I don’t understand you. You say that you’re a stan of RuPaul—an individual who preaches self love and compassion among all individuals; someone who believes that others’ opinions about you don’t matter because you should be more concerned with yourself and the image that you’re portraying; and someone who is an all-around flawless human being because he doesn’t make it a point to judge and criticize others in his journey to be a drag mogul unlike any the world has seen. Hell, he doesn’t even consider himself a gay role model or influential person, as he has stated. Yet…you…you appear to be quite the opposite.

You like to degrade others by insulting their fandoms and generalizing a great deal about those who identify with a term. As a gay man, the impact of labels upon my life has had some of the most uplifting and restorative properties. While I understand some people find labels trivial and constraining, there is a sense of peace in finding out that, “YES! That’s what I am. That’s where I belong.” Even if you believe something to be true, making these overarching statements makes you no better than the “deluded” fans you often criticize. Your negative words can cause just as much damage as these super fans who are so caught up in the image of their hero that they fail to realize the impacts their obsessions have.

You fuck with people and put them on blast because it’s enjoyable to you. Randomly taking a blog and bitching about it for reasons that appear to be the most mundane and trivialized out of all the reasons to criticize a blog does nothing for you. What are you attempting to prove? I mean, even if the other person puts your blog on blast, discuss the issue with them in a private manner, or better yet, leave them be. Again, his Majesty RuPaul states, “What someone thinks of me is none of my business.” 

You preach the art of shade without understanding the reasons that it’s used. Shade isn’t just this underhanded technique to fuck over someone who displeases you. There is a rather lengthy and rich drag history in the art of reading and throwing shade. It’s something used between two queens who are already in the same boat—discriminated against and misunderstood by the greater public. It’s something taught as a way to prove your standing in a drag hierarchy. Being “shady” isn’t just some random act to take enjoyment from, because otherwise, aren’t you just being as mean as those fans who are constantly harassing other celebrities? True, throwing shade is never so explicit and rash, but it still has the same detrimental effect to a degree. RuPaul teaches “shade” and “reading” as anart form, not child’s play. 

But yeah…I’m just confused. I really enjoy your blog as a whole, but then again…there’s so much hate and negativity spewing from it that the poisons that are your harsh criticisms, judgments, comments, and responses are starting to pollute my dashboard. I know you probably don’t care, and that’s okay. I’m just…confused. And since I don’t partake in child’s play or something that doesn’t concern another queen, I shan’t be “shady” about this.