RuPaul

“If you can’t love yourself how in the hell you going to love somebody else?“ While this particular quote ends every episode of RuPaul Charles’ self titled reality show RuPaul‘s Drag Race, most people have heard this sentiment throughout their life. It is made clear from a young age that it is important to accept who you are; unless, of course, your identity deviates from what is deemed normal. In my case, living in a Catholic, Republican, southern Louisiana suburb, being gay put me way outside…

I am not defined by the box society puts me in. My gender and the role I choose for myself do not need to fit the cookie-cutter mold past generations have built for me and my peers. I will never be the perfect man the world wants me to be. Masculinity traditionally rejects the notion that men can relate and enjoy activities and products designed for women. Cleaning the dishes can be considered a woman 's chore in Mexican culture, which prompts backlash for men who attempt to tidy up after…

When looking at the popularity and success of programs like “Orange is the New Black”, or “Transparent”, we are seeing the results of our growth as a nation towards being a more accepting, free-thinking country. Individuals like LGBT personality RuPaul, (recently nominated for an Emmy for her show “RuPaul’s Drag Race) who were once widely and harshly marginalized, are now be publicly praised and celebrated. The fact that the fight for same-sex marriage was once a movement supported only by a…

pressuring, or forcing African-American women and members of subordinated groups to replace individual and cultural ways of knowing with the dominant group 's specialized thought (Collins, 1990).” This may explain why most people are able to recall RuPaul, a gay black man who is a famous drag queen before Bayard Rustin, a gay black man who was a civil rights…

Performance in regards to LGTBQ studies is defined as how we act in society, such as how we talk and how we dress. Performances such as dressing and speaking in determing ways, although seemingly mundane and everyday occurrences in society, is in fact, profoundly impacted by gender roles. Gender roles are ideologies and concepts that have been associated with specific genders, such as skirts for females and cologne for males. We as a society perform in specific ways to fit the gender roles of…

Introduction The client to be discussed is Shawn Roberts. He is thirteen years old, of African American decent, and identifies as being male-to-female (MTF) transgender. At the beginning of treatment, Shawn had just finished the 9th grade of junior high as student at Radium Springs High School in Albany, GA. He has lived in Dougherty County with his single mother for his entire life. He doesn’t have any close friends nor extended family for support. He feels lonely and isolated, and…

drag queens is RuPaul’s Drag Race (2009). Since it included men dressing as women, viewers began interchangeably using the terms drag queen and transgender woman. This ignorance angered the transgender community as the two are completely different. RuPaul would also use derogatory language such as “shemale” and “tranny” which offended the transgender community as well. The show being so mainstream caused a bigger rift between drag queens and transgender women. Drag queens are revered while a…

For this assignment, I decided to analyze the MAC Viva Glam advertisement, featuring Miley Cyrus. Viva Glam is the name of the lipstick that the MAC company created in 1994 and ever since then, the company's ads have featured numerous famous musicians with Miley Cyrus being one of the most recent ones. In the ad, Cyrus is portrayed laying down on what seems to be a dance club floor. She is shown to be laying down in a suggestive position; her hands are tucked behind her head exposing her bust…

Round 3: Obscure Sports 1. In the sport of wife-carrying, a male contestant carries a wife, either his own, his neighbors, or one found further afield, over a 270 yard (250 meter) obstacle course. What country originated this particular athletic frolic? a) Sweden b) Denmark c) Norway d) Finland 2. When J. K. Rowlings invented the sport of Quidditch, she intended a delightful fantasy sport wherein wizards zoom about the playing field on flying broomsticks. However, a few Harry Potter…

Imagine sitting in a warehouse on the upper eastside with house music playing in the background waiting on a ball to begin. Unexpectedly the announcer says, “category is… bring it to the runway” suddenly a 6 foot man dressed in a flashy gown, creative themed makeup, a dark colored wig, and 9 inch heels is prancing towards you. While he is prancing and sashaying down the runway, the crowd is going crazy, yelling and screaming in awe. The audience energy increases every time a new contestant…