How to Sell Your Amazing Script to Hollywood
photo by @memoji on Instagram A little more than a year ago I was sitting on a fancy desk at a fancy production company in West Hollywood, sipping on a diet coke, waiting on instructions from my...
View ArticleI Accidentally Went on a Date With a Meth Head
Photo by Shelby White (via Behance.net) It was soups awk. Scary too. But mostly awk. I’ve been back in the market for a while now and recently decided to give online dating a real chance. Everyone does...
View ArticleBe Your Own Damn Valentine
Photo by @memoji on Instagram Valentine’s Day is the ultimate worst. Although the idea of dedicating an entire day to commemorate love sounds great, the entire holiday revolves around the exchange of...
View ArticleSXSW Survival Guide: Part 2
How to Make it Through 10 Days of Festivities Unscathed SXSW is one of the most wonderful times of the year. But you already knew that, right? If you’ve been doing your homework, you should have...
View ArticleSXSW Survival Guide: Part 1
South by Southwest is nowadays known worldwide as a major festival for great music, films and interactive conferences. What started as a regional festival for residents of the beautiful Austin and...
View ArticleWhere Were You During the SXSW Red River Incident?
It had been a ridiculously long work day for me at SXSW. A day that consisted of 8 hours of festival PA work followed by 9 hours of serving curry to festival attendees on Rainey St. All I could think...
View ArticleLady Gaga is Like So Over It
Photo by @memoji on Instagram She’s done with her pop star status. I can tell. Most people could kinda tell during her South by Southwest showcase at the Doritos #BoldStage. “Fuck you, pop music! This...
View ArticleSpectrum Fashion Show
Back in February, I got together with a couple of UT students and shot a promotional video for this year’s University Fashion Group annual fashion show, Spectrum. A few weeks of post-production later,...
View Article10 Things That Straight People Say and Ask to Queer People That Kind of Need...
I had a lot of ideas for the title of this article, but most of them were a little bit too sassy and that would not serve this article at all. Some of my favorites were “St8 People Need to Learn How...
View ArticleI’m White on Paper But Not in Real Life
I am Hispanic by definition. Spanish is my first language because my family emigrated from Mexico. Even though my grandparents were born in the Americas, I know for a fact (because of my last names)...
View ArticleThe Academy Awards are for White People, And You’re Not Invited
The year is 2015 and all the Academy Award acting nominees are white. There is a grand total of one black film running for Best Picture. Any other race or ethnicity isn’t even an after thought. What...
View ArticleIt’s Like Really Hard to Follow Your Dreams While Working Full Time
Trust me. I tried it. Did you know working full time requires a lot of energy? It really does. So if you’re not already working somewhere that’s somewhat related to your “dream field,” you’re going to...
View ArticleSXSW 2014
Filed under: EVENTS, FILM & TV, MUSIC Tagged: AT&T, Austin, Big Freedia, Bold Stage, Doritos, Fuse, John Norris, Kelela, Lady Gaga, Late Night With Seth Meyers, Live Music, Marie Claire, Mindy...
View ArticleSTARGAYZER FEST 2014
Filed under: EVENTS, MUSIC Tagged: Austin, Austra, Big Freedia, Cakes da Killa, Christeene, Festival, gay, High Fashion, MUSIC, Ssion, Stargayzer, TRST, TX
View ArticleIn Da Clurb, We All Fam
I’m heartbroken. Almost a week has passed since the worst modern mass shooting in US history and I still cannot get this horrible feeling off my chest. Work is definitely a good and productive...
View Article“Turn This” B*tch Up and Party in the Desert with Queer Artist Rica Shay
Electro Hip-Hop artist, Rica Shay, is giving us Priscilla Queen of the Desert realness on the new music video for his latest club banger, “Turn This.” Featuring looks by queer designers Slick It Up,...
View ArticleEra Istrefi’s “Redrum” is Sweet Like Honey
You guys, Era Istrefi is back!!! Era who? How dare you. But also, this is why I’m here for you. About a year ago (longer than that if you’re a […]
View ArticleRuPaul Ruleases New Single, “American,” Amidst Plans to Take Over the World
Silence! The queen of queens is back back back back back again and snatching wigs with the spanking new title track from her upcoming album, “American.” According to Mama Ru, her new material […]
View ArticleOur Guest Story for OUT.COM’s Grindr Series
Original Title: “I Accidentally Went on a Date With a Meth Head” He picked me up in a giant, gas-guzzling black Suburban with tinted windows. I’ve been conditioned to believe […]
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