Anti-drag Flashcards
Insulting term used to describe drag artist that “passes” as a woman:
Fishy
Drag = Blackface
-both are a masquerade where powerful privileged individuals dress up as less powerful privileged individuals
-both originated when the impersonated individuals where restricted from the stage.
-both present impersonated individuals with restricted behaviors and exaggerated characteristics that oversimplify and often insult
-both portray tropes that assert that the impersonated need controlling
- same function to ease the minds of those threatened by change
The culture and experience of women is not
a costume.
Femininity is not a privilege,
it is a construct designed to keep women in their place.