Sasha Colby Doesn’t Care If ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Makes You Miserable

Season 15 of RuPaul’s Drag Race was a watershed installment of the renowned reality show. Though Drag Race has been groundbreaking from its start, its supersized fifteenth season felt like the dawn of a new era: The challenges were more intense, the personalities (and egos) were even bigger, and the show’s societal impact met a level that its contestants’ immense talent deserved.

From the moment her entrance look’s ostrich feathers brushed the top of the workroom door for the first time, the frontrunner was Sasha Colby, a decorated drag veteran who has won some of the most prestigious titles that the community has to bestow on its artists. (Though the rest of the Season 15 queens made damn sure to give her a run for her money, right up until she was crowned in the finale.)

All of that fire in the Drag Race workroom resulted in some of the series’ most emotional episodes yet, like a Wigloose musical that sent up Footloose by throwing the queens into a town where drag had been outlawed. The episode aired eerily timed to an onslaught of national government legislation that aimed to ban or restrict public drag performances, and strip citizens of gender-affirming care.

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