In this week's Blind Date, they write a poem together, over tapas.
My line-by-line review:
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Justin Myers
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Author and journalist. A voice loud enough to blow the froth off a Horlicks two tables away. Third novel The Fake-Up now out on paperback. (he/him)
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Last weekend I did a book reading in Monmouth and brought my dog along for logistical reasons. As soon as I went on stage she started whining in my dressing room so…
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I wrote about the crisis facing rainbow capitalism; the successes and failures of corporate allyship, and why it’s now more urgent than ever to reject a single-issue approach to queer politics
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An hour and a HALF filming myself for a three-minute video doing nothing more complicated than saying who I am and reading from a book I wrote. Safe to say I will not be TikTok famous anytime soon.
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I wrote a love letter to 'Vogue', perhaps Madonna's most joyful, inclusive, and glamorous smash.
theguyliner.substack.com/p/the-truth-ab
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Britney Spears and Madonna rehearsing for “the kiss” at the 2003 VMAs
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Extreme humidity hair in both pics – nice to be consistent across the years.
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Four years ago today I did my ‘layout’ of The Fake-Up, the stage where I take all the scenes from my head, write them on cue cards, and assemble them into a plot. And now it’s an actual book! Support #IndieBookshopWeek and grab a copy from your friendly local bookseller!
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I wrote about my increasing unease around Pride Month, which now feels less like a celebration and more like target practice for bigots theguyliner.substack.com/p/the-truth-ab
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Feels like the kind of thing someone would’ve sent in to the Time Out letters page back in the day
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On the northern line earlier, I saw a man in a Huel t-shirt with his shoes and socks off.
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this week's column! on my deep, lifelong love for second hand clothes, and the worry that fast fashion will fundamentally break how we think about what we wear: newstatesman.com/comment/2023/0
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Reminder that Jason Orange was the only member of Take That worth bothering with
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Seriously why is everything made of the old towel your mum uses to dry the dog off with?
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Just been wandering round H&M. From what I can gather, this season’s look is BATH MAT.
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When someone you love is going out with a rotter… (how not to handle it)
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