Todrick Hall calls Kim Kardashian a ‘stubborn little queef’ in sprawling rant

Todrick Hall did not hold back as he took Kim Kardashian to task over the freshly rehashed Taylor Swift/Kanye drama.

To recap… On Monday, the hashtag #KimKardashianIsOverParty started trending when a new video of a 2016 phone call between Swift and Kanye was leaked online.

In the four-year-old video, Kanye asks Swift’s permission to use her name provocatively in a new song. When the song was released, Swift said she felt violated, and Kim Kardashian posted an edited clip of the phone call video that she said proved Swift was only feigning offense, and that Swift had given permission before the song was made. Kardashian labeled Swift a “snake,” resulting in an incredible amount of online bullying against Swift.

As the full video clearly shows, however, Kardashian was the one acting disingenuously, selectively editing a clip to “prove” her point while omitting the full story.

Well, this did not sit well with Hall, who is a close friend of Swift.

The Drag Race judge and singer took to his Instagram story to share some thoughts:

“I CANNOT STAND THIS WOMAN!” Hall wrote.

“1. Taylor didn’t reignite anything, Kris probably leaked this footage her damn self. 2. After your Ray J video [which] publicly documented every crevice of your vagina I highly doubt that you’re embarrassed NOW to respond to this.

“3. Just apologise, you self absorbed, entitled, stubborn little queef.”

And it didn’t end there.

“[Taylor] was CLEARLY uncomfortable with the situation,” he added.

“No one would ever give permission without ever hearing the song. If they had time to shadily record all this footage, they had time to shoot over an email with the finished product for approval once the song was done.”

He still wasn’t done:

“They failed to mention they were going to have a life sized nude figure of Taylor in the bed with Kanye in the video.

“You want to make Taylor and Kim naked in the video but not himself, show those cakes Kanye if you’re going to force the women in your video to be naked.

“Double standards and just shady boots dot com.”

Here’s how it looked on his story:

Later, he posted that he’d be taking a “break from social media”…for about an hour or so:

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Sing along from your Shelter with our friend Jon Richardson. Live at 5 Daily. Provincetown Direct.

Provincetown’s cabaret and standards sing-along up and comer, Jon Richardson (Crown & Anchor, Tin Pan Alley and everywhere else) is playing piano and singing your favorites and a few requests daily during this period of less activity. Grab a drink and connect and enjoy. If you enjoy, send him a tip at Venmo: jonrichardsonmusic

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Sing along from your Shelter with our friend Jon Richardson. Live at 5 Daily. Provincetown Direct.

Welcoming Schools Wednesdays: Activities and Resources for Inclusive Learning at Home

Each week while most students are out of school due to COVID-19, HRC Foundation’s Welcoming Schools will offer a book and a related activity adapted from our teacher lesson plans for parents to use with children at home. Our featured books will focus on Welcoming Schools themes: embracing all families, being an ally and respecting differences inclusive of LGBTQ identities. Don’t have the book? Don’t worry! We will provide a link to online readings to each book.

Week 1:

Book: The Family Book by Todd Parr

The Family Book celebrates the many different ways to be a family. Whether you have two moms or two dads, a big family or a small family, a clean family or a messy one, Parr assures kids that no matter what kind of family you have, every family is special in its own unique way. For those who don’t have the book at home, not to worry — you can use this video of Parr reading the book aloud. We encourage you to interact with your children as you read together. Pause on different pages to talk with your child about what they are seeing. 

• Do you know of any families where they have different skin tones (though maybe not green, yellow or purple as in the book)? 
• Do you know what a step-mom is or what adoption is? 
• Do some families really look like their pets? 

Activity: Draw Your Family Todd Parr Style

• Take a look at the illustrations in the book and notice how they are very simple yet expressive — most people have round faces with many different hairstyles drawn with only a few lines — straight, curly, long, wavy. Notice that the bodies are also drawn with only a few lines — short or tall, smaller or bigger. 
• Have your child draw your family — including any pets or important stuffies — using crayons, colored pencils or markers, encouraging them to use wackadoodle colors as Todd Parr does in his book! 
• Proudly display on your fridge! And share with HRC on social media! Tag @HRC on Twitter and @HumanRightsCampaign on Instagram. 

To find the Welcoming Schools lesson plan featuring The Family Book, check out Welcoming Schools family lessons. To find more great books about families, check out these family book lists.

HRC Foundation’s Welcoming Schools is the nation’s premier professional development program providing training and resources such as book lists and lesson plans to elementary school educators to embrace all families, create LGBTQ and gender-inclusive schools, prevent bias-based bullying, and support transgender and non-binary students.

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Terrence McNally Mourned by Theater Artists and More

Twitter users are showing their love and admiration for McNally, who died today at age 81.

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American theater giant Terrance McNally dies of coronavirus complications

Acclaimed playwright and librettist Terrance McNally has died at a hospital in Sarasota, Florida from complications due to coronavirus. He was 81.

His publicist, Matt Polk, confirmed the news to The Hollywood Reporter. McNally suffered from lung cancer since the late ’90s, which caused him to lose portions of both lungs. Coronavirus causes severe respiratory issues.

McNally is survived by his husband, the Tony Award-winning Broadway producer and former HIV/AIDS activist, Tom Kirdahy.

McNally was a five-time Tony Award recipient with an incredible 25 Broadway productions throughout his career. Among his most-known works are Ragtime, Kiss of the Spider-Woman, Love! Valour! Compassion!, Master Class and The Ritz. In total he wrote nearly 50 plays, 10 of which were musicals.

Described as “the Bard of the American theater,” McNally’s writing crossed all genres over his six-decade career, from avant-garde dramas to hit musicals. Much of his work focuses on the deep need for human connection, and he said the most vital role of the theater is to connect folks of different races, genders and sexual orientations to the common human experience.

“Theater is not a place to hide from the world but instead the very place where we may finally discover our true selves,” McNally wrote in the foreword of his 2002 musical A Man of No Importance.

Nathan Lane, who starred in several of McNally’s shows over the years, wrote in 2015 that “There is no better collaborator in the world.”

In 2019, McNally received the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Tonys — here is his acceptance speech:

Head here for a full look-back at his remarkable life and career.

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