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curious as I hadn’t ordered anything. The last time I received a package this big,theSaintshadwontheSuperBowl and a certain past grand marshal had gone shopping at the NFL store. It turned out to be a box of new books from the AMBUSH office. New books are always welcome here in lowerAlabama, especially books with a gay theme. Thank you Rip and Marsha.

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socialskills.Whenhangingwithamixed GUY is a fun read. It could be a coffeecrowd you will not want to smell like a table book, a gift, a guide for your zombie.Nozombiebodyodororbreath. Halloweenpreparations, orablueprint Keep things fun and playful and most for your life. Remember, real zombie activities will be open to you. When in activity is dangerous and illegal. Enjoy a horde of zombies, you can look like a yourself but play safe. zombie, smelllikeazombie, groanlike

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GUY: Look Undead, Cook Undead, DressUndead&LiveUndead(Marion

How do you dress like a zombie?
Press, October 2012) is a tongue-in- Wear a size too big, you will look shrivcheek look into zombie life. It could be eled. Distress your clothes...run over acoffee-tablebook,abathroomlibrary them with your car, screech on your book, or a primer for those wanting to brakes for that runned-over look. Put “effect”thezombielifestyle...andzom- motor oil on rusty chains and beat bies are everywhere. Montgomery, them. Use hammers, anything. Then Alabamajusthadit’s2ndAnnualZom- hang them up to dry. Don’t mix and bie Walk and Prom to benefit the local match...what was stressed together,

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Pay Off Your Mortgage in Half the Time with Bi-Weekly Payments

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With text by J. M. Hewitt, make-up swellondecayingbodies.Distressyour byPeterSwordsStevens,andphotog- shoes until they're comfortable...more raphy by Alexander Colby the book fake blood. Remember, zombies don’t guides you through the inner prepara- sweatsobathenormally. Butyoumust tion, teaches you how to achieve the smelllikeazombie...putyourclothesin look, develop the lifestyle, and master a bag for three days with rotten eggs, thesocialskillsnecessarytobeazom- carry stinky cheese in your pockets, ne way to pay off your mortgage faster is to make bi-weekly mortgage payments instead of monthly ~ this can save you hun-

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dreds of thousands of dollars in interest over the long-term as well as allow you to make paying off the mortgage less of an endurance test. If your mortgage is amortized correctly over the 26 weeks, then you can take years off of the time it would normally take to pay your 30 year mortgage off and save a huge amount of money in interest payments.

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As times are a little tougher more and more lending institutions are trying to help consumers by offering bi-weekly and even weekly options to homeowners so they can pay off the mortgage faster.
Here is an example of how this can work; let’s say your mortgage payment is $800 dollars per month, so you’re paying $9,600.00 per year. If you pay biweekly payments (26 payment of $400.00) you actually end up paying an additional $800 per year, or one full extra payment that comes directly off of your principal. tion. Do you like wandering around the garlic water...chew durian gum, availQuarter late at night in corpse-like able at Asian markets...or chew on make-up, wearingdirty, greasy, ripped asha root, taste like burnt rubber and clothes? Do you want your partner to makes your breath smell the same. see you as a zombie? Will you spend The decision on body and breath odor yourweekendsperfectingyourzombie will depend on the type of zombie you

  • walk? Then you must decide which are and the occasion.
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  • shave off more than $34,000 in interest cost!
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zombie imitator, every once in lifestyle.Eatinghumanfleshandsuckawhile...the drag zombie, it’s all about ing human blood is not only illegal, it’s the performance...the transzombie, dangerous.Cocktailrecipesinthebook twenty-four hours a day, seven days a include the Braingarita, the Burnt week...or the zombie, where you actu- Manhatten, and the Eyeball Martini.
Many lenders offering bi-weekly payments have mortgage calculators right ontheirsitesthatcanhelpyoufigureoutifshorteningthelengthofyourmortgage by paying biweekly will work for you.
This is a simple plan to quickly reduce your mortgage debt offering you additional equity/security to make it through future rough periods, like the period

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Keep in mind most lenders also allow you the option to make lump sum payments towards your mortgage principle if you come into extra money. Check withyourlendertoseeifthereareanyrestrictions, andalwaysensureyourextra paymentismarked“principleonly”toensureitisappliedasaprinciplereduction vs. an interest payment.

