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November 7, 2018 3:33 PM

A kiki is a party, for calming all your nerves. We're spilling tea and dishing just desserts one may deserve. [previously]
posted by Evilspork (14 comments total)

God's work, you're doing, posting this today.
posted by salt grass at 3:51 PM on November 7, 2018 [8 favorites]

is this where we talk about appropriation of black queer culture?

yas kween or no kween?
posted by blue t-shirt at 4:24 PM on November 7, 2018 [5 favorites]

I thought they were descendants via club kids, not appropriators.
posted by fluttering hellfire at 4:32 PM on November 7, 2018 [6 favorites]

They are queer, and only a couple of people in the video are white.
posted by Evilspork at 4:44 PM on November 7, 2018 [5 favorites]

is this where we talk about appropriation of black queer culture?

if you want to, though the person who turned me onto it was more Mexican-Dutch.
posted by philip-random at 4:49 PM on November 7, 2018 [2 favorites]

The glee mash up of this and Turkey Lurkey time might be the camp highlight of last decade: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rTa3hPXnqXk
posted by PinkMoose at 5:46 PM on November 7, 2018 [4 favorites]

I dunno I may have to start watching Glee if they pull Scissor Sisters into it more often.
posted by Evilspork at 7:21 AM on November 8, 2018

I really like this edit.
posted by Lawn Beaver at 8:32 AM on November 8, 2018 [2 favorites]

I had assumed from the name that the Scissor Sisters would be a female punk band: awesome on general principle, but not my thing. This, however, may in fact be my thing.
posted by Countess Elena at 11:26 AM on November 8, 2018

Plus they make super weird art videos too. Scissor Sisters and The Ark are some good good dance dance music.

That video above has nudity, btw.
posted by OnTheLastCastle at 1:09 PM on November 8, 2018 [2 favorites]

is this where we talk about appropriation of black queer culture?

yas kween or no kween?

Aw, it's sad when a band takes this turn. I loved Scissor Sisters old albums but now I can't listen to their music without thinking about this. It reminds me of the band Of Montreal*, whose music I loved until they made an album where Kevin Barnes took on the persona of a fictional black trans woman. When I saw them touring on this album, their opening act was none other than Janelle Monae. Of Montreal's music is also similar to Scissor Sisters in some ways— funky, colorful, gay, piano pop.

* The capitalization is technically "of Montreal," but I'm deliberately capitalizing here because it's easier to read.
posted by the list of suspects is just you at 1:59 AM on November 9, 2018

Thanks for this: "Let's have a kiki" will be icepicked into my brain to deal with any kind of stress I may encounter today. Stressor No. 1: Not Knowing WTF A Kiki Is.

Also: Of Montreal was waaaaaay better on LSD and not hopped up on believing Kevin Barnes = Prince.
posted by Lipstick Thespian at 6:17 AM on November 9, 2018

i love you metafilter but you are literally the squarest place on the internet
posted by The Whelk at 2:05 AM on November 10, 2018 [6 favorites]

guilty
I have never served, worked, or turned in my life but I have been quietly dancing to this with wireless headphones
(with the blinds lowered, of course, because of the aforementioned squareness
I do not want to make other people sad)
posted by Countess Elena at 9:22 AM on November 10, 2018