a brief introduction into bye sister

I was talking to mono just now and dropped a Bye Sister reference just to realize that his straight, clueless ass had no idea whatsoever what Bye Sister meant. So I thought I would do the Indie Web a service by spreading the word about Bye Sister, why it’s a huge deal and why it’s relevant to this day. I’ll try to keep this brief, but I won’t make any promises since this was 9/11 for my gay teen ass. So a bit of history and context: Jeffree Star has been on the internet since the Myspace days and has been involved in controversy after controversy. He was always doing drag and makeup, even made music and played live for a while. He had plenty of connections, but what really brought in the money was starting his own makeup company and later buying a yak ranch in Wyoming. Now he’s a gay mouthpiece of the right for their transphobic campaigns. Shane Dawson, on the other hand, is also queer. He was known for his documentary series, although I couldn’t give less fucks about those. He was…