RE: RuPaul Controversy

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RE: RuPaul Controversy

edouard (65)in #gay • 7 years ago (edited)

It is all very confusing to me. My boyfriend has been involved in this fierce debate giving me great insight about it. He is an ally to the trans movement and this is the first time he has questioned it to this extent. Thank you for your encouragements!

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sapphic (52) 7 years ago

it is a little confusing, as the activists ive read, are still pissed with him, and the show, from his past comments, it makes no sense, they would push to be on the show.

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edouard (65) 7 years ago (edited)

Agreed! If anything the show is walking the line of misogyny using camp and subversion of masculinity as (albeit viable) excuses. What would trans women have to gain from mocking femininity? Should they not put forward a more sincere idea of womanhood? I am thinking about the skits in particular. Not really snatch games where impersonation trumps cliches but all the other ones where it’s all stereotypes.

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sapphic (52) 7 years ago

RuPaul’s faux-legalism came with a deeper ideology. “Drag loses its sense of danger and its sense of irony once it’s not men doing it, because at its core it’s a social statement and a big f-you to male-dominated culture,”

I agree with this statement of his, I get that things change, but drag will lose its core of why it's done.

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