Tag Archives: Joan Crawford

Camp For Beginners

Mark Simpson interviews David Halperin about his controversial new book How To Be Gay at Out.com  I’ve always been a big fan of Judy Garland, Joan Crawford, and Doris Day. But it was a secret, shameful love — until, that is, David Halperin’s new book, How to Be Gay (Harvard University Press), finally gave me the strength to …

August 21, 2012 – 12:34 am | By Mark Simpson | Posted in gay, interview, journalism | Tagged , , , , , | Comments (2)

Who’s the Diva? Hillary or Obama?

As camp comic Kenneth Williams might say: ‘ark at ‘er! An entertaining, often incisive, if rather, er, campy, Huffington Post article ‘The Diva’s Camp’ about Hillary’s diva power (and why this turns off ‘Obama-colytes’) compares Hillary Clinton to Joan Crawford in Mommie Dearest: ‘Hillary Clinton is possessed by the spirit of Joan Crawford. Like that notorious …

April 10, 2008 – 8:26 pm | By Mark Simpson | Posted in Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, politics | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | Comments (5)

The Bitch is Back: Hillary Comes Out Clawing

After being written-off and told to give up, Hillary has earned grudging respect By Mark Simpson (Guardian CIF, 6 March 2008) What is American voters’ problem? The media, on both sides of the Atlantic, has been telling them for weeks that dreary Hillary was “finished” and that Tuesday’s primaries were going to be her “Alamo” — …

March 6, 2008 – 8:26 pm | By Mark Simpson | Posted in Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, politics | Tagged , , , , | Comments (5)