Celebrity Memoirs: RuPaul (Bicoastal Season, Episode 4)

If you don’t love our pod, how in the *hell* are you gonna love somebody else?

...Did we get that right??? Queen, multi-hyphenate, fracker: RuPaul André Charles does it all in today’s ep. Can we get an amen?? 

Books Mentioned: Lettin’ it All Hang Out, Workin' It: RuPaul's Guide to Life Liberty and the Pursuit of Style, GuRu, all by RuPaul.

Resources:

• How RuPaul Ups the Ante for Drag (NYT, 1993)
• At Lunch With RuPaul (NYT, 2011)
• Cover Story: RuPaul on Drag Race’s Future, His Next Great Reinvention, and Why True Drag Will Never Be Mainstream (Vanity Fair, 2019)
• For RuPaul, A Second Act with 'Drag Race' (NYT, 2011)
• RuPaul on his New Netflix Show, Camp, and Having an Open Marriage (Vogue, 2019)
• How RuPaul Became America's Sweetheart (Rolling Stone, 2013)
• RuPaul's Recipe For Success? Love Yourself And Stay Flexible (NPR, 2020)
• Is This the Golden Age of Drag? Yes. And No. (NYT, 2018)

Videos

• Arsenio Hall Interview, 1993 Arsenio Hall 1993
• Cher on Ru's 90's Talk Show 
• Bizarre skits with Michelle Visage from 90s show 
• On Oprah in 1995 
• 10-min biography video 
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