Courtney Act mentioned reading a book called Popism, which was either by Andy Warhol or about him, that covered his era of the Factory in New York and the 90s, 80s and 70s. This book made her wonder about the next great queer artistic era and she then considered that maybe drag race and the global proliferation of drag is that era.
Um, and cause it was like, I think Bianca killed drag race. It was sort of like when you're at the top, where else are you going to go down? So it's like, you know, get those, um, you grease up one of...
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Courtney Act mentioned reading a book called Popism, which was either by Andy Warhol or about him, that covered his era of the Factory in New York and the 90s, 80s and 70s. This book made her wonder about the next great queer artistic era and she then considered that maybe drag race and the global proliferation of drag is that era.
Um, and cause it was like, I think Bianca killed drag race. It was sort of like when you're at the top, where else are you going to go down? So it's like, you know, get those, um, you grease up one of those metal slides and take it down the ski hill. No, but, um, it was like a reset. I, I, I remember reading season seven. Yeah. You did. I've watched them all. Everyone. I've watched all the American ones and all of the all stars. Up to 15. Yes. Wow.
Yeah. Alaska and Willem don't believe that I've ever watched drag race in my life, but I really have. Um, but I was reading a book, I think it was pop ism. I don't know if it was by Andy Warhol or if it was about Andy Warhol, but it was about that era of like Andy Warhol and the factory and New York and the nineties and the eighties, seventies, seventies, anyway, whenever it was, I really paid attention. Um, and I remember reading it thinking, I wonder when like the next like great sort of queer artistic era will be. Right. And then I was like, oh, maybe, maybe we're actually in the middle of it. Like, like drag race and the proliferation of drag globally. Like we can, we can remember what it was like. Well, let's say just a few years ago, but I guess 16 years ago. Yeah. No shit. Yeah. Fuck.