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The Supreme Genius Of King Khan

King Khan Live in 2013 – Photo: Miron Zownir from his book, Berlin Noir

Prolific Psychedelic rock and soulsman, King Khan, continues to astound and amaze with an ever-expanding array of accomplishments. In addition to making music with Mark “Bbq” Sultan, his Sensational Shrines, The Almighty Defenders, and fellow Tandoori Knight, Bloodshot Bill, King Khan has flexed his acting chops in Aussie…

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Sometimes I’ll be minding my own business, and then I will just think about how they cast this amazing actress to play one of my favorite characters on OITNB... WHO JUST HAPPENS TO HAVE A TWIN BROTHER THAT PERFECTLY PLAYS HER PRE-OP SELF. Yeah, there are other instances of shows using an actor’s twin, but this is just the best one in my opinion! Like... they cast this amazing woman, and they start auditioning people that can pull off playing her before transitioning. They find out she has an IDENTICAL twin, and BOOM! There you go. PERFECT casting. Sorry... I swear I think of this at least once a week.

#OITNB #orange is the new black #laverne cox #sophia burset #twins #m lamar #coincidence #so awesome

Drag has a history, and there are so many people who, regardless of whether they’re trans or gay or a drag performer or cross-dressing or whatever the situation is … [being] actively persecuted for leaving the house wearing gender non-conforming,” Westheimer said. “So for someone to treat that with flippancy is … offensive. [Drag Ball] is bridging the gap between a lot of people who — queer or not queer — might not necessarily be exposed to the segment of queer performativity that is drag. You can literally see things in drag performances — dance moves, songs, emotions, concepts — that have rooting in … a history of oppression, but also in a history of resilience and combating oppression and surviving oppression and thriving. Making something beautiful about something ugly.

Em Westheimer (formerly Korczak, formerly [redacted]), about the rebooting of the Oberlin College Drag Ball by staying woke; “Drag Ball Goes to Hell and Back with New Theme, RuPaul Performances” by Julia Peterson; The Oberlin Review, 31 March 2017. Westheimer (@mocha-cookie-kill-yourself), a member of the old AndroGenetics YouTube collab channel (where every member was trans or later came out as trans), is an agender senior at the school and the Ball’s main organiser.