The Waves: How a Drag Queen Recreated the American Dream
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🗓️ 27 July 2023
⏱️ 41 minutes
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Summary
On this week’s episode of The Waves, drag queens are under attack and being labeled bad for families and kids. But RuPaul’s Drag Race and Drag Race All Stars contestant Mrs. Kasha Davis is making people rethink the American Dream. She sits down with Slate senior supervising producer, Daisy Rosario to talk about the real life inspiration for the character of Mrs. Kasha Davis, her new music video showcasing the importance of Drag Story Hour, and why more people need to see happy queer families like hers.
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| 0:00.0 | What's up guys, I am Ashley Gavin, and I am your father. |
| 0:03.1 | I'm Elena Joy, I am Mommy, and I'm Mackin from your hot teenage brother. |
| 0:08.4 | Baby, Mack is baby. |
| 0:09.7 | We are your chosen family, because you don't have a gay family, and you need a gay family. |
| 0:14.3 | Every week, we bring a topic to the family dinner table from gender dysphoria, |
| 0:17.9 | to monogamy, to how to figure out if someone is into you. |
| 0:20.5 | Listen to Chosen Family every Wednesday on your favorite podcast app, |
| 0:24.0 | or watch full episodes on YouTube to get the full family experience. |
| 0:27.8 | Chosen Family is a part of the Forever Dog podcast network. |
| 0:38.0 | Welcome to the Waves, Slates podcast about gender, feminism, and drag and family. |
| 0:43.6 | Every episode you get a new pair of feminists to talk about the thing that we cannot |
| 0:47.1 | get off of our minds, and today you've got me, Daisy Rosario, |
| 0:50.2 | senior supervising producer of audio here at Slate. |
| 0:53.6 | And today, I'll be talking to Mrs. Kasha Davis, |
| 0:56.8 | a drag queen who just appeared on RuPaul's Drag Race All-Stars Season 8, |
| 1:01.0 | and who has been a big part of popularizing drag queen story hour. |
| 1:09.2 | My name is Mrs. Kasha Davis, and I'm an alcoholic. |
| 1:13.9 | Wrong meeting. |
| 1:16.8 | Oh, bitch. She looks good. |
| 1:19.3 | Darling, I love you, but give me park avenue. |
| 1:22.4 | What are you wearing? |
| 1:23.7 | My name is Mrs. Kasha Davis, |
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