anna genoese

Entertainment Weekly's review of Adam Lambert's new album reminded me of why I canceled my subscription (uh, about a million years ago!) in the first place: their reviews are out of touch. At least, they're out of touch with me -- their reviews almost never jived with my personal experiences and apparently that's still the case.

Nevertheless, the tongue in cheek "hipster homophobia" use of gay stereotypes (and lack of fact-checking, sheesh!!) really doesn't sit well with me, so I wrote a note. Some people wrote much longer screeds (I was linked to this one this morning, which is great and eloquent; ETA: and this one by blakkrrox), but I kept mine short.

Here's what I wrote; you're welcome to copy and paste and send to EW with your own name attached if you want.

I am writing in response to Melissa Maerz's review of Adam Lambert's new album, Trespassing.

The tongue in cheek use of gay stereotypes in Melissa Maerz's review of Adam Lambert's new album is absolutely horrifying. Gay stereotypes are just homophobia in sunglasses; they are hurtful, they are wrong, and I am appalled that EW would allow them to appear. Whatever Melissa Maerz thinks of Adam Lambert's album and career (and I do wish the facts had not been plainly wrong, eg given the *lack* of gender-neutral pronouns in songs like "Fever" and the fact that "Outlaws of Love" is about much much more than gay marriage), surely those opinions could have been expressed without displaying what comes across as anti-gay sentiment.