Drag As Mapping Culture, Fun, And Resistance Onto Our Bodies

Drag is usually defined as “a gender-bending art form in which a person dresses in clothing and makeup meant to exaggerate a specific gender identity, usually of the opposite sex.” If you know even a little bit about queer culture, you cannot escape the sassiness, the fierceness, and the sheer talent of drag. While I titled this piece Drag As Mapping Culture, Fun and Resistance Onto Our Bodies, it’s more than drag or our bodies; it’s simply my understanding of one of the most celebrated parts of queerness, and is almost a cultural phenomenon at the moment. This narrative piece is centred around how I got to engage with the idea of drag... RETRIEVED FROM THE ORIGINAL SOURCE
Author(s): Rajeev Anand Kushwah
Date Published: 03/2023

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