Posted March 14, 200916 yr BY KATY ISHERWOOD Pink has always been our number one crush. She erupted onto our radars and our gaydars back in 2000 with her own special brand of attitude-packed pop that pushed the traditional mainstream boundaries aside and demanded recognition. She’s since released five chart topping albums and delivered infectious smash hits such as “Just Like a Pill” and “So What.” She claims to be ‘trisexual’ and we’ve all heard the story about her brother stealing her girlfriend when she was 13. But just what is it about the tomboy starlet that we can’t get enough of? Let’s delve into the deliciousness of Pink… 10. Her hair. If there were ever a celebrity who could be said to personify the lesbian hairdo, then it would have to be Pink. She’s become a status symbol for the punky crop – short, boyish, messed-up styles held at various gravity-defying angles with more hair product than your average hairdressing salon goes through in a week. She started out her career with that vivid shock of pink hair and she’s since gone blonde to brunette and back again. We love Pink’s hair as it is now – white-blonde, spiky and undeniably fierce. 9. Her concerts. Oh she knows what we want: punchy vocals, big guitar riffs, and lots of half naked women swinging from the ceiling. She’s sung whilst straddling Harley Davidsons surrounded by gyrating biker chicks. She’s danced amongst tough-looking breakdancers, flexible pole dancers, and lots of tank-topped hotties writhing about. She’s even shown off her own gymnastic abilities by swinging from the ceiling herself, rippling muscles gleaming in the spotlights. We love the fact that her gigs feel a bit like a giant lesbian fraternity party – where we can scream ‘I Love You Pink’ and ‘Marry ME,’ in unison with 10,000 other girls. 8. Her ink. We can’t resist a girl with tattoos. And Pink has dozens. She began at the age of 12 with a Japanese good luck symbol on her ankle and just hasn’t stopped. Her favourite is reported to be the script around her wrist that reads, ‘What goes around comes around,’ but we like them all. Especially those cheeky bows on the back of her thighs. 7. She writes her own songs. Unlike a lot of her fellow pop singers these days. And they’re so damn catchy too, that we just can’t get them out of our head. We admire the way she wears her heart on her sleeve in her lyrics, which are often so raw and self-confessional, that we feel as if we have been allowed to a window into her private life. 6. She loves lesbians. She may claim not to be one but there’s no denying that she can’t get enough of our company. “Loads of my friends are lesbians,” she’s proud to admit. She hung out with America’s favorite gay on the Ellen DeGeneres Show and sung “So What” with her in a giggly bathroom concert. She even collaborated with lesbian folk rock icons, the Indigo Girls, on “Dear Mr President.” 5. Her voice. Who doesn’t love a woman that can sing? Her vocals are sexy, gravely, and they truly pack a punch – soaring up to hit all the high notes and then swooping back down to serenade us. She can sing us lullabies in bed any night she likes. 4. Her gay rights agenda. She marched against Prop 8 at a rally in LA and has been spotted at many other campaign events previously. “It really annoys me that gay people aren’t allowed to get married in most parts of America,” she said. We’re proud to have her as a role model for our society and I’m sure she wouldn’t mind if we classed her as a feminist for the modern age. Third wave, of course. 3. Her attitude. She’s fierce, outspoken and not afraid to say what she really thinks. We love the sassy snarl she sports in most of her photos, her outrageous fashion sense and her glamorous tomboy looks. 2. THAT video for Sober. Yeah, the one where she gets it on with HERSELF in the most provocative twenty seconds of music video history EVER. Whose eyes didn’t pop out of their head the first time they saw that? Although pretentious types have tried to argue it’s intended as a metaphor about the extremities vanity and self-obsession inherent to modern culture, we’re more interested in the sex part. Pushing herself down onto the bed, ripping off her own clothes and biting her own lip – it’s Pink like we’ve never seen her before, and we’re not complaining. 1. She just keeps setting off our Gaydar. It happens again and again, with every snarl, every jaunty tilt of her head and every masculine dance move she busts in every new video she brings out. Her body language has got us truly foxed. And we like to think our lesbian detection equipment is pretty well polished, thank you very much. Ok so she SAYS she’s not gay but we also know that means nothing in celebrity terms. So, following her recent divorce and declaration of her single status, is she gearing up for some lady loving in 2009? Let’s hope so, because we want Pink on our team.
