The Drag Explosion

Press Mentions

10/31/24	Paper Magazine	A Nearly Complete Oral History of the Pyramid Club
6/27/24	PBS NEWS HOUR	VIDEO: Detroit Showcases Queer Art in Pioneering Exhibition
6/27/24	THE NEW YORK TIMES STYLE MAGAZINE	When I Was 30 (Photo of Lady Bunny)
6/19/24	THEM.US	Vaginal Davis to Voxigma Lo, 6 Zines Offer a Tour Through Drag History
6/1/24	DER EIGENE	NY 1987-1995: The Drag Explosion, Discovering Linda Simpson’s Archive
4/3/24	PAPER MAGAZINE	Linda Simpson, the Historian of Queer New York
4/1/24	FAITH FANZINE	My Comrade: Inside New York’s Underground Gay Zine!
2/16/24	GAY45.EU	Sensory Fragments of Today with Legendary Drag Queen and Editor Linda Simpson
1/16/24	DETROIT METRO TIMES	Mighty Real/Queer Detroit Show Plans for Epic Return with International Artists
3/23/23	NPR'S FRESH AIR	AUDIO: Linda Simpson speaks with radio host Terry Gross
2/22/23	GAY CITY NEWS	Linda Simpson’s “Drag Explosion” Recalls ’80s and ’90s Scene
2/21/23	SURFACE MAGAZINE	The New York Waterfront’s Unsung Queer History
2/17/23	NEW YORK DAILY NEWS	NYC nightlife royalty Linda Simpson offers rare inside look at East Village drag culture in the ’80s and ’90s
2/15/23	QUEERFUL.COM	VIDEO: “Drag Her-storian Linda Simpson’s Photos Bring Past Alive
1/13/23	INTERVIEW MAGAZINE	Linda Simpson on Drag Queens, Downtown Scenes, and Underground Zines
12/1/22	HARVARD LIBRARY	Revolutionary, Proud and Ultra-Campy: My Comrade Founder Gives Hofer Lecture
10/1/22	ARTFORUM	REVIEW OF MY COMRADE EXHIBIT
8/16/22	REGINA LEADER-POST	In Pictures: Drag Explosion Exhibition Opens At Art Gallery of Regina
8/13/22	SASKATCHEWAN WEEKEND WITH SHANA POWERS	AUDIO: Linda Simpson talks to host Shauna Powers
6/29/22	DOCUMENT MAGAZINE	Inside ‘My Comrade,’ a Time Capsule of NYC’s Legendary Drag Scene
6/8/22	SMITHSONIAN MAGAZINE	The Zine that Documented Drag’s Campy Coming of Age
6/6/22	ARTNET	This 1980s Drag Zine Helped Launch the Careers of Queens Like RuPaul
6/2/22	DAZED	My Comrade: the Revolutionary Zine that Transformed the New York Drag Scene
6/1/22	EV GRIEVE	Happy 35th Anniversary to Linda Simpson and My Comrade at Howl! Happening
1/20/22	POPMATTERS	Linda Simpson’s Photo History of NYC Beguiles
11/21/21	THE RED HOOK STAR REVUE	Review of The Drag Explosion
9/28/21	GAYLETTER	Linda Simpson
9/22/21	THE WOW REPORT	Linda Simpson’s Unseen Pics of RuPaul, Lady Bunny, Candis Cayne, James St. James (& Me!) + The Stories Behind Them
9/1/21	NEVER APART	VIDEO: Linda Simpson talks with host Jordan King from the multi-media arts magazine Never Apart
6/20/21	QUEERGURU.COM	Linda Simpson: The Drag Explosion… the Glittery Queer History Book We All Need
5/27/21	BAY AREA REPORTER	Linda Simpson’s Retro ‘Drag Explosion’ Recalls NYC’s Nightlife Yesteryears
4/22/21	PROVINCETOWN MAGAZINE	Review: The Drag Explosion
3/25/21	THE WOW REPORT	Linda Simpson’s Book ‘The Drag Explosion’ is OUT!
3/23/21	FEAST OF FUN PODCAST	AUDIO: Linda Simpson talks to podcast hosts Fausto Fernós and Marc Felion
3/16/21	CREATIVE REVIEW	Documenting The Drag Explosion
3/14/21	F-STOP MAGAZINE	Book Review: Linda Simpson’s The Drag Explosion
3/5/21	DOCUMENT	Photographer Pacifico Silano and Linda Simpson discuss “honoring the legacy of their queer predecessors”
3/2/21	METAL MAGAZINE	Linda Simpson – Documenting Drag Culture
3/1/21	PONYBOY MAGAZINE	The Drag Explosion – Linda Simpson
2/18/21	DRAG TIME WITH HEKLINA	AUDIO: Linda talks to podcast host Heklina
2/16/21	HUCK MAGAZINE	Photos of New York’s Drag Explosion in the ’80s
2/5/21	BLIND MAGAZINE	Revisiting New York’s Legendary Drag Explosion of the 1990s
2/4/21	ANOTHER MAGAZINE	Eight Visually Arresting Photo Books To Buy This Month
2/2/21	INTERVIEW MAGAZINE	Lady Bunny and Linda Simpson Contemplate the Future of Drag
1/29/21	THE FACE MAGAZINE	The Agony, Ecstasy and Hedonism of NYC’s Early Drag Scene
1/22/21	EBONY AND IRONY PODCAST	AUDIO: Linda Simpson talks to podcast hosts Lady Bunny and Monét X Change
12/28/20	NBC OUT	Drag Explosion: The ‘Fabulousness and Defiance’ of ’90s Drag
12/18/20	ARTFORUM	VIDEO: Party, Power Pose Discussion with Linda Simpson and photographer Reynaldo Rivera
12/11/20	NEWNOWNEXT	RuPaul and Other Drag Pioneers Come to Life in Stunning New Photo Book
12/3/20	BOYCULTURE.COM	Drag Her! Linda Simpson’s New Book of Old Photographs Document THE DRAG EXPLOSION
11/14/20	ARTFORUM	Art Guide—Must See (Regarding exhibit at Tiger Strikes Asteroid gallery)
11/6/20	THEBODY.COM	Linda Simpson’s Book of NYC Drag and Club Photos from the 1980s and ’90s is Simply Irresistible
11/2/20	HYPERALLERGIC	Your Concise New York Art Guide for November 2020 (Regarding exhibit at Tiger Strikes Asteroid gallery)
11/20/19	ANOTHER MAN MAGAZINE	New York 1990s “Drag Explosion,” Captured by a Drag Queen (Includes slideshow)
11/15/19	THE WOW REPORT	Must See: Linda Simpson’s ‘Drag Explosion’ at the Wild Project, NYC
11/13/19	EVGRIEVE.COM	The Drag Explosion’ Brings the Golden Era of NYC Drag History to the Wild Project
4/1/19	HEARTS MAGAZINE	Linda Simpson 1983-1994 (Hearts Spring/Summer 2019 issue is print only.)
