Did you really want to see her perform for longer? I was relieved when it was over! Pearl is not a great natural lip sync performer and the song was boring, it benefited from being shorter!

Yass! I have a friend who is always like "why do they never just have to do THEIR best lip sync for a challenge!?" I tensed up when they said the songs would be created for them, because the original songs for the show are not always the best but they both sounded pretty good and worked.

I was kind of delighted after seeing Violet's performance. She really brought it in that perfomance, something different for drag, something saucy, something interesting (I think her choice to go breast-plateless is bold and gender fucky in a cool way) and I was sold that she would be pushing drag forward instead of…

Regardless of the origin of the accent, it was very put on as Max was not raised in the same tradition as your aunts. There is a limit to how much "put on" people can tolerate from a drag queen as illustrated by Laganja last season. Max was pushing the acceptable limit just with his elocution and not a kiki voice,…

I think it might be ridiculous to assume all trans people would be interested in drag, but trans people are not a monolith and plenty of trans/cis/gay/straight/queer people enjoy watching it because it's commonly seen as fun to dress up and sing and dance. But to say that RuPaul's drag culture is damaging to trans…

Is your husband a professional drag queen? Because I would imagine someone trying to make a living doing drag could give two shits if it's "out of touch with the spirit" if it allows them to get higher paying/more bookings. It's kind of craven but also I want the queens I like to have money so they can continue to…

And that just comes down to personal taste, like when everyone was so offended when Mahogany was like "the look doesn't matter!"…it just depends on what someone wants out of a their drag queen. For sure Jinkx can sing her ass off, but in that very musical theater-y way that makes me want to rip my hair out,…

Pageants are fake. Reality shows are fake. But at least because Pearl and Violet aren't involved in pageants, they come off as sincere normal people who love doing drag unlike Ginger who started out as tolerably sassy but has become brazenly manipulative. Kennedy is more straight forward but suffers from her own catch…

This may seem silly but I bought this thing at Costco called a BellaLite which is at-home laser hair removal. It isn't permanent but it really does work over time, and you don't have to feel self conscious having someone else all up your butt! It works on some places better than others but it really cut down my…

I feel that way now too, I'm like "but it's fun and tastes good?" I dated a "straight edge" guy for years, we all make questionable choices in our youth.

It's just the nature of the beast, and it's just up to you if you want to be a negative nelly and put "no trans" in your profile to save you a couple false starts but that's not the nicest choice. Most people you talk to in online dating are false starts! I know for me when I was online dating, I was usually very…

I'd say a very promising first date (with some you really think you like through chatting or sexting or whatever) on a weekend afternoon isn't that big a deal. I've been on a few. It gives you the option if things are going well to do something after wards, or the option of still having the evening to do something…

I like Pearl a ton as a reality show character -cute, funny, doesn't seem mean spirtied- but as a queen I'm just eh. She can apply that funny to drag but her look is just too limited and she needs to embrace that just the nature of the way she paints herself, her "bedroom eyes", and her way of speaking, she is selling…

I'm realizing that more people (at least in these comments) liked season 5, I had no idea! I like Alaska now (she was the highlight of the Rupaul BOTS show I saw) but did not think she was polished enough during her season. Jinkx just does not do it for me, it's her musical theater kid vibe and her lack of fashion…

I guess I would say Violet can "process" or be pissed or feel however she wants to, I don't think participating in the shit-stirring "so how do you feel about ____" leading workroom or Untucked discussion is required. Admitting you really don't know how you feel about the situation yet, or are holding your tongue…

But what about all the times in RuGrets where Katya says RuPaul whispered in her ear and told her something insane? WHERE THOSE NOT TRUE?!

Indeed, Sharon's outsider status created her character and made her unique and creative enough to capitalize on it but like you said, that's very specific to her character. But it all goes along with when the judges ask to see more vulnerability, it's hard to root for a character with no depth who you can't relate to…

I am SO with you on Trixie being cuter than Pearl. I mean, Pearl is a babe but still, boy Trixie (especially half boy cowboy Trixie!) really did it for me. Have you seen the video of him singing when he was trying to be a teenage folk singer? I DIE. He kinda sounded like Ben Kweller, it wasn't terrible!

I just wonder why on earth Logo didn't buy it. From what I can tell, Logo doesn't have a wealth of popular programming other than Drag Race and Golden Girls reruns. BUT I guess it's possible they were hoping to spring Cucumber Banana from the time slot after Drag Race and thought Untucked would cut into that?

I think the reason people are so offended by Ginger's shade is that she's not being portrayed as a villain at all, she is still getting portrayed as just a sassy front runner. And he shade isn't particularly funny, and it's not so much calling another queen out that's bothersome, it's really manipulating the narrative…