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Next you must develop your look, Delight, and the Juicy Brain. Desserts starting with your hair. The less you include Baby Fingers, Coagulated shampoo, the more terrifying the "do." Blood Sorbet, and Bone Brownies. Keep it long, always air dry, get an KeeparoundsomeKaroSyrup,pomeuneven razor cut, and never comb or granate juice, cauliflower, peeled brush it...use your fingers for that ex- grapes, blueberries, manicotti pasta, aggeratedbedheadlook.Movingonto and black-eyed peas. No zombie make-up. Hire a pro if you can and kitchen would be complete without a learn tips from him. Always start clean hacksaw,industrialscissors,anailgun, and clean-shaven. Buy leftover make- ablowtorch,amachete,abutcherblock up after Halloween and practice; go and some bleach for cleaning.
With today’s low interest rates its always tempting to refinance, and refinance again, and refinance again… with each refinance may come a slightly lower payment, but it also comes with a new “30 year term”, you’re starting over again. It may be much more prudent to use a bi-weekly mortgage plan or additional principle lump sum payments to reach your goals.

There are sites like www.GayMortgageLoans.com that are free databases of gay, lesbian and gay friendly mortgage lenders and brokers if you need assistance,andalwayscheckwithyourfinancialplannerorCPAforthebestpath to meeting your financial and retirement goals.

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under the gaydar

by Tony Leggio

Email: [email protected]

Photo by: Larry Graham, GrahamStudioOne.COM

Bartender of the Month

hereissomethingtobesaidaboutJacksof all Trades, people with many talents. My choice for bartender of the month of Octo-

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ber is just one of those people. He is a witty, talented and professional guy who makes going to his bar an absolute delight. I am talking about the one and only Cha Cha at Good Friends. Not only is Cha Cha one of themostlovablebartendersinthecity,butheisapretty skilled singer.
You can

  • catch
  • him

showing off his vocal prowess

  • upstairs
  • at

Good Friends on Sundays or at Karaoke at Lafitte’s on Wednesdays. I think that flair along with his happy go lucky d e m e a n o r makes it easy for people to gravitate toward him. I rememberveryvividlyoneofthefirsttimesIhungoutatChaCha’s sphere of warmth. You can actually bar. Hot in Cleveland was on the television and he was sensegenuinehappinesscomingfrom dressed in a velour jumpsuit and grey wig impersonating Betty him. Bars in general, but especially

  • White to a tee. Since then I have been a regular to his bar.
  • gay ones, should always help patrons

As a bartender, Cha Cha is efficient, friendly and quick. He feelsafeandsecure. ChaChacreates knows his regulars and immediately makes newcomers feel

Bartender of the Month
Cha Cha, Good Friends Bar
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right at home. His endearing personality creates an atmo-

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out & about in mobile

B-Bob's 20 Year Anniversary Celebration Oct. 11-13

by Bob Brunson

his will be a very exciting weekend in Mobile,Alabama as B-Bob’s will be celebrating 20 incredible years! YES, the PLATINUM ANNIVER-

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SARY!!! Three days of wonderful parties with spectacular entertainment and loads of fun and drink specials planned for everyone!
Mobile is barely over BayFest where approximately 200,000 people flock from all over the country to see performances by Journey, Pat Benatar, Willie Nelson, Rose Royce, Al Green, Grace Potter, etc… and B-Bob’s owner Jerry Ehlen has another big party weekend already in motion. After twenty years of business in Mobile, Jerry continues without hesitation to offer our community continuous weekend entertainment and party after party keeping the downtown Mobile entertainment district jumping.
On any given day throughout the year, you can only imagine who’s in-flight to Mobile to perform at B-Bob’s. We have seen top Billboard recording artists

includingMarth a W ash , T iffany , A bigail , E xpose’ , A mber , B onni e P ointer , K ristine W, Pepper Mashay, Jeanie Tracy, Amuka, Vicki Shepard, Thea Austin, Cover

