The Stage Belongs to Fat, Frigid Freaks: A Review of Ms Mabel Syrup's Fucking Accepted

Krishnakumar, Jo

Abstract

Ms Mabel Syrup is a neo-burlesque dancer/drag queen with three years of experience in the Oxford/London drag/burlesque scene. Her larger body of performance seeks to claim aesthetic joy for fat people, subverts dominant ideas of female sexuality, and provides political commentary using creative and comedic metaphors (for example, a drag-burlesque performance involving a love story of a moth and a lamp or a feminist rendition of “Stacy’s Mom”). She uses performance and social media to navigate her relationship with her body, her journey with PCOS, and her divergence from what is considered “normal female biology.” This review focuses on her performance of a lipsynced
spoken-word piece, Fucking Accepted, that the reviewer watched at the Royal Vauxhall Tavern in London during the final stages of Not Another Drag Competition (NADC) in 2021.

Citation

Krishnakumar, J. (2022). The Stage Belongs to Fat, Frigid Freaks: A Review of Ms Mabel Syrup's Fucking Accepted. Toronto, Canada

• Other Type: Other
• Publication Date: May 12, 2022
• Deposit Date: Jul 1, 2022
• Publicly Available Date: Jul 1, 2022
• Pages: 59-61
• Book Title: Ace and Aro Reviews Issue
• Related Public URLs: https://feralfeminisms.com/issue1/issue-10-2-ace-and-aro-reviews-issue/