Building Community through Diversity with Ailsa Blair

Episode 45 of the The Purple Pawedcast podcast, hosted by Amethysta Herrick, Ph.D., titled "Building Community through Diversity with Ailsa Blair" was published on October 11, 2024 and runs 60 minutes.

October 11, 2024 ·60m · The Purple Pawedcast

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Summary

On today's episode, I speak with Ailsa Blair about the drag community. Ailsa is a neurodiverse, nonbinary product designer and research leader who founded Drag Me, a company whose mobile app empowers drag artists to connect with their fans. Ailsa and I talk about topics as far afield as Tech Bros treating employees as tools, features of the Drag Me app, and invoking Rule 34 and Godwin's Law at the same time.REFERENCES:Ailsa Blair’s website: https://www.ailsamblair.com/Follow Ailsa on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ailsamblair/Follow Ailsa on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whoaitsailsaDrag Me website: https://www.dragme.io/Follow Drag Me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dragme.ioFollow Drag Me on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dragme.ioFollow Drag Me on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@dragme.io(00:00) - Opening credits (00:37) - Show opening (01:30) - Introducing Ailsa Blair (02:46) - Transforming isolation into community (07:18) - Using empathy to make the world better (17:17) - Nameless faceless tools make lesser products (24:29) - Invoking Rule 34 on identity legislation (27:28) - The evolution of drag (34:49) - Helping drag entrepreneurs (40:00) - Bucking the gender hate (43:37) - The Drag Me community thus far... (46:37) - Coming soon to Drag Me (48:52) - How the drag scene became mainstream (55:22) - How to find Ailsa Blair and Drag Me on the internet (58:22) - Show closing (01:00:06) - Closing credits ★ Support this podcast ★

Episode Description

On today's episode, I speak with Ailsa Blair about the drag community. Ailsa is a neurodiverse, nonbinary product designer and research leader who founded Drag Me, a company whose mobile app empowers drag artists to connect with their fans. Ailsa and I talk about topics as far afield as Tech Bros treating employees as tools, features of the Drag Me app, and invoking Rule 34 and Godwin's Law at the same time.

REFERENCES:

Ailsa Blair’s website: https://www.ailsamblair.com/

Follow Ailsa on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ailsamblair/

Follow Ailsa on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whoaitsailsa

Drag Me website: https://www.dragme.io/

Follow Drag Me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dragme.io

Follow Drag Me on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dragme.io

Follow Drag Me on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@dragme.io

(00:00) - Opening credits
(00:37) - Show opening
(01:30) - Introducing Ailsa Blair
(02:46) - Transforming isolation into community
(07:18) - Using empathy to make the world better
(17:17) - Nameless faceless tools make lesser products
(24:29) - Invoking Rule 34 on identity legislation
(27:28) - The evolution of drag
(34:49) - Helping drag entrepreneurs
(40:00) - Bucking the gender hate
(43:37) - The Drag Me community thus far...
(46:37) - Coming soon to Drag Me
(48:52) - How the drag scene became mainstream
(55:22) - How to find Ailsa Blair and Drag Me on the internet
(58:22) - Show closing
(01:00:06) - Closing credits

★ Support this podcast ★

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