1924 Handbag of green felt with applied bands of gold leather and applique design of birds in an Egyptian-style. The clasp is brass with lapis lazuli-colored trimming and the handle is of gold wire cord. The bag is lined in yellow satin and has two pockets and a vanity mirror with a powder compact. From the Victoria and Albert Museum.
I think one of the reasons drag kings aren’t as popular as drag queens, aside from the fact that straight women don’t like us, is that people are uncomfortable acknowledging masculinity as a performance. Like we as a society know that femininity is a performance, with its own costumes and rules. Masculinity is also a performance, and nothing makes that more clear than someone making an exaggeration of it
To everyone saying that “uh actually it’s cause drag kings aren’t as visually interesting”
Stalin’s USSR = most woke nation to ever exist. You heard it here first, folks.
Imagine, for a moment, trying to figure out what the fuck is being measured on a scale where the USSR is a 10 and Portland, Oregon is an 8 without the excruciating knowledge of the hyperspecific neuroses of fascists over the past decade
