When you are all the same thing… If I’m a black queen, and you’re a black queen, we can’t call each other black queens. That’s not a read that is just a fact. So we talk about your ridiculous shape, your saggy face, your tacky clothes… 

-Dorien Corey on reading and shade, take notes kids.

“Reading is fundamental”…reading is the art.

Paris is Burning. Thank you Dorien Corey and Venus Xtravaganza, you ladies wrote the book.

It’s Nice To Be Important, But It’s More Important To Be Nice

Grit & Glitter (click for article)  

As a gay New Yorker I feel that it is my civic duty to share this fascinating article on a subculture few outside of certain groups even know exists. What is interesting is that this article examines Balls in Chicago-which provides an interesting comparison to the new York Scene.

And if you don’t know what vogueing is, I suggest you watch Paris is Burning.

As Dorian Corey once said “SHADE IS I DON’T TELL YOU YOU’RE UGLY BUT I DONT HAVE TO TELL YOU BECAUSE YOU KNOW YOU’RE UGLY…AND THATS SHADE.”

The film is a must, a way in which mainstream (white) America can look into a world that lives right below the surfece-a world of glamor, power, shade, hate, love, family, and of course…vogueing.

“Having a ball…wish you were here”