With all the fuss lately about drag story hours – people in often audacious attire and imaginative makeup reading stories to children – we thought you’d like to hear and see some for yourselves. So you can consider whether they really should be banned, as some politicians demand.
No need to sneak into an elementary school or your local library’s kiddies’ room though, we’re bringing some to you! We’ve recorded four readings along with short conversations with drag performers, authors, a publisher and a parent.
We hope you enjoy our Pride Month video and audio Drag Storytime series.
KPFA’s Drag Storytime series is produced by E.A., Peter Stickney and Eric Jansen (aka Cinnamon Sugarshoes).
Episode One
For our first installment, we caught up with The One and Only Rexy of Drag Story Hour at the Bay Area Book Festival in downtown Berkeley May 7, along with the author and publisher of one of the books she read.
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Episode Two
For this second installment, we visited a kindergarten class in the Berkeley Unified School District to hear drag queen Panda Dulce give a storybook reading to kindergartners for Asian American and Pacific Islander heritage month. We also spoke with Lourdes Rivas about their book, “They Call Me Mix”.
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Episode Three
For our third installment, we caught up with VERA! at Montclair Community Play Center. Later in the episode we speak with Baylee, program coordinator for the Bay Area chapter of Drag Story Hour
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