Oh, Mr. Carpenter...

There is so much about the art of Drag that most of us don't know that I thought it was pertinent to post this video today. When I was a wee gayling, me and my friends used to hang around many hairdressers, set and window dressers, florists, make-up artists and seamstresses. They were a rambunctious, loud, fascinating group that many times would morph into a gaggle of beautiful women at the drop of a stiletto. 

Many of them were very well known in the scene, but one of them, Blondie (named after Debbie Harry, of course!) was one that always stood out. A statuesque almost-six-foot tall Queen, would reach six feet and beyond with the help of very, very high heels and the usual crown of blonde locks that adorned her head. Blondie was an incredible hair stylist. All of them were, of course, but I seldom saw anybody take a shake-and-go wig and whip it into a marvel of hair the way I saw Blondie do with many a wig or hair piece before a show. She loved her wigs but she also use hair extensions and the such to transform her blonde shag into a work of art to perform as her fav diva: Raffaella Carrà. 

 That's kind of what I felt when I saw @fenabarbitall whipping up these delicious concoctions out of almost any material that resembles hair. Blondie is long gone now, victim of some unmentionable disease, but her memory lives in me and in every blond mane that I see in some statuesque Drag artist who just happens to be doing Forte, forte, forte...

XOXO

P.S. It seems Drag bans are having a hard time. For now, at least...

A federal judge in Texas on Thursday temporarily blocked the state's law limiting public drag performances, in another win for LGBTQ groups challenging similar laws across the country.

U.S. District Judge David Hittner in Houston said the law, which was set to take effect on Friday, likely violates performers' constitutional right to free speech. Hittner blocked the law pending the outcome of a lawsuit filed earlier this month by the American Civil Liberties Union.

The ACLU's Texas chapter, in a posting on X, formerly Twitter, said "drag performers and LGBTQIA+ allied businesses belong in our state — and Texas politicians have no right to censor our free expression."

@Reuters

But you know that won't stop the bigots...