Anti-drag and international culture (some shit-stirring)
So, I don't know *why* it took me this long to think about this but --
all those US states outlawing "drag" performances? I'm wondering what happens if someone starts organizing cultural tours from Japan - Nō theater, and kabuki both historically use men in women's roles.
In fact, some of those "onna-gata" (women performers) are celebrated precisely because they convey the femininity of the role so artfully.
Just thinking.
Anti-drag and international culture (some shit-stirring)
@OldBrushNewPaper a traditional Shakespeare production is an all male cast too so really theres just a whole variety shows worth of options there
Anti-drag and international culture (some shit-stirring)
@Satsuma Just so!!
Loving Spouse and I were just saying this to one another - because I giggled at how my original toot was up less than a minute before you'd liked it. So I'd read it to him and we just went further on that topic.
Anti-drag and international culture (some shit-stirring)
@OldBrushNewPaper ha yes i logged on at just the right moment! i hope spouse and you have fun coming up with more shit stirring options haha
@OldBrushNewPaper especially when its such a good post!
@Satsuma It's lovely to have someone to chat to - Saturday morning, post-breakfast, and also slightly at loose ends because normally I'd have been #knitting but today my hand hurts.
I suspect I need to put the *very* long and heavy current work back on a cable: straight needles and that much weight seems to be stressing the joints.
That, however, will be tomorrow - the hands will have to rest today. *pout*
@OldBrushNewPaper ahhh sorry about the enforced rest from knitting! hopefully switching needles helps a big
and glad my extremely strange sleep habits are to your benefit :D i always appreciate getting to chat when you’re around
@Satsuma Weird sleeping habits - acute or systemic?
I go through cycles of not sleeping through the night - enough to have a lot of sympathy for theories of 24+ hour body clocks, or "second sleep" methods of going through the day.
@OldBrushNewPaper just the good old insomnia — we had a daylight savings timeshift recently and my body did not appreciate it
but i would not be shocked to hear a bit of an overlong circadian rhythm either, staying up late is extremely easy in comparison to any other kind of being awake
@Satsuma HA HA HAH that is exactly as I'd guessed.
(I've noted from my own behavior how the first thing I see will get my first ⭐ of the day.)