{"id":7136,"date":"2025-10-11T16:16:21","date_gmt":"2025-10-11T08:16:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sinag.press\/news\/?p=7136"},"modified":"2025-10-11T16:27:18","modified_gmt":"2025-10-11T08:27:18","slug":"rebellious-queen-and-the-paradox-of-being-hidden-and-being-known","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sinag.press\/news\/2025\/10\/11\/rebellious-queen-and-the-paradox-of-being-hidden-and-being-known\/","title":{"rendered":"REBELLIOUS QUEEN AND THE PARADOX OF BEING HIDDEN AND BEING KNOWN"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>Written by Kaya Novicio and Jam L. <\/em>(co-creation with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/modamorphmag\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong>MODAMORPH<\/strong><\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There is undeniable tension between mainstream visibility and palatability versus the<br>counter queer culture\u2014of <strong>drag art<\/strong> being a counternarrative to the shackles of polish, perfection, palatability, and sellability; thriving in fragments of transgressions and exaggerations and even performances that cause discomfort. <strong>Absurd. Sexual. Authentic.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>The rise of <em><strong>mainstreamism<\/strong><\/em> in drag\u2014which started out as both theatrical (e.g. Ancient Greek &amp; Elizabethan eras) and underground (e.g. underground queer culture, ballroom culture, and gay bars) drag artistry and queer culture inevitably get bloated under consumerism, commodification; when it originally thrives in culture of tipping, of paying what you can, of non-commercialization.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"724\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/sinag.press\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_0526-724x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7138\" style=\"width:378px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sinag.press\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_0526-724x1024.png 724w, https:\/\/sinag.press\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_0526-212x300.png 212w, https:\/\/sinag.press\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_0526-768x1086.png 768w, https:\/\/sinag.press\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_0526-1086x1536.png 1086w, https:\/\/sinag.press\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_0526.png 1240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 724px) 100vw, 724px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><br>Can it still retain the authentic radicalism, uncensorship, loudness, exaggeration that are at the core of drag? OR Does mainstream drag inadvertently promote a &#8220;homonormative&#8221; or &#8220;good queer&#8221; narrative that is palatable to the majority, hence neglecting or marginalizing the experiences of trans queens, drag kings, and queens of color, whose drag is often inherently more dangerous and radical and arguably more sacreligious?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But on the other side, we see its growth and potential in the stages of the industries of commodification\u2014professionalization of drag, a bigger platform for political discourse even when sanitized to meet the standards of mainstream media and reputation. UNDENIABLY, it also inspires, say, the queer communities who needed that platform to amplify their own voices. Like Drag Race PH coming to life. Those are real.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But so are the questions on the illusion and commodification of queer culture. And so are the experiences after <strong><em>mainstreamism <\/em><\/strong>took place.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"718\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/sinag.press\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_0519-718x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7141\" style=\"width:387px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sinag.press\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_0519-718x1024.png 718w, https:\/\/sinag.press\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_0519-210x300.png 210w, https:\/\/sinag.press\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_0519.png 736w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 718px) 100vw, 718px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The possible answer?