The Gay Recluse RSS

This is the tumblr blog of The Gay Recluse. We live in the ruins of modern civilization known as Washington Heights, Manhattan. We complain about everything.

Archive

Jul
22nd
Tue
permalink
So a friend of mine in Harlem sent me this ad today and I posted it because I thought it was OTT homophobic and then (because I’m a traffic whore) I sent it to Queerty and Towleroad and then I was famous for like ten seconds when Gawker and Radar (who interviewed me!) and JoeMyGod and AfterElton and some others linked in. And all the writers totally got it (except Hamilton Nolan, who just sort of got it). What’s depressing though, is to read through the comments on all of these sites and realize how truly homophobic even (or especially) a lot of gay guys are. Wtf. Also some very unempathetic ladies out there (see Gawker commenters), which I never understand, because let’s face it: a lot of ads are really fucking misogynistic, too!
So a friend of mine in Harlem sent me this ad today and I posted it because I thought it was OTT homophobic and then (because I’m a traffic whore) I sent it to Queerty and Towleroad and then I was famous for like ten seconds when Gawker and Radar (who interviewed me!) and JoeMyGod and AfterElton and some others linked in. And all the writers totally got it (except Hamilton Nolan, who just sort of got it). What’s depressing though, is to read through the comments on all of these sites and realize how truly homophobic even (or especially) a lot of gay guys are. Wtf. Also some very unempathetic ladies out there (see Gawker commenters), which I never understand, because let’s face it: a lot of ads are really fucking misogynistic, too!