Newly elected Virginia state delegate Danica Roem attended the 2017 AMAs with Demi Lovato. Danica Roem & Demi Lovato Attend Amas Roem made headlines earlier this month when she became the first seated openly transgender legislator in the Us. She ousted Republican incumbent Bob Marshall, who refused to debate against her, and also refused to call her “she.” […]
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- 11/20/2017
- by Hillary Luehring-Jones
- Uinterview
Demi Lovato used the American Music Awards red carpet to make a political statement with her unexpected date. The superstar, who stunned in a black gown, brought Danica Roem with her to the award show as part of GLAAD's Together movement, which calls on communities to unite and speak out in favor of equality. "We connected because I heard her story. I was just completely inspired by that," Demi told E! News on the red carpet. "My story with 'Sorry Not Sorry' is about bullying, and I wanted to have her in the audience with me tonight because I feel like we've been through some of the same things and now we get to share this experience together." GLAAD connected Demi with Danica, who is the first openly transgender person to be elected to the Virginia legislature. In the November 2017 election, she ran as a Democrat against Republican incumbent Bob Marshall,...
- 11/20/2017
- by Celia Fernandez
- Popsugar.com
Demi Lovato walked the 2017 American Music Awards red carpet with a special guest: Danica Roem, the nation’s first openly transgender state legislator.
The singer, who will be performing her hit “Sorry Not Sorry” during the show, personally invited the Virginia Del.-elect to be her date after being “completely inspired” by her historic win when she defeated longtime Republican incumbent Bob Marshall earlier this month.
“We connected because I heard her story. I was just completely inspired by that,” Lovato told E! News on the red carpet. “My story with ‘Sorry Not Sorry’ is about bullying, and I wanted...
The singer, who will be performing her hit “Sorry Not Sorry” during the show, personally invited the Virginia Del.-elect to be her date after being “completely inspired” by her historic win when she defeated longtime Republican incumbent Bob Marshall earlier this month.
“We connected because I heard her story. I was just completely inspired by that,” Lovato told E! News on the red carpet. “My story with ‘Sorry Not Sorry’ is about bullying, and I wanted...
- 11/20/2017
- by Karen Mizoguchi
- PEOPLE.com
Virginia voters elected the first openly transgender candidate into the Virginia House of Delegates on election day Tuesday. Danica Roem Defeats Bob Marshall In Va House Race Danica Roem, 33, unseated the incumbent, Republican Bob Marshall, 73, who had been elected 13 times in twice as many years. Once she takes office, Roem will be the […]
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- 11/8/2017
- by Hillary Luehring-Jones
- Uinterview
Virginia elected the nation’s first openly transgender state legislator on Tuesday night when Democrat Danica Roem defeated longtime Republican incumbent Bob Marshall.
Here are five things to know about the history-making Roem, who will serve in the Virginia House of Delegates.
1. Roem’s gender identity was not the focus of her campaign
Roem, 33, a local journalist who began her physical transition four years ago, openly discussed her gender identity throughout the election but did not make it the cornerstone of her campaign, choosing instead to focus on local issues like jobs, education and northern Virginia’s traffic congestion.
In October,...
Here are five things to know about the history-making Roem, who will serve in the Virginia House of Delegates.
1. Roem’s gender identity was not the focus of her campaign
Roem, 33, a local journalist who began her physical transition four years ago, openly discussed her gender identity throughout the election but did not make it the cornerstone of her campaign, choosing instead to focus on local issues like jobs, education and northern Virginia’s traffic congestion.
In October,...
- 11/8/2017
- by Tierney McAfee
- PEOPLE.com
Democrat Danica Roem of Virginia defeated longtime Republican incumbent Bob Marshall, making her the state’s first openly transgender politician.
Roem, 33, was a local journalist who began her transition four years ago, but who ran her campaign on local platforms that did not focus on her identity, according to the Washington Post.
Marshall, 73, served as Prince William County’s delegate in the Virginia House of Delegates for the last 26 years, and has been elected to office 13 times.
He introduced a controversial “bathroom bill” earlier this year that would have required people to use restrooms corresponding to their assigned gender at birth,...
Roem, 33, was a local journalist who began her transition four years ago, but who ran her campaign on local platforms that did not focus on her identity, according to the Washington Post.
Marshall, 73, served as Prince William County’s delegate in the Virginia House of Delegates for the last 26 years, and has been elected to office 13 times.
