, and dresses that are cut, shaped, and fitted to me. A good trench coat, and then a few more good trench coats. I found a silk one at Pamela Barish’s shop in Los Angeles, with pleats in the back so that it can be worn as a dress, or thrown—the way I used to throw my pearls—over a plain top trousers for that abstracted I-just-got-out-of-bed look that signals cool at any age. It’s the ideal garment, but the one in my size was snapped up by some 30-year-old movie star, so I’m going to have to wait.

For the full treatise on what works fashion-wise (for Joan, anyway) in your 60s, go here. (via Harper’s Bazaar)

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America’s premiere Britney Spears impersonator Derrick Barry will be at RuPaul’s DragCon on May 16 & 17 to meet YOU! Before the big day, you must watch these three must see videos of Derrick as the Princess of Pop, Britney Spears. You can get your tickets at the door for RuPaul’s DragCon, but they will be more expensive, so get your tickets NOW and watch the videos after the jump!

Derrick Barry – Celebrity Female Impersonator – Documentary

You learn a LOT about Derrick in this short documentary like how he got started impersonating Britney, getting his big break in Las Vegas,  and his insane cereal collection. You may recognize our RuPaul’s All Stars Drag Race Queen Chad Michaels, Las Vegas Diana Ross impersonator Crystal Woods, and legendary Las Vegas showgirl Frank Marino.

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Derrick Barry as Britney Spears on America’s Got Talent Live Singing “Hit Me Baby One More Time”

Many people, myself included, first heard of Derrick Barry as a contestant on the third season of America’s Got Talent where he made it all the way to the Top 40. This was his best performance to Britney’s “Hit Me Baby One More Time”, but sadly it was also his last on the show.

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Derrick Barry Dresses Up as Britney

From Queen Britney’s YouTube channel! Derrick takes us through the entire transformation from zero to Britney which usually takes anywhere from an hour to an hour and a half.

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Another fascinating episode of E!’s new reality show Good Work starring RuPaul, Sandra Vergara, and celebrity plastic surgeon Dr Terry Dubrow where they explore the wildest, weirdest, and most wtf beauty treatments on the market today. Check out the top five wildest moments after the jump.

1) The segment on vaginal weight lifting, demonstrated with a giant stone egg that’s inserted in the vagina to tighten it, and then – when you master that – rocks, gatorade bottles, and handbags are hung from it.

2) Celebrity matchmaker Patti Stanger stopped by the studio, and dropped the bombshell that she was a lesbian for a year in her 20s – who knew?

3) “Muscle goddess” Lauren Powers (who had just been on the earlier episode of Botched) discusses her 12 boob jobs, then gets relationship help from Patti.

4) There was a “ballsac ironing” conversation that got a little disturbing. When your stretched-out scrotum dangles down to the toilet water, Dr Dubrow suggests it’s time for a scrotum tightening.

5) Finally: The giant boa constrictors used to give massages on Sandra. Just plop ‘em on your back and let them start squeezing your muscles. NO THANK YOU.

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YouTuber “The Backyard Scientist” recently decided to pour molten aluminum inside a watermelon, because why not? He expected it would explode (shooting white hot liquid metal into the air, not very smart) , but when he cut open the fruit he was surprised to find that the metal filled all the veins connecting the seeds, creating an awesome Louise Bourgeoise-esque sculpture. Watch it below.

Then watch his even MORE amazing aluminum anthill art piece from a few years ago. (Which is cool but I cant help but feel sad for the hundreds of ants who died the painful death of Viserys Targaryen.

(via The DW)

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Hard-working career woman Barbie will probably be spending a lot more time at her Malibu Beach house, now that she is no longer working as a killer whale trainer at SeaWorld. Mattel had been selling a line of SeaWorld Trainer Barbie dolls – which came packaged with plastic dolphins and water-squirting whales – but the toy company has made it clear it will no longer produce SeaWorld-branded merchandise.

