Storytime with a performer (who happens to be a drag artist)
The world doesn’t hang about for nuance, does it? It makes up its mind really quickly and then starts shouting from a place of emotion and sometimes, sadly, hate. Social media and the media seem to encourage this. I feel they bring out the worst aspects of human nature and appear to revel in them as - after all – contention does keep people hooked doesn’t it? So the latest shouting match appears to be around the protests aimed at drag artists who read stories to children. One such act read one of my books recently and made it far more entertaining than I ever could. It was totally child-friendly, really funny and extremely engaging. So what is all the fuss? Well I have been watching closely…. Drag has its history in a gay culture that was mostly pushed underground and ‘outside’ mainstream – thus not in common consciousness, so many people are not used to it (other than a handful of ‘distanced’ TV celebrities). It also has history in the fact women were not allowed to play parts in