Building Community through Diversity with Ailsa Blair

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 ★