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Tag Archives: drag
Escape from the giant drag queen monster (Rousse)
TPR scooped me up into his arms to carry me and run for our lives. Eventually there was sufficient distance between us and the monster: an eight foot, heavily made up, bald, drag queen with red flashing eyes primed to … Continue reading
Three fakes: news, Northern Lights, and a female impersonator (Rousse)
The desperation of the journalist was obvious when he started asking VAE and her sister to provide expert comment on every single topic to be covered in the radio news broadcast. In an attempt to fool his audience, he changed … Continue reading
An uncaring husband (Rousse)
I was furious with TPR. First of all he dragged me all the way to E and LC’s house so that we could land on them unexpectedly – on a day that they were recovering from jet lag following their … Continue reading
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Tagged California, cold, drag, friend, house, husband, jet lag, jetlag, map, money, school, TPR, uncaring
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Sourcing a stash of hard-to-buy vintage anti-feminist placards (Rousse)
The research seminar was my responsibility and time was running out. My main concerns were that: (a) I had confused everyone by corresponding with the speaker as Tivol (or Tivo for short) – my Aboriginal name; (b) the event was … Continue reading
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Tagged a woman's place is in the home, Aborigine, American, anti-feminist, antique, assistant, biscuit, biscuits, Broughton Street, confuse, drag, Edinburgh, hard-to-buy, miserable, name, overbook, owner, participant, placard, premises, prop, purchase, research, seminar, shop, source, space, stash, state, Tivo, Tivol, US, vintage, wares
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Goth drag queens and yellow pigeons (Rousse)
TPR held my hand tightly as we walked along the dark street. Although the many passers-by frightened me due to their appearance, I was fascinated by the beautiful Goth drag queens. When we emerged into the sunny square at the … Continue reading
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Tagged appearance, bright, dark, drag, fascinate, goth, hundreds, passer-by, passers-by, pigeon, pigeons, Queen, queens, square, street, sunny, TPR, yellow
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A slighty tricky hospital romance (Rousse)
We gazed across the table into one another’s eyes confessing our love while bemoaning our tricky marital predicament. There was also the further issue of our physical incompatability, but that only applied when we were upright. When the object of … Continue reading
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Tagged affair, building, clandestine, desire, drag, dress, eyes, hospital, incompatible, lovers, marital, pink, Queen, rendez-vous, romance, satn, secret, staircase, stairwell, surprise, table, tall, tricky
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Lord Sugar’s reassuring wink (Rousse)
My committee had been taken over by a drag queen dressed in a yellow and purple mini-skirt and a yellow nylon wig. I dare not object, however, because she was also a senior member of academic staff. Her first task … Continue reading
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Tagged Alan Sugar, Athena SWAN, bake, chocolate, committee, correction, dispute, drag, knowledge management, Library and Information Science Research Coalition, Lord Sugar, meeting, mini-skirt, minutes, nylon, presentation, purple, Queen, reassure, sir, Sir Alan Sugar, tray, wink, work, yellow
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Herman’s hermits’ secret identity (Rousse)
When I mentioned that I was a toddler fan of Herman and the Hermits, the American drag queen with the shock of orange hair could barely contain his/her excitement. “I wanted to marry Peter Noone when I was three” I … Continue reading
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Tagged 1960s, American, bag, bags, bouffant, business, car, card, chat, conference, cover, drag, dress, dresses, driver, driving, fame, fan, female, frock, girl, hair, hairstyle, hairstyles, Herman, Herman and the hermits, hermits, hotel, identity, magazine, man, marry, mini, Orange, pencil case, Peter Noone, picture, pretty, Queen, red, seat, secret, suite, toddler, TPR, weekend, women
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Jaded academic seeks oblivion with the help of yellow jellied cocaine (Rousse)
It took us a while to find the meeting on the top floor of a deserted University building. The venue was a formal board room, and it was packed. All the great and good were there, including KW who greeted … Continue reading →