Leiomy on Drag Race Queens using Ballroom Culture

[Cameltoe Chariot 14,491]

If vogueing is so sacred, why didn't Leiomy say anything about Jameela f*cking Jamil judging ballroom alongside her on that sh*tshow Legendary? 

Is Leiomy not aware that Michelle Visage learned how to vogue from Willi Ninja himself, in the ballroom scene during the 1980s?? Like all of this is so gatekeepy, dismissive and entirely out of pocket 

[TheSine 6,107]

I don't think Anetra's performance as bad and can agree that I get a bit "ehh..." When watching someone vogue sloppily. At the end as long as they aren't pushing it and having fun, I don't see the issue. It's just ballroom I guess. 

[MessyTop 14,364]

14 minutes ago, Cameltoe Chariot said:

If vogueing is so sacred, why didn't Leiomy say anything about Jameela f*cking Jamil judging ballroom alongside her on that sh*tshow Legendary? 

Is Leiomy not aware that Michelle Visage learned how to vogue from Willi Ninja himself, in the ballroom scene during the 1980s?? Like all of this is so gatekeepy, dismissive and entirely out of pocket 

This. Is all gatekeeping. She only wants attention cause she doesn’t have her show no more. 

[phantasmas 9,970]

18 minutes ago, MessyTop said:

This. Is all gatekeeping. She only wants attention cause she doesn’t have her show no more. 

Leiomy has been around longer than RDR and has always been critical of vogue performances on tv. There are only a handful of voguers like her around. If anyone is gonna gatekeep, it should be someone of high caliber like her. 

Aja on the other hand... She just likes to be messy.  But I still trust her opinions over so many other people as she is the International Mother of the Royal House of Labeija after all 

[phantasmas 9,970]

Noguing on RDR isn't that serious to me but it is annoying to see people go wild for something done sloppily 

The str8 kids noguing on tiktok as a joke needs to stop though... its starting to feel like us gheyz are being mocked 

 

[MessyTop 14,364]

Half of the contestants in Legendary were nouguing, they had white, Asian, folk doing it. Out of the sudden a Latin/Asian queen in DragRace Voguing is appropriation? 
this is so unnecessary, ball room has always been about inclusion and community, Michelle came form the ball room scene too, she loved it. So that’s all it matters.  Leiomy is just truly bitter and nasty 

[phantasmas 9,970]

2 minutes ago, MessyTop said:

Half of the contestants in Legendary were nouguing,

The contestants on Legendary were actually part of ballroom communities. They were dedicating their lives to this craft.

RuGirls are doing it on tv for laughs. 

What's not clicking? 

[alsemanche 92,076]

4 minutes ago, MessyTop said:

Half of the contestants in Legendary were nouguing, they had white, Asian, folk doing it. Out of the sudden a Latin/Asian queen in DragRace Voguing is appropriation? 
this is so unnecessary, ball room has always been about inclusion and community, Michelle came form the ball room scene too, she loved it. So that’s all it matters.  Leiomy is just truly bitter and nasty 

I don't think she's talking about race here though, she's talking about ballroom culture being appropriated 

[MessyTop 14,364]

2 minutes ago, phantasmas said:

The contestants on Legendary were actually part of ballroom communities. They were dedicating their lives to this craft.

RuGirls are doing it on tv for laughs. 

What's not clicking? 

For laughs??? She won the challenge. Is not that serious. We can agree to disagree. Glad Anetra won. She killed it. 

[phantasmas 9,970]

3 minutes ago, MessyTop said:

For laughs??? She won the challenge. Is not that serious. We can agree to disagree. Glad Anetra won. She killed it. 

Anetra winning does not cancel out the appropriation 

[Gaga2645 2,092]

As expected these replies went sooooooooo to the right by the first reply 

Voguing is a cultural thing and there’s so much evidence to show that with a simple google search of voguing’s history I’m pretty sure lol. 
while there’s duality in the takes of Aja and Leiomy’s response Leiomy holds history and significance within the ballroom scene. More so than Aja. Instead of getting defensive and calling her “bitter” and “gatekeeper” maybe we should idk sit back and listen and process 

Aja’s was definitely gatekeeping though but I think she showed that it stems from being a hater so stop being haters with Leiomy pls… lol 

EDIT : However COMMA! I will also say…. Anetra ate I’m so sorry !!!

[MessyTop 14,364]

13 minutes ago, phantasmas said:

Anetra winning does not cancel out the appropriation 

Have you seen the show? 
the reading challenge, the balls, categories, everything about the show IS ballroom!!  Exposing young generations to all of this is the best. Know your herstory. 

[Edonis 28,796]

23 minutes ago, MessyTop said:

Half of the contestants in Legendary were nouguing, they had white, Asian, folk doing it. Out of the sudden a Latin/Asian queen in DragRace Voguing is appropriation? 
this is so unnecessary, ball room has always been about inclusion and community, Michelle came form the ball room scene too, she loved it. So that’s all it matters.  Leiomy is just truly bitter and nasty 

Not a single thing she said or critiqued had to do with race. Where are you getting this from?!

[MessyTop 14,364]

1 minute ago, Edonis said:

Not a single thing she said or critiqued had to do with race. Where are you getting this from?!

Um, you are in a thread about it. See Title. 

https://www.out.com/television/2023/1/09/leiomy-shares-thoughts-drag-race-queens-using-ballroom-culture

[phantasmas 9,970]

1 minute ago, MessyTop said:

Have you seen the show? 
the reading challenge, the balls, categories, everything about the show IS ballroom!!  Exposing young generations to all of this is the best. Know your herstory. 

RDR is NOT ballroom are u insane  

it may have ballroom inspired elements but it is NOT ballroom