On Tuesday the Wall Street Journal published on its front page a photo of Elena Kagan playing softball. The Rupert Murdoch-owned newspaper eschewed claims the photo was a not-so-subtle way of conveying the Supreme Court nominee is a lesbian; others, obviously, disagreed, given News Corp.’s history of conspicuous gay baiting. But what other photos could Journal editors have even selected that wouldn’t send the message that she’s a gay?
Bulky purse: Dyke.
Chunky jewelry: Dyke.
Legs uncrossed: Dyke.
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Staring to the left: Dyke.
Standing in front of phallic columns: Dyke.
Looking cartoonish: Dyke.
Arms crossed: Dyke.
Ordering Chinese food: Dyke.
Going to high school: Dyke.
Wearing horizontal stripes in public: Dyke.
Fastening seatbelt: Dyke.
EdWoody
Heh. I especially laughed at “looking to the left = dyke.”
Luxury
I would appreciate the satire more if we weren’t so hypocritical about this very thing. How many post and comments have I seen on Queerty speculating about someone’s sexual orientation based on looks, style of dress, or the fact that they aren’t parading around town with a different member of the opposite sex every two weeks. I would say a lot. But when the straights do it…
the crustybastard
Well I’m convinced.
AndrewW
@Luxury: It’s not speculation. It was “common knowledge” until she was nominated.
Obama thought it was necessary to issue a dishonest “denial” that Kagan was a lesbian. Kagan agreed with that dishonest statement.
The result? A new Supreme Court Justice. Amazing.
The “denial” is going to sink this nomination.
ProfessorVP
It reminds me a lot of the Tony Randall story, if anyone remembers this very amusing actor. He begged the question, just as Elena Kagan now begs the question: can one look, dress, walk, speak, and have the hobbies of a gay person, but not be gay? Randall was always married, then after his wife died, he married a student in his arts academy about 45 years younger. Nobody said boo. Then the wife had a baby. Then people said boo, because it was silly spin and publicity at the end of Randall’s life. He died soon afterward, but that didn’t stop the young widow from still going around saying Randall wasn’t gay. My point: where does it friggin end? Where? Here we all are in 2010, and the idea of an out lesbian rocks the DEMOCRATIC party, which objects to the smear campaign against Kagan. Smear, because they think saying someone is a lesbian is defamation. I have to wonder how sheltered President Change is, nominating a lesbian without having a clue. Then when the crap hit the fan, he sends his mouthpieces into damage control mode, denying the obvious. I used to think there wasn’t a dime’s worth of diference between the two parties on LBGT issues. I revise that. Nickel.
jeffree
OMG: she’s not only lesbian but JEWISH too!
Check over on the rightwing blogostan & you’ll see that it’s not just her possible lesbian status that’s causing the fundys to foam @ the mouth, it’s her “jewishness.”
Their arguement is that since less than 3% of Americans are Jews , her appointment to SCOTUS would undully swing the SupCo votes away from the Christians on the court. Therefore the Court won’t represent the “essential” interests of the “dominant” Christian interests of our founding fathers and their intentions with the US Constitution.
Remember a li’l history: same reasoning was brought up with L. Brandeis & R.B. Ginsberg (sp?).
This antisemitism is less PC to bring up in the press than the homophobia (hello David Axelrod & Rahm Emanual, et al!) but its definitely a source of concern for the TeaBagging christophiliac voters & their religious leaders & hangers on.
scary times, eh what?
Robbin
My friends and I laughed at the Elena Kagan controversy for the fact that we had this discussion a couple of years ago and then created a t-shirt that we are selling online. Thought we’d forward the link: http://www.cafepress.com/+womens_dark_tshirt,299495146