Drag Faux Queen Series: The "T" (In 25 Things or Less)

Think of this new drag series, The T, as your one stop shop of the ins and outs, how to's, and VIP access into the fabulous world of drag!

EVERYTHING that you could know, should know, and even some things you may NOT want to know about drag, performance, make-up, etc. will be spilled in The T. 

AND

you'll get all this fabulousity in 25 things or less?!??!

AH MAZ ING!I

"The T" series kicks off tomorrow with Drag from A to Z --a little over 25, yes i know. But i have never been good at following directions.

:)

Here's a little sneak peak:

Glamour

I L I V E for glam drag. Glam drag is my element, my niche. But the beauty about glamour is that it’s not definitive or universal for all. My drag glam could be completely opposite of yours, yet we can still both be serving glam fish. That’s because glamour is one of those rare things that you can find any/everywhere: celebrities, architecture, food, etc. And glamour can be found in all forms of drag: gender fuck drag, subversive drag, political drag, camp drag. You name it; it’s there. The best thing about glamour is that you define it because glamour isn’t just a look, but it’s also an attitude. It’s putting 100% into your art. It’s knowing and being the best goddamn drag queen you can be. Now THAT’S fucking glam OUROUS!!!

To read the full article tomorrow go to www.brandiamaraskyy.com or www.fauxqueens.com and click on the The T Series.

Miss Diva USofA or Why i Have Been Missing From my Blog

i know, i know!! BAD BLOGGER!! IT'S BEEN OVER 10+ DAYS SINCE MY LAST BLOG!!

BUT

i have a really good excuse (i really do!).

THIS is why i have been a little bit absent as of late

Yep, that's right ladies, gentlemen, kats, kittens, and squirrels  The Miss Gay USofA system has (finally) added a female female impersonation circuit, i.e. faux queen, i.e. ME!!

Anyone that knows me, knows that i have wanted to be (and win) in a (what i call) a "big girl pageant" (meaning not a charity pageant). i love and have been a part of the drag and pageant circuit for so long and i still can't believe that i'm finally going to get to compete on this kind of MAJOR level. 

YEA!!!!!!!!!!!

This is the first year that USofA is doing a Diva division and there really are NO words to describe how uber excited i am. i'm doing Miss Oklahoma because there is not a prelim in Texas (yet :)) and it really kinda is a home away from home. Miss Oklahoma Diva is a prelim to the National Title, Miss Diva USofA. And, of course, i have made it my goal to be crowned the first Miss Diva USofA.

and THAT'S why i've been MIA. i've been slaving away in my drag sweatshop for the past couple of weeks working to make my number #1 dream come true: to be a real drag pageant queen. 

It's hard. i have no life right now. i'm getting high of E6000. i have glue stuck to various parts of my body . . .

BUT

it's all worth it and i wouldn't have it any other way. 

i am finally getting a chance to fulfill a lifelong drag dream--one that i wasn't sure would EVER happen--of mine and on March 31st i get show the USofA system the fruits of all my hard labor. 

But the best part is . . . 

i get to do it with other women who love and appreciate the art of drag as much as i do. 

This is a first in the drag community and all of the Miss Diva contestants will become a part of drag history and that in and of itself insures that NO ONE will walk out of this pageant a loser. 

i'll keep ya posted!!!

Baby Drag Queen Brandi Amara Skyy - Baby Fish

A lot of my drag friends on Facebook are doing Throwback Thursday with pics of themselves in their early drag (performer) years. SOOOOOO

i decided to join in the fun!! And when i say i threwback, i mean i threw waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay back!! So here goes nothing!!

Eh hem *clears throat*

Ladies, Gentlemen, Kat, Kittens, and everyone in-between, i present to you Brandi Amara Skyy circa 198something (a real queen NEVER reveals her age!!). Drum roll please...

(check out my toe point!! I LIVE!!!)

Well, there you have it folks! In all my Baby Fish glory!! And the birth of a future Skyy!!

Make sure you keep checking back every Thursday for new (and more embarrassing) Throwback Thursday pics!

Gaybingo Dallas - 50 Shades of Gay

What a fabulous time and a fabulous show at Gaybingo this past Saturday!!

One of the best things about dancing with people for five + years is that you don't require a lot of rehearsal time to pull off a kick ass show!! i received a text from my dancing soul mate, Manny, on Friday about resurrecting our "Single Ladies" production and the next day (with less than an hour rehearsal and NO stage time) we pulled off a SICK O NEEN mini production.

