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Diva Practice with Pepper Pepper

59m · Artgasm · 21 Aug 10:00

Drag is for Everybody with Drag performer Pepper Pepper!

We talk all things Diva- from witch to victim to transformative practice. We get deep about trauma, transmutation, and the alchemical power of performance.

Deconstruction of drag tropes | Gender punks | Monster drag | The Myth of the Diva | Feminine Suffering via the Torchsong | Clown, Ballet, and Butoh | What Drag Race has done for drag queens | Reclaiming words | Using a drag persona as a grief witch | The Sexual Capital of Drag Queens | The Power of “Taking the Wig Off” | Communal reclamation of glamour | Fabulous takes practice | Gay men gatekeeping drag | Social media addiction | What is “realness?”

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