<strong> Is to balance strategic use of the platform and the maintenance of a thriving non-televised scene which a lot of Drag Queens and Kings in the Philippines are already manifesting subversion from within, unsanitizing their respective narratives, bringing light to progressive ideals, creating their own spaces, supporting underground queer spaces; these are just some of the things that answered the questions purported above. But the longer problem is to sustaining it. <\/strong>How can we be sure that these subversions from the shackles of mainstreamism continue to derive and speak about discourses without falling to the same traps or being counterproductive themselves?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>In an interview with<strong> Lulu Wang<\/strong>, Kaya Novicio writes that the discomfort, coupled with the problem of mainstream drag amplifies the very rebellion they ought to bring about even when there is a risk of palatability:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\"><blockquote><p><br>THE DRAG ARTIST\u2019S BODY IS THEIR VOICE AND DRAG IS THE LANGUAGE<br>OF THEIR RESISTANCE AND REBELLION.<\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\"><blockquote><p><br>COVERING UP BECOMES THE DRAG QUEEN\u2019S MEANS OF STRIPPING DOWN.<br>EVERY LAYER PUT ON IS ALSO A LAYER UNCOVERED. IT IS IN EXAGGERATION<br>THAT THESE ARTISTS MAKE VISIBLE WHAT THEY HAVE BEEN, FIRST AND<br>FOREMOST, TAUGHT TO SUPPRESS WITHIN THEMSELVES. THIS IS THE FIRST<br>LAYER OF VISIBILITY\u2014THE FEMININE FIGURE THEY LET THE MIRROR SEE.<br>DRAG, LIKE MANY OTHER ART FORMS, IS A VEHICLE FOR BECOMING. IT IS<br>AN OUTLET FOR SELF-EXPRESSION; FOR SELF-DISCOVERY. \u201cDRAG IS ANOTHER<br>VENUE FOR MY OTHER TRUE SELF,\u201d FILIPINO DRAG DJ, LULU WANG, SHARED.<br>FOR HER, PARTS OF HER IDENTITY ARE SPACE-SENSITIVE, AND DRAG IS THAT<br>WHICH PROVIDES ROOM FOR HER EXTENDED SELF. \u201cPAG NAGLAGAY NA AKO<br>NG LASHES, MAYRO\u2019N SIYANG SIN\u2019-SWITCH.\u201d [WHENEVER I PUT ON FALSE<br>LASHES, SOMETHING WITHIN ME SWITCHES ON.]<\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\"><blockquote><p><br>THE QUEEN WEARS STILETTOS HIGHER THAN WHAT A COMMON LADY<br>WOULD WEAR, MAKEUP THAT IS FIVE LAYERS THICKER THAN WHAT A BEAUTY<br>QUEEN WOULD PUT ON, AND GOWNS LONGER THAN WHAT A GIRL WOULD SLIP<br>INTO ON A DAILY BASIS. FOR THIS, SOCIETY DEEMS THE QUEEN \u2018TOO MUCH\u2019.<br>THERE GOES ANOTHER LAYER OF\u2014NOT QUITE VISIBILITY BUT\u2014BEING<br>PERCEIVED.<\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\"><blockquote><p><br>DRESSED IN DISCOMFORT BEFORE THE VERY SOCIETY THAT FINDS THEIR<br>PRESENCE UNCOMFORTABLE, THE QUEEN FINDS FREEDOM.<br>\u201cDRAG IS AN EXPRESSION OF REBELLION AND ANGER IN GLAMOR, IN<br>RHINESTONES, IN HIGHLIGHTERS, IN GLITTERS,\u201d LULU WANG, SAID. \u201cHINDI<br>LANG BASTA GLAMOR ANG DRAG; MAY KASAMA SIYANG ANGER. ANGER<br>COMES IN DIFFERENT FORMS,\u201d [DRAG IS NOT A MERE PRESENTATION OF GLAMOR;<br>IT IS ALSO AN EXPRESSION OF ANGER. ANGER COMES IN DIFFERENT FORMS.] SHE<br>ADDED, EXPRESSING HER SENTIMENTS ABOUT DRAG\u2019S POTENTIAL TO CONVEY<br>SOMETHING REBELLIOUS AND POLITICAL EVEN WHEN THE QUEEN IS NOT<br>PERFORMING FOR A STAGE NUMBER. POSING FOR A PHOTOGRAPH GOES<br>WITHOUT ZERO INTENT, BECAUSE AFTER ALL, IT IS STILL AN ACT OF PUTTING<br>ONE\u2019S SELF \u2018OUT THERE\u2019. BEING SEEN THROUGH THE LENS OF A CAMERA<br>SUCCEEDS BEING SEEN BY EYES THAT AREN\u2019T YOURS.<br>EVEN IN THE SILENCE OF A PHOTOGRAPH, THE DRAG ARTIST PROCLAIMS<br>AND ASSERTS THEIR SPACE.<\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\"><blockquote><p><br>WHETHER THE DRAG ARTIST IS IN A SITUATION WHERE THEY ARE<br>REVERED OR WITNESSED BY A SINGLE PHOTOGRAPHER, BY SPECTATORS OF A<br>BARANGAY GAY PAGEANT, OR BY THE EXPOSURE FROM NATIONAL<br>TELEVISION\u2014THERE IS ENGAGEMENT TO MAKE POSSIBLE THE ACT OF PUTTING<br>THEMSELVES \u2018OUT THERE\u2019. THE DRAG QUEEN\u2019S POWER IS NOT CONTINGENT ON<br>THE QUANTITY OF THEIR AUDIENCE, OR ON THE BRIGHTNESS OF THE<br>SPOTLIGHT. TIME AND TIME AGAIN, IT HAS BEEN PROVEN THAT THE DRAG<br>COMMUNITY, GIVEN ANY CIRCUMSTANCE, MANAGES TO FIND THEIR<br>RESPECTIVE LIGHTS. TIME AND TIME AGAIN, THE DRAG ARTIST RESISTS THE<br>ERASURE OF THEIR IDENTITY, AND INSISTS VISIBILITY, MORE THAN MERE<br>PERCEPTION.<\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\"><blockquote><p><br>WITH THE PHILIPPINES\u2019 LONG HISTORY OF COLONIZATION, THE QUEEN IS<br>THE RECLAMATION. SHE IS THE RECLAMATION OF THE NORM OF GENDER<br>FLUIDITY WHICH WAS APPARENT IN THE AGE OF THE BABAYLAN. SHE IS THE<br>MODERN-DAY TESTAMENT OF THE DICHOTOMY BETWEEN WHAT IT IS LIKE TO<br>CHALLENGE BEING EITHER A MAN OR A WOMAN. WITH THIS RECLAMATION<br>HOWEVER, DRAG FACES THE DILEMMAS THAT COME WITH GAINING<br>TRACTION\u2014DOES DRAG BECOME CO-OPTED BY CAPITALISM AS IT REACHES<br>MAINSTREAM, OR DOES MAKING DRAG MAINSTREAM AMPLIFY THE VOICES OF<br>THESE ARTISTS?