Drag queen assembly?

[Anonymous]

This is 100% a troll post. OP "refuses" to name the school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My kids school is having an assembly and the speaker is a drag queen. No idea if they will be showing up in drag, performing or just talking about their career as a drag artist but this feels inappropriate to me. Middle schoolers will be there (11-13 years old). Yes, I’m old but am planning to make sure my kid has a dentist appointment that day. I can’t be the only one who thinks this is a little odd, right? And somewhat performative?

What is odd about drag-queen-lifestyle?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:For those that don't think Drag is the same as any other performative art can you explain it to me?

Would you be mad if it was clowns? or people dressed like the 18th century?

Do you just associate drag = sex?

What is going on in your brain... insight needed.

For me, it feels a bit like minstrel shows. They are men performing a stereotype of a woman. It bothers me as much as it would bother me to see blackface performances. You might not agree or say the two are not equivalent but I think they very much are.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Most drag is men dressing up as women, exaggerating women's features and stereotypes of women. Really a mockery of women.

To me as a cisgender, hetero woman, drag shows are really affirmative and freeing. I don’t think they’re mocking women. I think they’re pointing out and often satirizing the elements of femininity and glamour that don’t come from a vageen. Usually, the commentary is tucked into a totally joyful and funny package.

Wait I


Oh no I guess I did get incocktrinated.


Oh no it’s getting worse!!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is 100% a troll post. OP "refuses" to name the school.

+1 Name the school or it never happened!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:For those that don't think Drag is the same as any other performative art can you explain it to me?

Would you be mad if it was clowns? or people dressed like the 18th century?

Do you just associate drag = sex?

What is going on in your brain... insight needed.

For me, it feels a bit like minstrel shows. They are men performing a stereotype of a woman. It bothers me as much as it would bother me to see blackface performances. You might not agree or say the two are not equivalent but I think they very much are.

Oh goodie moron entered the chat.

OP has not named the school did not happen ever

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:For those that don't think Drag is the same as any other performative art can you explain it to me?

Would you be mad if it was clowns? or people dressed like the 18th century?

Do you just associate drag = sex?

What is going on in your brain... insight needed.

For me, it feels a bit like minstrel shows. They are men performing a stereotype of a woman. It bothers me as much as it would bother me to see blackface performances. You might not agree or say the two are not equivalent but I think they very much are.

I think the cultural context is hugely and importantly different.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:For those that don't think Drag is the same as any other performative art can you explain it to me?

Would you be mad if it was clowns? or people dressed like the 18th century?

Do you just associate drag = sex?

What is going on in your brain... insight needed.

For me, it feels a bit like minstrel shows. They are men performing a stereotype of a woman. It bothers me as much as it would bother me to see blackface performances. You might not agree or say the two are not equivalent but I think they very much are.

I think the cultural context is hugely and importantly different.

All I see is an oppressor class using physical characteristics of an oppressed class as a form of entertainment.

Sounds like some people enjoy that sort of thing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Dcum will defend this to the end, but I also would not consider this okay in school, especially for middle schoolers. Drag is adult entertainment. It’s not okay at a middle school assembly.

+100. It's a mockery of what it means to be a woman.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:For those that don't think Drag is the same as any other performative art can you explain it to me?

Would you be mad if it was clowns? or people dressed like the 18th century?

Do you just associate drag = sex?

What is going on in your brain... insight needed.

It's in inherently misogynistic and inappropriate for middle schoolers. Comparing drag to clowns or people doing historical reenactments is disingenuous gaslighting.

Also, extremist activists know that it makes parents with more traditional sensibilities uncomfortable, which is why they push it in schools in places where they can get away with it. It's a power play. After Mahmoud v. Taylor, you would think these types of activists would slow down, but guess not.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Dcum will defend this to the end, but I also would not consider this okay in school, especially for middle schoolers. Drag is adult entertainment. It’s not okay at a middle school assembly.

+100. It's a mockery of what it means to be a woman.

DP and I think this is a bit extreme. It's harmless fun for adults. It's not appropriate for children.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Almost all of drag hypersexualizes women. Not an art form I want around my kids. If adults want to go and see it in a club - great.

You only feel this way because whether you realize it or not, you hypersexualize LGBTQ+ people. There’s absolutely no truth to your statement and this is ignorant and bigoted.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:For those that don't think Drag is the same as any other performative art can you explain it to me?

Would you be mad if it was clowns? or people dressed like the 18th century?

Do you just associate drag = sex?

What is going on in your brain... insight needed.

It's in inherently misogynistic and inappropriate for middle schoolers. Comparing drag to clowns or people doing historical reenactments is disingenuous gaslighting.

Also, extremist activists know that it makes parents with more traditional sensibilities uncomfortable, which is why they push it in schools in places where they can get away with it. It's a power play. After Mahmoud v. Taylor, you would think these types of activists would slow down, but guess not.

“traditional sensibilities” like being homophobic? What??

Jsteele this thread is full of dangerous hate speech. Please please remove it or at least lock it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Almost all of drag hypersexualizes women. Not an art form I want around my kids. If adults want to go and see it in a club - great.

You only feel this way because whether you realize it or not, you hypersexualize LGBTQ+ people. There’s absolutely no truth to your statement and this is ignorant and bigoted.

Nothing to do with LGBTQ+. Look at the large breasts, cynched waists and highlighted hips to create hourglass figures, exaggerated eye lashes, sexy hair being waved around like a shampoo commercial, heavy make - up. Then look at caricactures / cartoons that sexualize women - Betty Boop, Jessica Rabbit, the sexy nurse, some hypersexualized superhero women (more the older ones), - all look like drag queens.

My issue is with drag, not with LGBTQ+. You don't have to be queer to do drag.

[Anonymous]

Where OP?