Here are some pics of the first Gaybingo of 2013 with a video coming soon! All photos are courtesy of Cher Musico of Musico Roots Photography.

To view the entire photo album, click here. Enjoy!!

The Female Drag Anthology Deadline--EXTENDED!!

Happy New Year dragster and drag lovers! i hope your year has gotten off to a fabulous start!

i received so many emails in December from people wanting to submit to the female drag anthology, but they were unable to make the deadline because of the chaos of the holidays. Not one to want to miss any FABULOUSITY, i decided to extend the deadline!! YEA!!! Which means you have until April 30, 2013 to get your drag stories in!!!

In case you need a refresher, check out the call for submissions here.

May your days be dragful and gay!

New Drag Promo Shot!

2013 is going to be the year of the pageants! There are at least three that i'm looking to compete in: Miss CEBA Sweetheart, Miss Diva USofA, and the Rose Room Rising Star. With all this competing, i had to have a promo shot.

Enter drag mother extraordinaire Jenna Skyy and violià! Drag promo house down!This is my first drag promo EVER and i think it's FLAWLESS! What do you think?!?!

TA-DA!!!

YEA!!! Now i'm ready to take on the pageant world by storm!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Dallas Block Party-- A Faux and 3 Drag Queens

What an amazing and unexpected weekend!

Here in Dallas, we have what is known as THE block party the weekend before Halloween; the street closes down, everyone gets dressed up, and they drink, drink, and drink. It's something that everyone needs to experience at least once.

i didn't plan on going this year (i've gone to all but one since i've lived here), but the drag-verse had other plans. At the last minute (literally 20 minutes *gasp*), i was texted by Richard Curtain--GM & show director at S4/The Rose Room not to mention THE Edna Jean Robinson--reminding me of a performance that i had committed to early in the week. i hadn't heard anything about it so i just ASSumed it wasn't happening.

SOOOOO

i painted the quickest drag mug EVER and ran across the street--trying to part the seas of people that were everywhere--and was greeting with the news that i was going to be performing with, not only Edna herself, but two of the baddest drag bitches in Dallas: Jenna Skyy and Krystal Summers.

HELLO!?!?! IT DOESN'T GET MUCH MORE FLAWLESS FOR A FAUX QUEEN!!

And there i was: in front of thousands of cheering Halloweeners as one of the 4 fiercest and best dressed queens on the block.

Wanna see?!?!?

(It's not my favorite pic of myself, but hey--it captured a moment that otherwise would have lived only in my head.)

Me, Jenna Skyy, and Krystal Summers

(That's my legs on the left!!) We were number 7 of the 15 Best Costumes at the block party!

WERQ IT GOLDIGGERS!!!

Great night, great peeps, and the longest catwalk ever!!

Here are more fun block party pics



To see the rest of the pics, click here.

Ahhh...i love Halloween!

Cartoon Characters in Drag. Let the Dragulation Commence!!

So i thought we'd do something uber-fun today! i am a SUCKER for cartoons (in particular the Powerpuff Girls, South Park, Family Guy, and Jem and the Holograms) and watch them often. Yesterday i was fucking around on Facebook and i came across this picture:

Best Powerpuff Girl EVER!

Not only is Buttercup my FAVORITE PPG, but she's in DRAG!!!!!!!!!!! So i started thinking about other cartoon characters who have donned drag and *POW* this post was born. These cartoons are animation history that drag has been in our pop culture consciousness for quite some time. Here in one fabulous gender bending post are my favorite cartoon drag moments. Grab your Lucky Charms cereal and enjoy!

Disney's the Chipmunks

My favorite cartoon growing up (and still is) Jem and the Holograms--although i identified more with Pizzazz . In retrospect, i really believe that Jem was Jerrica's drag persona and Jerrica, like me, is a faux queen--second only to Miss Piggy. Take a look for yourself:

Day/Night Drag

i don't think it's possible to have a conversation about cartoon drag characters without mentioning the Queen herself:

Bugs Bunny - The original drag queen

Bugs Bunny was in drag SO much that someone got smart and created this (so true BTW):



FLAWLESS

And who can forget when our favorite foul mouthed character donned a wig, dress, and heels (proof that all these things don't necessarily make a drag queen):

Cartman in drag

And my personal favorite--i didn't want him to get jealous since i spotlighted his partner last week:

Kermit the Frog on the Ed Sullivan Show

i was determined to find one of Popeye in drag but it didn't happen. Whatcha think? Did i miss any? Any that you'd like to share?

