so everyone knows that all the great coquettes have a persona. There's marina as the electra heart, david bowie had ziggy stardust, lady gaga was a drag king for a bit, and janelle monae was the electric lady
you've ended up with the moniker "the iron lady"
what can you tell use about this pen name?
thank you for such a thoughtful and considerate question.
much like janelle monae or david bowie, my character of the "iron lady" inspires me to move behind antiquated ideas of masculinity and femininity. it reminds me to adopt a rigidity in my manner, a hard interior (iron) behind my feminine and disarming appearance and style of dress (lady). it's a reminder that my political aspirations and the ambition that motivates them are not essentially masculine, as we have been led to believe.
a woman can do anything a man can. as a woman, I can start wars, promote neoliberalism, and uphold classism as well as any man. sometimes better.