• chumbalumber@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      9 months ago

      I think there’s some ‘truth’ to it in some ways. Dolly acknowledges that she plays a lot with femininity and feminine expectations, and that ‘look’ she has is a costume in many ways. She doesn’t dress like that when she’s out incognito.

      In the same way drag is a costumed examination of what makes someone look ‘like a woman’, subverting in some ways and embracing in others