Drag -- as performance, as culture, as community -- preexists internet culture by decades, but like everything, it has been shaped by the development of digital life. The emergence of social media offers new opportunities for self-definition, including new ways of performing genders and sexualities, for self-promotion, and for the representation of previously invisible communities. Join QX for Drag in the Digital Age to explore the relationship between drag and digital, gender and bodies, and self-promotion and self-identity in our new digitally mediated reality.
DRAG PERFORMANCES will follow the panel discussion and Q&A -- bring tips!
~*PANELISTS*~
{} Merrie Cherry - Legendary Drag Queen
(https://www.instagram.com/merrie_cherry/)
{} Charlene - Legendary Drag Queen
(https://www.instagram.com/charleneincarnate/)
{} Joe E. Jeffreys - Multi-platform Drag Historian
(https://vimeo.com/joejeffreys)
{} Lil Miss Hot Mess - PhD Student AND Legendary Drag Queen
(https://www.instagram.com/lilmisshotmess)
~*WHO SHOULD COME?*~
{} Anyone interested in the intersections of queer identities, technology, and user design!
{} Folks who work in or around tech or design -- UX and UI Designers, Engineers, PMs, Strategy, QA, Analytics, etc.
{} People who would like to talk to drag queens and then watch them slay the house down in gagworthy performances!
~*SNACKS*~
We will provide some lite eats and wine, water, soda, etc.!
~*WHAT TO BRING*~
$1, $5, $20 bills to TIP THE QUEENS!
~*THANK YOU*~
This event is supported by Implosion Labs. Talk to Danya to learn more!
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