Drag Queen Story Hours

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:They’re more engaging performers than I am. So is the librarian who does story time at my local library.

I’d take my kid to either, or both, to stimulate a love of reading!

Neither of my kids has ever been to a Drag Queen Story Hour and both of them LOVE to read.

Don’t think these DQSHs are necessary to foster a love of reading.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:They’re more engaging performers than I am. So is the librarian who does story time at my local library.

I’d take my kid to either, or both, to stimulate a love of reading!

Neither of my kids has ever been to a Drag Queen Story Hour and both of them LOVE to read.

Don’t think these DQSHs are necessary to foster a love of reading.

Nobody said they were. But for some kids it might help.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:It is pretty interesting that in this thread, posters have respectfully and (largely) without name-calling, discussed their thoughts on misogyny and sexism in drag, but the responses to those posts have (largely) just been people name-calling and unwilling to address the substance.

It isn’t very persuasive to sound like you are having a temper tantrum when a member of a historically deeply oppressed group says “hey, I perceive this as entertainment based in deep and historic oppression.”

There were blistering articles written about the right to blackface back in the day. There is nothing like the entitlement of the powerful to provoke rage when questioned.

Why do you think we're trying to "persuade" you of anything? You make disgusting comments then people will call you out for it.

Saying that drag is rooted in a history of misogyny and sexism is “disgusting”?

In fifty years, articles about the history of sexism will be written about people like you, and drag will have entered the history books for the sexist minstrelry that it is at heart. But keep having your temper tantrum in the mean time.

Manufacturing "history" to support your bigoted narrative is disgusting.

It’s too bad you are clearly incapable of rational discussion.

You are being left behind.

Who do you think I am?

A person who thinks sexism and misogyny is the pinnacle of entertainment.

Drag will be regarded years from now the way that blackface is rightly regarded now. It is sexist minstrelry based on harmful stereotypes.

I mean I think we can agree to disagree on this. To me it helps deconstruct those harmful stereotypes. I don’t think it’s the same as a blackface performance at all.

Curious, how and why are exagerating skin tone of different races different than appropriating the body parts of different sexes?

Because people of color are subjugated based on that skin tone and nothing else. I am not subjugated because of the way I dress, or my makeup, or because of having big exaggerated breasts. I am subjugated because I am a woman and none of those things actually make me a woman.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:On the one hand I think there's too much pearl clutching about the men in dresses, and I'm on the conservative side. It's not too different from Halloween or a Shakespeare play. But I do understand the concerns raised because they were traditionally adult entertainers, and it's an odd crossover from adult entertainment to the toddler circuit - though I believe that most of the DQSH's aren't sexual. The reality is that a toddler won't even remember the drag queen or the story being read. But your toddler will absorb your values, whatever they are. This is all just a way for adults from both sides to get their culture wars on.

This is what annoys me about the Drag Queen story time…it’s all performative, and I’m not talking about the drag queens.

+1 This is correct!

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Anonymous wrote:It is pretty interesting that in this thread, posters have respectfully and (largely) without name-calling, discussed their thoughts on misogyny and sexism in drag, but the responses to those posts have (largely) just been people name-calling and unwilling to address the substance.

It isn’t very persuasive to sound like you are having a temper tantrum when a member of a historically deeply oppressed group says “hey, I perceive this as entertainment based in deep and historic oppression.”

There were blistering articles written about the right to blackface back in the day. There is nothing like the entitlement of the powerful to provoke rage when questioned.

Why do you think we're trying to "persuade" you of anything? You make disgusting comments then people will call you out for it.

Saying that drag is rooted in a history of misogyny and sexism is “disgusting”?

In fifty years, articles about the history of sexism will be written about people like you, and drag will have entered the history books for the sexist minstrelry that it is at heart. But keep having your temper tantrum in the mean time.

Manufacturing "history" to support your bigoted narrative is disgusting.

It’s too bad you are clearly incapable of rational discussion.

You are being left behind.

Who do you think I am?

A person who thinks sexism and misogyny is the pinnacle of entertainment.

Drag will be regarded years from now the way that blackface is rightly regarded now. It is sexist minstrelry based on harmful stereotypes.

I mean I think we can agree to disagree on this. To me it helps deconstruct those harmful stereotypes. I don’t think it’s the same as a blackface performance at all.

Curious, how and why are exagerating skin tone of different races different than appropriating the body parts of different sexes?

Because people of color are subjugated based on that skin tone and nothing else. I am not subjugated because of the way I dress, or my makeup, or because of having big exaggerated breasts. I am subjugated because I am a woman and none of those things actually make me a woman.

This is some pretty tortured reasoning, speaking as a former middle schooler who endured unending harassment and sexual assault based on my early-developed breasts. The idea that women don’t endure harassment because of large breasts seems deliberately ignorant.

[Anonymous]

Why aren't Drag Kings as popular as Drag Queens?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:They’re more engaging performers than I am. So is the librarian who does story time at my local library.

I’d take my kid to either, or both, to stimulate a love of reading!

Neither of my kids has ever been to a Drag Queen Story Hour and both of them LOVE to read.

Don’t think these DQSHs are necessary to foster a love of reading.

Nobody said they were. But for some kids it might help.

NP. I don't think people are bringing their kids to encourage reading. That's not really the point of DQSH. People bring their kids to virtue signal and/or to engage children with LGBTQ topics.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:They’re more engaging performers than I am. So is the librarian who does story time at my local library.

