#Alaska Thunderfuck 5000

[scorpihoe]

My top 10 drag race queens

1. Alyssa Edwards

2. Katya

3. Bob the Drag Queen

4. Jinkx Monsoon

5. Jujubee

6. Bianca Del Rio

7. Alaska

8. Raja

9. Shea Couleé

10. Kim Chi

[dragarchive]

Katya meeting Alaska at DragCon 2012/13! How sweet is this? Now they have a song together!

[justletmeon12]

Watching Dungeons and Drag Queens, it's sweet seeing Brennan introducing relatively new players to the game.

[casmick-consequences]

dungeons & drag queens spoilers without context

good luck

[iambic-stan]

last book read + last stethoscope used, part 36

This is my MDF Procardial Titanium scope similar to this one, hanging out with drag queen Alaska Thunderfuck 5000's memoir, My Name's Yours, What's Alaska. This was just a really fun read, though I wouldn't recommend it to someone who isn't already an Alaska fan. It's 100% Alaska and I could hear her voice reading it to me even though I wasn't reading the audio version. The heavy volume has an extensive color gallery and anecdotes from her childhood in Erie, PA, during which she (of course) preferred Barbie to GI Joe and tried on her mother's clothes. It follows her through college in Pittsburgh and eventually LA to follow her dream of being a full-time performer while figuring out who Alaska is and what she represents. Infamously, she becomes involved with fellow alternative Pittsburgh queen Sharon Needles. By the time Alaska meets Sharon, she has been banned from all but one of the local gay bars for provocative and downright offensive behavior. One of the most interesting things to me about Alaska is her determination to choose kindness again and again. Though she refuses to vilify the incredibly problematic Sharon, it's clear how toxic their relationship was and a relief for the reader to see the romance end. The book is short but provides a nice snapshot of urban queer culture in America during the aughts.

[lookin4themagic]

Sharon Needles - Monster Mash

Alaska's cameo:

[theinyshlobster]

my name's yours, what's alaska?: a memoir by alaska thunderfuck [review]

read from august 30th - september 1st

review:

tone spoilers only!

how fitting for miss alaska’s memoir to be my 69th read of 2024. and i didn’t expect to enjoy it so much.

usually im not a raving fan of memoirs but genuinely this is a must-read, especially if you’re a fan of drag race.

i think the best part of this memoir was easily the parts following alaska & sharon’s relationship. 

now i hate to focus a review of a memoir based on the relationships within, but much like in the dream house, the abuse *is* central to the memoir. most drag race fans are aware that sharon is not a great person, but this really goes into sharon’s depravity. from the reasons why she auditioned for drag race to her manipulative tendencies, to me this book really gives credence to any allegation laid against sharon. if you’re still a sharon fan after reading this book….. CHOP. alaska’s quote “Sharon owned me” really summarises their entire relationship in one word.

however, as much as this memoir follows sharon, alaska is the star of the show. her witty writing style combined with her focusing on the nitty-gritty of her life was very intriguing to follow. i’m thankful in a way that alaska didn’t spend endless chapters following s5 & as2 because we all know those stories. what we didn’t know is how alaska came to rise in pittsburgh, how she met sharon, her downward spiral into a life of drugs & alcohol, and where alaska is post-as2. ive only read one drag race queen’s memoir prior to this, so (no shade to lawrence chaney) i wasn’t expecting a magnum opus - i was expecting an entertaining story, and nothing more. what i didn’t expect was an incredibly harrowing story that goes in depth about the black hole of negativity that is sharon needles.

i will say the only thing holding this memoir back is its length. for how much alaska has done in her life so far compared to the length of this book, it felt like everything breezed past too fast. i wish we spent more time on alaska herself rather than sharon, although i know sharon was an integral part of alaska’s drag career. 

but hey at least now when i listen to ‘the T’ i know the backstory to all the lyrics!

[musicalcastingideas]

My random Broadway Stunt Cast Ideas (Part 1?)

Hi here's some celebrities and the musical roles I want them to be in. my definition of "celebrity" is loose, it's basically just if they're famous to me. Also I won't be providing logic for these ones, it's mostly vibes.

Miley Cyrus as Helene in Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812

Shane Madej as Billy Flynn in Chicago

Brennan Lee Mulligan and Lou Wilson as the Princes in Into the Woods (doesn't matter who plays which prince, they'd both slay either one)

Renee Rapp (I think she's mainstream famous enough to be a stunt cast now) as Anatole in Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812

Hozier as Orpheus in Hadestown (this might be a hot take?)

Lou Wilson as Shakespeare in Something Rotten

Boygenius as the Fates in Hadestown

Kate Siegal as Persephone in Hadestown

Alaska Thunderfuck as Frank N Furter in The Rocky Horror Show

[embraceyourdestiny]

Missing Princess Foehammer on this day I hope we get a dungeons and drag queens s2 so bad

[jinkx-monswoon]

mood tbh

[kmmena]

If you’re not this kinda ready then you’re just not

[dragarchive]

Alaska Thunderfuck 5000's MySpace pix (myspace.com/alaskathunderfuck)

[justletmeon12]

Dammit, I'm tearing up at another D20 finale.

[artificialgrinder]

Drag or Die: Part Five

With one queen kidnapped, the prison work together to break Alaska out of Saint Raphael's Rehabilitation Centre before she meets an untimely fate…That is if Katya and Adore can settle their differences.

Chapters:

[1] // [2] // [3] // [4] // [5] // [6] // [7] // [8]

[libraryfag]

its funny how alaska is my favourite queen to watch in season 5 but in as2 where she actually wins i didn't really care about her

[lookin4themagic]

To celebrate Spoopy's 5th anniversary here's Alaska hip circling in loop 😌