FOF #2944 - Linda Simpson’s Drag Explosion
Feast of Fun: Gay Talk Show
Fausto Fernós
4.4 • 834 Ratings
🗓️ 23 March 2021
⏱️ 85 minutes
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Summary
In the center of the action was drag queen Linda Simpson, who took pictures of all the kooky kids in the club scene with her portable camera. To Linda it was all casual fun but to the rest of the world now, it’s legendary.
Best known as a journalist for her indie magazine My Comrade, Linda Simpson gathered in-depth interviews with entertainers and nightclub personalities who would have otherwise been left forgotten in the dark corners of the club.
In her new book, The Drag Explosion, Linda Simpson reveals hundreds of full color photos of the New York Drag scene of the ‘80s and '90s including many legends when they were just stepping out in high heels onto the world.
Today, Linda Simpson gives us a look into her new book The Drag Explosion, her queer underground magazine My Comrade and why we still feel all these years later the shockwaves of the Drag Explosion.
Plus, why did Fran Lebowitz call drag queens childish?
LINDA SIMPSON: http://www.lindalovesbingo.com
📘 FEATURED BOOK:
Linda Simpson - The Drag Explosion: The Drag Explosion
http://www.thedragexplosion.com
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| 1:01.2 | In the mid-80s, at the height of the AIDS crisis, New York City experienced a drag revolution. |
| 1:08.3 | Cheap rent, fabulous clubs, and a wide variety of people from all around |
| 1:12.5 | the world living shoulder to shoulder and girdle to girdle created a drag explosion that |
| 1:18.1 | release a mega ton of glitter and talent, leaving in its wake a culture that embraced drag |
| 1:24.0 | like never before. In the center of the action was drag queen Linda Simpson, who took pictures of all the |
| 1:30.9 | kooky kids in the clubs with her portable camera. |
| 1:34.3 | To Linda, it was all casual fun, but to the rest of the world now, it's legendary. |
| 1:39.9 | Best known as a journalist for her indie magazine, My Comrade, Linda Simpson gathered in-depth |
| 1:45.4 | interviews with entertainers and nightclub personalities who would have otherwise been left |
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