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Isla Topham

@IslaTopham

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The bendy burlesque bitch who's either a finalist or first out. Drag is liberation, not a crime. Pride is a protest AND a party. #transrightsarehumanrights

Glasgow, Scotland
Joined October 2021
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@IslaTopham
Isla Topham
1 year
@acervolipsync Apparently the bit where Sasha spins to the floor was unplanned but she slipped and went for it hard-core. She is a master in lip syncs. And Peppermint?! Winner of All Stars when?
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@IslaTopham
Isla Topham
5 months
@CxlxrieCxunter I gey what you're saying. The reveal itself was mid. But the presentation was among the best we've ever seen on DR. Brooke wore that runway out.
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@IslaTopham
Isla Topham
1 year
@dnalerinrehtron @PoloGlasgow Not one single bit of what you said addresses the things that Tom points out, all you can do is rehash the same transphobic points you made before. I regularly attend Polo with my bestie who is a lesbian. They have multiple bisexual and lesbian women working and performing there.
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@IslaTopham
Isla Topham
2 years
@DCAdundee Let me just say as a drag performer: drag is for all ages. Lots of drag acts wear more clothes than ballet dancers, so is ballet "adult entertainment"? Most singers nowadays have more provocative outfits and routines than most drag acts. So maybe stop trying to dress up....
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@IslaTopham
Isla Topham
1 year
Can we talk about the fact that almost every drag performer I know has interacted with @lorramun1 and I've yet to hear anyone say a bad thing about them? Can we give a l'ill props to a literal QUEEEEEEEN who deserves it. Drag queens:tell me your fave Lorraine moment.
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@IslaTopham
Isla Topham
8 months
@dragraceher I would agree but for Tayce, Vanity and Tia absolutely MURDERING their own styles. But yeah. This was one of the only bits of that season I liked. Baby and Dakota gave us a damn PERFORMANCE.
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@IslaTopham
Isla Topham
1 year
@acervolipsync I'm sorry. Monet won.
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@IslaTopham
Isla Topham
3 years
You know what? I'm not done. I have spent YEARS dealing with the psychological scars that being bullied as a result of how I acted different based on ASD. To think that any performer on this scene would get mocked BY ADULTS for their divergence makes me feel sick. Get educated...
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@IslaTopham
Isla Topham
3 years
Soooo....... who wants to volunteer their venue for an ND-performer-only night for charities that support ND people? I'm happy to organise and perform but we need a venue. Let's make a positive difference out of this mess.
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@IslaTopham
Isla Topham
2 years
@mkehoe703 @FractalEcho Maybe that needs to change....
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@IslaTopham
Isla Topham
4 months
Ok. Can we stop saying that "the whole Scottish scene is being cancelled" or that "we won't have anyone left" because it a) invalidates the experience of the people who've been affected and b) invalidates the drag of those who are calling this out?
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@IslaTopham
Isla Topham
3 years
On a positive not, as an ND, seeing the love and support in this community for the anonymous recipient of these anonymous bullies has made my wee autistic heart sing. Thank you all, babes. I know it makes me feel safer in the community and I can only imagine the victim does too
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@IslaTopham
Isla Topham
3 years
Hot take. If you're not nuerodivergent yourself, maybe mocking someone who is might be a bad look. Hotter take. Bolt. As someone with ASD, if you want to bully one of us, be prepared to get backlash from ALL of us. I thought we were above this in our day in age.
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@IslaTopham
Isla Topham
1 year
@dnalerinrehtron @PoloGlasgow They explained that you harassed them when they were on stage talking about a trans rights rally. Bear in mind they're part of the trans umbrella so you literally were coming into their place of work and talking about them. You were filming them out of a desire to attack...
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@IslaTopham
Isla Topham
3 years
Can we start a @LickFae appreciation post where we talk about the ways they are a great human? I'll start.
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@IslaTopham
Isla Topham
3 years
Could NOT be more excited to announce that I am competing in the Moster Tuck Rally starting this Thursday. I am competing with one of the fiercest casts I've ever seen and could really do with everyone's support for all of us. Come watch me twirl tomorrow at 10pm in AXM.
