Below you'll find a list of all posts that have been tagged as “R”
This is the BeginningRupaul’s Drag Race is my favorite show of all time and as a data analyst it’s always been my dream to use data about the show and queens to make observations about the shows contestants and predictions on their performance and castings. I knew that this had to start with the data, making it clean and accessible is the …
Last year I wrote a thing about how Pride is getting less fun, because corporations. I proved this using 7 years of Pride parade data from a large city in the northeast U.S. I just updated my dataset with the 2018 data, and things have gotten even worse… I was shocked in 2017 that a third of the parade was …
The LGBTQ+ community is very diverse – in terms of race, ethnicity, ability, class, religion, you name it. It also includes a wide variety of things – sexual orientations, sexualities, sexes, gender identities, relationship arrangements, and more. As inclusive as the community is in theory, how much of this is actually reflected in Pride celebrations? Like previous posts have explained, …
Previously on data confirms things we already know, it was revealed that Pride is indeed less fun these days – mostly due to it being taken over by corporations (as well as other not-so-fun entries like politicians and religious organizations). As shocking as this wasn’t, I wanted to focus in on this corporate aspect and explore it a little more. …
An exploration of lip syncs in RuPaul’s Drag Race through network analysis. The lip sync is the ultimate test of a drag queen’s ability, and the conclusion of every episode of RuPaul’s Drag Race. Using social network analysis, I attempt to explore the lip sync prowess of contestants on the show. Using the frequency that a queen lip syncs, what …
Not necessarily LGBTQ+ themed, but I feel like there is some sort of connection between having the courage to live as your authentic self and saying the word “fuck” alot. Something about realness or honesty or freedom, maybe? Feel free to disagree. I really just want an excuse to share this (cause I am still extremely amused). For pure entertainment, …