Girls, Cynthia Manley, Ultra Nate’ and the list goes on and on... We have also seen drag talent from everywhere; the likes of Australia’s drag phenomenon Courtney Act, San Francisco’s Drag Diva Donna Sachet, RuPaul’s Drag Race

contestants, Sharon Needles, Nina Flowers, Pandora Boxx, Latrice Royale, Manila Luzon, Mimi Imfurst, JuJubee, Chad Michaels, Willam, Bebe Zahara

Benet, Tyra Sanchez and many more. We’ve seen comediennes, puppeteers and magicians; appearances have been made by world renowned DJs, and we have even laid eyes on some of the world’s hottest porn stars and Colt models. All thanks to B-Bob’s owner Jerry Ehlen, who never misses a beat, supplying us with world class entertainment all year long.

This weekend B-Bob’s will once Venus Shante’ DaVis and show direcagain be host to outstanding artists, tor and Blonde Bombshell Miss Cie.

  • performersandparties,allofwhichare
  • Friday night will host Bear and

back by popular demand to pay tribute Leather Night and kick off at 9pm with to 20 fabulous years! And watch out… complimentarycocktailsfrom9-10pm. with four new big screens behind the At 10pm be ready for a special 45 barandtelevisionsthroughout,youwill minute show with none other than the be sure to see some of the wildest and incredible talents of Sharon McNight! craziest moments on new slideshows Sharon made her Broadway debut in dating back as far as 1992!! Watch 1989 in Starmites, creating the role of closely… you too are probably on the Diva.ShereceivedaTonyawardnomi-

Sharon McNight

  • character impersonations, welcoming
  • her “one of the great wonders of the

musical stage.” She is most noted for

her movie reenactment of The Wizard

of OZ and for being one of the few real women to impersonate Bette Davis. Don’t miss this special performance including many songs from her album

Songs to Offend Almost Everyone!

After Sharon’s show the celebration will continue with dancing and at 11:30pm a show with B-Bob’s all-star cast and guests. the return of the very talented Brittany

Spears Impersonator, Derrick Barry.

The show will kick off at 11:30pm with a special production by the B-Bob’s cast and will also include character

performancesbythefabulousT o n i D ee

and the Asian Goddess Miss Regine

Phillips.

  • big screen!
  • nation as “Best Leading Actress in a

Thursday night will kick off the Musical” for her performance, and is anniversary weekend with the all new the recipient of the coveted Theatre “ON STAGE” Karaoke Night from 9pm WorldsAward for “Outstanding Broadtill11pmfollowedbyashowat11:30pm way Debut.” The singer/comedienne withthenewlycrownedMissSouthern hasplayedfromMooseHalltoCarnegie States Regine Phillips, Hostess Hall and anywhere the check doesn’t

Jawakatem a D avenport,Mobile’sIcon bounce. The LosAngeles Times call

Needlesstosaythiswillbeaweekend to remember (or try to remember) and3nightsofpartiesnottobemissed. CongratulationsJerryfor20wonderful years of service to our community!!
On Saturday, the finale of the 20th
YearAnniversary weekend is all about

under the gaydar ...from 23

bestofneworleans.com. an environment of refuge from the craziness of the outside world, a place where you can leave your troubles at the door and laugh with a friend. Whether you come with one or not, he is always there to crack a joke or listen to a problem; all with his natural effervescence.
GoodFriendsisafittingbarforChaChatoworkat,sincewhenyouarethere that is just what you are to him. So go check him out either behind the bar or singing on Sundays. Good Friends is located at 740 Dauphine Street.

Experience the Horror of Bingo, The Satyricon Way

heMysticKreweofSatyriconisbringingbackaspecialeditionoftheir Let’s Make A Haunted Wheel of Bingo on Friday, October 19 at

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JohnPaul’s. Get your tricks or treats on for the naughtiest, wildest, funniest and Halloweeniest game show in the city with uber sexy host Todd Thunder. Therewillbeacostumecontest,50/50raffleandfabulousprizeswhich include a lap dance from Todd himself.
Tickets are $10 and doors open at 7 p.m. with the show starting at 8pm.
JohnPaul’s is located at 940 Elysian Fields.

