Getting stoned.In I'm From Rolling Stone I'm From Rolling Stone is a MTV reality television show directed by Norman Green.[1] It began airing in January 2007 and is planned for ten episodes. Six aspiring music journalists are given the summer internships in hopes of getting a contributing editor position , the MTV MTV in full Music Television U.S. cable television network, established in 1980 to present videos of musicians and singers performing new rock music. MTV won a wide following among rock-music fans worldwide and greatly affected the popular-music business. reality series that premiered January 7, six young journalists compete for a one-year contract as a contributing editor A contributing editor is a magazine job title that varies in responsibilities. Most often, a contributing editor is a freelancer who has proven ability and readership draw. at the iconic magazine. We're rooting for Tika Tika can be:
Reality shows are notorious for editing cast members in a not so flattering way, especially with gays and women of color not of the white race; - commonly meaning, esp. in the United States, of negro blood, pure or mixed. See also: Color . Was that a concern? That was my biggest concern--I'm a pretty cool person, and I didn't want any of that left on the editing-room floor. It was definitely a concern that they were going to spin it that I was this angry black lesbian. I'm not angry. Sometimes I felt I was getting a little pressure from the director to be that person, but I didn't let it happen. You also have a girlfriend. How was that treated on camera? They were pressuring to show a lot of interaction between me and my girlfriend. However, my girlfriend was never on camera because my girlfriend is not out. Plus, I just wanted to keep something for myself, because the show wasn't about me and her; it was about me being a journalist. I was trying to make the show what I wanted it to be, not what they wanted it to be. Did your sexuality ever hinder you in the competition? In general, heterosexual women have these pretty-girl privileges. I'm a handsome motherfucker moth·er·fuck·er n. Vulgar Slang 1. A person regarded as thoroughly despicable. 2. Something regarded as thoroughly unpleasant, frustrating, or despicable. , but I don't get away with the pretty-girl shit. But me being gay really wasn't a big deal, though I was the only gay person at Rolling Stone--as far as I know. There's definitely prejudice in the music journalism world, but at Rolling Stone rolling stone Noun a restless or wandering person I didn't have any problems. It's a boys' club over there--don't get me wrong--but they're a really great bunch of people. Coming from a background in hip-hop journalism, how do you handle homophobia in that world? I definitely don't like it, but at the same time, what am I supposed to do about it? I just have to deal with it. I'm a big butch lesbian--it's very obvious that I'm gay--but when I interview different artists or deal with people from hip-hop magazines, I just try not to make it an issue. It's not about who I'm sleeping with, it's not about who I love, it's about me doing this interview and writing you a bomb-ass story. Would you ever fem it up for your career's sake? Hell, no. That would be such a fuckin' freak show. [Laughs] Last time I wore a dress was in 1999 at my uncle's funeral. You wouldn't slip on a miniskirt miniskirt skirts hemmed at mid-thigh or higher; heyday of the leg in fashion world (1960s). [Am. Hist.: Sann, 255–263] See : Fads if you found out that a Jay-Z or a Kanye West was more comfortable with a more feminine and submissive female interviewer? Hell, never! But hey, I like my ladies submissive and in miniskirts too. |
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