Stick Shift

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My gay car column Stick Shift appears on VanityFair.com every Thursday. Read it live, weekly, or check out the archive here.

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Week 1:
Introducing Stick Shift
Week 2:
Honda Element
Week 3:
Jaguar XJS Convertible
Week 4:
Scion Tc
Week 5:
City Gay/Country Gay
Week 6:
Suzuki Samurai
Week 7:
Closet Case Car: Dodge Ram
Week 8:
Mercedes R-Class
Week 9:
Color Forecast
Week 10:
Knight Rider: Closet Narrative
Week 11:
Five Gay Cars for the Economic Apocalypse
Week 12:
Test Drive: Cadillac CTS
Week 13:
Test Drive: Corvette ZHZ
Week 14:
Gayest of the Run: Ford Mustang
Week 15:
Test Drive: Pontiac Solstice
Week 16:
Test Drive: Saab Turbo X Wagon
Week 17
Mini Cooper: Stray, not Gay
Week 18
LA AUTO SHOW! Bonus Coverage
5 Steps for the Big 3
Video-Fluffing the Audi S5
Champagne Bailout Buckets
Video-Driving Games
Video-Trolling for Twink-Mobiles
Video-2010 Ford Mustang: Gay Makeover
Video-Weird Stuff…and Dudes!
Going Gay for G.M.
Week 19
Test Drive: Mercedes GL320
Week 20
Lesbian Jetta-fication
Week 21
Test Drive: Chevy Equinox Fuel Cell
Week 22
Fagbug
Week 23
DETROIT AUTO SHOW - SPECIAL COVERAGE
Bailout Boudoir Video
Bringing Grandma Back
A Touch of GLAMour
Top 10 Gayest Cars of the North American International Auto Show
What Should Lindsay Lohan Drive Video
What is the Sexuality of the Maserati Quattroporte Sport GTS Video
Week 24
Test Drive: Mercedes SLK300
Week 25
Test Drive: Tesla Roadster/Chevrolet Malibu Hybrid
Week 26
Stick Shift Visits The Petersen Automotive Museum
Week 27
Test Drive: Acura TSX
Week 28
“Stalking a Soft Top”
Week 29
Fancy Feast: Jaguar XF
Week 30
Young, Gay, and Unlicensed in L.A.
Week 31
Global Review Round-Up
Week 32
Small Roller
Week 33
Man Magnet: Chevy Camaro SS
BONUS Film Review:
Sticking it to the Movies: Fast & Furious
Week 34
Pharaoh’s Revenge: Mercedes S550
BONUS NY Auto Show Coverage
Working the Angles at the NY Show
Week 35
What Car Will Get You Laid?
Week 36
Nostalgia in the Present Tense: BMW 135i
Week 37
Share the Wealth: Bentley Continental GT Speed
Week 38
Eddie-tor In Chief: An interview with Car and Driver’s Eddie Alterman
Week 39
Not Mercedes Material: Pontiac G8 GXP/Mercedes SL550
Week 40
Why Dealerships Deserve to Die
Week 41
Gayest of the Run: Datsun/Nissan Z
BONUS
Banking on G.M.’s Bankruptcy
Week 42
Teflon Icarus: Rolls-Royce Phantom Drophead Coupé
BONUS
Banking on Bankruptcy 2: Cock-Blocking Chrysler Edition
Week 43
Canada Week!
BONUS:
Declunkerization Nation: Clunking Along on Capitol Hill
Week 44
Superlative Urban Dogsled: Audi R8
BONUS:
Epic Nonsense: Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
Week 45
Fleet Week is Better Without Sailors

Press

Read what they’re saying about Stick Shift:

New York Magazine

http://nymag.com/daily/intel/2008/07/vanity_fair_launches_homosexua.html

Andrew Sullivan

http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2008/07/just-when-you-t.html

Gay Wheels

http://www.gaywheels.com/vanityfaircom_launches_gay_car.htm

Out Zone

http://blogs.outzonetv.com/breakoutnews/2008/07/gay_car_blog.php

Jalopnik

http://jalopnik.com/399520/vanity-fair-introduces-stick-shift-the-gay-car-blog
http://jalopnik.com/400088/jaguar-xjs+c-the-car-for-small-town-closeted-gay-voyeurs
Lindsay Lohan Trades Down
Auto Review Line of the Week
Jalopnik throws Stick Shift some hot, Bentley-based, man-on-man love

Queerty

The Gay Blog That’s Been Saved by the Auto Industry Bailout
Advocate Fails; Stick Shift Succeeds
VF’s Top 10 Gay Cars
Your Editor Will Only Learn to Drive if Vanity Fair Teaches him How

Queertype

Stick Shift Shout Out

WDET Detroit Public Radio

Interview with Brett Berk

Detroit Fashion Pages

Brett Berk: Detroit Native and Vanity Fair Car Blogger

Celebrity Cars

Lindsay Lohan’s Ride–Hot Story, I Guess!

Car Connection

A.C.’s Carpet Matches the Drapes

MonVolant

Is the Camaro Super Gay?

CarEnvy.ca

Stick Shift: Interview with Eddie Alterman
Stick Shift Ruins the Ferrari 612 Scaglietti
We Can’t Drive the Rolls Royce Phantom Drophead Coupé, but Stick Shift Can
Stick Shift Covers CarEnvy

MovieLine

The Thinking Person’s Guide to Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen