Dear Lipstick & Dipstick
I am a recently out gay male who is moving into a new house with my new
boyfriend. I hired movers, a designer, and am paying dearly for the most
fashionable furnishings. It occurs to me that coming out may end up being
the most expensive decision of my life. It also occurs to me that, if my
example is generally true for all gay people, than we are contributing a
large amount of spending to the economy. So, if we buy nice houses, look
good, contribute to the economy (let’s face it: gay men keep the
interior decorating business alive) and keep our more perverted practices
behind closed doors: WHY THE HELL WON’T THEY LET US GET MARRIED?
Filthy Rich Fags
Lipstick: Great question! I’ll tell you why—because the
yanks blocking our born-right to equality are boorish fools who have not
only redefined the word Christian to mean pro-war, right-wing gay basher,
but who are also totally out of touch with their own sexuality. To make
matters worse, they don’t believe in the separation of church and state.
They just live in their shallow worlds of fear, one we continue to
decorate, ignoring the fact that this county was built on liberty and
justice for all. They bitch and moan when what we want was ours to begin
with. It’s not like we’re trying to run the darn country, forming a
coup to overthrow the government so we don’t end up in a nuclear
holocaust (although, that’s not a bad idea), we simply want the things
our forefathers promised us—like equal protection, the right to worship
Cher and carry an AK47 at Pride to take potshots at the God Hates Fags
sandwich boards.
Dipstick: Right on Lipstick! I just read an interview with a
lesbian celebrity who was complaining about the millions she and her
partner pay in taxes and how unfair that is, since they are unable to get
married. I agree! She suggested all the high profile queers refuse to pay
their taxes until we are given equal rights as citizens. Why doesn’t
everyone do it? After all, the issue of taxation without representation
started the American Revolution. Let’s start a Queer Revolution! Let’s
stop paying taxes until we are given full rights to marry, serve in the
military and adopt children. Sure, we might get thrown in jail for our
non-actions, but think of the publicity! Think of the new momentum we will
give the movement. Think of all the window coverings we can design for the
cell bars. What do you say FRF? Are you with me?
Dear Lipstick & Dipstick
I have been in a fem/fem relationship for over 2 years. I love my partner
and think she is sexy, BUT I am embarrassed by her bushy eyebrows. I
really wish she would wax and sculpt them. I’ve tired to mention it
innocently, but she doesn’t get it. She is a professional in a very
visible job, so I think her appearance is important to sustain her
success. Am I being shallow? How can I get her to shape those brows?
Too Much Bush for Me
Lipstick: Mono-brows should be outlawed! So should hairy lips!
You’re not being shallow, just cosmetically conscientious. I can’t
think of any movies where, during a romantic scene, the woman runs her
finger along her lovers face and says, "God, honey, your uni-brow is
sexy." Like I support NPR and the Democratic Party, I’m
fully-behind the waxing movement. With my wood tongue-presser dripping
with scalding goop, I raise my hand and say everyone should wax! The world
will be a better place because of it. Years ago, I dated a woman who
desperately needed her lip waxed. On a date early on, as we shared a
milkshake, I privately gasped when I saw tiny droplets of milk on her
mustache wisps. I, too, found myself in a similar predicament—should I
pass Anastasia’s card across our Ben & Jerry’s table or just dream
about sexy, hairless swimmers legs when we make out? It was a tough
decision. In the end, she finally did get rid of the excess hair, but not
the fur on her lip, instead she shaved her head! She was a butch in
disguise and left me for her softball coach.
Dipstick: What is it with lesbians these days? What’s wrong
with a little bush above and below? Why are all you sisters plucking and
trimming and waxing and shaving? Don’t you know this hair removal is a
plot of patriarchy to keep our minds off what’s really going on—like
the war in Iraq, the millions of animals euthanized each year, or the slow
erosion of our civil rights before our bushy eyebrows? Who cares about the
bush? Now, if you want to talk about waxing a different Bush, Dipstick is
happy to share her opinion about that, too.
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