Celebrate the Reds, Whites and Blues

ambitandSelectBrandsispresentingReds,WhitesandTheBlues
Marigny will be held in Washington

A French Fete:

on Thursday, October 18 from 6:30-9pm at the Pavilion of
Square from 10am to 6pm.

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Two Sisters in City Park. This is definitely one evening night not to

Marigny Style

There is so many happenings at be missed. This wine, spirits, food and music event benefits the Foundation for

Entertainment Development and Education. Mas Mamones is the band for the night. Numerous local restaurants will provide gourmet cuisine. Having attended this fundraiser in the past, I can guarantee a good time. There is also this awesome raffle to win a 200 bottle wine basket. Can you imagine, I would be set for at least a month. this event which also marks the 40th anniversary of the Faubourg Marigny Improvement Association. There will bemusic,food,wine,hometours,kids’ activities, arts and crafts booths, n Sunday, October 21, come experience a celebration of the Faubourg

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Marigny at Fete Marigny. This festival not only honors one of the best neighborhoods in New Orleans, but also the city itself and all things French. Fete
Ticket prices start at $60. For more information, call 504.483.3129 or email

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    Felipe González Silva 2078621G MLitt Film and Television Studies Dissertation – September 2015 “It’s Not Personal, It’s Drag”: The Sassy Politics of RuPaul’s Drag Race Supervised by Professor Karen Lury University of Glasgow Word count: 14,840 Beneficiario COLFUTURO 2014 Abstract After the success of reality competition shows such as Project Runway and America’s Next Top Model in the United States, RuPaul’s Drag Race reached the small screen to be the first TV programme of its kind to feature drag queens. Through textual analysis and theories of queer and feminist studies, this thesis joins the fundamental debates about drag and its role in society. With these debates as a starting point, this thesis is dedicated to determining the position of Drag Race within the tension between gay politics and queer politics that lies in the programme’s construction of what drag is supposed to be. By focusing on the relation of masculinity and femininity in drag, and on the role of sleaziness in drag, this thesis argues that RuPaul’s Drag Race refuses to be located unequivocally as a project of either gay or queer politics. This reading does not only propose an innovative take on the programme but it also manages to further problematise the distinction between the two “kinds” of politics. Key words: RuPaul’s Drag Race, drag, gay politics, queer politics, femininity, masculinity, sleaziness, gender, race ii Acknowledgements I would like to show gratitude to my supervisor, Professor Karen Lury. Her impressive knowledge and sensibility about television and academia in general, along with her commitment to my project, helped me develop this dissertation successfully.
  • Calling All the Queens! Visibilidades De Gênero No Programa De TV Rupaul’S Drag Race1

    Calling All the Queens! Visibilidades De Gênero No Programa De TV Rupaul’S Drag Race1

    Intercom – Sociedade Brasileira de Estudos Interdisciplinares da Comunicação XVII Congresso de Ciências da Comunicação na Região Nordeste – Natal/RN – 02 a 05/07/2015 Calling All The Queens! Visibilidades de gênero no programa de TV RuPaul’s Drag Race1 Joseylson Fagner dos SANTOS2 Universidade do Estado do Rio Grande do Norte (UERN), Mossoró, RN Resumo: O presente artigo se propõe a discutir a visibilidade de indivíduos e identidades drag queen a partir da veiculação de RuPaul’s Drag Race, programa de televisão transmitido em canal por assinatura no território norte-americano. O texto faz parte de um estudo preliminar a respeito das aproximações culturais entre a cena estadunidense e a brasileira, pela qual circulam referências sobre personagens e experiências drag queen. Para tanto, faz uma análise qualitativa de duas temporadas (2013 e 2014) do programa e suas principais articulações sobre as questões de gênero e identidade sexual que fundamentam a posterior análise e discussão de outros experimentos no Brasil. A reflexão iniciada aqui é pautada pela reflexão sobre como as referências apresentadas no programa permitem articular elementos como a visibilidade social dessas personagens na cena LGBT, e a articulação de questões de gênero e das sexualidades na difusão em meios de comunicação de massa. Palavras-chave: drag queen; papéis de gênero; comunicação de massa; televisão; RuPaul’s Drag Race. INTRODUÇÃO Who do you think you are? I'm telling the truth now We're all born naked And the rest is drag — RuPaul Presença irreverente e icônica na cena LGBT norte-americana desde a metade dos anos 1980, a figura andrógina de RuPaul Andre Charles – que posteriormente ficou conhecida apenas por RuPaul – tornou-se um fenômeno de mídia após surgir como drag queen3 nos meios de comunicação de massa dos Estados Unidos como ator, cantor e diretor numa variedade de filmes, programas de rádio e de TV, propagandas, eventos sociais e casas noturnas, além dos videoclipes musicais para promover álbuns gravados como cantora.
  • Rupaul's Drag Race from Screens To

