?Drag embodies the queer possibility that exists within each of us?the infinite ways in which
gender good taste and art can be lived.? ? Sasha Velour This book is a quilt piecing
together memoir history and theory into a living portrait of an artist and an art. Within
these pages illustrated throughout with photos and original artwork Sasha Velour illuminates
drag as a unique form of expression with a rich history and a revolutionary spirit. Each
chapter strips off a new layer removing one tantalizing glove and then another to reveal all
the twists and turns in the life of a queen. As Sasha recalls her own journey from the women
who raised her to learning the craft of an artist to success disaster and more she also
uncovers the history of queer life around the world that made it all possible. From shamans to
?fairies balls ? empresses to RuPaul's Drag Race (and beyond) The Big Reveal chronicles and
celebrates our shared queer pasts. ?If we want to be seen as legendary ? writes Sasha ?we have
to weave ourselves into history.? From an iconoclastic drag queen comes an equally singular
thought-provoking manifesto that brings necessary and sparkling substance to our understanding
of drag queerness beauty and liberation!
