SCENESTER SECRET NIGHTS

Jeffree Star, Look at Me!
By: Diana Lee

Ok bitches! Let's get this straight (or as straight as you want to be…) Jeffree Star is a "mannequin" not a drag queen!

To be honest, I was not sure what to expect from Jeffree Star, a self professed "mannequin" and Myspace fame whore who apologizes for nothing, who's message of self worth and the embracing of oneself in whatever form you choose no matter how outlandish and who's friends list on Myspace has become legion.

In this age of the Internet he has become the Pied Piper to a growing army of defiant youth.  Looking around the room at this “all ages” event held at Fly Nightclub, touted as Toronto's first Myspace party was not the typical jocks and cheerleader crowd.

Jeffree Star's talent is not in his voice but in his message. He has made being an outcast part of the in-crowd; reminiscent of the long gone days of the Michael Alig (see Party Monster) era of club kids in New York City.  Jeffree Star has a magnetism about him that is undeniable.  His Fuchsia hair and waif like looks contrast his stoic and admirable "FUCK YOU! LOOK AT ME!" attitude, you cannot help but to at least look over your shoulder and say, “WHAT THE FUCK IS THAT?" But you can tell he loves it, and the people love it. To a young gay and edgy crowd this event was a place to see and be seen.

If God and his infinite wisdom ever decide to bless me with ovaries and a cervix…if my child had half the honesty and gumption of Jeffree Star, I would have done a good job.   Party on Jeffree!