Month: October 2021

CNN says Kanye West is no more. After filing paperwork to change his name, the rapper, born Kanye Omari West, finally got what he asked for, and will be legally known as “Ye.”

TODAY says It seems like the holiday season begins earlier and earlier every year. This year though, given shipping delays and supply chain issues, getting a jump-start on your shopping list feels more pressing than ever.

Harry Styles has long been accused of queerbaiting and whilst many have come to his defence, it appears American actor Billy Porter is not impressed. In a recent interview, he criticised Styles for being the first solo man to feature on US Vogue – a cover shoot that was all the more talked about as Harry Styles wore a dress.  

Porter criticised Styles’ historic cover saying “I feel like the fashion industry has accepted me because they have to,” he said. “I created the conversation (about non-binary fashion) and yet Vogue still put Harry Styles, a straight white man, in a dress on their cover for the first time.”

“I was the first one doing it and now everybody is doing it,” he said. “I’m not dragging Harry Styles, but… He doesn’t care, he’s just doing it because it’s the thing to do. This is politics for me. This is my life.”

“I had to fight my entire life to get to the place where I could wear a dress to the Oscars,” Porter continued. “All (Styles) has to do is be white and straight.”

Whist Billy Porter believes he ‘created the conversation about non-binary fashion’ it’s important to acknowledge plenty of musicians have famously worn dresses – David Bowie, Prince, Sir Elton and so on – long before Porter or Styles. 

CNN says since Harry Styles’ historic Vogue cover has been criticised by Billy Porter, who believes the British singer is the wrong face for the moment.

The Daily Mail says Billy Porter has hit out at Vogue’s decision to use a straight, white male for their first gender neutral fashion shoot.

Grazia says Harry Styles has become as well-known for his fashion choices as he is for his music. But his cover of US Vogue garnered more attention than ever.

ID says accusations of queerbaiting have been rife in our recent pop cultural discourse, flung extensively at repeat offender Harry Styles.

The Metro features a picture of Boris Johnson, Keir Starmer and Ian Blackford at a remembrance service for Sir David Amess.

MPs bow their heads on the front page of the Guardian, as they pay their respects to Sir David Amess.

The Mirror reports that almost 40 hours of “video rants” by radical preacher Anjem Choudary can still be found online – despite YouTube removing them when he was jailed in 2016.