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Feminism: Sex and gender discussions

Drag Queen Story Time at the British Library

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TundraDweller · 04/02/2020 10:17

Three Drag Queen Story Times in one day -

www.bl.uk/events/family-day-young-rebels

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Langbannedforsafeguardingkids · 04/02/2020 13:41

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/womens_rights/3799692-Kitty-Demure-A-friendly-message-to-mothers-who-want-their-kids-influenced-by-drag

This is a relevant thread, the video from Kitty Demure is really good - he's basically saying 'why the hell would you take your kids to this?' I've suggested BL watch it!

Lordfrontpaw · 04/02/2020 13:41

Scratch that - spotted it...

AbsintheFriends · 04/02/2020 13:42

There was one near me recently - deprived town, lots of social problems, not a liberal leftie place at all. The local paper advertised it with a picture of a grotesquely made up figure with a pneumatic bosom and torture platform stilettos, and parroted some vague nonsensical guff underneath about 'diversity' and 'positivity.'

I SO nearly emailed to challenge it, but am up against an urgent work deadline and knew I would lose half a day emailing, and then be so furious I couldn't focus for the rest of it. But seriously, WTF is 'positive' about presenting young girls with an image of femininity that references a pornographic stereotype?

As a society we're starting to wake up to the fact that we have a generation of young people who are effectively being reared on porn - who think those extreme practices are normal sex, who have no notion of female pleasure, or sex as an expression of tenderness and love. We acknowledge this is a problem. We also worry about young girls whose self esteem and body image are decimated by comparison with photoshopped, cosmetically-enhanced celebrities, who by 12 or 13 are posting selfies in sexualised pouty poses on Instagram and waiting for the day when they can have lip fillers and breast enlargement. AND YET, those in positions of authority, and child education, have no issue with sitting THREE YEAR OLDS in front of a drag queen with rubber-doll lips, fishnets and extreme porn-star tits and branding it as wholesome and positive??

Diversity? What a joke. It's just directing young girls towards the route of fake, man-pleasing femininity at the earliest possible opportunity.

BigFatLiar · 04/02/2020 13:51

Drag is just so nasty. Not at all appropriate for children (or adults really). Never understood the appeal of panto.

Could be worse though, could be clowns!

RUOKHon · 04/02/2020 13:53

I’ve emailed them too.

Fucks sake.

jadefinch · 04/02/2020 13:53

Even some drag queens have said what goes on in these story hours are not appropriate for children

Langbannedforsafeguardingkids · 04/02/2020 13:58

The thing is, why this? If you want to have Mr Tumble along dressed as Aunt Polly (and other characters) to show that men can wear dresses too, fine as far as I'm concerned. But drag queens wearing clothes no woman would EVER enter a library wearing? It's just so unbelievably inappropriate and weird. It's sexualising children and it's wrong.

Lordfrontpaw · 04/02/2020 13:59

who is the 'turn'?

GrumpyGran8 · 04/02/2020 15:02

I've not been able to find out who the BLM is paying to read to children wyhile dressed as a pronographic caricature of a woman. But I have discovered that the National gallery is also putting on a DQST, on their Rainbow Family Day (IDK either!) on 20th February:
"Join Drag Queen performer Topsie Redfern, who’ll be bringing glam, wit and joy to a story time session in the Gallery. Particularly suitable for under 5s."
And there's more! The National Maritime Museum is putting on an Out at Sea Family Day which also includes a DQST session and "deep sea dancing with the spectacular drag queen Shay Shay"!! www.rmg.co.uk/see-do/exhibitions-events/out-at-sea

Gatewaytochocolate · 04/02/2020 15:07

What are children suppose to learn from this?

Wait until they're adults FFS

midclegs · 04/02/2020 15:10

I don't understand it. One of the most highly regarded libraries in the world doing this?!

littlbrowndog · 04/02/2020 15:11

Cripes wtaf is going on with all the drag queens reading stories to kids

Why is that a thing. Now

Is there an agency putting out pr stuff

It’s just weird.

I thought drag queens were forvadults in clubs and pubs not libraries

definitelygc · 04/02/2020 15:13

I've just put "Shay Shay drag queen" into Google image search and the first thing that comes up is a photo of him "seductively" eating an ice cream in the shape of penis. What. The. Fuck. In what universe is this appropriate for children?

BigFatLiar · 04/02/2020 15:28

I fail to see what drag has to do with LGBT or any other group. Are Transexuals really saying that these caricatures are how they see themselves as women? Theres a difference between wanting to live as a woman and wanting to live as a fetish caricature.

definitelygc · 04/02/2020 15:36

I guess drag has often been associated with gay male culture. That doesn't mean all gay men like drag and it certainly doesn't mean it has anything to do with lesbian or bisexual women. I'm pretty sure a lot of trans people also have a problem with drag as they see it as making fun of them. This whole thing just shows the extent to which men have completely taken over the narrative around LGBT. It's almost as if lesbians don't even exist apart from to satisfy straight male fantasies.

HandsOffMyLangCleg · 04/02/2020 15:50

Linking this thread, which was started after a thread on drag was removed when posters expressed concerns over child safeguarding.
There are links to other family drag events....

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/womens_rights/3810196-Sigh-Trying-again-MNHQ-what-are-we-allowed-to-say-about-safeguarding

Lordfrontpaw · 04/02/2020 15:51

Not a representation of a woman though is it? Bet Lynch x 1000!

BigFatLiar · 04/02/2020 15:52

Why would it be a gay thing? Surely gay people are simply people who are sexually attracted to people of the same sex so why would
gay men want to present as a caricature of women (perhaps making money as entertainers in clubs but not elsewhere).

Lordfrontpaw · 04/02/2020 15:53

Actually @ definitelygc that’s a smart comment. Doesn't drag also ridicule and humiliate trans women?

HandsOffMyLangCleg · 04/02/2020 15:53

Oh and here's 'Drag Dad' and his daughter.
Not sure if The Telegraph got bored of the column in which a father talks of transitioning 'journey'

www.telegraph.co.uk/music/artists/took-kids-gay-bar-peckham-welcome-strange-world-drag-dad/

As aside, there was a massive 2 page splash in my local paper last year when a drag queen came to speak. It was odd as you cant normally get any stories crowbarred in

HandsOffMyLangCleg · 04/02/2020 15:54

That was in yesterday's Telegraph

TakeANote · 04/02/2020 16:00

I think it’s fine.

Ideally we’d want Pole Dance Story Time or perhaps Burleque Story Time but I’ll be working on those suggestions in my rural village.

Paddington68 · 04/02/2020 16:02

Sounds great.

BigFatLiar · 04/02/2020 16:04

Don't leave out the BDSM story time.

As for how they'd do My Little Pony, well I'm sure theres a fetish to cover it.

Mockersisrightasusual · 04/02/2020 16:12

And for a few Smarties, your own personal table story time.