“Drag has been featured in popular culture for decades. Movies like 'Kinky Boots,…” — Jenna Wortham

'Drag Race' has taught me a lot about how to form community, to take myself less seriously and lose some ego.

The argument has been made that smart women on screen are already enough of a minority to make up for the lack of women of color. Nope. Not good enough.

Oceans of emotion can be transmitted through a text message, an emoji sequence, and a winking semicolon, but humans are hardwired to respond to visuals.

I've long been interested in how technology mediates desire and the way that our phones, an extension of ourselves, foster intimate interactions that feel so personal and deep, despite being relayed through a machine.