The Original Faux Queen - Miss Piggy

Dear Miss Piggy,

YOU had me "moi!"

i remember when we first met, you were a young piglet and came via postal mail in the form of a comic book, "The Muppet Babies." i saw you once again when you made your second big screen movie, The Great Muppet Caper. You were doing the most incredible water ballet in the fiercest costumes and i couldn't keep my eyes off you. i had to figure out a way to be just as fierce as you were. 

And then it happened!
i found you!
In spandex no less . ..

 

i did your workout like it was my own religion. i hung your pull-out poster on my wall as inspiration. i studied the record cover like it was a treasure map. i wished on star every night in hopes of adding even just a speckle of your flawlessness into my life.



But i still didn't feel any different. i still didn't feel glamorous. i was still no closer to your fabulousity than when i first started. Devastated, i did the unthinkable . . . i sold my record in a garage sale. i KNOW. i know. i was hurt.

Soon after albumgate, you wrote THE book that changed my life and became my bible:

WIGS!!?!?

FASHION?!?!?

i was on a roll to being a diva!

But life happens. i became a teenager and i forgot all about the world of one diva pig because i was too distracted by the world of clothes, shoes, boys as drag divas, and love. Yes love. i had lost sight of the origins of my flamboyantly diva self.

i had forgotten you.

But you, my darling diva, will not be denied. You did NOT forget about me.

20 years later you reappeared when i least expected it--in a place that i would have least expected to find you--a vintage record store.

You had come back to me!!! You had forgiven me for selling you in the first place and for forgetting about you. We were back together. 

i brought you home and dusted off my bible. As i listened and read, i started to remember all the reasons that i fell in love with you in the first place: because you did not let your appearance dictate who were were, because you didn't take any crap from anyone (not even your Kermie), because you were always a lady despite being born a pig, and you did all with great style, grace, and attitude. 

And then it hit me.  

After all those years of trying to be you, i realized that i found you through just being me. You were never going to really tell me your secret to your flawless self, i had to go out and find that divaness for myself by myself. i realized that THAT'S what you were trying to tell me all along when you said, "the secret of getting that marvelous present you always wanted is to go out and buy it yourself." --i finally did that. i went out and created myself into the marvelous present/queen that i always wanted to be. My queendom was the only present i needed. i just had to need and want that queendom so badly enough that i would go out and find if for myself. And i did.

i still do.

We are kindred spirits, Miss Piggy. i, like you, am a little speckle of drag glitter-glamour where you would least expect to find it. 

kissy kissy from your forever devoted subject,



moi

How can you not LIVE for this FLAWLESSNESS?!?!?!?

Want more Miss Piggy fabulousity? Check out this amazing website: http://www.misspiggyfans.com/

Faux Queens - The Book

Here's a sneak peek into my book in-progress about faux queens. This is the as-of-now preface--i am more than sure that it will go through many more edits but i wanted to show you where i'm starting from. Drop me a comment and let me know what you think!!

The construction of a written body of work is really no different than the art of illusion: start with an empty page—a blank face. You begin by playing with the general layout, gathering your ideas, main points, and (perhaps) quotations onto the page–layering foundation on the face, a bit of shimmery highlight, and a gradient of shades for contouring. You write yourself in(to) the work (whatever that means to you); after all, the personal is political—add a burst of color on the eyelid and your signature trademark (mine is a random rhinestone on my face). You then incorporate the scholarship and opinions of others whose works both support and challenge your own—create your body shape by adding foam hips, “tucking,” and a stuffed bra (or prosthetic breast plate—know in the drag world as a “tit bib”). You top it all off with an overarching conclusion or “ending”—throw on your highest pair of heels, wig/hairpiece, and your one-of-a-kind handmade costume and viola! Fiercely flawless, you have just attempted and completed both your first written body of work and your first “drag body” of work. However, we know that neither is as simple as my analogy might suggest. Complications occur: you find that your writing contradicts itself; you try to blend colors on your eyelid that don’t work well together; you can’t put your ideas into words let alone get them on paper; you confuse inspired by with replication, and creative freedom in your makeup for painting hard.[1]