Animal Legal Defense Fund attorney Carter Dillard has issued the following statement: “I’d say it was always a bad idea to teach children that the best way to treat magnificent wild creatures is to capture them, house them in the equivalent of a bathtub, and force them to perform. It looks like Mattel finally agrees.”

Said SeaWorld in a statement: “We are disappointed in Mattel’s decision to stop production of the SeaWorld Trainer Barbie.” “We are proud that Mattel had chosen to honor the women— and men — at SeaWorld who dedicate their lives to the care and conservation of killer whales and other animals living in our parks. Particularly disappointing is that the decision appears to be based on complaints from PETA, an extremist organization that works to close zoos and aquariums.”

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Well, pretty much ALL fashion looks dorky 30 years later… 50 years and it starts to look good again. As you may know The Devil, I mean, Anna Wintour, was the fashion editor of New York magazine from ’81 to ’83, before stopping briefly at House & Garden as editor. (She put models on the cover and during her brief tenure, the mag as dubbed “House & Garment”.) But during her time at New York, her pages were a testament to the zeitgeist of the early ’80s in all it’s forms bringing society, art, fashion insiders and “real people” together with the looks of the day. Dork out and see if you could turn any of these into your personal style today… mostly, a big NO – unless it was an 80s Drag Race challenge.

(via New York)

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Saturday Night Live has been reflecting (and influencing) the American story for 40 years now. The new documentary, Live From New York!, explores the show’s early years, an experiment from a young Lorne Michaels and his cast of unknowns, and follows its evolution into the comedy institution that has turned out tons of our best comics. The film that just premiered at The Tribeca Film Festival, looks at SNL as a living time capsule, with decades of American politics, media, tragedy, and popular culture. After nearly 800 episodes it keeps America laughing… watch.

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Super Secret Show took a kind of obvious idea to add the impossibly peppy theme song from Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt to M. Night Shyamalan‘s serious Unbreakable and made it great. Starring Bruce Willis & Samuel L. Jackson. Watch now.

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Gotta say, I’m getting a little worried about Suicide Squad. Not only is it falling victim to over-casting (with everybody in Hollywood getting a part), but we’re beginning to see some massive missteps in the costuming department. Just look at this mess. Will Smith as Deadshot is already a stretch. But THIS? WTF is going on here? Since when was Deadshot in Shaft? Where’s the red jumpsuit, wrist-mounted guns, and cool-as-fuck metal face plate with the targeting device? Even OUT OF COSTUME, there’s no way Ffloyd Lawton would dress like a reject from the Wild, Wild West. I feel like the Powers that Be have been letting Will influence the character’s look (like when nobody had the nerve to tell Johnny Depp the Big Bad Wolf shouldn’t be in a zoot suit) – NEVER A GOOD THING. Get it together, DC. You ALMOST had me excited by Jared Leto‘s Joker reveal, then I remembered it was JARED LETO playing THE JOKER and went back to being skeptical.

(Photos: Pacific Coast News)

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Absolutely breathtaking pictures from Russian chemist and photographer Sergey Mikhaylovich Prokudin-Gorsky (August 30, 1863 – September 27, 1944), best known for his pioneering work in color photography of early 20th-century Russia. In them we see a vivid portrait of a lost world — the Russian Empire on the eve of World War I and the coming Russian Revolution.

Around 1905, Prokudin-Gorsky envisioned and formulated a plan to use the emerging technological advances that had been made in color photography to document the Russian Empire systematically.

Outfitted with a specially equipped railroad-car darkroom provided by Tsar Nicholas II and in possession of two permits that granted him access to restricted areas and cooperation from the empire’s bureaucracy, Prokudin-Gorsky documented the Russian Empire around 1909 through 1915.

He conducted many illustrated lectures of his work. His subjects ranged from the medieval churches and monasteries of old Russia, to the railroads and factories of an emerging industrial power, to the daily life and work of Russia’s diverse population.