    Rupaul's Drag Race from Screens To

    ‘Tens, Tens, Tens Across the Board’: Representation, Remuneration, and Repercussion – RuPaul’s Drag Race from Screens to Streets Max Mehran A Thesis in The Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema Presented in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Arts (Film Studies) at Concordia University Montréal, Quebec, Canada January 2020 Ó Max Mehran, 2020 CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY School of Graduate Studies This is to certify that the thesis prepared By: Max Mehran Entitled: ‘Tens, Tens, Tens Across the Board’: Representation, Remuneration, and Repercussion – RuPaul’s Drag Race from Screens to Streets and submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts (Film Studies) complies with the regulations of the University and meets the accepted standards with respect to originality and quality. Signed by the final Examining Committee: ________________________________ Chair Luca Caminati ________________________________Examiner Haidee Wasson ________________________________Examiner Glyn Davis ________________________________Supervisor Kay Dickinson Approved by ________________________ Graduate Program Director Luca Caminati ________________________ Dean of Faculty Rebecca Duclos Date: January 20th, 2020 iii ABSTRACT ‘Tens, Tens, Tens Across the Board’: Representation, Remuneration, and Repercussion – RuPaul’s Drag Race from Screens to Streets Max Mehran Since its inception, RuPaul’s Drag Race (Drag Race) (2009-) has pitted drag queens against each other in a series of challenges testing acting, singing, and sewing skills. Drag Race continues to become more profitable and successful by the year and arguably shapes cultural ideas of queer performances in manifold ways. This project investigates the impacts of exploitative labour practices that emerge from the show, the commodification of drag when represented on screen, and how the show influences drag and queer performances off screen.
  • The Fiercest Queens in the History of "Rupaul's Drag Race" Return to Battle It out on Logo's New Series "Rupaul's All Stars Drag Race"

    The Fiercest Queens in the History of "Rupaul's Drag Race" Return to Battle It out on Logo's New Series "Rupaul's All Stars Drag Race"

    The Fiercest Queens in the History of "RuPaul's Drag Race" Return to Battle it Out on Logo's New Series "RuPaul's All Stars Drag Race" Pandora Boxx, Tammie Brown, Nina Flowers, Jujubee, Mimi Imfurst, Manila Luzon, Alexis Mateo, Chad Michaels, Raven, Latrice Royale, Shannel and Yara Sofia Vie to Secure a Spot in the "Drag Race Hall of Fame" and $100K Celebrity Guest Judges Include: Rosie Perez, Ross Matthews, Rachel Hunter, Vickie Lawrence, Busy Phillips, Rachel Dratch, Janice Dickinson, Wendy McClendon-Covey, Elvira, Beth Ditto and Cheri Oteri "RuPaul's All Stars Drag Race" Premieres Monday, October 22 at 9:00 PM ET/PT Followed by the Season Premiere of "Untucked: All Stars" at 10:00 PM ET/PT NEW YORK, Aug. 9, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- They come armed with stilettos, feathers and sequins, prepared for a battle where one false move—or eyelash—could spell doom. They are the best-of-the-best, the top queens from "RuPaul's Drag Race" Seasons 1-4, and they're ready to lip-synch for their lives to determine which All-Star will walk away with $100K and a spot in the "Drag Race Hall of Fame." Join RuPaul as he welcomes back the most celebrated queens of the past for Logo's new series "RuPaul's All Stars Drag Race" -- the wildest, most jaw-dropping, and outrageous Drag Race yet. Comprised of six, one-hour episodes, "RuPaul's All Stars Drag Race" premieres Monday, October 22 at 9 PM ET/PT on Logo with a special "Rupersized" episode containing 10 bonus minutes.
  • “You Better Work:” the Commodification of HIV in Rupaul's

