Popping culture: Discovering Jinkx Monsoon

After her brava performance during this week’s episode of RuPaul’s Drag Race, Seattle’s self-described “premier narcoleptic drag queen,” Jinkx Monsoon, has been popping up a lot more on the internet. Case in point: this wonderful mini-documentary/interview with Jinkx, aka Jerick Hoffer, delves into how Jinkx came to be, her influences and her ideas. It also includes a lovely surprise at the end: her amazing singing voice.

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