It’s always amazing to me that people REALLY DRESSED in traditional native outfits. I mean, they all look like they’re in high school productions of Fiddler on the Roof. And yet it’s REAL. Crazy. And I would wear the fuck out of ANY of these outfits today. Such panache.

Head over to the Wiki Commons page to see more and get the backgrounds of each pic. (via Twisted Sifter)

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As you know (you do?) National Hairstylist Appreciation Day is celebrated today, where we honor hairstylists everywhere who make artful hair possible. I did a little search of some of my faves but there are thousands to choose from. Here, we get a little Lady Bunny, Sia & Amanda Lepore but let’s not forget the B-52’s Kate Pierson & Cindy Wilson, the gals of Hairspray, Marge Simpson and the countless models who sit for hours. This hair-raising salute is for you.

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As you might recall, the increasingly crotchety 80-year-old designer recently got in hot water when he suggested homosexuals shouldn’t dress “too homosexual.” So thank goodness nobody came to the cocktail party at Nobu in Milan, honoring his 40th anniversary in the fashion biz, wearing a bedazzled leotard or sequin short-shorts. Even Boy George kept it relatively butch in a brown fedora and tasteful man-jewels (see below).

Among the stars who showed off their most elegant looks:

Glenn Close arrived looking a bit like Jessica Tandy, but still incredibly chic, of course.

Tina Turner wowed the crowd by not aging. Like EVER. The ’60s rock icon arrived with hubby Erwin Bach to much cheering and fanfare.

Sophia Loren, who always looks like the madame at an Eastern European brothel to me, was there, waving like she’s the queen of England. Whatever. NEXT.

Mrs Wissam Al Mana aka JANET FREAKIN JACKSON made a rare public appearance — her first since last November at a Vogue gala in Dubai. Fabulous, fabulous.

Tom Cruise, arrived with an escort on his arm who looked like a cross between former wives Mimi Rogers and Katie Holmes.

Legendary Italian superstar Claudia Cardinale – once the most beautiful woman IN THE WORLD, of course – still looks lovely.

And somebody named Antonia Dell’Atte won the red carpet with her purple hair and silver-feathered capelet. Malto magnifico! Bella! Bella!

(Photos: Pacific Coast News)

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One thing is for sure, there will be a panel for EVERYONE’s tastes at RuPaul’s DragCon on May 16 & 17 at the Los Angeles Convention Center and just today, THREE new panels were just announced; ‘I am Divine’, ‘Fierce Mother Tuckers’ with Willam & Gia Gunn, and ‘Pageant Queens’ with Latrice Royale, Victoria “Porkchop” Parker, Kennedy Davenport, and Coco Montrese! Tickets WILL be available at the door, but will be more expensive so get your tickets to RuPaul’s DragCon online!

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Artist Klaus Enrique loves using nature morte as a medium for his artwork and most recent work is the product of over 150 insects creating one of the scariest faces in the universe. Enrique spent over 300 hours carefully constructing the mask out of scorpions from Arizona and butterflies from China. He told Wired magazine that the butterflies were meant to represent metamorphosis:

“Darth Vader was this good guy then he turns into the most evil person in the universe.”

(via Mashable)

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Watch out BryanBoy, there’s a three-year-old Malaysian boy named Jacob who’s blowing up the fashion world and coming for your crown.

The Kuala Lumpur-based cutie has an Instagram account managed by his mother, Shaine Wong, that rivals most fashion bloggers’. Before you think, “What am I doing with my life?” you should know that Wong does most of the styling herself. However, Jacob has a flare for fashion, too.

When asked if the tot ever dresses himself, his mom replied, “Yes! He has several pairs of shoes for different occasions and he usually chooses his own shoes to match his outfits.”