Sometimes colors, materials, and ingredients do not blend well together—oil-based make-up with water-based cream, spray adhesive on bare skin, metal-set rhinestone jewelry with a chiffon gown. Other times you just need the right kind of tool/brush—one specifically made for shading—to help foster the blending process. In this work, I attempt to be both the brush and its strokes as I blend vantage points within subjects of drag, the drag queen, and its newly emerging component: the faux queen. Bridging, blending, finding points of connection within the multifaceted (and heavily opinionated) world of drag is not necessarily easy, nor are drag’s ideas often conducive to one another; however, I feel that finding these moments and places of connection is necessary in order to explain and show this world —a world which is very standoffish to outsiders—in the most panoramic view possible, to the communities that need it the most: queer studies, academia more generally, and the LGBT community. It is from a place of honor and respect for all the drag queens who have opened their art to me that I begin the blending process of the various hues that make up the rainbow of our community/myself: the student trying to (creatively) find academic form and function amidst all this abstract tulle,  glam, and AB Swarovski crystal gowns and shoes; the voice and performance of the drag queen trapped in my body who joins the gay male drag community in love and admiration, not competition and/or appropriation; and the bio-female who is so attracted to this world of gay male drag that she has dedicated her life and this entire work trying to find her and other’s home/place within it.

  

[1] In the drag world, the phrase “painting hard” is used when the make-up is not blended properly, i.e. the make-up wears the queen not the other way around. Color, texture, design . . . anything that the mind can image is game in drag make-up; however, the key to the perfect “mug” is to blend it all together. (“Mug” is drag slang for face.)

Behind the Scenes of a Faux Queen

So, this past weekend i was feeling nostalgic and extremely thankful for this amazing creative life i am living and i decided to go back through some (not all cause there is WAY TOO MANY) of my drag photos. Here are some of my favorite backstage photos from my 7 + years in the drag world. Enjoy!!

Drag Queens on the Capitol in Austin, Texas!!

My friend, Kai Lee Mykels, and a group of other queens got together for the second annual Stonewall rally in Austin Texas . . . on the Capitol . . . in drag.

What follows is an amazing visual testament to the many sides and faces of drag: the glamour, the fun, the camaraderie, the celebration, and, yes, the political activism. Being political doesn't stop when we, as queens, put on some make-up, a wig, and a dress. On the contrary. Drag's very nature situates us within political and social contexts, commentaries, and statements. The queens in this picture embody and reflect much of the same political and social gumption and fearlessness that those queens who began the Stonewall riots did.

Texas is NOT an LGBTQ friendly state. Just because it's 2012 and we, on the surface, appear to be making political strides doesn't guarantee that in our everyday lives we, as a society, have progressed beyond the hatred, harassment, and homicide that was the reality before Stonewall. In March of 2012, mother Wanda Derby in Fort Worth Texas beat her son's boyfriend with a cane because they were gay. In the city that i call home and who's streets i roam as a flamboyant and PROUD gay, 2 men were attacked and beaten with BASEBALL BATS. Baseball bats, people. This past June in my hometown of Corpus Christi, young lesbian couple Mary Kristene Chapa and Mollie Olgin were shot in the head. Chapa was in critical condition and Olgin lost her life. The cops said "there was no sign of a hate crime."

And in the very city that these queens took this picture and on Austin's PRIDE weekend, Mike Soret and Andrew Oppleman were on their way to get pizza when a man picked a fight with them and began pounded them with his fists. This happened a week ago today. That could have been you. That could have been me. That could have very well been those queens who were photographed in front of the Capitol of Texas celebrating the birth of our movement that has allowed our community to be open and freely gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, and/or queer and remembering that it wasn't always so. And reflecting on the fact that it's not always so now.

Let me clarify: i'm not saying that the trials and tribulations of LGBTQ people are exactly the same as they were back in 1969. We have come a long way. And yes, we are making strides. What i am saying is that hatred of LGBTQ people and the very real consequences of that hatred still exists.

So, as a queer lesbian gay drag faux queen i am thankful and forever grateful. Thankful to be a part of a lineage of bravery, sacrifice, camaraderie, and love. Yes, love. There is a lot of love in our rainbow village. Grateful that there are still queens, as well as others, who are willing to put themselves out there for ALL of us: flamboyantly queer, those who wish to assimilate, those just coming out, those still in the closet, and gay republicans. i am grateful for the queens of the past, the one's in the present, and the many more of the future for their endless bravery of putting on a dress and heels in a society (and a community at times) that doesn't always see drag queens as the invaluable and revolutionary beings that they are. 

