Outward: Slate's LGBTQ podcast - The War on Drag
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🗓️ 18 January 2023
⏱️ 82 minutes
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Summary
This month, hosts Christina Cauterucci, Jules Gill-Peterson, and Bryan Lowder take an in-depth look at the latest fixation of the far right: drag, an art form as old as gender itself, which has brought generations of queer people together. In the first segment, the hosts consider why conservatives are now trying to regulate drag shows out of existence and armed hate groups are showing up at drag events to threaten and intimidate performers and audiences. Then they are joined by Lil Miss Hot Mess, who in addition to performing with Drag Story Hour, has taken an academic interest in what children take away from drag events.
Items discussed in the show:
- The beautiful lullaby version of “Titanium” in M3GAN.
- M.J. Rodriguez’s gorgeous 2023 Golden Globes dress
- Drag Story Hour
- Diane di Prima’s poem “Rant”
- Lil Miss Hot Mess’ clap-back video to Marco Rubio’s attack ad
Gay Agenda
- Jules: Any DJ set by Honey Dijon. (Here’s one to start with.)
- Bryan: Cleanse your social media feeds, and introduce some cozy vibes with Isaac Mizrahi’s Instagram feed.
- Christina: “The ‘Golden Gays’ Return to the Stage in the Philippines,” by Hannah Reyes Morales in the New York Times
This podcast was produced by June Thomas.
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| 0:46.0 | Hello and welcome to Outward. |
| 0:48.0 | Slate's podcast about queer life and the festering feuds in the soft budge community. |
| 0:56.0 | I'll get there in just a moment. |
| 0:58.0 | I'm Christina Cotterucci, a senior writer at Slate. |
| 1:01.0 | And I'm Joe's girl Peterson. |
| 1:03.0 | I am a queen, but not a drag queen. |
| 1:06.0 | I'm Brian Latter and I edit some things at Slate. |
| 1:12.0 | So this month, we have decided to go deep on one of the latest fixations of the far right in the US. |
| 1:20.0 | An art form, possibly as old as gender itself, that has brought generations of queer people together to celebrate and exaggerate the aesthetic signifiers we play with when we perform gender. |
| 1:33.0 | It's a staple of the gay bar, a favorite of the bachelorette girlies. |
| 1:38.0 | It's produced a proud lineage of mentorship and family making and a wildly profitable entertainment franchise for the most famous fracking magnate in the LGBTQ community. |
| 1:50.0 | That is a highly competitive and sought after title. |
| 1:53.0 | That's right friends. |
| 1:55.0 | We are talking about drag. |
| 1:58.0 | Brian is just shaking in his little bit. |
| 2:02.0 | So in our first segment this month, we're going to dig into why conservatives across the country are trying to regulate drag shows out of existence. |
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