two thousand and late commenting here but this video was so interesting!! i'm cisgender but identify as a hipsterish/androgynous lesbian. i occasionally play with my gender and go high femme with makeup, dresses, etc. and almost feel like i'm in drag (well, what i would imagine drag to feel like which is empowering gender discomfort). i hope that didn't come off as a cis-privleged statement but i can relate to the "same gender" drag idea in that way. thanks for making this video!
Good topic. Maybe the underlying reason is that we all at some level are uncomfortable with this wierd social thing where there seems to be some kind of need for defintion but actually in general the thinking folk are repulsed at the idea of being defined. I know i am. x
I do really love some of the drag I've seen other people do, however. I really love when people do really gender-fuky drag with skirts and mustaches. I think it adds a really cool layer of disruption to gender norms in general, but also to norms that have come to exist even within some drag communities.
I tried basically just adding facial hair to my everyday look for male "drag". I found it weird that gluing hair to my face somehow made my everyday appearance "camp". To combat this, I went to a drag event with my female body dressed in female drag. This was a weird experience. Some people took it how I intended which was great, and other people ogled my chest all night and made me really uncomfortable. I haven't ruled out drag entirely, but the ways I've tried it so far don't quite work.
I'm cisgendered and so I think I haven't really thought a lot about drag. I've had fun going to drag shows and love that rare breed that is the drag king but it's never been something I really identified with. I'm also the last person who'd want to jump up on a stage and perform.
I really like this video though and hearing your thoughts on the subject. I've also had friends who performed drag after transitioning and they absolutely loved it and felt so empowered.
I'm with you on the whole being on stage and performing thing. I've only been on stage once for drag years ago...and the most recent "drag" events have been parties w/ no stage. I don't think I could get up in public on a stage....which is funny because I teach college so I'm up in front of 100+ students frequently...and somehow that's different.
two thousand and late commenting here but this video was so interesting!! i'm cisgender but identify as a hipsterish/androgynous lesbian. i occasionally play with my gender and go high femme with makeup, dresses, etc. and almost feel like i'm in drag (well, what i would imagine drag to feel like which is empowering gender discomfort). i hope that didn't come off as a cis-privleged statement but i can relate to the "same gender" drag idea in that way. thanks for making this video!
mfcharlton20036 8 months ago
Good topic. Maybe the underlying reason is that we all at some level are uncomfortable with this wierd social thing where there seems to be some kind of need for defintion but actually in general the thinking folk are repulsed at the idea of being defined. I know i am. x
ceridawn 1 year ago
I do really love some of the drag I've seen other people do, however. I really love when people do really gender-fuky drag with skirts and mustaches. I think it adds a really cool layer of disruption to gender norms in general, but also to norms that have come to exist even within some drag communities.
boy0boi 1 year ago
I tried basically just adding facial hair to my everyday look for male "drag". I found it weird that gluing hair to my face somehow made my everyday appearance "camp". To combat this, I went to a drag event with my female body dressed in female drag. This was a weird experience. Some people took it how I intended which was great, and other people ogled my chest all night and made me really uncomfortable. I haven't ruled out drag entirely, but the ways I've tried it so far don't quite work.
boy0boi 1 year ago
u look hot ;)
SIG1776 2 years ago
I'm cisgendered and so I think I haven't really thought a lot about drag. I've had fun going to drag shows and love that rare breed that is the drag king but it's never been something I really identified with. I'm also the last person who'd want to jump up on a stage and perform.
I really like this video though and hearing your thoughts on the subject. I've also had friends who performed drag after transitioning and they absolutely loved it and felt so empowered.
snazzynic 2 years ago
I'm with you on the whole being on stage and performing thing. I've only been on stage once for drag years ago...and the most recent "drag" events have been parties w/ no stage. I don't think I could get up in public on a stage....which is funny because I teach college so I'm up in front of 100+ students frequently...and somehow that's different.
reesekelly 2 years ago
ATKM are the shit!
KrisES46 2 years ago