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Legendary Children: The First Decade of RuPaul’s Drag Race and the Last Century of Queer Life by Tom Fitzgerald, Lorenzo Marquez

June 30, 2021 by CoffeeShopReader Leave a Comment

Legendary Children: The First Decade of RuPaul’s Drag Race and the Last Century of Queer Life covers a wide range of subjects in shallow depth. The introduction is open about this, and the authors suggest you go ask Youtube and Google about further details. On the one hand, this is a good goal, to encourage people to further explore things of interest. On the other hand, it can also be a problem such as when a queen named Michelle is important but not discussed much […]

Filed Under: History, Non-Fiction Tagged With: #history, 20th century America, 20th Century history, drag queen, drag race, Legendary Children: The First Decade of RuPaul’s Drag Race and the Last Century of Queer Life, lgbtq history, pride month, queer history, rupaul, Tom Fitzgerald & Lorenzo Marquez, US History

CoffeeShopReader's CBR13 Review No:57 · Genres: History, Non-Fiction · Tags: #history, 20th century America, 20th Century history, drag queen, drag race, Legendary Children: The First Decade of RuPaul’s Drag Race and the Last Century of Queer Life, lgbtq history, pride month, queer history, rupaul, Tom Fitzgerald & Lorenzo Marquez, US History ·
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Legendary you think you are

Legendary Children by Tom Fitzgerald & Lorenzo Marquez

January 24, 2021 by Is butter a carb? 2 Comments

Although marketed as a companion read to Ru Paul’s Drag Race, fans of the TV show may be disappointed to get little insight into the show itself. Instead the book gives an overview of LGBT+ history as it relates to modern drag. Fans of Tom & Lorenzo’s fashion focussed website will be familiar with both the writing style and the authors’ ability to dig deep into the subject matter. The book is a great starting point for those wanting to understand how Drag Race developed […]

Filed Under: Non-Fiction Tagged With: Tom Fitzgerald & Lorenzo Marquez

Is butter a carb?'s CBR13 Review No:1 · Genres: Non-Fiction · Tags: Tom Fitzgerald & Lorenzo Marquez ·
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