This post didn't start off in the manner in which it became; my intention was to post an amazing picture of some drag queens that caught my attention on Facebook and that i connected to for reasons that i didn't quit understand.

i understand them now.

Reno Winston, Samira Sacriste Aguinaga, Robbie Foster, Althea Trix, Kara Foxx Paris, Nadine Hughes, Kai Lee Mykels, Pannica Tack, and Reagan Reynolds shine on you crazy diamonds! And thank you. i am so grateful for you taking that extra (flawlessly heeled) step.

i am humbled and proud to be a part of the drag family.

~b.

Faux Queen Projects and Other Fun Drag Queen Stuff

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

miss texas ffi 2012

wow! what an amazing evening of pageantry! there were 12 (yes, 12) contestants at miss texas ffi last night so big kudos goes out to all the judges, my dear friend tom theladyt mclain who was everywhere and anywhere last night getting the pageant together, and, of course, the amazing layla larue for bringing this system back. girl, you better werq~

12 contestants: 

janet andrews, beyonce mykels, toni andrews, chanel lamasters, anastasia daniels, unshante defoxx, kourtney paige van wales, alexis rayne, phiara glamazon, contessa piranha, armani davenport, kennedy davenport

your miss texas ffi 2012 placement

most beautiful kourtney van wells
best talent chanel lamasters
creative presentation kennedy davenport
fashion wear kennedy davenport
miss congeniality alexis rayne
2nd rup kourtney paige van wales

1st rup chanel lamasters
miss texas ffi kennedy davenport

congrats to everyone and thank you for dragtasitcal evening!

now you ready for some pictures?!?!?!? here ya go

gearing up for miss texas ffi

today is going to be a dragstatical day!! not only are my dallas cowboys playing, but tonight is miss texas ffi (for female impersonators).

this pageant was my first foray into the world of drag pageants. i had danced in an ffi prelim with jenna skyy in 2007 and miss texas ffi 2008. she didn't win that year, but the experience was amazing and i've been hooked on drag pageants ever since.

the royalty at this pageant is like no other. i mean serious: alyssa edwards, layla larue (who now owns the system and was one of the first drag queens i ever saw), leyla e. o'hara, and the current reigning all american goddess, asia o'hara. what a legacy and what an amazing evening this is going to be for one special queen.

i'm looking forward to seeing all my drag buddies and fellow queens. make sure you check back later today for some pre-pageant outfit shots!

brandi amara skyy faux queen performance collection

so i've been working on finding & putting together a collection of some of my favorite performance with gaybingo dallas and various pageants. i created a youtube channel with some of these performances.

i was trying to find the first show i did as a faux queen at gaybingo, but that search continues on.

check out some of these videos and let me know what you think!

http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL99EE9905D785EDFE

make sure you check out my channel and add me to your twitter!!

youtube: http://www.youtube.com/thebrandiamaraskyy
twitter: @brandiamaraskyy

female drag anthology call for submissions - revised

so i have redrafted the call for submissions to the new drag anthology i'm editing. since i've redrafted it, i have received so many great and exciting responses. read the revised call below or click on the link.

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS - NEW ANTHOLOGY ON FEMALE DRAG PERFORMERS
Calling ALL Performers of “Feminine” Drag: Faux Queens, Burlesquers, Bio Queens, Femme Dragsters, Female-Female Impersonators, and Drag Queens![1]

Title: TBD

Who: We are looking for female identified individuals who love performing “feminine” drag including but not limited to: bio-queens, female-female impersonators, high femme dragsters, burlesque, faux queens, drag queens, etc. If you are performing as a drag queen or in woman drag, we want to hear from you!

About the project:  This anthology will explore drag from the not-often-written about or discussed female perspective. In majority of drag arenas, female performers are frequently over-looked, undervalued, and are often not  considered to be doing drag because of their choice to drag their birth gender as opposed to its opposite. But over the past few years, female dragsters have slowly begun to emerge, impact, and fashion their places in discourses of drag, gender performance, and queer consciousness. We want this anthology to create a tangible space in which we, in all our drag forms, come together to tell our stories, share our experiences, analyze ourselves in our art, and help pave the way for other female performers. Our goal is that this anthology ignites a dialogue that bridges us to one another, introduces us into discourses of gender performativity and gender identity, and ultimately deepens our connection to the fabulously flawless world of drag.

