Rumpus Original Fiction: A World in a Box
Saturday is a desert in a motel.
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Posts Tagged: drag queens
The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project #165: Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore
“The opposite of nostalgia is truth.”
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The Rumpus Interview with Saleem Haddad
Saleem Haddad discusses his debut novel Guapa, the Orlando shootings, the importance of queer spaces, and Arab literature.
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Why Do Little Drag Queens Play with Dolls?
As a little gay boy, I played with dolls. I told everybody that when I grew up, I wanted to be a rock star, but it was my dolls that did all the work.
...more“Ladies Be Sure Your Pants Are Buttoned”
Dangerous Minds has a splendid collection of vintage photos of drag kings from back in the day when “the simple act of walking down a public street dressed in clothing associated with the gender you were not assigned at birth could get you arrested.” Drag queens get most of the mainstream-culture attention, but as these […]
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