It's also important to note that there are exceptions to this rule (Joe Black for example uses he/him even while performing). But as a general guideline, this is correct.

Yep, just view Darcelle as a character an actor played.

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Dunno. I'm guessing a tiny drone that seems like natural causes. This is 2023 already. You will probably die that way, too.

Yes! What you're describing is called camp. Hilariously extreme, over the top, and most importantly, self-aware! The humor comes from queens being outrageous and poking fun at themselves through their performance, because we're all in on the joke of camp's absurdity. It's some of my favorite drag and provides a nice contrast to some of the high fashion/glam drag that a lot of queens are excelling at.

NOLA resident here; I used to only get a tornado warning on my phone once a year (if that) and now it seems like every time rain rolls in, it comes with a tornado watch.

That’s the big issue with Illinois gun laws, you’re neighbors are Indiana and kentucky, Iowa and Missouri.

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But when I bring up the fact that so much focus has been put on Girls succeeding and excelling in all areas, and are now WAY beyond the boys in the US in every measurable metrics and that our boys are being left behind and deprioritized, and that is having a SERIOUSLY detrimental effect on our boys mental health and potential future outcomes - I'm called a misogynist.

It's a conversation we're not allowed to have and until we acknowledge that and we correct the lurch and start focusing on building up young men again...this is the world we have.

EDIT: The Downvote brigade has arrived. Until we start raising our boys up to the level of our girls in importance, focus, and funding - You will get more disillusioned, lost, mentally ill YOUNG ADULT MALE shooters. As the problems get worse, the catastrophe that follows will scale up as well, both in frequency and in volume.

I have a daughter, no sons. I realize this is a hard conversation, and goes against every piece of societal programming that has been indoctrinated in you - but rip the band-aid off.

Yeah… the few details we have from this article are definitely pointing to an abusive home.

Edit: it was not a targeted shooting. Later reporting makes it seem as though it was three drunk people having a disagreement and two of them shooting one of them.

Today was the last day of their Saturday drag brunches that have been going on since November. I don't want to unduly speculate but I wouldn't be surprised.

The event was set to start at 10:30 but I assume that the 9:00 active shooter cause them to cancel or postpone.

Get rid of many guns will solve the problem a lot...other countries have mental health issues and it rarely happens

Getting downvoted just shows the American way. Absolutely crazy

Your States gun laws are only as good as the States surrounding them.

> remov(ing) weapons from society

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Since that will never, ever happen - here we are. This is the world Gun Owners have created. And we all sat idly by and watched it happen. It's too late now.

The definition is “gaslighting” ☝️

Oh I bet! Its not the same, but I do cosplay and that drains my bank account dry. And I assume they also take classes for various things, be in singing or whatever talent they show (I saw one that did hoops -- that is HARD). > I know the media makes it seem like that isn't generally the case, but that community is as diverse as anything else out there, and the people in it may or may not view themselves as trans.

I confess that originally I thought they were all trans. Then I saw a documentary about drag and was educated. It's a lot like any performance career -- anyone can do it and have that stage persona. First examples that come to mind are Dolly Parton or any of the members of Kiss. I think all these folks who are against drag politically or involving kids should go see a good drag show. Dita Von Teese has a great one, but I know there are a lot on a smaller, local scale. [unrelated: i just googled her to make sure I spelled her name correctly; she is 50! Damn, she looks like she's 30]

So when talking about his death, since we're talking about the entire person, not just the drag persona, he is the appropriate pronoun?

For those unaware, Rwanda after the genocide has largely been dominated by Paul Kagame (a Tutsi guerrilla leader during the genocide). Kagame has been President of Rwanda for over twenty years.

Paul Rusesabagina has been a critic of Kagame and his government since 1996, when he came to see Kagame’s government as very similar to the Hutu dominated government that had carried out the genocide.

Rusesabagina has made statements that border on conspiracy theories involving the RPF (Kagame’s guerrilla movement and later political party) and its responsibility for the genocide.

Short story: Rusesabagina opposed the genocide by his Hutus, but he also opposed militant actions by Tutsi that were aggravating ethnic tensions in Rwanda.

Someone snapped when they got the bill for their burger?

And our surveys said...Guilty!

Colorado had 9 wildfires between 1980 - 2000 burning ~87k acres

In 2020 we had 14 fires burn ~810k acres.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Colorado_wildfires

Edit: I originally listed 1980-1990

You buy freeze dried camping food and still come out ahead.

She for stage name and he for everything else.

Most of the Oregon queens don't do drag full time, so the female part of them is an on stage persona and they have lives outside of that, that are totally separate from the scene.

I know the media makes it seem like that isn't generally the case, but that community is as diverse as anything else out there, and the people in it may or may not view themselves as trans.

It's also insanely expensive and time consuming from what my queen friends tell me, so most people can't afford to do full time drag.

They clean it up because they have to. The limits on allowable tritium concentrations were exceeded but the limits are set so far below dangerous levels, this leak has not posed any real threat to the public.

I'm from Nebraska and have a cousin who moved to Houston. I know they can't have basements due to the high water table but not having a basement just feels wrong. A lot of newer homes have an actual room in the basement completely made of concrete, all four walls and the ceiling, just for a tornado room

Yes, Americans fighting ISIS is the same as Russians committing genocide against Ukrainians.

Tankie logic.