Valuetainment "LaWhore Vagistan?" - Harvard SHOCKS With Woke Drag Queen Hire In Women’s Studies
Oct 4, 2025
Harvard's controversial hire of a drag queen as a visiting professor stirs debate on academic credibility and taxpayer funding. The discussion highlights concerns over elite schools prioritizing politics over the needs of parents and students. The hosts assess the implications of federal grants and DEI initiatives on institutional integrity. They ponder whether private universities should forsake public money for academic freedom and the challenges lower-income families face in avoiding contentious content in education. The conversation wraps up with thoughts on fostering diverse viewpoints in academia.
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Harvard’s Provocative Faculty Choice
- Harvard hired a visiting professor who performs as the drag persona Lahore Vagistan to teach queer ethnography.
- The course blends performance, critical race, post-colonial, and gender theory with nightclub aesthetics.
Performer-Scholar Role Blends Worlds
- The professor identifies as an associate professor at Tufts and performs as a Desi drag auntie named Lahore Vagistan.
- He aims to merge nightclub performance with classroom teaching on minoritarian aesthetics.
Syllabus Emphasizes Subcultural Study
- Harvard's course catalog lists topics like gay neighborhoods, BDSM dungeons, and AIDS activism under queer ethnography.
- The syllabus signals a focus on sexual dissidence and subcultural practices rather than traditional survey approaches.