Drag Queen Story Hour wiki entry

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corkernewyorker · 28/07/2021 08:56

A somewhat incomplete article about Drag Queen Story Hour on Wikipedia. Anyone feel up to adding in a few references about links to the less positive aspects? link

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cariadlet · 28/07/2021 13:35

@sailmeaway

What are the " (valid) safe guarding concerns?" - aren't the readings done in a public library with other adults and the children's parents there?

I'm reading up on this at the moment. I was vaguely aware of drag queen story hour but didn't know to much because I've only started coming on to the feminist boards fairly recently and the worst examples seem to have been covered in papers which I don't read.

One example is a drag queen called Flowjob who read a story to young pupils at a Scottish primary school last year. The headteacher admitted that when she tweeted about the visit, she was unable to tag the school visitor in the tweet, because doing so would have taken you from the school twitter directly to a highly sexually explicit twitter page.

A Renfrewshire Council spokeswoman admitted had it known about Flojob's stage persona it would not have allowed a visit to be arranged.
“All school visits are arranged and managed with the wellbeing of pupils first and foremost however it is clear in this case, the social media content associated with the speaker’s stage persona is not appropriate for children and had we been aware of this, the visit would not have been arranged. We are sorry for the concern this has caused.”

sailmeaway · 28/07/2021 12:58

why is it any different to any other kids performer re: safeguarding?

sailmeaway · 28/07/2021 12:57

What are the " (valid) safe guarding concerns?" - aren't the readings done in a public library with other adults and the children's parents there?

AlfonsoTheMango · 28/07/2021 11:25

Women must always bow to men's requirements.

Skinnytailedsquirrel · 28/07/2021 10:52

The wokerati get all worked up by "appropriating" hairstyles, clothing, names etc and yet men are allowed to appropriate women a-la-drag. How is that right?

cariadlet · 28/07/2021 10:50

@corkernewyorker I'm in town at the moment. I'll try putting something together this afternoon. If anyone has any links, that would be great.

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corkernewyorker · 28/07/2021 10:45

@cariadlet super. I'm not good at this, but I was surprised that there was no links to evidence about abuses of the activity by opportunists, nor much focus on the (valid) safeguarding concerns. And what about the concerns that drag is misogynistic in it's portrayal of women 'womanface'?

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cariadlet · 28/07/2021 09:31

I've just signed up and it's editable. I'm happy to make a few changes if anyone has any suggestions about what to write.

transdimensional · 28/07/2021 09:28

@Comingoutfighting

Just had a look and it said my IP address is blocked from editing. Is anyone else getting that? Or is it that nobody can edit?

Check you don't have a VPN running. The article is currently editable.

Comingoutfighting · 28/07/2021 09:19

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