Chanté, you stay. Sashay, away.
Utilizing the trajectory of Rupaul’s career in the 90’s club kid scene through Emmy wins for best reality competition show, this class will trace the appropriation of Black drag and queer culture by the white mainstream media. We will watch clips from the show, identify patterns, and connect the dots between mutual aid roots that blossom into Wyoming fracking.
What is digital Blackface? Is that gen z or gen x “speak” or is it decades old AAVE from Black trans women? Does the next drag superstar of the world receive her flowers when the crown is passed on?! How did they manage transphobia in the workroom?!
45 mins 2x/week
Open to all
Outside work: 30 mins/week, infrequently
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