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More hetero problematics in pop culture! Plus: Ivanka Trump's UFC fight, that Travis Kelce photoshoot, Pete Davidson on the BDE discourse, and more in the weekend roundup.

Tracy Clark-Flory

Aug 17

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Happy Sunday.

An important note before we get into the silly little links. I’m participating in the Parents Solidarity Fast for Gaza, along with a group of local parents and writers, including fellow Substackers, Courtney Martin and Amanda Montei. We hope you’ll join us.

We’ll be doing a relay fast the week of 8/25, but you can sign up for any week, as an individual or a group. It’s part of a national pressure campaign demanding the unrestricted flow of aid into Gaza, an arms embargo on Israel, and an end to the genocide.

There are lots of ways to participate and several possible levels of fasting. Let me know if you sign up!

To the links…

These clips from Howard Stern’s 2000s-era “Buttaface Contest” came across my feed. Even with all the recent attention to reconsidering the oughts, I don’t think we’ve adequately reckoned with that man’s cultural and political impact.

IVANKA TRUMP IS REPORTEDLY INVOLVED IN PLANNING A UFC FIGHT AT THE WHITE HOUSE. Of all the absurdities I link to here, I really just felt like I had to write that in all-caps...