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Ru Paul& #39;s Drag Race is so weird because my mum and sis are watching it right now, meanwhile I, the only queer⢠in the household don& #39;t watch it, largely cos Ru Paul is transphobic trash
No shade to people that watch it.
I think I& #39;ve just struggled with the show ever since someone said that Ru Paul has taken the 80s/90s NY queer black ballroom scene and sanitised it for wider consumption.
I wish more cishets watched Pose or Paris is Burning for this reason.
I think I& #39;ve just struggled with the show ever since someone said that Ru Paul has taken the 80s/90s NY queer black ballroom scene and sanitised it for wider consumption.
I wish more cishets watched Pose or Paris is Burning for this reason.
I just want people to know the stories, the suffering, the politics, the lives behind it all. The sex work. The death. The struggle. Instead he& #39;s reduced it all to flat buzzwords like "shade" and a good face beat.
It& #39;s all the more bitter when the people who consume Ru Paul can& #39;t get trans people& #39;s pronouns right, or stand up for our rights. Because...
Without. Black. Trans. Women. Ru. Paul& #39;s. Drag. Race. Would. Not. Exist.
The show is a watered down version of the culture *they* created, born from finding a space to celebrate themselves in a world that sought ti destroy them.
The show is a watered down version of the culture *they* created, born from finding a space to celebrate themselves in a world that sought ti destroy them.