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@IslaTopham
Isla Topham
2 years
@AsterOfficiaI So. I was literally row two and peeps were looking at me like I was Satan for not laughing at mockery of anatomy and all I could think was "what's funny about a banana in a vagina? Why should applaud nudity when femme presenting peeps can't be in pubs/clubs with their top off?
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Isla Topham
2 years
BEYOND EXCITED TO ANNOUNCE: I am now your drag resident in the BUTTERFLY LOUNGE from 8PM TO 11PM EVERY TUESDAY!!! Come along and see what nonsense I get up to TOMORROW with the wonderful drag daughter @Claudiavonhass1
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Isla Topham
2 years
Drag artists, to cheer me up from a shite week and make my nightshift go faster, what's your favourite backhanded compliment you've ever had in drag? I'll start: "I can tell you're a hot guy - I can see under the makeup"
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@IslaTopham
Isla Topham
2 years
@NashRomi Not only consent, but actively seek out the procedure for like 2 years then consent, THEN regret. The call is coming from within the house
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@IslaTopham
Isla Topham
2 years
Girlies. I just did a 30 min set at a venue that was 10 miles.away from where I grew up feeling like I was unlovable due to my gayness. I PERFORMED IN DRAG. I cannot tell you how much tonight has meant to me. Thank you all who came out
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@IslaTopham
Isla Topham
1 year
One day after Suck U's first week and we already have someone trying to belittle the cast. Idk who it was and idc why it was, its hard enough being in a drag contest (especially one as long and arduous as Suck U).... give people a break yeah?
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Isla Topham
2 years
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Isla Topham
1 year
I understand things are tense atm, but please, please, PLEASE don't be going for people's appearance or other things they have no control over. Through both work and personal experience, I know how dangerous this is. Robustly disagree with someone all you want...
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Isla Topham
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I hope she doesn't mine me continuing to @ her but @CarrieAnn_Crow stands out as probably the most understanding showrunner I ever worked with. She understood when I lost my mind a wee bit, created a trans, POC, ND and alt safe space and we never gave her props for it (inc me)
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@IslaTopham
Isla Topham
2 years
After last week's critiques, I wanna aim higher.... no longer will I settle for being an insult to burlesque, I wanna be an insult to DRAG xoxo
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@IslaTopham
Isla Topham
2 years
I am so sick of seeing people try to be advocates of nuerodivergence while similataneously (any usually subliminally) saying thay we are somehow impeded by our condition. We are divergent not degenerative.
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@IslaTopham
Isla Topham
1 year
@dnalerinrehtron @PoloGlasgow Not to support. If you made multiple people feel uncomfortable for holding transphobic views in a venue that supports trans people, it's you who needs to leave, not them.
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@IslaTopham
Isla Topham
2 years
Now that Suck U is finished and we have a whole raft of new Suck Off, I'm putting some All Stars vibes into the queer-osphere.....
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Isla Topham
4 months
There's over 200 performers in Scotland. Queens, King's and things who haven't been "cancelled" so maybe uplift them?
@IslaTopham
Isla Topham
4 months
Ok. Can we stop saying that "the whole Scottish scene is being cancelled" or that "we won't have anyone left" because it a) invalidates the experience of the people who've been affected and b) invalidates the drag of those who are calling this out?
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Isla Topham
1 year
@discoboy1701 @STVNews So Mrs Doubtfire isn't a kids movie? News to me.
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Isla Topham
2 years
Ok peeps. This is a long 'un but please sit tight and read it - you just may just become a better drag fan/fam if you do. Lots of drag artists have been posting recently about just how costly drag is. This is an abstract notion for lots of people, particularly cis men (1/10)
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@IslaTopham
Isla Topham
5 months
@CxlxrieCxunter The one motion to remove both outfit and hair. The walk. The face.
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Isla Topham
3 years
I think my last thoughts on the whole ND mess are this: for what people have said concerning me, I forgive but do not forget. Expect politeness but nothing much else. I will make jokes of the situation because humour is the best way for me to maintain my own confidence (1/2)
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@IslaTopham
Isla Topham
3 years
I also will be keeping an eye on this and HOPE nothing else comes out, but be aware that things will be noted. I am currently asking some local venues if they want to be a stage for us ND babes to perform our wee arses off for charity moneys so watch this space. Love you all!!
