“…Some essays also discuss belonging within drag communities, within the US (Brennan, 2017) and abroad (Castellano and Machado, 2017; Chronaki, 2017; Villarreal et al, 2017). Additionally, several articles investigate inequality on RPDR (Brown, 2018; Collins, 2017; Edgar, 2011; Hermes and Kardolus, 2019; Uphadyay, 2019; Wilson, 2018) as well as capitalism and industry as it is reflected on the show (Chetwynd, 2020; Hankins, 2015; Vesey, 2017). Notably missing from these works is the question of what kind of impact this visibility has for drag communities outside of RPDR, and the broader landscape of drag as a collectivity or “scene” with its own norms and codes.…”