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Hamilton H. Hicks '01, a Currier House psychology concentrator, has recently augmented his Harvard education with a bold agenda of amateur strip-tease competition. His second-place win at Landsdowne Street's Axis Club, in addition to a short stint at drag-dressing, has earned Hicks quite a reputation for immodesty around campus as well as among the Boston area clubbing scene. Straight from the mouth of the boy who really "dares to bare," FM uncovers the true experience, inspiration and secret to successful stripping...
Hicks: Well, the competition has been held weekly for a few months now. First there is a drag show during which people can sign up for the amateur striptease. After the professionals finish their lip-sync routine, the hostess drag queen announces the seven to 10 audience members that will compete and calls them up one by one. (S) he puts on some thumpy music, usually fuzzy techno but it can be anything appropriate for hip shaking. The contestants begin to dance and disassemble their outfits. Afterwards the hostess dances an extravaganza finale...
Hicks: I did drag for the first time for Halloween at a different club, The Machine, at their Thursday masquerade ball (and fooled and ex into thinking I was a girl!). I promote and model for the woman who runs the place. In general, my modeling experience is in its infancy but would like to explore it further. Last spring I was in a Harvard-sponsored fashion show designed by a friend. Oh, and while clubbing last year at Quest a photographer for a snazzy international gay magazine snapped a photo of me and it somehow ended up getting published...
Hicks: I've enjoyed it; an interesting perk was that people who didn't talk to me before were eager to chat afterwards. The downside was that my exes started to call me up again. And when I was in drag people offered me money to do disgusting things. Perhaps they didn't realize that even in heels my biceps were still working just fine. It makes me question some of the underpublicized subtleties of drag life. Prostitution is something I definitely won't be doing. Another negative incident was when a jealous drag queen attacked me. She threw...
...inspiration is a guy who is completing a master's degree here and continuing his Ph.D. at Oxford. He has published books of poetry and he collects information about his topics by living the life of his subjects. He's currently writing a book called "100 Days in Drag." I know him personally and agree that although it sounds clich, the best way to learn about people is to walk in their shoes and try to see life through their eyes before making any judgments...