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Bernardo Sim experiences and explains queer multiverses. Born in Brazil, he currently lives in South Florida.
Bernardo Sim experiences and explains queer multiverses. Born in Brazil, he currently lives in South Florida.
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On Thursday, August 10, RuPaul’s Drag Race season seven finalist Pearl shared an Instagram carousel of pictures of herself using what appears to be a filter that deeply tanned her skin and added voluptuous lips and huge pink nails to her body. She also held a cup of iced coffee in her hand, writing in the caption: “Skipper’s all grown up now.”
Pearl’s now-deleted Instagram post was quickly re-shared all over social media, including Reddit, where a new thread was started with the title, “This feels wrong.” Drag Race fans immediately took to Instagram comments, Reddit comments, and X (formerly Twitter) posts to share their reactions. Many fans accused the queen of doing “blackface” and/or “blackfishing,” though others counter-argued that she wasn’t doing those things.
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A few hours later, Pearl deleted the original post and shared an Instagram story that offered an explanation.
“The character I posted this morning was not meant to resemble any other background other than my own,” Pearl wrote. “She’s platinum blonde/blue eyes and meant to have 2000s Britney-esque tan. I certainly didn’t mean to hurt anyone and will refrain from using any kind of tan at all when creating characters in the future. I’ve removed the post as to not continue to offend people.”
Scroll through to see how RuPaul’s Drag Race fans reacted to Pearl’s original post.