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Isla Topham
1 year
This was honestly harrowing to be a part of. The way this person literally screamed in our faces then we were refused entry for recording the genuinely dangerous person. I get that venues don't wanna take sides or let in potential risks, but I didn't like how this one felt.
@ImPixElated
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@IslaTopham
Isla Topham
2 years
I am super stoked to announce that my wee birthday bash raised £200 exactly for MND Scotland. I am gonna donate it on the 1st of January so I have time to put the money into my account and xfer it over. I literally cannot thank my drag fam and friends who all donated....
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@IslaTopham
Isla Topham
2 years
Me and Big Theresa May.....
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Isla Topham
2 years
I'm honestly quite horrified that someone within such a beautiful community would choose to attack some of our more villified and maligned groups. You are (by far) old enough to remember when it was our trans siblings who fought hardest for us to have safe spaces but...
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@IslaTopham
Isla Topham
3 years
Frannie deals with a fanny. Fucking icon @Frans_Gender
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@IslaTopham
Isla Topham
2 years
If I'm being completely honest, I am finding it exhausting rn. Not only did we have people bullying performers last month, but now apparently our audience members are being targeted. We're meant to be the lgbtq+ family peeps. I know we all say some shit, but damn.
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@IslaTopham
Isla Topham
3 years
This needs to stop peeps. It's just not cute.
@St__Salvatore
Dita Von Wheeze 👼🏼💄
3 years
Just because I’m in the middle of a burlesque routine or performing in a sexual manner does not give you the right to touch me or slap my bum. This has happened so many times throughout my career, nothing about what I do give you consent.
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@IslaTopham
Isla Topham
2 years
Gals. I'm exhausted. Low key the best things that could've happened are me being knocked out of a contest and my residency taking a break. I'm not gonna be posting/showing up to as many shows as I usually do. This next two weeks are about the man behind the makeup
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@IslaTopham
Isla Topham
3 years
@GeezahGobble ?! More like,
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Isla Topham
1 year
Like, I'm sorry. Suck U is an incredible contest (one of the reasons I fell in love so hard with Scottish drag), but it isn't Drag Race. People don't go onto it knowing they're gonna get hate, people go onto it for the love of their craft. Treat them with more respect.
@IslaTopham
Isla Topham
1 year
One day after Suck U's first week and we already have someone trying to belittle the cast. Idk who it was and idc why it was, its hard enough being in a drag contest (especially one as long and arduous as Suck U).... give people a break yeah?
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@IslaTopham
Isla Topham
2 years
Ok so. This may be conceited. I am so fucking proud of myself and my drag this last couple of months. I feel like I have taken being at my lowest point in several years and turned that into carving out a name for myself as a good person and a good queen. I am so excited to see...
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@IslaTopham
Isla Topham
1 year
Ok so. Can we make it an industry standard that when someone screams in the face of a trans person, we step up and step in? Let's make it so that's celebrated not punished? Can we make it so that if you call someone a nonce you have to have evidence?
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@IslaTopham
Isla Topham
1 year
@dnalerinrehtron @PoloGlasgow You literally said Tom stopped the show AFTER you started filming..... doesn't add up Jenny
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@IslaTopham
Isla Topham
2 years
No WAY did i just win a lip sync contest by putting both middle fingers up at my knees and ankles by knee sliding on concrete, getting nekkid at 3pm in a uni hallway and nearly booting myself in the face, dislodging my wig and nearly cunting an audience member with a heel
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@IslaTopham
Isla Topham
2 years
If you look closely, you can see the exact moment @KikoDQ cast a spell on @rhiannon_dq to make her fall. "Abracadabra, alakazam, you're gonna fall to the floor like bam."
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Isla Topham
3 years
Why is drag so e x p e n s i v e?!?!
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@IslaTopham
Isla Topham
2 years
I hate being a soppy wee cow, but I just wanna say how fucking proud I was to be a part of MTR (even if I did lose my mind for a wee minute there). Everyone is so talented, and to be considered alongside them in any way is an honour and a privilege. That being said...
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@IslaTopham
Isla Topham
4 months
I want to say that I have nothing but respect for the POC and often trans performers who have been front and centre in calling out the rot in the scene. As ever, they have selflessly called out things that affect us all, and we'd be pretty poor people to not amplify them now.
