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favourite character meme: 6 traits

#Brian Fucking Kinney

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Elvis as Vince Everett in Jailhouse Rock (Dir. Richard Thorpe, 1957).

#elvis presley

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#Queer as Folk #i love emmett

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#Queer as Folk #Brian and Justin

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Elvis on the set of “Flaming Star”, 1960.

#elvis presley

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Those last two Adele wins are already discourse fodder. I knew they were going to be controversial. I knew people are going to scream “racism” but here’s the thing, yes, Lemonade was an astounding album. No one can dispute that. Ever. I’ve raved about it since it came out so this is not me trashing it. I love Lemonade, but if there was an album that deserved to win tonight, it was 25. The musical mastery in that entire album, from the first beat to the last, took the edge on Lemonade even if just by a hair.

Lemonade was an unparalleled political statement. Lemonade was an ode to blackness. Lemonade was about pride in your racial identity. Lemonade was Visual Art. Lemonade meant so many things to so many people BUT the Academy is not taking any of that into consideration. The Recording Academy ONLY looks at the music. Giving this award to Adele is not saying “Lemonade is less important” or “the empowerment you got from it is invalid”, it just means 25 was the better album musically speaking. That’s all it is.

TV and Film have endless problems not only when it comes to representing diversity but also with acknowledging/celebrating the diversity it has during award shows. No arguing that, but you can’t transplant the problems of those industries over to music. The Recording Academy is not the same as say the Academy of Motion Pictures because the number of minorities in their member roster is significant and their yearly Grammy nominations and wins always show it. This year the five most nominated artists were POC: Beyonce, Kanye, Rihanna, Chance, and Drake. All black. Throwing around the word “racism” for instances like these only cheapen the meaning of the word and make people take it less seriously in circumstances that really matter.

#agree

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Album Of The Year

That’s a wrap! 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 for Adele!

#yup #she won!!!! #Queen Adele

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Adele performing a tribute to George Michael onstage during The 59th GRAMMY Awards at STAPLES Center on February 12, 2017 in Los Angeles, California.

#adele #she's unique #Queen Adele

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#german

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Elvis photographed on the front porch of Graceland, March 1960.

#elvis presley

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#half in the bag

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“I’m invisible.” [video]

#cats

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#qaf #Brian and Justin #god I LOVE this

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“We gave them a prom they’ll never forget.” “Me neither. It’s the best night of my life.” “Even if it was ridiculously romantic?”

#qaf #Brian and Justin

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#aww

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Elvis photographed for “Jailhouse Rock”, 1957.

#elvis presley