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Post by YankeeFan on Jun 1, 2022 18:17:39 GMT
I heard this on right wing radio yesterday, and of course I rushed to Twitter to find it, and post here, but saw people were already calling it bullshit.
The source did look a little sketchy.
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Post by YankeeFan on Jun 18, 2022 15:43:02 GMT
Socialist high school teacher.
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Post by YankeeFan on Jun 23, 2022 16:51:27 GMT
I still don't get this. Don't schools and libraries have... teachers and librarians, who could read to children? Why do they need to hire anyone, let alone drag queens for story hour? The rates are kind of expensive: www.dshnyc.org/booking And, "The Little Engine That Could" is not on the list of books that they read: www.dshnyc.org/book-listI'm also still confused as to why a campy, over the top version of a woman, performed by a man, is considered an art form as well. What separates Drag Queen Story Hour from Black Face Story Hour, starring Step & Fetchit? A conservative thinker, who once drove panic over the phrase “critical race theory,” joined the fray to offer a snappy rebrand of these story hours, which were started in 2015 and exist in cities around the country. “Conservatives should start using the phrase ‘trans stripper’ in lieu of ‘drag queen,’ ” offered Christopher Rufo on Twitter. “It has a more lurid set of connotations and shifts the debate to sexualization.”
First of all, honey, if you understood the shapewear and scaffolding that goes into such costuming, you would know that no drag queen wants to bare all or even bare most. Second: Drag queens — who typically perform as women — and transgender folks are not the same thing. Third: The bad faith in Rufo’s argument is explicit. The debate must be shifted “to sexualization,” because without such a shift, there would be no debate; there would just be a nice queen in heavy eyeliner reading “The Little Engine That Could.” In my imagination, she’s in Florida and she goes by Rhonda Santis. Campy, yes. Sexy, no.
Proponents of recent state education bills known to critics as “don’t say gay” legislation argued that their issue wasn’t with LGBTQ people; it was about parental rights and parents wanting to control what their young children were being taught in public schools. But parental rights are not an issue here: Nobody is forcing any parent to take their child to a Drag Queen Story Hour. The children who do attend are not being exposed to pornography, they are being exposed to children’s books for children. |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 23, 2022 16:57:02 GMT
I still don't get this. Don't schools and libraries have... teachers and librarians, who could read to children? Why do they need to hire anyone, let alone drag queens for story hour? The rates are kind of expensive: www.dshnyc.org/booking And, "The Little Engine That Could" is not on the list of books that they read: www.dshnyc.org/book-listI'm also still confused as to why a campy, over the top version of a woman, performed by a man, is considered an art form as well. What separates Drag Queen Story Hour from Black Face Story Hour, starring Step & Fetchit? A conservative thinker, who once drove panic over the phrase “critical race theory,” joined the fray to offer a snappy rebrand of these story hours, which were started in 2015 and exist in cities around the country. “Conservatives should start using the phrase ‘trans stripper’ in lieu of ‘drag queen,’ ” offered Christopher Rufo on Twitter. “It has a more lurid set of connotations and shifts the debate to sexualization.”
First of all, honey, if you understood the shapewear and scaffolding that goes into such costuming, you would know that no drag queen wants to bare all or even bare most. Second: Drag queens — who typically perform as women — and transgender folks are not the same thing. Third: The bad faith in Rufo’s argument is explicit. The debate must be shifted “to sexualization,” because without such a shift, there would be no debate; there would just be a nice queen in heavy eyeliner reading “The Little Engine That Could.” In my imagination, she’s in Florida and she goes by Rhonda Santis. Campy, yes. Sexy, no.
Proponents of recent state education bills known to critics as “don’t say gay” legislation argued that their issue wasn’t with LGBTQ people; it was about parental rights and parents wanting to control what their young children were being taught in public schools. But parental rights are not an issue here: Nobody is forcing any parent to take their child to a Drag Queen Story Hour. The children who do attend are not being exposed to pornography, they are being exposed to children’s books for children. She seems insane. Perfect WaPo "journalist." |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 2, 2022 13:47:05 GMT
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Post by YankeeFan on Jul 8, 2022 11:30:24 GMT
Being cishet is square. Being a normie is no fun when you can be a part of a group.
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Post by YankeeFan on Jul 8, 2022 15:15:07 GMT
LOL. No autonomy! Sounds like every other job in the world.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 8, 2022 15:45:05 GMT
"talented"
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Post by Deleted on Jul 12, 2022 13:23:32 GMT
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Post by YankeeFan on Jul 12, 2022 15:54:04 GMT
I have to say, I read that, and thought it was dumb as shit. And, having been there a few years ago, I feel like they handled the entire topic well. |
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Post by YankeeFan on Jul 21, 2022 14:14:58 GMT
Weird how this keeps getting shared.
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Post by YankeeFan on Jul 24, 2022 13:51:28 GMT
So, it goes without saying that I do not support threats of violence, or acts of vandalism. And, I don't think this was going to be a “child-trafficking event.” And, as it's not being held in a public school, or library, and isn't being subsidized with public funds, I think these folks should be able to hold whatever kind of event that they want. But, I'm also struggling to see the family friendly appeal of a drag show. (And, to be honest, I'm still not sure of the appropriateness of drag as entertainment in 2022. To me, it's too close to what black face is, except for who the players involved are.) A far suburban bakery, about 45 miles northwest of Chicago, plans to hold a family-friendly drag show this weekend which is expected to draw crowds of protesters and counter-protesters. Over the last few weeks, the owner of UpRising Bakery and Cafe in Lake in the Hills has received both in-person and online threats to her business, according to local police.The threats claim the show — described by the owner as “very, very family friendly” — is a “child-trafficking event.” These fabricated criticisms are in step with dangerous anti-LGBTQ rhetoric that’s been bubbling up across the country. In June, Texas House Member Bryan Slaton threatened to propose a bill banning children from attending drag shows in reaction to a similar family-friendly drag event hosted in Dallas. Closer to home, UpRising Bakery’s critics have launched a Yelp smear campaign. Many comments that violate the site’s terms of service have already been deleted and protesters are mad.Tickets for UpRising drag show, planned for Saturday, July 23, have sold out and another is planned for August. Bakery owner Corrina Sac tells the Tribune that critics have called her workers pedophiles — one left a sign reading “Pedophiles work here.” Another spit into the bakery’s display case and someone left a bag of feces outside their door. The bakery opened last year in McHenry County, an hour away from Chicago. |
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Post by TheSportsPredictor on Jul 24, 2022 14:22:49 GMT
So man disclaimers.
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Post by YankeeFan on Jul 24, 2022 14:36:29 GMT
I see what you did there. |
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Post by YankeeFan on Jul 29, 2022 0:12:10 GMT
Drag = Black Face.
Change my mind.
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