*RuPaul’s Drag Race*: How Drag Fueled Pop Culture’s Slang Engine of the Moment

In 2016, RuPaul Charles told Nightline that he didn’t think that his work would ever be truly mainstream. At the time, his competitive-reality show RuPaul’s Drag Race was airing on LGBTQ-focused cable network Logo, and the world’s most famous drag performer still didn’t think people took his work—or his show—seriously. “I haven’t been accepted in …

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