After
module five I started to wonder about drag king culture and how it was
challenging the gender binary. The author of the article “How king
culture is challenging gender expectations” explains how performing
gender can produce different perspectives that the viewer might not have
thought of originally. The author and the people she interviews say
that: “Some people are so adamant that they know the truth, but the
truth doesn't exist, it's merely a perspective. People can choose to see
gender differently. But these performances are not bound to sexuality .
. . don't make the assumption that we are queer because some of us may
be genderqueer. Drag Kings are much more interesting and complex than
that “ (Franklin 1). It is interesting to see that by looking into these
different perspectives we are able to question gender divides that
limit us as a people. By performing different genders the performers
call into question issues of identity and create a space for
conversation. "Any performance will give you ideas. You're doing this
for yourself. You don't have to please everyone in the room. If you feel
good on stage, that's all that matters . . .Feeling good as a member of
the audience is a given too. Sometimes it will hit you in a
laugh-out-loud way and other times in a
sensual-prodding-of-selfhood-kind-of-way. Moving through ideas about who
we are is vital for evolution. Queer or not, identities are not fixed
and this is something all of us are free to explore " (1).
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