• Varyk@sh.itjust.works
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    3 months ago

    Hi, I know nothing about the drag scene, curious about the definition here.

    I thought drag was specifically men dressing up as women, is drag any gender putting on too much makeup and wearing gaudy outfits?

    It’s just the look?

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      3 months ago

      It’s not just the look, it’s performative. It can be any sex assigned at birth and any gender - including nonbinary, as the subject of the article identifies.

      Depending on your viewpoint, there’s an argument to be made that KISS, Alice Cooper, and many hair metal bands were a form of drag.

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      3 months ago

      I think the definition is getting more loose in recent year with different types of drag queens.

      I like to think it’s gender clowns in the nicest way. The art is playing with gender and gender expectations in an aesthetic, comical or thought provoking way.