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An Inspiring Drag Queen
Mar. 25th, 2009 11:44 amThis is loosely transcribed from RuPaul's Drag Race, the reunion show, section 5 from minute 3:40 on through till the break. I took down the poignant elements. You can also watch it. RuPaul's statements are very inspirational to say the least - as long as you can overlook the multiple, unnecessary four-letter words ('scuse your mouth - Tammy).
'You are beautiful; that's the reason you're here. The [entertainment] business is negative. Why feed into that negativity?
You are amazing! You forgot that you're amazing. If you take on someone else's negativity, it's because [bleep], you forgot it! It's not my responsibility to make you feel good all the time.
You're not a loser! You forgot who you are! You forgot you're fabulous! How many times do we have to put that in your [bleeping] head? You're a [bleeping] star. Don't let anybody tell you that you're not!
If I had a nickel for every time someone said to me, "You can't become a star as a drag queen!" I'd have a billion dollars. I know what I am. I don't forget who I am and that's true for all of you. Never forget.
Everyone's gonna tell you because they're projecting their negativity on you.
You won't believe it. You have to earn it; you have to own it yourself.
We can't tell you that because you won't believe us; you have to earn it and own it yourself. You have to own it yourself, Dorothy. "Why didn't you tell me all I had to do was click my heels three times to go home?" Because you wouldn't have believed me if I had.
You learn to say to yourself, "That wasn't me! That was their [bleep]. That had nothing to do with me. That was them!" and then you own it. Every time that happens to you, the time it takes for you to catch yourself gets shorter and shorter.
You walk through the fire and you get through it. Then you sit back and you say, "Come for me bitches! Come for me bitches! Cuz I'm [bleeping] fierce."'
'You are beautiful; that's the reason you're here. The [entertainment] business is negative. Why feed into that negativity?
You are amazing! You forgot that you're amazing. If you take on someone else's negativity, it's because [bleep], you forgot it! It's not my responsibility to make you feel good all the time.
You're not a loser! You forgot who you are! You forgot you're fabulous! How many times do we have to put that in your [bleeping] head? You're a [bleeping] star. Don't let anybody tell you that you're not!
If I had a nickel for every time someone said to me, "You can't become a star as a drag queen!" I'd have a billion dollars. I know what I am. I don't forget who I am and that's true for all of you. Never forget.
Everyone's gonna tell you because they're projecting their negativity on you.
You won't believe it. You have to earn it; you have to own it yourself.
We can't tell you that because you won't believe us; you have to earn it and own it yourself. You have to own it yourself, Dorothy. "Why didn't you tell me all I had to do was click my heels three times to go home?" Because you wouldn't have believed me if I had.
You learn to say to yourself, "That wasn't me! That was their [bleep]. That had nothing to do with me. That was them!" and then you own it. Every time that happens to you, the time it takes for you to catch yourself gets shorter and shorter.
You walk through the fire and you get through it. Then you sit back and you say, "Come for me bitches! Come for me bitches! Cuz I'm [bleeping] fierce."'
