The Necessity of RuPaul’s DragCon – Now on PopConMania.com

LOS ANGELES - Oct. 25, 2015 - PRLog -- Says RuPaul, the most famous and fabulously successful drag queen, “We’re all born naked, and the rest is drag.”  The exuberance of the convention finds an insightful reading of the popular convention at the website PopConMania.com.

RuPaul’s dictum is the unofficial tagline for DragCon, this year’s gathering in Los Angeles of fans and inherent inhabitants of the drag life. It was, in many regards, not unsimilar to Comic Con in San Diego, where fans dress in the styles of their heroes. The difference here is that the participants don’t pretend to be Batman or Superman, they have a deep-rooted and more personal need to dress and act they way they do in person, in public and at popular conventions – they are what they are and they dress out of personality, not out of speculation. It should no longer be a topic of discussion – it should be a topic of acceptance and celebration, as this convention was.

This year, at the Los Angeles Convention Center, DragCon was the first ever convention celebrating “the art of drag, queer culture and self-expression for all.” The two-day event featured a host of processions, workshops and panel discussions, many moderated by notable TV and movie stars as well as memorable drag queens from the television show, RuPaul’s Drag Race.

Musings on the convention reside at PopConMania.com.

Popular conventions — whether based around comics, TV shows, movies, Japanese anime, modern music or whatever defines pop culture — resound as important, insightful and integral parts of life for millions around the globe.  And the celebrations at conventions worldwide reverberate with the unbridled joy and relevancy of those culturally individual pieces that have become fused to the whole of our collective consciousness.  On PopConMania.com reside reviews of recently attended pop cons, reposts of related goings-on and musings about pop culture as read, written and remembered by Mark Walston, award-winning writer, historian and creative director.  His viewpoint focuses on the fan, not the cynic.  He looks for the positive in each gathering.  He searches for respect and relationships among pop culture aficionados. In the process, he not only finds knowledge, but teaching. Ultimately, he sees acceptance based on understanding.

For readings on a range of popular culture topics, visit PopConMania.com.