Maxi Shield, Author at 17c��

A platonic dilemna

Maxi Shield — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 08:14:31 +0000

This year I have thrown myself into the dating world, doing everything short of carrying a huge sign flashing “Available!”. For many years I was comfortable being labelled ‘the funny ...

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The Vanity Fair gene

Maxi Shield — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 02:44:41 +0000

Some of us have it, some of us don’t. I am talking about the Vanity Fair gene — the ability to create something fabulous out of nothing. The always-gorgeous Courtney ...

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Sydney’s finest food and wine – and me

Maxi Shield — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 04:45:59 +0000

For the last eight or nine years, I have been been involved in the AIDS Trust’s Food & Wine Fair. I started off as the fabulous Claire de Lune’s assistant, ...

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The excitement of the first time

Maxi Shield — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 06:12:53 +0000

For some of us it feels like a million years ago when we first stumbled across the LGBTI community. People who didn’t grow up in Sydney heard about it, but ...

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The other ‘c’ word

Maxi Shield — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 02:57:56 +0000

When I was just a drag beginner and wore 10 pairs of stockings and had uneven eyebrows, it was all the rage to wear panelled corsets. They were standard drag ...

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Racism and homophobia are not camp

Maxi Shield — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 22:36:43 +0000

This week most of the drag community was in a storm of glitter, when a not-well-thought-out PR stunt went dreadfully wrong and backfired. This was to promote an upcoming annual ...

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Keeping abreast of things

Maxi Shield — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 11:23:13 +0000

A young boy at the bar asked me 101 questions about what I do for a living — drag. He claimed he wasn’t interested in actually frocking up but had ...

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To stocking or not to stocking

Maxi Shield — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 06:00:23 +0000

When I first started performing way back in the ’90s, it was stock standard that all showgirls wore stockings. And when I say “wore stockings”, I mean wore stockings. We ...

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Party for the right to marry

Maxi Shield — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 06:50:02 +0000

The fight for marriage equality is not an easy one, with most of the country actually not too concerned if a same-sex couple can marry. It’s a handful at the ...

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Stripping the dressing room of its mystique

Maxi Shield — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 00:37:18 +0000

The life of a showgirl has its ups and downs. Just because you work in a social environment doesn’t mean it’s all fun and partying. You actually have to be ...

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Tuck yourself in

Maxi Shield — Tue, 30 Aug 2011 06:47:23 +0000

This is a very important part of being a showgirl. When it’s done correctly, all eyes are on you and when it’s done incorrectly, we will still be watching the ...

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Felled by the flu

Maxi Shield — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 04:37:13 +0000

I did my best not to get the flu this year. I had the flu shot, I pump myself full of vitamins and I’m probably the fittest I have ever ...

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Looking beyond the pubs and clubs

Maxi Shield — Tue, 16 Aug 2011 07:01:38 +0000

I’ve lived in East Sydney since 1997 and have loved every minute of it. I’m close enough to fun and work that I can walk or catch a cheap taxi, ...

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The lady is a legend

Maxi Shield — Tue, 09 Aug 2011 04:51:50 +0000

The combined ages of all those at the party approached a half millenia. It could have been Hugh Heffner’s wine cellar, there was that much vintage in the room. Last ...

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Can a drag queen pull off leather?

Maxi Shield — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 09:18:19 +0000

For me, the final frontier of the party circuit is Inquisition, on this weekend. I haven’t gotten around to ever going – usually because of work commitments – but it ...

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Respect: find out what it means to me

Maxi Shield — Tue, 26 Jul 2011 06:15:10 +0000

As much as you leave the country, a small amount will always stay with you, which is a great thing. One thing I will always take with me from the ...

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Walk on the wild side

Maxi Shield — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 04:27:15 +0000

Last weekend I experienced something that I haven’t for a very long time. It has onlookers gasping for breath and many of our ‘straight-acting’ community watching with horror. I am ...

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Young on the inside

Maxi Shield — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 05:24:25 +0000

My Woolies commercial came out, where I’m grocery shopping in full drag, basket of goodies on my arm and perusing the nuts section. Doesn’t everyone pop down to the supermarket ...

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Small boobs and everything

Maxi Shield — Tue, 05 Jul 2011 03:47:38 +0000

Frequently you get a call or an email sending out an SOS for a drag queen. Most of the time it’s usually the day or night before and is very ...

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What’s straight-acting?

Maxi Shield — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 04:40:22 +0000

I have difficulty understanding the term ‘straight-acting’. What does it really mean? What does that entail? Drive a ute, muster cattle and have sex with a woman? I did the ...

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