@jmakesart<\/a> It\u2019s \u2018making fun of gender roles\u2019 in as much as they think of \u2018women\u2019 as \u2018a gender role\u2019.<\/p> I have been baffled by people treating drag as something edgy, cool, transgressive. It makes me think of rugby guys dressing up as girls at every opportunity, for every party and every night out, because that\u2019s how cool manly guys bond with other men. It makes me think of every single mixed nerd group having \u2018tarts and vicars\u2019 parties that just become \u2018tarts\u2019 parties, because all the nerdy men want to wear fishnets and miniskirts with big fake boobs, because they think that\u2019s sexy and so crazy, and look how degenerate I am! It makes me think of every single old comedy TV show which worked in men dressing up as women, because what could be funnier? But also they wanted to play the roles themselves. And it makes me think of traditional pantomimes that grandparents take the children to, with old washed-up soap stars pretending to be Widow Twanky, hilariously still experiencing sexual attraction despite being old and ugly.<\/p> It is so intensely uncool. It\u2019s like if the media kept trying to tell me Morris Dancing was cool and edgy, and I say this as someone who quite likes a bit of Morris Dancing in moderation.<\/p>","generator":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-05-08:notice-source:ActivityPub","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ActivityPub"}},"id":"https:\/\/spinster.xyz\/objects\/cd961c37-6de4-4464-84d5-b8e8e4c68703","object":{"id":"https:\/\/spinster.xyz\/objects\/cd961c37-6de4-4464-84d5-b8e8e4c68703","objectType":"note","content":" @jmakesart<\/a> It\u2019s \u2018making fun of gender roles\u2019 in as much as they think of \u2018women\u2019 as \u2018a gender role\u2019.<\/p> I have been baffled by people treating drag as something edgy, cool, transgressive. It makes me think of rugby guys dressing up as girls at every opportunity, for every party and every night out, because that\u2019s how cool manly guys bond with other men. It makes me think of every single mixed nerd group having \u2018tarts and vicars\u2019 parties that just become \u2018tarts\u2019 parties, because all the nerdy men want to wear fishnets and miniskirts with big fake boobs, because they think that\u2019s sexy and so crazy, and look how degenerate I am! It makes me think of every single old comedy TV show which worked in men dressing up as women, because what could be funnier? But also they wanted to play the roles themselves. And it makes me think of traditional pantomimes that grandparents take the children to, with old washed-up soap stars pretending to be Widow Twanky, hilariously still experiencing sexual attraction despite being old and ugly.<\/p> It is so intensely uncool. It\u2019s like if the media kept trying to tell me Morris Dancing was cool and edgy, and I say this as someone who quite likes a bit of Morris Dancing in moderation.<\/p>","url":"https:\/\/spinster.xyz\/objects\/cd961c37-6de4-4464-84d5-b8e8e4c68703","status_net":{"notice_id":null},"inReplyTo":{"objectType":"note","id":"https:\/\/spinster.xyz\/objects\/83a71d26-c0a2-4524-81e7-fa2dc85dbb3f","url":"https:\/\/spinster.xyz\/objects\/83a71d26-c0a2-4524-81e7-fa2dc85dbb3f"}},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/person","id":"https:\/\/spinster.xyz\/users\/jmakesart"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2025-10-04:objectType=thread:nonce=b213d8306b37aa7a","notice_info":{"local_id":"11231132","source":"ActivityPub"}},"published":"2025-10-04T23:29:03+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"GNU social JP","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/"},"verb":"post","url":"https:\/\/spinster.xyz\/objects\/cd961c37-6de4-4464-84d5-b8e8e4c68703"},{"actor":{"id":"https:\/\/spinster.xyz\/users\/jmakesart","displayName":"Jerrica makes art","status_net":{"avatarLinks":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/114976-original-tmp20230426154632.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":421,"height":380},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/114976-96-20230426154632.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/114976-48-20230426154632.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":48,"height":48},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/114976-24-20230426154632.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":24,"height":24}],"profile_info":{"local_id":"114976"}},"image":{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/114976-96-20230426154632.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},"objectType":"person","summary":"Artist, maker, lover of birds and stories. 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Occasionally I say something good."