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" A superstar doesn't just use the spotlight for themselves. "

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" I'd like to see drag really cultivate its political roots. "

" I've always tried to twist the ideas of beauty that are maybe considered to be ugly by the mainstream. I was already kind of toying with that when it comes to baldness, which came from a discussion with my mother about how to be considered a beautiful woman if you're bald. "

" I discovered that my drag really does speak to people on an emotional level. I also discovered that people are sometimes put off by an intellectual approach to drag. "

" We need to talk about representation for queer people in the media and also in law. And there's a long history of drag queens leading those discussions in marches on the street and even in bars going back to the time of Stonewall and before. "

" I grew up in this house of intellectuals, and for me, it wasn't, like, a negative thing. And what I've discovered is, for a lot of people, it is. But I think knowing history, liking to talk about ideas - like, I just genuinely like to geek out and go on these intellectual thought journeys. "

" The truth is I do take drag really seriously, and I think that there's kind of a place for that - to see it as this political and historical art form, and to want to continue pushing it in new directions. And also honor the old directions as well. So I'm sort of like a drag intellectual/drag queen. "

" It is important to me to keep fighting for the rights of those who cannot. "

" I want to do performance that inspires people to be true to themselves and has tangible impact on the community. Not just because I want to be a role model - I just think it's the best way to honor the tradition of drag. "

" The loss of my mom really inspired me to go to a place with my performances that were emotionally honest, and I found that audiences really responded to that. People need to see heartbreak transformed into beauty. "

" A lot of people still have the idea that drag goes from one end of the gender spectrum to the other end of the gender spectrum, and they expect drag queens to be masculine out of drag and hyper-feminine in drag. I think that portrays a lot of binary thinking and, ultimately, a lot of misogyny. "

" I like a little Barbra Streisand! "

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" Queer art is as much about starting conversations as it is about making dramatic statements. "

" I want to see some queer politicians, some drag queens and drag kings running for office and shifting the way that policy is made as well. "

" When it comes to drag, my favorite thing we can do is kind of push against the beauty standards of magazines. We don't need to look like supermodels. That what really makes drag special and makes it unique and makes it queer. "

" Even if I hadn't won 'Drag Race,' even if I'd never been on, I'd still be working my tail off, creating live shows, magazines, videos, anything I possibly could! "

" At the end of the day, I just love drag so much that it's not enough for me to be a successful drag queen. I want to do right by my drag community as a whole... creating opportunities for other performers, documenting and uplifting amazing drag, and generally just contributing a lot of love and respect to our fabulous little world! "

" Everyone is welcome in drag. Everyone is important and valuable. "

" I think Bianca Del Rio should be in politics. "

" I went to Vassar College for undergraduate and studied literature and queer theory, and all of the above. And then I took a Fulbright scholarship in Russia. "

" Unfortunately, this world is not an easy place. "

" My favorite thing about drag is taking one idea and flipping it on its head entirely. "

" It's important in drag to challenge things and present your own vision. "

" To costume yourself in the way that you fantasize, to make that a reality, and then to go right into the universe looking like an exceptional being takes a lot of courage. "

" Everyone who passes through 'Drag Race,' and especially the people who are able to have really big careers after the show, has a responsibility to the queer community to do a good job of representing queer people across the board to be kind and loving. "

" Conservatism is all about surfaces and labels and presentation, and drag says no, we refuse to follow any rules about that. "

" There are so many voices that tell people, especially queer people, that they don't have importance and regality. "

" People started bringing their own personal work to 'Nightgowns,' and that's really when it started to become a really distinctive show. "

" Taking care of your mental health is important, and being able to model that for queer people who are out there every day dealing with their own struggles is very significant. "

" 'Drag Race' has made a lot more people into fans of drag, and that's allowed local communities to grow and flourish, but it's up to individual queens to share the spotlight with their communities. I definitely want to be one of the people who does that. "

" What I love so much about drag is that it has politics at its very core; drag performers aren't afraid to talk about politics in our community and the changes we need to see systemically in society. "