                                         

What we are looking for: Everything!! We want to engage with all aspects of women performing drag and highlight our diverse voices within it: our personal definitions, our relationships (if any) with drag queens, our lived and/or academic theories, our drag personas and how they developed, and our insatiable need to perform femininity on stage. But we also want to touch upon what goes on behind the scenes by considering questions pivotal to the female drag and drag community: is there something deeper that  bio-women need to understand before proclaiming, “I want to be a drag queen” and/or claim their place in drag? What does the emergence of female identified performers in the world of drag mean for traditional drag queens and drag theory? Is it necessary to be a lesbian and/or queer in order to perform drag? Some other ideas that could be explored:

·         Personal stories and essays on why/how you came to drag

·         Why did you choose the identifier that you did to describe your performance of drag?

·         What does drag mean to you?

·         How would you define the drag that you do?

·         Poetry about your life in drag

·         How have you been perceived by the drag community?

·         Your experiences in the drag community

·         Some of the reactions to your performances

·         Does the drag community in your area embrace what you do?

·         Funny stories, the craziest thing that’s happen to you on/off stage, worst performance, favorite performances

·         Do you believe there’s a difference between all the various female performances of drag, i.e. burlesque, faux, and traditional drag queen drag? Why or Why not?

·         Is your drag performance also your identity?

·         What inspires you? Who are your biggest influences?

·         When and how did you first learn about the female drag community?

·         Tips for those new to the world of the drag. Best advice?

·         Has your acceptance within the drag community changed because of the way you identify?

·         For the bio-female, can/is the desire to be a drag queen a transgender space? Why or why not?

·         Do you have a drag mother? If so, how did that relationship come about?

These are all just ideas to get your creative drag juices flowing! Please don’t limit yourself with this list! We want your experiences, your creativity, and your words. We would also love pictures of your performances, your drag mother, your first time in drag . . . send it all! (But please don’t forget to include your name—drag or real—and some detail about the pictures.) Please forward this call for submissions to any and every one you think would be interested.
               

Anthology information: Publication date will Summer 2013 with a to-be-determined publisher.  We will keep you posted on the project status.

Submission Guidelines: Please include a short bio of yourself. Email your submissions to: submissions@fauxqueens.com or mail them to: Female Drag Anthology, PO Box 195212, Dallas, TX 75219.

Submission Deadline: January 1, 2013

Please feel free to send any questions, comments, and/or ideas to:

baskyy@fauxqueens.com

For more information on faux queens and/or to join our virtual community, please visit: www.fauxqueens.com and/or www.facebook.com/fauxqueens.

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[1] This call was originally titled “The Faux Queen Anthology.” However, we received a lot of emails about wanting to submit, but being unsure if this anthology included their performance or identity because they didn’t necessarily identify as a faux queen. So we have modified the call to reflect the anthology’s inclusivity that wasn’t adequately portrayed in the initial call. If you consider what you do drag, then we want to hear about it!!

http://www.fauxqueens.com/female-drag-anthology/

miss highland park america judges!!

what an amazing evening! take a look at the flawless judges this year! so honored to be a part of this team!

full drag pageant mode

hello kats and kittens! i have been obsessing about my package for this pageant, Miss LifeWalk, for the last couple of months and i'm finally at a place where i feel that it's going to be unbeatable. right now i'm still amidst all the sewing, stoning, and rehearsing for both gown and talent. while i don't want to post too much until after the pageant, i do want to show you what i've been up to. here are a few pieces and parts that make up my drag package. keep in mind the categories: presentation, gown, fundraising, and talent.

well, we all know what these are, but what could i possibly be using then for?!?!? 

there's a lot more where these came from!

i didn't make this but this may (or may not) be a hint to my talent!!! adore!

and lastly, here is a peek inside my drag factory. this is my sewing area in my drag room:

please forgive my partner's fingers-always the jokester!

i can't wait to post everything in detail!!! i still have a lot of work to do but it's coming along flawlessly!!



faux queen blogging fabulousity

hey kats and kittens! looks like yours truly has another blog entry at THE corset hook-up for RuPaul's Drag U.

Check out Corset Connections' fabulousity and make sure to click on over to my Drag U episode 3 sugarlicious entry Cupcake Confection Couture!!



happy dragging!!
xoxox
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