mathematical

I know you don’t really like math but I like you and I don’t understand that in any other language   fibonacci’s number creates the golden spiral it is found in sunflowers, succulents, shells   but most notably in the…

The 10 Best Songs from the Queens of RuPaul’s Drag Race

10. Finish Her! by Aja “Finish Her!” is the latest single by Aja, our favorite tell-it-like-it-is queen from season 9 and All Stars 3. In a four-minute rap with impressive beat changes and multiple flows, Aja demonstrates that she is…

liminal

Graphic by Nick Griffin   one misconceives the desert as a barren, lonely wasteland when in reality it is an ecosystem teeming with life adapted to exist in the harshest conditions   in between strict dichotomies i exist; not a…

Racism in the Drag Race Fandom

“The most disrespected person in America is the black woman.” – Malcolm X On an episode of RuPaul’s Drag Race: Untucked earlier this season, contestants The Vixen and Aquaria continued an episode-long feud after leaving the main stage. After Aquaria burst…

The Palatable Gay™

  Let me preface this by saying: this article is about white twinks, two words that do not describe me, (I am Hispanic and not a twink (double parenthesis: I think I’m an otter but I also hate being associated…

It’s Miller Time! An Interview with Your Newest Local RuGirl

Graphic by Astrid Wang Mayhem Miller is a queen at the top of her game, and the top of the LA drag scene. For over a decade she’s worked popular clubs like Mickey’s and The Abbey alongside her star-studded drag…

Dirty Computer by Janelle Monáe: Album Review

Before discussing Janelle Monáe’s magnum opus, Dirty Computer, let’s go back to how the album came to be. 2016 went downhill when we elected Trump, and 2017 was another step down when he was inaugurated; however, in the wake of…