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“‘Ideal’ Femininity Is Actually Just Successful Drag”: Gender Performance in Little Miss Sunshine and Dumplin’. By Leah Gaus

Keywords: femininity, gender performance, drag, pageant, post-feminism, Little Miss Sunshine, Dumplin’ “There’s an absurdity involved in wearing a bathing suit with heels,” says Kimberly H. Hamlin, author of an article on the first years of the Miss America beauty pageant. … Continue reading

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