Posted January 18, 2023 by Jellyfishes in Radfemmery

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January 18, 2023

LOL. I love that analogy! Its so apt now that the awful Drag Race show is popular and these dudes are becoming millionaires simply by putting on a dress and some Tammy Faye makeup

Drag was tolerable back when it was a gay male subculture and you had to actively seek it out if you wanted to see it. But I'm growing to hate it more and more now that its literally being shoved in everyone's faces (and woke assholes think its a brave act of resistance to make children interact with these Sex Clowns)

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cranberrysalad

January 18, 2023

Agree. My local library hosted a drag show for children’s story time and my local coffee shop had one too. I had fun at drag shows in my youth but I would never take a young child to one or consider it to be a worthy act. And I’m not homophobic or remotely conservative.

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January 19, 2023

I've been bisexual since before I knew it was possible and a hippie pinko liberal since I was old enough to have politics, and the most positive I've felt about drag has been politely feigned interest because my friends were into it. Then I realized that women are allowed to have dignity and drag is misogyny, and my opinion has taken a definite nosedive.

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Lipsy•_____•

January 19, 2023

was there an epiphany-triggering single event or experience that made you "realize that Women are allowed to have dignity" at whatever point?

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January 19, 2023

Not all at once, but exiting a relationship with a true male degenerate and deprogramming myself from it was the process that led to it.

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Lipsy•_____•

January 19, 2023

Thank you for sharing 🥰 and congratulations on "leveling up" in the game of life!

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January 19, 2023

Thanks. The realization is its own reward, but the recognition is nice as well.

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uterusesb4duderuses

January 19, 2023

SEX CLOWNS!!! Lololol. That is the perfect way to describe them. That's all I'm gonna call them now. Oh god

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voltairine

January 19, 2023

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there was even a drag queen on rupaul's drag race (who was later exposed as a predator to an underage girl, and exposed as a racist, but anyone who had watched their season could realise they were) who had a tattoo of tammy faye! i cringe how much i liked drag as a libfem and how much i know about it now lol

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January 19, 2023

You're absolutely right. I think for many gay men who were always shamed for doing "feminine" things, drag was very subversive and, dare I say, empowering. But only in a specific context that you mentioned. The kind of drag that is "female impersonation" needs to be left behind in 2023.

It does NOT work on national television. RuPaul is first and foremost a capitalist, and he has no qualms saying so. He will do whatever it takes to make more money. The result is branding drag queens as modern superheroes who are changing the world for the better. This branding makes his TV show better and makes him more money. I don't even think he believes it.

Trying to watch Drag Race today is even more insufferable than ever because, atop of the womanface, the contestants are so narcissistic. They speak as though they're the most important people in the world who are single-handedly saving lives by putting on wigs and makeup.

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pennygadget

January 19, 2023

They speak as though they're the most important people in the world who are single-handedly saving lives by putting on wigs and makeup.

I think you hit on why Drag Race bros are so insufferable. They act as if they're modern day MLK Jrs fighting against oppression. Old school drag may have been just as sexist as modern drag. But at least old school drag performers were just having fun and didn't claim that putting on a beehive wig made them civil rights heroes

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January 19, 2023

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at least old school drag performers were just having fun and didn't claim that putting on a beehive wig made them civil rights heroes

That's why I do have a soft spot for some of the older queens, like Tyra Sanchez (now changed his name to "King Tyra") who won season 2 of Drag Race. He said this

None of that role model shit, I never signed up to be anyone's fucking role model. None of that opening doors for future generations bullcrap, I don't want my son aspiring to be a drag queen. None of you are changing the world, half of you are just making shit worse. None of that drag queens are heroes crap. You are actors dressed as actresses to get money. THAT'S IT! You aren't fighting wars or saving lives. Stop exaggerating what it is you do. If you're close to me then you know it's been a struggle being called "Tyra" when I'm James or being referred to as "her" when I'm HIM.

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Posted January 18, 2023 by Jellyfishes

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