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@IslaTopham
Isla Topham
11 months
Hi. Ross. I am a he/him but I'm feeling more and more enby as time time goes by. I am starting to adore wearing corsets out of drag and makeup is no longer just for Isla. I think I look more myself as a genderbendy kinda boy.
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2 years
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@IslaTopham
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3 years
On the ways that your words and actions can literally damage a person in the community you profess to love and support, whoever you are.
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@IslaTopham
Isla Topham
3 months
@off_BAMBOO You know a puke is bad when you have to hold on to your cheeks like a liferaft
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@IslaTopham
Isla Topham
2 years
@TATIANNANOW @moxiemichaels @missmaamshe2 "I should be standing up for the lgbt community" *immediately attacks an LGBT+ activist, drag performer and Pride headliner*
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@IslaTopham
Isla Topham
3 years
The family that glows up together, stays together. @Claudiavonhass1
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@IslaTopham
Isla Topham
3 years
Ooooft!!! Your wee flapper/slapper is gonna live to lip sync another day. I am intensely proud of what I put out on that stage last night and I am so excited to put more (and better) out there next week
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@IslaTopham
Isla Topham
11 months
@KayyKova @dragraceher Well tbf, she was injured quite badly so she couldn't really move without pain
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Isla Topham
1 year
Know what? I am not done complimenting the scene as a whole. I've been in numerous cities twice the size of glasgow who can't hold a candle to our diversity, talent and friendliness. We have so much to offer. Can we TRY to remember that we're all still awesome when we disagree?
@IslaTopham
Isla Topham
1 year
Us to be the ENVY of the other drag scenes for how we present ourselves. I love Scottish drag. I love Scottish performers. I want us to keep being positive
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@IslaTopham
Isla Topham
2 years
Fun fact. I literally took a flying leap off the stage into a jazz split yesterday without injury but when I got home I slipped off a chair and managed to bruise my arse and knee. I know it wasn't the jazz split because it's on the opposite knee
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@IslaTopham
Isla Topham
2 years
@Its_Just_Frans One may even say you're.... Only Frans now? Nah but seriously, by any name you're still one of my all time fav drag artists!
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@IslaTopham
Isla Topham
2 years
I've had a wild ass week. I won a drag contest, got a residency from an open stage, got back into uni for a masters/conversion, sorted out my work and even managed a couple hours sleep. I am fighting tooth and nail to make my life better. I want to let anyone who has a current..
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@IslaTopham
Isla Topham
2 years
Ok. Not to be arrogant but... had you told this silly little bitch a year ago that she'd be top 4 of a cast as talented a WW or that she would have her own show, I'd not believe you! I am so proud of myself and my friends for getting me here
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@IslaTopham
Isla Topham
10 months
Expectations of perfection. I mean this in terms of both on and off stage. We're all humans who say the wrong thing at times - let's maybe be nice about it rather than hounding and haranguing each other.
@Kori_kiing
Kori King
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What drag trends are we leaving in 2023?
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@IslaTopham
Isla Topham
3 years
If @slutdrop_sally doesn't do a Kim Petras mashup entitled and including the term "Slut Pop Sally", I think we will all have missed out.
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@IslaTopham
Isla Topham
2 years
My drag family are honestly such underrated gems of this community. You all know who you are so I'm not putting you on blast but literally about 10 people made me feel like a person again tonight. The scene can be difficult but we all find our peeps in it
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@IslaTopham
Isla Topham
2 years
WE ARE NUERODIVERGENT NOT NUERODEGENERATIVE!
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@IslaTopham
Isla Topham
2 years
@DCAdundee Your homophobia and transphobia as protecting children. If you cared about protecting kids, allowing young lgbt kids to see role models has been statistically proven to reduce suicide risk and instances of childhood mental illness. Protect kids by letting them hear stories
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@IslaTopham
Isla Topham
1 year
But just leave out the personal digs, digs about people's personalities, where they come from etc. Even if you are screaming from opposite ends of the street whenever you see each other, leave it out. Tweet isn't directed at ANYONE fyi
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@IslaTopham
Isla Topham
1 year
Hey loves. I adore this scene so much and I would take it as a personal favour if we could please keep up this positivity chain as long as possible. If anyone has a different way to do it, please take the risk. We're actually all a pretty cool bunch and I, for one, want...
