Gay Twitter Roundup: Serving Grunt, These Divas, and RIP to 'Come to Brazil'
When you're scrolling through your X (formerly Twitter) timeline, anything is possible. You may learn a fascinating fact about a country on the other side of the world, or see the hottest person you've seen all year, or somehow find yourself in a heated argument with a teenage stan online because you didn't like their favorite celebrity's new song.
There's no place as unhinged, hilarious, and utterly magical as X. Scrolling the app can give you intense psychic damage, but it will also make you laugh like nowhere else can. It's years of inside jokes, niche memes, celebrity scandals, and hit tweets that reference each other even if they're posted years apart.
The past week on X has been filled with reactions to the latest Jeremy Allen White Calvin Klein campaign, frustrated Grindr users being shocked by the new notification sound, and the sad news that our Brazilian comrades (and managers of almost every fan update account) will no longer be allowed on the app. We've got all this and so much more!
These Divas
A true diva's impact is everlasting. Between Angelina Jolie's new film where she embodies a real-life diva for the ages; a resourceful romantic thief-to-be showing us her ways; Charli xcx serving "America's Next Top Model" in her New York Magazine cover shoot; Nicholas Galitzine's slayful "Bottoms" scene; Ms Mindful and Demure getting to create an official Netflix playlist (which FYI, includes "Bridgerton," "Queer Eye," and of course, Mindful and Demure personified..."Emily in Paris"), we'll have these divas on our minds for a long, long time.
She's an equal-opportunity thief, a suave and savvy diva! We love to see queer women at the forefront of innovation!
We interrupt this news update to bring you hot people
A new Jeremy Allen White Calvin Klein campaign, this one so thirsty that the clothing brand forgot to post images that actually feature their clothing; Phoebe Bridgers rivaling him for the 'sexy person in denim vests' award; the person running the Netflix account forgetting to switch to their personal account before "gnawing at the panels of [their] coffin" over "Interview with the Vampire" star Sam Reid; and Reneé Rapp singing along to Kesha has sapphics going wild.
Serving grunt
Have you heard Grindr's new notification sound? Grindr explains the grunt as "a humorous celebration of the often sexually charged sport", and a nod to the popularity of sexually-charged tennis film "Challengers." The hookup app says that tennis has "been a space the gay community loves to play in, yet they haven't had the chance to play out publicly," which is fair and important and true. All that being said... The sudden change and jarring sound effect was a hard no from gay Twitter.
What else has been going on with the queer people of X, you ask? The beginnings of a campaign to cover the exorbitant costs of being a lesbian: the endless long distance drives; a look back at the badass butches from the ballroom scene; a reminder that a sapphic music video can unite and heal the world; and the perfect encapsulation of how it feels to see another trans person in public.
Let's wrap up with a few more fun videos that crossed our timelines
A flawless, emotional reenactment of Avril Lavigne's "I'm With You" music video, a reminder of the iconic candid Gaga moment when she told Caitlyn Jenner that she recently "switched baristas," and the powerful knowledge that Glee's impact transcends generations.