Make Yourself Up
On RuPaul and Drag Race.
On RuPaul and Drag Race.
Jenna Wortham New York Times Magazine Jan 2018 25min Permalink
A profile of the diva who is proving that drag is entertainment for everyone.
Caity Weaver GQ Nov 2017 15min Permalink
Behind the character Ursula in The Little Mermaid was a legendary drag queen from Baltimore named Divine.
Nicole Pasulka, Brian Ferree Hazlitt Jan 2016 15min Permalink
The Castro, 1990, and a first night in drag.
Alexander Chee Guernica Mar 2015 20min Permalink
A drag pageant pioneer dropped out of the public eye after the 1960s. What happened to her?
Cultural, sexual, and generational clashes surround an aging New York drag queen.
"Clinton Corset Emporium. No awning, just a piece of cardboard stuck in the window. As Miss Adele entered, a bell tinkled overhead – an actual bell, on a catch wire – and she found herself in a long narrow room – a hallway really – with a counter down the left-hand side and a curtained-off cubicle at the far end, for privacy. Bras and corsets were everywhere, piled on top of each other in anonymous white cardboard boxes, towering up to the ceiling. They seemed to form the very walls of the place. 'Good afternoon,' said Miss Adele, daintily removing her gloves, finger by finger. 'I am looking for a corset.'
Zadie Smith The Telegraph Sep 2014 30min Permalink
How Cassandro, who wrestles in drag, became a star Mexican luchadore.
William Finnegan New Yorker Aug 2014 35min Permalink
On House Xtravaganza and the life and death of its house mother Angie Xtravaganza, one of the stars of the documentary Paris is Burning, which brought vogueing and New York City’s transgendered ball culture into the spotlight.
Michael Cunningham Open City Jan 1995 30min Permalink
Justin Vivian Bond found downtown fame as Kiki DuRane, decrepit drag chanteuse and comedic prophet of gay rage born out of the AIDS era. Then he killed Kiki to try to become the woman (and man) he always wanted to be.
Carl Swanson New York May 2011 20min Permalink