Calpernia Addams Diary

Hey LA: You already killed gay marriage. Lay off RuPaul.

(Also published at Calpernia’s blog at Psychology Today) As you may have read, a hullaballoo is brewing in the LA Unified School District offices because three teachers reportedly encouraged their elementary school students to carry posters of OJ Simpson, Dennis Rodman and RuPaul alongside Dr. Martin Luther King and President Obama in the school’s Black History Month [...]

Pretty Pretty: The LA Makeup Show Products Review #1

I am a lucky girl. I fully realize that, and I am thankful for it every day. This last Saturday, I was invited to visit The Makeup Show LA by Cal-pal, sweetheart and founder of vegan friendly Obsessive Compulsive Cosmetics, David Klasfeld. Held at the penthouse of the California Market Center in downtown Los Angeles, it’s a makeup [...]

UNREAL: The Music Video

I made a little music video for the Friday night UNREAL show, check it out! And come see us, every Friday 10pm at WeHo’s Hamburger Mary’s! Full schedule of entertainers, photos, videos and more at http://www.calpernia.com/unreal

Fashion Gods? Untouchable Divas? Meh, Whatever.

Tonight I watched “September Issue“, the documentary about the creation of Vogue magazine’s legendary annual coffee-table buster of an issue in 2007, usually made up of 500-700 pages of fashion and advertising. Of course, it featured legendary editrix Anna Wintour (and the sublime Grace Coddington, whose vision I’d much rather see on paper). Anna famously [...]

Madness: A Large Collection of Historical Prints & Painting Depicting Madness

I came across a link to this page full of gorgeous historical prints, engravings, woodcuts and all kinds of other renderings of madness. The images are striking, gorgeous and even horrifying at times. I thought I’d share! A Large Collection of Historical Prints & Painting Depicting Madness

Crossdressing and Transition: Miss Fiorella’s Take

Special note: I’m only linking this article because I think it is a valuable perspective (one of many) for crossdressers and transvestites who are considering medical transition as part of their erotic fantasy scenario. For transition based on gender identity issues, see TSroadmap.com! There is an olllld article written by a trans woman named Miss Fiorella [...]

Visit to Nashville: January 2010

I had a great time visiting Nashville, even though a terrible snowstorm began just after I landed. Thanks to the inclement weather, PLAY was closed on Friday and the Saturday show wasn’t well attended, though the most devoted Cal-pals did brave the ice-sheeted roads to catch my act. I added a night of performances on [...]

Coming to Nashville! OMG!

Yay, I’m so excited! Attention all Southern Cal-pals, I am coming to Nashville THIS FRIDAY & SATURDAY to do two shows at the famous PLAY Dance Bar! I hope to do my new songs live, but depending on the audio setup I may lipsync myself (JUST LIKE BRITNEY OMG!), which would give me more brain [...]

Finally, Someone Else Who’s Angry

Great letter sent along to me by Cal-pal Cathy DeBuono: The Best Thing I’ve Read All Year Published on May 04, 2000 Sunday, April 30, 2000 By SHARON UNDERWOOD For the Valley News (White River Junction, VT) Many letters have been sent to the Valley News concerning the homosexual menace in Vermont. I am the mother of a gay son and [...]

New Micro-Short film: The Last Pageant – Calpernia, EOY and a Goodbye

Some time ago, I received a partial recording of the 1999 Tennessee EOY pageant from a friend. This was to be my last pageant competition, because on that night my boyfriend, Barry Winchell, was murdered in his sleep by soldiers in his unti who were motivated by anti-gay and anti-trans sentiment. The lives of Barry’s [...]