Drag Queen Crystal Rasmussen - Drag, class and Christina Aguilera

Who Hurt You?

Sofie Hagen

Depth, Conversation, Comedy Interviews, Interview, Activism, Female, Comedy, Fat, Mental Health, Chat, Health & Fitness, Self-help, Feminism, Society & Culture

4.8 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 14 June 2019

⏱️ 71 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Sofie talks to Crystal Rasmussen/Tom Glitter about their memoir Diary of a Drag Queen, class, bodies, being a drag queen, coming out as gay, then queer, then non-binary, internalised structures, taking their parents to the theatre, having a Danish last name and Christina Aguilera’s Beautiful video.

Trigger warning – homophobia, transmisogyny, street harassment, being attacked, assault, misgendering, violence, bodies, weight loss, body image, trauma

Artwork by Linda Brinkhaus

Jingle by Harriet Braine

Produced by Dave Pickering

Made of Human Podcast online:

Twitter: @podmoh

Facebook: facebook.com/madeofhumanpodcast

Web: madeofhumanpodcast.com

Patreon: patreon.com/mohpod

Sofie Hagen online:

Twitter: @SofieHagen

Facebook: facebook.com/sofiehagen.komiker

Web: sofiehagen.com

Instagram: @sofiehagendk

See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Support the show

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	When you're in it, the moment I'm in it and I've done all the work to get into it and I'm like zipped up ready to go,
0:07.4	the world changes and it becomes full of potential and also potential danger but potential and humor and like joy and like the ability to have been
0:17.2	anywhere and done anything you want. You are listening to Made of Human also
0:22.0	known as the M part a podcast hosted by Sophie Hagen who is a Danish
0:28.6	comedian
0:29.6	all trying to find out how to do life
0:35.0	But it turns out
0:39.0	Nobody knows Mop.
0:40.0	Nobody knows Mop. If this sounds weird it's because I'm lying in bed because I was
0:47.0	If this sounds weird it's because I'm lying down as I'm recording this I'm lying in bed because I was sitting up and then my back
0:56.3	started to hurt. I am I my life is the least rock and roll like imaginable Considering how life in So many times I wanted to be like you don't know me do you you don't you don't
1:16.3	you don't know how like I don't think I've ever really been out for
1:19.2	cocktails in my life but I have been home in bed with a slightly broken back. So I'm just saying I'm not the party
1:28.9	queen that some of you seem to mistakenly think that I am. Think of tuning in, we're about to get back on track with the schedule and it'll be much more regular soon.
1:43.8	This is Tom Glitter slash
1:48.4	Kristle Rasmusen.
1:51.7	Kristle is this incredible.
1:55.0	Oh God, I saw them in...
1:58.0	At solo theatre there was a...
2:01.0	it was a talk show, Diane Cholley's talk show I think and I was so unprepared I
2:09.4	didn't know what to expect and then the Christal just make me laugh so so much and I have that book and I will
2:18.5	read it so soon you have to read it to him it's just a thing that you would love.
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Sofie Hagen, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Sofie Hagen and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.