666 with KAY POYER!
6 questions, 6 answers and 6 pics with the internet's Mother Mary A.K.A. @ladymisskay.
Hello divas, hags, wicked pissers, and assorted new friends and degenerates!
Welcome to the rebirth of PISS! The first mother pushing us out the media birth canal is the one and only Mother Mary of the internet, TikTok goddess, and writer supreme of The Quiet Part,
! I chit-chatted with Kay last Monday for the next issue of PISS, “The Second Coming”, in a brilliant and wide-ranging conversation covering everything from the dazzlingly evil Callista Gingrich to writing about the deepest most personal parts of our lives (if you haven’t read her last essay “Response to a Suicide Note”, run don’t walk, bitch).While Kay and I are cooking up some divine inspiration for you to worship in print, here’s a peek into her world:
PISS: How does it feel to be a media maven and modern Mother Mary?
Kay Poyer: It’s delicious. I love attention. I feel like America’s hottest up-and-coming hag.
P: How does one go about finding a good man in this day and age?
KP: Finding a good man? Who cares? Good men find you. I got my boyfriend by chanting “What is meant for you shall come to you” in the mirror every day for a week. Love crawls out from unexpected holes, like blank profiles on Grindr.
P: What’s something you wish more people knew about?
KP: Vietnamese coffee.
P: Advice for baby queers?
KP: Stop using Pinterest, stop being ironic, stop “psychoanalyzing” people, shut up, go out and actually dance.
P: Who should we be reading/following/watching?
KP: You should be following Millie Sykes on TikTok, and Dara. You should read Alternatives to Sex by Stephen McCauley, it’s my favorite book and I talk about it too much. See also: The Spectators by Jennifer Dubois, Living with Saints by Mary O’Connell, The Thing in the Snow by Sean Adams.
What’s got you pissed off the most right now?
KP: I don’t entertain extended periods of being pissed off. Most prevalently I could say the intent to destroy the existence of trans life and culture taking place right now, but I am not surprised by it. It’s a different emotion than being pissed. I do maintain a consistent disdain for recreational street cyclists, so I’ll say that.
P.S. don’t forget to leave some Franzia or Josh out for Callista or she’ll eat your face in your sleep! XOXO