}},"content":"I feel like if drag was about \"making fun of gender roles\" like some claim, then female drag queens would be far more accepted and drag kings would be more popular.","generator":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-05-08:notice-source:ActivityPub","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ActivityPub"}},"id":"https:\/\/spinster.xyz\/objects\/83a71d26-c0a2-4524-81e7-fa2dc85dbb3f","object":{"id":"https:\/\/spinster.xyz\/objects\/83a71d26-c0a2-4524-81e7-fa2dc85dbb3f","objectType":"note","content":"I feel like if drag was about \"making fun of gender roles\" like some claim, then female drag queens would be far more accepted and drag kings would be more popular.","url":"https:\/\/spinster.xyz\/objects\/83a71d26-c0a2-4524-81e7-fa2dc85dbb3f","status_net":{"notice_id":null}},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2025-10-04:objectType=thread:nonce=b213d8306b37aa7a","notice_info":{"local_id":"11231131","source":"ActivityPub"}},"published":"2025-10-04T23:29:03+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"GNU social JP","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/"},"verb":"post","url":"https:\/\/spinster.xyz\/objects\/83a71d26-c0a2-4524-81e7-fa2dc85dbb3f"},{"actor":{"id":"https:\/\/spinster.xyz\/users\/LaylaAlexandrovna","displayName":"\u04c0\u0251\u057e\u04c0\u0251 \u0251\u04c0\u04bd\u00d7\u0251\u0572\u056a\u027e\u0585\u0475\u0572\u0251 ?","status_net":{"avatarLinks":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/5575-original-tmp20220815175450.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":490,"height":327},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/5575-96-20220821135928.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/5575-48-20220823124926.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":48,"height":48},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/5575-24-20220823124926.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":24,"height":24}],"profile_info":{"local_id":"5575"}},"image":{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/5575-96-20220821135928.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},"objectType":"person","summary":"This is an AKA.Old crone, celibate bi. Grandmother.Stood with Shar Valerious ('sign lady';) at the March On YVR Jan 2018 (if anyone remembers that far back!)Art is mine. Cover is my photo of my garden.","url":"https:\/\/spinster.xyz\/users\/LaylaAlexandrovna","portablecontacts_net":{"preferredUsername":"LaylaAlexandrovna","displayName":"\u04c0\u0251\u057e\u04c0\u0251 \u0251\u04c0\u04bd\u00d7\u0251\u0572\u056a\u027e\u0585\u0475\u0572\u0251 ?","note":"This is an AKA.Old crone, celibate bi. Grandmother.Stood with Shar Valerious ('sign lady';) at the March On YVR Jan 2018 (if anyone remembers that far back!)Art is mine. Cover is my photo of my garden."}},"content":"@Gabble<\/a> @jmakesart<\/a> I remember seeing my first drag shows as a youth visiting Vancouver's gay scene and being like WTF!?!? This is supposed to be entertaining? EW
I also found male strippers to be gross. But the crossdressers take the cake as the grossest possible men in so many ways. They're creepy and unlovely AND unfunny. I can't help but think that there's nothing but hatred for women in it for them.
I can't wait until they start going back into their closets with it. Pathetic.","generator":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-05-08:notice-source:ActivityPub","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ActivityPub"}},"id":"https:\/\/spinster.xyz\/objects\/4ed469a1-5a6d-4a90-b8d2-10fae84a5405","object":{"id":"https:\/\/spinster.xyz\/objects\/4ed469a1-5a6d-4a90-b8d2-10fae84a5405","objectType":"note","content":"@Gabble<\/a> @jmakesart<\/a> I remember seeing my first drag shows as a youth visiting Vancouver's gay scene and being like WTF!?!? This is supposed to be entertaining? EW
I also found male strippers to be gross. But the crossdressers take the cake as the grossest possible men in so many ways. They're creepy and unlovely AND unfunny. I can't help but think that there's nothing but hatred for women in it for them.
I can't wait until they start going back into their closets with it. Pathetic.","url":"https:\/\/spinster.xyz\/objects\/4ed469a1-5a6d-4a90-b8d2-10fae84a5405","status_net":{"notice_id":null},"inReplyTo":{"objectType":"note","id":"https:\/\/spinster.xyz\/objects\/cd961c37-6de4-4464-84d5-b8e8e4c68703","url":"https:\/\/spinster.xyz\/objects\/cd961c37-6de4-4464-84d5-b8e8e4c68703"}},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/person","id":"https:\/\/spinster.xyz\/users\/jmakesart"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/person","id":"https:\/\/spinster.xyz\/users\/Gabble"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2025-10-04:objectType=thread:nonce=b213d8306b37aa7a","notice_info":{"local_id":"11231133","source":"ActivityPub"}},"published":"2025-10-04T23:29:02+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"GNU social JP","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/"},"verb":"post","url":"https:\/\/spinster.xyz\/objects\/4ed469a1-5a6d-4a90-b8d2-10fae84a5405"}],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/conversation\/5723957","rel":"alternate","type":"text\/html"}]}