The Kylie Minogue of It All!

Picture it: The United States. May 2023. The average temperature for the month is a balmy 62.4F, which belies global warming because it’s 2 degrees higher than average, but it’s still pleasant. Schools are winding down, about to turn students of all ages loose on the rest of us. The foliage is lush and green, birds are happily singing as they fly through the air, darting from tree to tree, and Pride Season (another name for what used to quaintly be called “Summer”) is about to commence. And then, a confluence of horrific forces land with a big, messy splat in the middle of it all with about as much grace and appeal as a giant pile of toxic waste. A group of noisy christian nationalist MAGA puppets take offense (again), feel victimized (again) and make quite a lot of noise about it (as usual). A giant, nationwide retailer called Target that had been courting queer dollars for decades shows its true fair weather rainbow colors. And the American media machine, which already skews right (no matter what the christian nationalists TYPE IN ALL CAPS on their Truth Social posts), has a field day with sensationalist coverage, making sure to air “both sides” of the “problem,” giving viewers a master class in false equivalence. <a href="https://raymondgneal-67023.medium.com/the-kylie-minogue-of-it-all-ed61f50d4d94">Website</a>