Dear Janet, To say I was blindsided the day you died last year would be an understatement, and fittingly would be exactly how you died. (Somehow the impact it had on me was more important than the one that took you out? This is what grief does to us.) It was first thing in the…
Lessons My Drag Queens Taught Me
Written in 2012, long before I would discover the fabulousness of RuPaul’s Drag Race. At the ripe old age of 12, my best friend threw a birthday party that involved Hungry Howie’s pizza and a trip to the movies. What movie might a group of 12-year-old girls be inspired and entertained by? To Wong Foo,…