Drag Queen story time and The National Gallery

[NellieEllie]

Just spotted this. 30th June. The “gender fluidity of childhood”. Giving children “queer role models”. Good Grief. www.nationalgallery.org.uk/events/drag-queen-story-time-30-06-2019

Is he asking kids to DM him or adults?

That tweet suggests to me that he means twitter users. Whilst I understand kids do use Twitter (and I think you have to be 13 to use Twitter- again I know kids get round this) but would that tweet not suggest he’s asking adults to DM him?

screeching through your thin lips

Nice.

Drag is NOT sexualising nor parodying women.

Of course it is. What are they meant to be, if not exaggerated, over-sexualised "women" performers? It's not acceptable to blackface anymore - why are drag queens ok? Oh, silly me, it's because it's just women....

Wow Butters
screeching through your thin lips steal your snotty little brats away Don't be a bigot

zebrasdontwearbras

You can read my earlier comment explaining what it is.

truthisarevolutionaryact white women really are something else lol

Deliriumof the endless
It's a reasonable question, but if you set yourself up to work with young children - which he is - then you have to be extra cautious to ensure that children don't misunderstand - by saying "get your parents to email me" etc. It's basic safeguarding.

Drag emphasizes the power in femininity and female sexuality . Its not mocking

Oh really? Explain all the fish jokes, then.

What, this little nugget, butter? "Drag emphasizes the power in femininity and female sexuality"

I don't we need that, performed by men, do we?

I can't think why kids need to see "emphasized" female sexuality at libraries?

agree with pickledgulag

It's really fucking offensive to me. You wouldn't have somebody in blackface hosting an event like this! So why is it not only okay, but something to celebrate, to pantomime women?

GRRRRRRRRRRR

Drag is NOT sexualising nor parodying women.

Drag emphasizes the power in femininity and female sexuality

Make up your fucking mind.

Not liking drag queens is bigoted now, is it?LOLZZZ

zebrasdontwearbras twist my words but ok. I was explaining why drag is not mocking women. Thats obviously not the reason there are countless childrens drag reading groups over the world now.

XXcstatic I literally cant? Like any group of people there will always be pockets of people using tasteless language and ideas. There are many articles and interviews with drag artists discussing this and how they need to do more to stamp it out.

SunsetBeetch You dont have to like drag queens. But you also dont get to call them all perverts? which is basically whats happening on this thread.

Truth I agree with your point but I’d err on the side of caution here, that it’s a badly worded request rather than an attempt to get kids to message privately.

Nobody's called them perverts, have they? Just not appropriate for children

By caution I mean I’m not prepared to accuse this person if ill intent on the evidence of that tweet.

SunsetBeetch so how did it quickly turn into Munroe Bergdof asking children to message her? She isnt even a drag queen.
Its that insidious implied tone .....

Of course they are not ALL perverts.

www.newsweek.com/sex-offender-busted-drag-queen-who-read-book-children-city-library-1365384

www1.cbn.com/cbnnews/us/2019/april/second-drag-queen-story-hour-reader-in-houston-exposed-as-a-convicted-child-sex-offender

Butters, could you then explain how men performing femininity to "emphasise female sexuality" is not sexualising women?

Why do we need men to do this? And what benefit is it for children to see "emphasised female sexuality" as performed by men?

Some parents think taking their kid to the US for drugs and Thailand for surgery is a good idea. Others think drag shows are good for theirs.

No fucking way my kids are going to be doing either whatever anyone calls me.

When some told my dd she could be a nurse not a Dr i swiftly pointed out a list of wonderful female Drs. I will take my kids to the Science museum, teach them about architecture and engineering and make sure thry meet male and females who do these jobs.

My son can play with dolls and learn to be caring and learn from his dad who shates child care.

That is providing role models - not some bloke doing a parody of woman - yes it is a parody!

ZuttZeVootEeeVro do sentences with long words confuse you? I can send you some crayon pictures if that helps you understand.

I'll get my pre schooler to send you their email, shall I?

As you pointed out drag is about emphasising sexuality and why would men be interested in emphasising sexuality to young children? Teaching then sexualised dances? Which group of men would consider it a good idea?