I’d take my kid to either, or both, to stimulate a love of reading!

Neither of my kids has ever been to a Drag Queen Story Hour and both of them LOVE to read.

Don’t think these DQSHs are necessary to foster a love of reading.

Nobody said they were. But for some kids it might help.

NP. I don't think people are bringing their kids to encourage reading. That's not really the point of DQSH. People bring their kids to virtue signal and/or to engage children with LGBTQ topics.

Or . . . it's just a fun way to hear a book performed.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:They’re more engaging performers than I am. So is the librarian who does story time at my local library.

I’d take my kid to either, or both, to stimulate a love of reading!

Neither of my kids has ever been to a Drag Queen Story Hour and both of them LOVE to read.

Don’t think these DQSHs are necessary to foster a love of reading.

Nobody said they were. But for some kids it might help.

NP. I don't think people are bringing their kids to encourage reading. That's not really the point of DQSH. People bring their kids to virtue signal and/or to engage children with LGBTQ topics.

Or . . . it's just a fun way to hear a book performed.

So...you don't want your kids to engage in LGBTQ topics?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Can parents who take their children to these events explain the appeal. What am I missing? Never had these when I was a kid or when raising my own children.

Hmm and you can’t fathom things have changed?

Either drag has always been harmless, sexless or it hasn’t.

As long as the drag queens don't use their drag names, it should be okay. I know Lotte Cox, Petra DeLong, Rhoda Hard, Drew Peacock (he specializes for "the Viagra set"), Licksie Moore, Trixie Dailey, Roma Hands, among others.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:They’re more engaging performers than I am. So is the librarian who does story time at my local library.

I’d take my kid to either, or both, to stimulate a love of reading!

Neither of my kids has ever been to a Drag Queen Story Hour and both of them LOVE to read.

Don’t think these DQSHs are necessary to foster a love of reading.

Nobody said they were. But for some kids it might help.

NP. I don't think people are bringing their kids to encourage reading. That's not really the point of DQSH. People bring their kids to virtue signal and/or to engage children with LGBTQ topics.

Or . . . it's just a fun way to hear a book performed.

There is something unsettling about partaking in using someone else’s identity as “fun.”

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why aren't Drag Kings as popular as Drag Queens?

Omg, I LOVE a good drag King. Honestly I just think there aren’t as many of them. I’m sure there are drag kings at some drag Queen story hours. I’ve always encountered drag kings as just in the lineup of a drag show that is mostly queens.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Can parents who take their children to these events explain the appeal. What am I missing? Never had these when I was a kid or when raising my own children.

Hmm and you can’t fathom things have changed?

Either drag has always been harmless, sexless or it hasn’t.

As long as the drag queens don't use their drag names, it should be okay. I know Lotte Cox, Petra DeLong, Rhoda Hard, Drew Peacock (he specializes for "the Viagra set"), Licksie Moore, Trixie Dailey, Roma Hands, among others.

These names are disturbing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It is pretty interesting that in this thread, posters have respectfully and (largely) without name-calling, discussed their thoughts on misogyny and sexism in drag, but the responses to those posts have (largely) just been people name-calling and unwilling to address the substance.

It isn’t very persuasive to sound like you are having a temper tantrum when a member of a historically deeply oppressed group says “hey, I perceive this as entertainment based in deep and historic oppression.”

There were blistering articles written about the right to blackface back in the day. There is nothing like the entitlement of the powerful to provoke rage when questioned.

Why do you think we're trying to "persuade" you of anything? You make disgusting comments then people will call you out for it.

Saying that drag is rooted in a history of misogyny and sexism is “disgusting”?

In fifty years, articles about the history of sexism will be written about people like you, and drag will have entered the history books for the sexist minstrelry that it is at heart. But keep having your temper tantrum in the mean time.

Manufacturing "history" to support your bigoted narrative is disgusting.

It’s too bad you are clearly incapable of rational discussion.

You are being left behind.

Who do you think I am?

A person who thinks sexism and misogyny is the pinnacle of entertainment.

Drag will be regarded years from now the way that blackface is rightly regarded now. It is sexist minstrelry based on harmful stereotypes.

I mean I think we can agree to disagree on this. To me it helps deconstruct those harmful stereotypes. I don’t think it’s the same as a blackface performance at all.

Curious, how and why are exagerating skin tone of different races different than appropriating the body parts of different sexes?

Because people of color are subjugated based on that skin tone and nothing else. I am not subjugated because of the way I dress, or my makeup, or because of having big exaggerated breasts. I am subjugated because I am a woman and none of those things actually make me a woman.

This is the dumbest take I’ve ever heard. Drag is minstrelsy by another name.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Can parents who take their children to these events explain the appeal. What am I missing? Never had these when I was a kid or when raising my own children.

Hmm and you can’t fathom things have changed?

Either drag has always been harmless, sexless or it hasn’t.

As long as the drag queens don't use their drag names, it should be okay. I know Lotte Cox, Petra DeLong, Rhoda Hard, Drew Peacock (he specializes for "the Viagra set"), Licksie Moore, Trixie Dailey, Roma Hands, among others.

I’m sorry, I just cannot respect people using these names. I’m supposed to consider Drag Queens to be like my gay brother.
But with names like that, nope. You are about attention. That is it.