12/14/18	ELLE MAGAZINE	Everything We Know About Makeup We Learned from Drag Queens (Includes video with “Drag Explosion” photos)
11/1/18	NEVER APART	VIDEO: Linda Simpson talk about The Drag Explosion with the multi-media arts magazine
9/8/18	FAR OUT MAGAZINE	Photos from the ’90s Reveal the Life Behind New York’s Drag Scene
6/25/18	MUSEE - VANGUARD OF PHOTOGRAPHY CULTURE	49 Years of Pride (and counting) Through Photographs
6/1/18	NEW YORK MAGAZINE	VIDEO: A History of the New York Drag Scene That Launched RuPaul
9/21/17	THE DAILY BEAST	Gorgeous LGBTQ Photography at the New York Art Book Fair
9/7/17	THE HUFFINGTON POST	Get Ready for DragCon With A Look At The History and Culture of New York City Drag
1/26/17	THE NEW YORK TIMES	Perpetual Revolution’ Shows Artists Changing Their Lives
8/12/16	OUT & ABOUT	Warm Up to the Pride with “Drag Explosion”
1/1/16	CANDY MAGAZINE	Candy is print only, see some of the 16-page article here.
8/6/15	THE NEW YORK TIMES	The Accidental Historian of Drag Queens
6/26/15	THE WOW REPORT	VIDEO: Linda Simpson talks to host John Polly
4/2/15	FRONTIERS MAGAZINE	Linda Simpson’s “Drag Explosion” Proves Some Pictures Are Worth 1,000 Wigs
3/24/15	THE WOW REPORT	First Time Outside of NYC! Linda Simpson’s “The Drag Explosion”
10/16/14	THE ADVOCATE	The Trans Artist Who Stars in a Time Capsule of NYC’s Underground Art World
9/19/14	THE WALL STREET JOURNAL	Insiders’ Picks for Arts & Entertainment Season (Photographer Ryan McGinley recommends “The Drag Explosion”)
8/24/14	KIENYKE.COM	Cuando los drag queen se tomaron Nueva York
8/22/14	HEAPS MAGAZINE	Article About Linda Simpson (Includes Slideshow of “The Drag Explosion”)
8/15/14	NEXT MAGAZINE	“The Drag Explosion, Part Two” at Dixon Place
8/15/14	THE HUFFINGTON POST	Linda Simpson Presents “The Drag Explosion, Part Two”
7/12/14	THE HUFFINGTON POST	After Dark: Linda Simpson, Drag Queen Celebrity and Nightlife Personality (Includes Photos from The Drag Explosion)
6/30/14	QUEER'LESQUE MAGAZINE	Die Drag Explosion von Linda Simpson
6/24/14	NEW YORK MAGAZINE	Rare Shots of New York’s 1990s Drag Scene
6/24/14	ART FAG CITY	A Memorial for Drag Icon Miss Demeanor Written by Linda Simpson
6/21/14	THE HUFFINGTON POST	Meet Page, One of New York’s Most Iconic ’90s Drag Icons
6/11/14	ZEITjUNG	Turning The Page
6/3/14	FEATURE SHOOT	Portraits of Page: A Look at ’80s and ’90s Drag Life in NYC
4/25/14	THE ARTISTS FORUM	Review of “Pages” Photo Exhibit
4/10/14	ART FAG CITY	One in a Million: Linda Simpson on PAGES
4/4/14	FREAK CHIC	PAGES by Linda Simpson at ClampArt
4/1/14	WALL STREET INTERNATIONAL	Linda Simpson. PAGES.
3/5/14	QUEERTY	Reminisce About The Startling Drag Scene From Late ’80s NYC
3/4/14	RED BULL ACADEMY	Nightclubbing: New York City’s Pyramid Club (Includes photos by Linda Simpson)
3/4/14	NERVE	A Look Back at the Awesome Drag Explosion of the ’90s New York Club Scene Written by Linda Simpson
1/17/14	BOY CULTURE	Review of PAGES
1/15/14	FILTHY DREAMS	Review of PAGES
1/9/14	EDGE NEW YORK	Review of PAGES
11/18/13	THE WOW REPORT	Pages of Page
11/14/13	NEXT MAGAZINE	Linda Simpson Hosts A Launch Party
11/12/13	GAY LETTER	Linda Simpson’s PAGES Book Launch
10/23/13	BEAUTYLISH	History Lesson: The Beauty of Early Drag Captured by Linda Simpson
10/13/13	RIOT OF PERFUME	Print Magazine Article