Don't Bogart My Blog: Sunday Best: Lessons from a drag queen

Sunday, June 9, 2019

Sunday Best: Lessons from a drag queen

"The power of drag confronts the idea that any human should hide."

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Sunday, June 9, 2019

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June means warmer weather, the kickoff of the presidential debates and of course, Pride. One iconic, tangible embodiment of the monthlong celebration is New York's Stonewall Inn, where people have gathered for half a century. "Inspired by the street kids, trans folks, gender-nonconforming youth, drag queens and allies who fought back at the police raid that started the uprising, activists and community members have been gathering in the shadow of the Stonewall for 50 years to say: 'We are L.G.B.T.Q. people. We exist. See us, hear us. We demand our rights.'" Cheryl Furjanic takes us there in her video. — Alexandra March

Everything a Drag Queen Taught Me About Parenthood

Lauren Tamaki

By CORVETTE HUNT

"The drag queens of New York showed me that there was value to the parts of me I'd been told were not normal. They taught me the art of not conforming to another's expectations."

Are You Burned Out?

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By RICHARD A. FRIEDMAN

You have experienced it. Your co-worker just told you that he's dealing with it. Burnout is real; in fact, the World Health Organization just defined it as a "syndrome." But if everyone has burnout, does the concept lose credibility?

Life as a Woman With a Normal Attitude Toward Food

At its core, wellness demonizes calorically dense and delicious foods. YinYang/E+, via Getty Images

By JESSICA KNOLL

She exercised excessively on very few calories and eliminated nightshades and chose cauliflower over rice. She called it "wellness." That was before she saw the wellness industry for what it really is.

These Are the Seeds of the Revolution

By DAN BARBER

Seeds determine "not only the beginning and the end of the food chain, but also every link in between."

There Are Better Ways to Do College

Paul Quinn College in Dallas. Vernon Bryant/The Dallas Morning News, via Associated Press

By ALICE LLOYD

It's common to graduate with student loan debt, mounds of it, actually. These four-year work colleges have figured out how to instill the values of work and communal effort, and enrich communities while lowering the cost of earning a degree.