The Moth Radio Hour: Other People's Shoes
The Moth
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The Drag Circus
"I was wearing this really cool black satin halter top with bell bottom jeans and platform shoes. She did my makeup she put on a little mascara some light blush and some bright red lipstick." "We sashéed downtown and we turned you know around the corner to this dimly lit alley," he says of his time as a young drag queen in New York City. "[My mother] dragged me down the stairs hitting me over the head with her purse and my butt is like banging every single step down the stairs". 'As I reached the top of the stairs I felt my face flush hot unable to stop the tears falling down my cheeks'
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