In a first for us, we welcome a guest! Join us as we learn all there is about Drag Culture, from a Surface Scratchers certified expert, Anamika!

Shownotes:

Drag perhaps started in Shakespearean theater. We couldn't find a video, so here's a scene from Shakespeare in Love (YouTube) | Vaudeville - The YouTube of the early 20th century, and an avenue for people to perform in Drag | William Dorsey Swann - The First Drag Queen who was a Former Slave (BBC, Medium) | Protests that set the stage for Stonewall (Vice, NPR) | How Judy Garland became a gay icon (BBC, Irish Times) | A few fun segments from RuPaul's Drag Race - A Drag Ball (theme: Bag ball); Reading Queens; Snatch Game | A handy Drag Dictionary | Meet India's most popular drag queens (Homegrown) | Dragvanti, a website for everything you need to know about drag culture in India (and an article)