Blog: Sloane Ranger

I'm having a little trouble wrapping my head around this... Indie band The Morning Benders have changed their name to Pop Etc. This morning, the band explained to its fans via twitter that while touring the U.K last year they learned the term "bender" is a gay slur used in some parts of Europe. Lead singer Christopher Chu writes, "We were told our band name was the equivalent of 'The Morning Fags' in America." Although I understand the band has every right to change their name, I think it is rather unfortunate that words and their meanings were ultimately [...]