<\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"718\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/sinag.press\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_0520-718x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7139\" style=\"width:407px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sinag.press\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_0520-718x1024.png 718w, https:\/\/sinag.press\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_0520-210x300.png 210w, https:\/\/sinag.press\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_0520.png 736w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 718px) 100vw, 718px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>With drag\u2019s rise to mainstream, the exaggerated nature of drag becomes less of a necessity, as popular media platforms somewhat amplify the drag queen\u2019s voice now. For instance, hit reality competition show, RuPaul\u2019s Drag Race (RPDR) not only introduced drag to reality TV, but also actively provides opportunities for drag queens to showcase their art beyond the confines of their room, or their local drag scene. This phenomenon of drag going mainstream then raises inquiries regarding the genuineness of the art form. Do shows like RPDR reduce the value of these queens\u2019 expression of identity to being mere commodities? Doesn\u2019t RPDR slowly paint the public\u2019s expectation of what a drag queen should be?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAng pagiging mainstream, hindi siya issue, progress siya,\u201d [Drag going mainstream is a non-issue\u2014it is a sign of progress.] according to Lulu Wang. For queens like her, drag goes beyond expression of their suppressed personal truths, for it is also a revelation of social realities that have been censored for the longest time. Having drag queens who are now brave enough to strip themselves down to display their extended self on mainstream media is the representation we have never seen before. With access to platforms as huge as RPDR, the drag queen does not have to do the most in order to be visible. Exaggeration is no longer necessary\u2014<strong>drag is necessary.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"718\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/sinag.press\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_0516-718x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7140\" style=\"width:327px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sinag.press\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_0516-718x1024.png 718w, https:\/\/sinag.press\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_0516-210x300.png 210w, https:\/\/sinag.press\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_0516.png 736w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 718px) 100vw, 718px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>It is necessary not only for defying the expectations entailed by being man or woman. It is crucial, because now, the queen also resists presuppositions surrounding what it looks like to be a drag queen. Now, they resist not only the rigid heteronormative system, they transcend binaries altogether. Going back to the radical origins of drag artistry in the underground scene, the alternative queen is on the rise, along with pageant queens, fashion queens\u2014along with every other queen, really. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Together, they are angry. Together, they rebel.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Written by Kaya Novicio and Jam L. (co-creation with MODAMORPH) There is undeniable tension between mainstream visibility and palatability versus thecounter queer culture\u2014of drag art being a counternarrative to the shackles of polish, perfection, palatability, and sellability; thriving in fragments of transgressions and exaggerations and even performances that cause discomfort. Absurd. Sexual. Authentic. The rise [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":7137,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[180,178],"ppma_author":[122],"class_list":["post-7136","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-features","tag-drag","tag-queer-culture"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/sinag.press\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_0517.png","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":7021,"url":"https:\/\/sinag.press\/news\/2025\/04\/12\/the-quests-of-love\/","url_meta":{"origin":7136,"position":0},"title":"The Quests of Love","author":"PJ Obispo","date":"12 April 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Written April 4, 2025Happy birthday, E. The UP Fair season has just concluded. I told myself \u2018I wouldn't volunteer this time\u2019\u2014not even for a night. 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