    “You Better Work:” the Commodification of HIV in Rupaul's

    Hunter Hargraves “You Better Work:” The Commodification of HIV in RuPaul’s Drag Race In a 2010 episode of Comedy Central’s South Park (1994), set in San Francisco, these excesses quite in which the residents of South Park combat an literally manifest themselves in the controversy and army of New Jersey emigrants, a town hall meeting media coverage of the season’s principle character, prominently displays a map of the United States Pedro Zamora, who succumbed to HIV-related in which a majority of the nation east of Colorado progressive multifocal leukoencephalitis the day has become subsumed into New Jersey’s borders.1 after the season’s final episode aired. Zamora, Through its intertextual references to programs arguably the first reality TV celebrity, unabashedly such as MTV’s Jersey Shore and Bravo’s The Real used the medium as a platform for educating the Housewives of New Jersey, the South Park episode, in public about the experience of living with HIV. its typical parodic fashion, exaggerates stereotypical Bounded by these themes of excess, celebrity, and Italian-American culture – from gelled hair and stereotype, the unusual confluence between reality grotesquely tanned skin to constant swearing and television and discourses surrounding the HIV/ a short temperament – while constructing it as a AIDS epidemic continued into the competitive threat to the nation’s cultural purity. One cannot gamedoc sub-genre of reality programming in the escape, however, the episode’s underlying message: early 2000s. HIV-positive contestants have since the real contaminant is not New Jersey, but rather appeared on American and European television the excess of reality TV.
  • UNIVERSITY of CALIFORNIA Los Angeles Reading Rupaul's Drag Race

    UNIVERSITY of CALIFORNIA Los Angeles Reading Rupaul's Drag Race

    UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA Los Angeles Reading RuPaul’s Drag Race: Queer Memory, Camp Capitalism, and RuPaul’s Drag Empire A dissertation submitted in partial satisfaction of the requirements for the degree Doctor of Philosophy in Culture and Performance by Carl Douglas Schottmiller 2017 © Copyright by Carl Douglas Schottmiller 2017 ABSTRACT OF THE DISSERTATION Reading RuPaul’s Drag Race: Queer Memory, Camp Capitalism, and RuPaul’s Drag Empire by Carl Douglas Schottmiller Doctor of Philosophy in Culture and Performance University of California, Los Angeles, 2017 Professor David H Gere, Chair This dissertation undertakes an interdisciplinary study of the competitive reality television show RuPaul’s Drag Race, drawing upon approaches and perspectives from LGBT Studies, Media Studies, Gender Studies, Cultural Studies, and Performance Studies. Hosted by veteran drag performer RuPaul, Drag Race features drag queen entertainers vying for the title of “America’s Next Drag Superstar.” Since premiering in 2009, the show has become a queer cultural phenomenon that successfully commodifies and markets Camp and drag performance to television audiences at heretofore unprecedented levels. Over its nine seasons, the show has provided more than 100 drag queen artists with a platform to showcase their talents, and the Drag Race franchise has expanded to include multiple television series and interactive live events. The RuPaul’s Drag Race phenomenon provides researchers with invaluable opportunities not only to consider the function of drag in the 21st Century, but also to explore the cultural and economic ramifications of this reality television franchise. ii While most scholars analyze RuPaul’s Drag Race primarily through content analysis of the aired television episodes, this dissertation combines content analysis with ethnography in order to connect the television show to tangible practices among fans and effects within drag communities.