Tag Archives: Obama

The Perfect Mandate: Obama and Becks (and the Media)

David Beckham, global poster-boy for metrosexuality, sporting an Edwardian beard, had a hot date with Obama at the White House today. Though he had to bring his team-mates along as LA Galaxy were being honoured with a reception after winning the Major League Soccer Cup, America’s equivalent of the Premiership. After listing the soccer star’s achievements, introducing …

May 15, 2012 – 10:52 pm | By Mark Simpson | Posted in Barack Obama, Beckham, commentary | Tagged , , | Comments Off

Metrosexual Daddy Mark Simpson interviewed by Elise Moore

English author and journalist Mark Simpson on love-hating the metrosexual, why bromance lacks balls, and why women are strapping on Captain Kirk. By Elise Moore (Suite 101, May 6, 2010) If you could copyright neologisms, Mark Simpson would be a billionaire. Since you can’t, the British gay/gender issues and pop/culture commentator talked to Suite101 about the …

May 6, 2010 – 3:52 pm | By Mark Simpson | Posted in interview with Mark Simpson, interviews | Tagged , , , , | Comments (3)

Republican Great White Hope Scott Brown’s Pink Leather Past

A profile on the truck driving Republican Presidential hopeful from Boston Scott Brown in Vanity Fair caused a few chuckles last week with his wife’s cheeky revelation about the pink leather shorts he wore to his first date with her in the 1980s.  Here’s the money shot: “The pinkish color drained from [Brown’s] face when I …

March 3, 2010 – 2:07 am | By Mark Simpson | Posted in commentary, masculinity, metrosexual | Tagged , , , , , , , | Comments (14)

Star Trek Boldy Goes Into the Obama Era

Mark Simpson, The London Times (April 16, 2009) It died a death during the Bush years in 2005, but it’s back. I’m talking of course, about the American Dream. Rebooted. In kinky boots. The first teasing trailer for the new Star Trek movie in January last year showed glimpses of a shiny new USS Enterprise “under construction”. …

April 19, 2009 – 12:33 am | By Mark Simpson | Posted in Barack Obama | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | Comments (6)

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)