Wow!! What an EXCITING week this has been!!!
I love drag pageant filled weeks!! One of my favorite things about the drag world is that we are family; we are a community of people who love the same thing: drag and everything that the art form comes with (well, maybe not everything. let's just say most things). Every time i am at a pageant, or performing, or watching my favorite drag performers i think to myself "i love my life. i love my drag community and i'm really lucky that i get to experience it this up-close and personal." i get so overwhelmed sometimes that it makes me want to rhinestone "i love drag" on body and go flashing people on the streets. i'm not of course, but the point is i could and i would.
Anyway, because of my love (obsession) with drag i have dedicated a huge chunk of my life to it. And that dedication includes mass amounts of projects centered around my life source. Here are are but a few of my drag projects in the works.
i'm really excited about the female drag anthology that i'm putting together. i've had some AH MAZE ING responses and i can't wait to share them with you!
i'm also working on a drag magazine called: T|Dragzine which will be both an online and print drag mag catering to all your drag needs! i'm hoping to launch it October 8 (but if you need an immediate drag fix, you can visit my other blog dragspirations for instant drag-gratification).
Perhaps the most personal (and the one project that scares me the most) is my book on faux queens. i've been working on it for the last year--it's my MA thesis rebooted and redragged. i'm labeling it creative nonfiction because it really is a hybrid of genres: memoir, theory, biographical, historical, academic, autoethnographic, and--to some--horror. j/k. Maybe not. i'll be posting some snippets, trailers, and previews at my personal website, www.brandiamaraskyy.com, go check it out for the up-to-date tea on this and other projects.
In addition to all the above fabulousity, i am still performing at Gaybingo Dallas every third Saturday of the month, have a couple of drag pageants to prepare for, and LOTS of dragtastic costumes to whip up!
Can you say tired boots?!?!?
Anyway, i'd love for you to drop me a line and let me know your thoughts!!
Now i'm going to go get my drag on!
xoxo
I should be perfectly honest, and say that I have to check some words in dictionary. Then, I will be honest and say, that the dictionary I check doesn't have them all. And finally, when I find the meanings, I am still at a loss of the "meaning" Hahaha, it's complicated. And charming in the same time. I must admit I adore everything shiny, glamorous, glossy, and glittering, so all the art around drag/faux (i'm not even sure I use the words correctly) style is so attractive to my naive soul :-) Of course, naive in that respect ;-)
ReplyDeleteWhat I find also very nice is that you are so serious about what you are doing. All nice things take real dedication.
Good luck in all, Brady - anthology, magazine, thesis, and of course, all the daily stuff you meet.
Thanks so much for stopping by Mariya and for your good luck wishes! i know i'm going to need them :)
ReplyDelete(oh and yes, it IS all about the sparkly!)
I've got your "sparkly".... AND your back!!! #blingblingandmorebling!
ReplyDeleteAll the best for the "Faux Queens" future- I'm lovin' the reads!!!
awww!! Thanks Mr. Diamond :) Wait till you see what i'm posting tomorrow!! xoxox
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