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@IslaTopham
Isla Topham
2 years
Barbra La Bush? Nah, Smurf La TERF (though not actually a TERF because she isn't even a feminist).....
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@IslaTopham
Isla Topham
2 years
See even if you're off to Dels tomorrow, come see me twirl for a wee hour beforehand! Show starts at 8pm!
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Isla Topham
2 years
Don't you just love when someone can retweet you and block you the same minute because they are simply wrong and don't wanna admit it 👀. Nah but seriously. If your drag only consists of mocking a person's anatomy or supporting queens who do, grow up xx
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Isla Topham
2 years
Try BEING local drag when the uber's take 1 look at you and cancel faster than a demon twink's death drop.
@doIIastore
molls
2 years
everyone encourages you to support local drag no one tells you how much the ubers home will cost
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@IslaTopham
Isla Topham
2 years
I have seen a few people feel down about their drag recently. These are people who have so much to offer to the scene and have created spaces for us wee slags to tart about. I really hope all the showrunners in Scotland feel some love because all of them deserve it.
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@IslaTopham
Isla Topham
2 years
As much as I know there's lots to do still on the makeup front, I am pretty proud of the improvement from where I started tbh
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@IslaTopham
Isla Topham
2 years
Who's ready for the opening night of Suck U? Fair warning. I may be out as a boy but I'm in the gayest outfit I own. There's a waistcoat reveal.
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@IslaTopham
Isla Topham
2 years
Just book talent. Who cares what sexual or gender identity you have? Just. Book. Talent.
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@IslaTopham
Isla Topham
2 years
Suck U? I do think.
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@IslaTopham
Isla Topham
2 years
I'm noticing a lot of performers want to quit/take a break/get fed up of this community. I want to say my dm's are always open and there's always a space for you in this scene! You are appreciated and you deserve to feel welcomed in Scottish drag.
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@IslaTopham
Isla Topham
11 months
Just wanna put it out there that my haus is 3/4 nuerodivergent (at least), over 1/2 enby, over half AFAB. We're also 100% fabulous and 10000% valid. Drag is changing. A drag thing won Suck U. Adapt your view of drag/be more understanding of things you don't get.
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@IslaTopham
Isla Topham
2 years
Psa to anyone coming to any of my shows between now and Christmas. THERE WILL BE NO XMAS NUMBERS FROM ME. Isla Grinchmas is fr fr.
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@IslaTopham
Isla Topham
3 years
As if you needed more reason to come to trigger tomorrow at half 10 sharp, here's one pic of a mid-air jazzy bitch (me) @triggerDRAG
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@IslaTopham
Isla Topham
1 year
Soooo. As I approach manchester for a drunken and debauched weekend, I wonder..... who in the moots will be there?
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@IslaTopham
Isla Topham
2 years
I want to say that @VictoriaScone has fully been raisinf issues that I see so regularly on both the local and DR scenes. I literally have 2 AFAB drag daughtets who have tk work twice as hard for half the validation so I want to thank her personally for highlighting misogyny.
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@IslaTopham
Isla Topham
2 years
I was hot last night
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@IslaTopham
Isla Topham
2 years
Drag is waking up and going for a pee to find a glittery dick and a fake lash stuck to your left arsecheek.
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@IslaTopham
Isla Topham
2 years
Drag is being in 7 group chats and keeping up with approximately 0 of them
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@IslaTopham
Isla Topham
1 year
Us to be the ENVY of the other drag scenes for how we present ourselves. I love Scottish drag. I love Scottish performers. I want us to keep being positive
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@IslaTopham
Isla Topham
2 years
Now, I love a wee nsfw pic as much as the next horny homosexual, but if you all send me unsolicited dick pics, be prepared to get my dog's disgusted face in response. I've sent this pic to 10 people this month x
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@IslaTopham
Isla Topham
4 months
"I need to paint darker so it shows up on stage".... maybe look at how, @AriannaSilver96 or @ikigaidawn paint. They have incredible mugs without painting a whole new skin tone. Even look at mother Goth herself @CarrieAnn_Crow . She literally has one of the best mugs in Scotland.
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@IslaTopham
Isla Topham
2 years
I'm so happy tonight is Suck U night. I really need all my lgbt fam round me rn, so please come say hi and tell me funny stories tonight.
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