He introduced a controversial “bathroom bill” earlier this year that would have required people to use restrooms corresponding to their assigned gender at birth,...
- 11/8/2017
- by Alexia Fernandez
- PEOPLE.com
French filmmaker Quentin Dupieux has made a career out of blurring the lines between ambition and utter lunacy, vouching for those who argue that beauty and chaos go hand-in-hand. I’ll confess that Rubber and Wrong hold a special place in my heart, but his latest film, aptly titled Reality, might be where I hop off this gonzo train of absurd, nonconforming, dreamlike voyeurism. As you can assume, Dupieux’s hazily overexposed interpretation of reality is anything but “normal,” as we’re once again caught in multiple character arcs that are pieced together by – well, I can finally say I have no ‘effing idea how everything comes together. Rubber addresses cinematic cultures, and Wrong chases a dog, but Reality introduces a nightmare that we never wake up from no matter how hard we try.
There’s no point in explaining a plot that’s non-existent, but here’s the short-hand version.
There’s no point in explaining a plot that’s non-existent, but here’s the short-hand version.
- 4/30/2015
- by Matt Donato
- We Got This Covered
Réalité
Written and directed by Quentin Dupieux
2014, France
Presented as part of the Temps O’s Fnc program, Réalité is reminiscent of great names of absurd oneiric cinema, the most obvious influence being David Lynch. The movie also alludes to French surrealism in cinema and novels, such as novelists Andre Breton or Boris Vian. Dupieux’s delightful and hilariously neurotic film producer Bob Marshall could have been in a Jacques Tati movie or Boris Vian’s L’écume des jours. The film’s overall absurdist yet calm atmosphere makes it a strong example of the movement.
The image is bright, sunny and yet has a particular color and ambiance to it that makes the line between reality, dreams, and other parallel realities blur. As they all blend in this same photography and the same music, Philip Glass’s hour long song “Music with Changing Parts”, puts doubt in our minds...
Written and directed by Quentin Dupieux
2014, France
Presented as part of the Temps O’s Fnc program, Réalité is reminiscent of great names of absurd oneiric cinema, the most obvious influence being David Lynch. The movie also alludes to French surrealism in cinema and novels, such as novelists Andre Breton or Boris Vian. Dupieux’s delightful and hilariously neurotic film producer Bob Marshall could have been in a Jacques Tati movie or Boris Vian’s L’écume des jours. The film’s overall absurdist yet calm atmosphere makes it a strong example of the movement.
The image is bright, sunny and yet has a particular color and ambiance to it that makes the line between reality, dreams, and other parallel realities blur. As they all blend in this same photography and the same music, Philip Glass’s hour long song “Music with Changing Parts”, puts doubt in our minds...
- 10/26/2014
- by Anne-Myriam Abdelhak
- SoundOnSight
A lot of celebrities had words to say about the passing of Donna Summer, but leave it to Sir Elton John to squeeze in a dig at (presumably) Madonna in his. "I'm so sad. This woman was the queen of disco and so much more. Her records sound as good today as they ever did. That she has never been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame is a total disgrace, especially when I see the second-rate talent that has been inducted. She is a great friend to me and to the Elton John AIDS Foundation and I will miss her greatly."
It's common wisdom that Gene Roddenberry pushed to have actors of color like Nichelle Nichols on Star Trek to create his perfect future world, but was it actually NBC recruiting people of color like Nichols and George Takei to help launch their switch to color television?...
It's common wisdom that Gene Roddenberry pushed to have actors of color like Nichelle Nichols on Star Trek to create his perfect future world, but was it actually NBC recruiting people of color like Nichols and George Takei to help launch their switch to color television?...
- 5/18/2012
- by lostinmiami
- The Backlot
"A Family, a Fish and a Threatened Way of Life" will be featured on Espn's Outside the Lines on Sunday, 9 a.m. Et. The Sporting Life with Jeremy Schaap (Friday, 7 p.m., Espn Radio) There are places along the Gulf Coast where the oil coats birds and beaches, and there are places where the marshes remain untouched. Wright Thompson shares the story of one town in the middle -- Empire, La. -- where fishing still exists, but with the oil closing in, locals hope for the best, yet fear the worst. Following the piece, Wright, from Empire, and Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Bob Marshall of the New Orleans Times-Picayune, will be among those discussing the topic. From Outside...
- 7/1/2010
- by April MacIntyre
- Monsters and Critics
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