http://twitchy.com/amy-curtis/2024/07/20/inflation-is-awful-and-the-media-wants-you-to-know-drag-queens-are-hardest-hit-n2398594
Honest to goodness, this almost reads like a Babylon Bee headline, but it's real.
BBC News (UK) (@BBCNews) ~ Drag queens feel the pinch of rising costs
http://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c51y6v1q91ko?xtor=AL-72-%5Bpartner%5D-%5Bbbc.news.twitter%5D-%5Bheadline%5D-%5Bnews%5D-%5Bbizdev%5D-%5Bisapi%5D&;at_link_id=2EA7BF44-45E5-11EF-BC17-9E616040CD03&at_medium=social&at_campaign_type=owned&at_format=link&at_ptr_name=twitter&at_campaign=Social_Flow&at_bbc_team=editorial&at_link_type=web_link&at_link_origin=BBCNews
Families have been struggling with inflation for years, but now that drag queens feel the pinch, it's a big news story.
More from the BBC:
"There are so many people who can sew and make their own outfits but for people who can’t, the prices have inflated above the odds," she says.
One person seeing more and more commissions is Dannie Aston, who runs Dannie Does Drag in Brighton.
While she tries to cater to all her clients' budgets, she agrees with Tia that what people see on the runway across the Atlantic is influencing the kind of outfits she's being asked to make.
"Of course, their looks are going to be insane," she says. "The money they have to spend on these costumes is incredible.
"And then over here I feel I've got to do as well as them."
SHE???!!!
Amygator (@AmyA1A) ~ Hey @TheBabylonBee, get over here. The BBC is stealing your schtick.
Sharron Davies MBE (@sharrond62) ~ {Replying to @BBCNews} Why are you obsessed with drag queens?
Because reasons.
They're suffering under inflation, don'tcha know?
Black Supremacy Watch (@Blacknatwatch) ~ {Replying to @BBCNews} We don't celebrate blackface so why are we celebrating womanface?
Culture war solutions (@Postwoke_Pete) ~ If ever you need an example of how detached the media class are from the public, this is it.
It really is.
The media are SO out of touch with people it's laughable.
Actually, it's worse than that - they're detached from reality.
You may not be able to afford food, but we must feel sorry drag queens can't get elaborate costumes.
Saskia (@Saskiaaa_____) ~ {Replying to @BBCNews} Men dressed as women = victims again
Perpetual victims.
Trish (@Trish_NI) ~ Oh, the humanity!
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