Drag Artistry as Rebellion
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Drag Artistry as Rebellion

Drag artistry challenges societal gender conventions, and through this, is a form of rebellion against authority. The Oxford English Dictionary defines both drag queens and kings as “exaggerated, or parodic”. The word “parodic” highlights how drag mocks and disrupts gender stereotypes.  

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