Love his little looks, omg. Of course, he can only go in one of two directions when he grows up: either become an insufferable airhead fashionista or completely rebel and become a sewage inspector or auto mechanic or something incredibly butch where he never has to even THINK about what to wear. Somehow I think that’s what’s going to happen. (via HuffPo)

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Michelle Visage will be at RuPaul’s DragCon May 16 & 17! She’ll be doing meet-and-greets, and she’ll also be moderating Women Who Love Drag: The Biological Perspective on Sunday, May 17. I’ve been a huge fan of Ms. Visage for quite some time so I thought I’d post a few videos featuring Michelle that I consider to be must-see. Check them out below! And if you haven’t gotten your tickets for RuPaul’s DragCon yet, get them now (they’re cheaper online than they will be at the door).

Seduction – “Two To Make It Right” (Live on Into the Night with Rick Dees)

Michelle brings the flavor, voguing, and attitude to Seduction’s performance — not to mention, she puts a nice hip-hop twist on this pop hit. The girls sit and chat with Rick Dees afterwards, and Michelle throws a little playful shade during the interview. It’s worth noting that Mama Visage’s nail game was on point even in the Seduction days. Clock those red nails!

TKA – “Crash (Have Some Fun)”

The wardrobe and choreography in this video are serving some ‘90s realness! The blonde bombshell of Seduction (as she’s introed in the song) spits a rhyme with an impressive delivery that will make your head spin. Michelle drops in at the 2:30 mark.

S.O.U.L. S.Y.S.T.E.M. – “It’s Gonna Be A Lovely Day”

Her Ladyship is indeed having a lovely day lounging by the pool surrounded by hot men. The make-up is flawless, the hair and wardrobe is right. This video is the epitome of sexy and cool. What more can you ask for?

“When You’re Good To Mama”

Michelle can spit a mean rhyme and sing a pop song like nobody’s business, but she is a Broadway baby at heart. Here she is belting out a song from Chicago and addressing the golden rule — when you’re good to Mama, Mama’s good to you.

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TS Madison took to Twitter on this episode of Wait a Minute to answer questions from her fans. Find out who Maddie is rooting for to win RuPaul’s Drag Race, what she thinks about being slutty, and how her family treated her when they found out she was transitioning. Watch after the jump!

Meet TS Madison at RuPaul’s DragCon on May 16 & 17 at the Los Angeles Convention Center. Tickets will be sold at the door, but they’re cheaper online. Get your tickets NOW!

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The end of RuPaul’s Drag Race season 7 is rapidly approaching – which means the coronation of the next winner is LITERALLY JUST WEEKS AWAY. And guess what? Tickets to the reunion special ARE STILL AVAILABLE! Yes, YOU can attend the big event LIVE, IN PERSON, and witness the crowning of the new queen! It’s quite a ta-doo, trust. The performances are AMAAAAAAAZING and you’ll be watching HERSTORY as it’s made!

Also – and this is REALLY EXCITING – when you buy a $200 VIP ticket, you gain entry to a super-special VIP after-party where you get to meet and get a photo with the Season 7 queens. Well! My dears! Imagine rubbing shoulders with Ginger, Katya, Jasmine, Max, Pearl, Jayden, Violet, Trixie, Tempest, Sasha, Kandy, Kennedy, and Mrs Kasha Davis! Imagine how your Instagram will BLOW UP! You’ll be the star at the bar!

Get your tickets here!

(Scenes from last year’s grand finale, below)

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It’s Friday! It’s May! And you deserve some spicy, sexy sparkle in your life so praise Our Lady of Guadalupe and Charo and Mario Conchita Alonso and J-Lo’s pet donkey because hottie AB Soto has delivered a new single and video to get your cajones swinging from side to side like happy glitter balls!

“CHA CHA BITCH” is everything you want right now. Beats! A hot pup with a knockout smile and hairy chest and sequined jumpsuits. Spangled sombreros! Ass! Mylar fringe for dayz! C*nty dance moves! 7,000 costume changes. A latin muscle cub floating through space. The NYC skyline! Maria, your inner princesa will LIIIIIVE.

Get more AB Soto at his Facebook or YouTube or Twitter or just at ABSoto.com. Your weekend will thank you. FANTASY, CHA CHA BITCH! 1-3-5-6, CHA CHA BITCH!

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