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Craig Seligman's "Who Does That Bitch Think She is? Doris Fish and The Rise of Drag"

LA Review of Books

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The Importance of Imagining a Legacy

The real Doris was of course 100% the opposite of that persona. The movie he left behind Vegas in space, a ridiculously bad movie that we were all embarrassed about when it came out has become an important cult film for young queers. I'm glad that we were lucky enough to live through an era in which we didn't see the future as being closed off to us. And shows that we were attending were all about just being crazy and being liberated and having fun.

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