This is so cringe. 1) why are producers telling drag performers how to talk about drag? 2) what are they defending? a colonial language from a colonial language? 3) so many performers on the show have English names, wear blonde hair, are white/light skinned. What’s the brand?
The way Oasis was able to book like 75(?) local drag performers for NYE for what it would take to book like 2 RuGirls AND FUCKIN SOLD OUT AND HAD AMAZING ART ALL NIGHT
Imagine a drag school where instead of teaching people how to become drag performers they teach drag performers how not to continue getting exploited. Or they teach bar owners what appropriate pay looks like. Or they teach producers why they should book kings, POC, etc.
San Francisco is not just a haven for queer and trans people looking to live authentically, it’s also where drag performers who have burnt bridges in San Jose and Sacramento come to get booked, and that is beautiful.
It’s been 7 months and 7 decades since the genocide started. And there has been so much information and documentation of the genocide against Palestinians that not being educated on the topic feels like a choice. Drag is inherently political and a platform. Use it.
Please Read❗️Some of these tactics being used are not for an actual cause & are just selective outrage for discourse, likes, shares, & follows. PPL are really losing their lives & all PPL are doing is arguing in the comments for a response from a Dragrace Grl
At the risk of getting dragged… there’s so many POC that are very vocal about racial justice but also primarily date yt people & it’s confusing to me that it happens so much. Because like, why are you having trouble building romantic connections with other POC?
I couldn’t be at the drag march today, but y’all, when I saw this moment, my heart exploded. Drag icon and magic maker
@DarcyDrollinger
marching next to Chicana art legend and activist Ester Hernandez. My two worlds colliding. I love SF.
@AdaVox
She was in the IDF actively enforcing Israel’s acts of genocide and apartheid, that’s not neutral. And I’ve been looking around her social media platforms, I haven’t found anything where she is advocating against Israel’s crimes. Not neutral. No platform for Zionism.
Imagine having a HUGE platform to not just showcase drag, but also defend drag artists from political attacks, and staying eerily silent.
@RuPaul
@RuPaulsDragRace
you’re failing us AGAIN.
I spent my morning at the doctor’s office. My body is falling apart right now, multiple health concerns at once exacerbated by stress. That means I will be pulling out of drag shows for the rest of the month. Love y’all but my health comes first.
I think I want to start moving my drag more into the explicitly political realm. La Chucha is for Justice in Palestine. La Chucha is anti-cop. La Chucha is a prison abolitionist. Anyways, you get it.
Activism is uncomfortable sometimes. And it’s imperfect. And you might lose friends over it. But bitch, theres a US-funded genocide happening in Palestine right now, and a genocide in Congo, and so much more brutality all over the world, and there’s still so much silence.
US Drag queens will talk about “drag is under attack” at the gig but stay silent when it comes to things like what is happening to Palestinians literally right now.
My tío Canelo passed away in Mexico last night. He was always so warm with me, a very traditional Mexican man who defied the machista stereotype. Never judged me, showed me a lot of love actually. Thank you tío for the memories. Rest easy.
Not me spilling someone else’s business, butttt if any establishment (especially corporate) wants to book drag for a pride gig but not bearded drag, then they don’t need a pride event.
The
@CivicJoyFund
’s Instagram account shared performances from this weekend’s
#SFisaDrag
but intentionally didn’t share any of the pro-Pal3stine ones. And they abandoned performers that were assaulted. This event is unsafe and conditionally supports drag performers.
I was granted the honor of trying to HURT
@JayKay_BK
(giving baby their first staple) and the bish is INDESTRUCTIBLE. Infinite love for Jay Kay always 🖤. 🎥x
@KochinaRude
I’m really proud of what I brought to the Miss and Mr. Safe Latino Pageant. There were a few hiccups, but I felt sooooo good about my package and performance. My goal was to make space at the table for artists like me: transgressive, loud, anti-establishment. I did that.