Mid-Week Libation: We're All Born Naked, and the Rest is Drag!

Put on our upbeat pop playlist, check out the textile art of Sizwe Sama, listen to a poem from Saeed Jones, & enjoy a glass of Syrah from Holus Bolus Winery and The Joy Fantastic Vineyard!

Mid-Week Libation is our weekly curated splash of inspiration and culture!

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“We’re all born naked, and the rest is drag.” — RuPaul

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Wildstar’s Wednesday Wine Pick: Holus Bolus, Syrah, John Sebastiano Vineyard (Sta. Rita Hills, Santa Barbara, CA)

Purchase here (U.S.) or here (U.K.)

Official Site of Holus Bolus Winery and The Joy Fantastic Vineyard

Interview with winemaker (and Master of Wine) Amy Christine (via The Femme Vine)

Pairing with Prince - Amy Christine MW on Youtube (wine pairings with the music of Prince!)

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Another R&R Playlist for your listening pleasure: 100% That Bitch

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The Textile Art of Sizwe Sama

FNB Art Joburg @FNBArtJoburg

Sizwe Sama Sibisi works with found material to make portraiture and fantasy-landscape tapestries. The work traces the artist’s own negotiations with his identity in a South Africa where legislation does not equate to action where the LGBTQ+ community is concerned.

Artists of Colour @artistsofcolour

SELF REFLECTION, Sizwe Sama Sibisi, 2021 #blackarthistory

Artists of Colour @artistsofcolour

SUMMER NIGHT, Sizwe Sama Sibisi, 2021 #blackarthistory

Artists of Colour @artistsofcolour

PEACE OF MIND, Sizwe Sama Sibisi, 2022 #blackarthistory

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Sizwe Sama - Works for Sale (via Artsy)

Sizwe Sama at Guns & Rain

Sizwe Sama at Gordon Gallery

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Poem of the Week: “Drag” by Saeed Jones (from his debut collection, Prelude to Bruise)

Official Site of Saeed Jones

Werk-in-Progress: Saeed Jones on Substack

Saeed Jones on Instagram

Purchase here.

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Drag Voices of the Week: Drag Race stars urge allies to speak up as Tennessee passes anti-drag bill! (via Gay Times)

BenDeLaCreme on MSNBC:

Eureka O’Hara’s full interview from CNN:

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Aquaria 🤌🏼 @aquariaofficial

Allies…… 🎤📣🗣️ …… please. The floor is yours. The world is trying to crush my unbeatable community. They won’t and could never, but its definitely past time to speak up. Please help us safely progress and thrive without fear.

Ginger Minj @TheGingerMinj

Being an “ally” means more than coming to the show & tipping a few bucks (which is always appreciated!), it also means standing beside us in the fight for our survival. If you celebrate in our spaces, please help us to keep them safe! Get involved! Vote the bigots out!

Ginger Minj @TheGingerMinj

Shows are getting shut down, people are losing jobs, performers are being harassed just for showing up to work (we were called slurs and screamed at to leave just 2 nights ago!), and now a speaker at CPAC has called for the ERADICATION of Trans folx?! We can’t let hate win!

Jinkx Monsoon @JinkxMonsoon

Ours is a revolution of love, empathy, and truth— you can’t ban those things. We will fight this battle the way our predecessors did: with grace, compassion, and throwing a brick if we have to.

Erin Reed @ErinInTheMorn

Terrible news. The first drag ban has passed in Tennessee, and goes to the governors desk. It could easily ban pride. It bans public drag. It bans transgender people performing, who are just living their lives. It charges them with a felony! It is blatantly unconstitutional. https://t.co/oB82pIclet

Marcia Marcia Marcia @marciax3nyc

If you need clarity on the reality of what’s going on right now!

caroline//marcia’s defense lawyer @BoscosSlut

As many of y’all know, I am from Nashville. My home state has now passed 2 very harmful bills that target the LGBTQ+ community. I made these graphics to spread the word about what is happening and how to help. https://t.co/HYzHzPmVNU

Support the ACLU Foundation of Tennessee here!

Support the ACLU Drag Defense Fund here!

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Today is the birthday of C. P. E. Bach, Orra White Hitchcock, Louisa Hubbard, Leonora Blanche Alleyne, Marie Lang, Kenneth Grahame, Juana de Ibarbourou, Dorothy Ochtman, Mercedes Negrón Muñoz, Louise Beavers, Avril Coleridge-Taylor, Alan Hovhaness, Alma Redlinger, Anthony Caro, Addie L. Wyatt, Lidiya Masterkova, poet Jonathan Williams, Neil Postman, George Coleman, Gábor Szabó, Lynn Redgrave, Anselm Kiefer, Zamor, Patrick Califia, Gary Numan, Jeffrey Eugenides, Mitsuyo Kakuta, Fatima Baquiran and Emma Cousin! (And yesterday was the birthday of Vivacious!)

Today is also International Women’s Day! Here are some resources to learn more:

• Happy International Women’s Day: a look back at over a century of the global fight for justice and equality (via The Guardian)

• Five facts you need to know about International Women’s Day (via EuroNews)

• International Women's Day 2023 Guidance and Resources

• James Bond star Daniel Craig in drag for International Women's Day (great video from 2011 narrated by Judi Dench!)

What communities are you supporting this Wednesday?