‘We Love Masturbation, Correct?’: Princeton University Hosts Drag Show Featuring Student, Guest Performers

“We’re here to have a f***ing drag show,” the drag queen Rhedd Rhumm said to kick off Princeton University’s annual drag performance on Saturday.

The two-hour show featured student and guest performers, and was sponsored by the Gender and Sexuality Resource Center and the Princeton Pride Alliance.

“Gender is a construct. I’m a woman right now, and in about two hours, I will be a full man,” Rhedd Rhumm said.

“If there was no queer kids here at Princeton, Princeton would not exist,” the performer added.

The event was headlined by drag-queen performer Kim Chi, who was a contestant on season eight of the television show RuPaul’s Drag Race. Kim Chi has nearly two million followers on Instagram and is the owner of a makeup line.

“Is this legal to do on campus?” Kim Chi joked after performing to the song “Sin Wagon” by The Chicks. Additional performers included the drag queen Vanity Ray, who uses the tagline “the nicest narcissist you’ll ever meet,” drag queen Victoria Courtez, and drag king Maxxx Pleasure. The DJ was Mikey Mo, who is deaf.

“We’re all adults here, so we can talk about sex in a non-judgemental, non-shameful manner, correct?” Rhedd Rhumm asked the audience, adding that his day job is education for sexual and LGBTQ health care.

“So, abortion care is very, very important because not only can women get pregnant, not only can cis[gender] women get pregnant, but non-binary individuals can get pregnant as well, as well as trans-masc[uline] individuals, and anybody that falls between that has the capability of getting pregnant,” Rhedd Rhumm said. “So, if they wanna make that choice to get an abortion, that is entirely up to who? Up to them! Who the f*** am I, why am I gonna tell somebody not to do what they want to do? It’s not my body!”

“One more thing, if you enjoy masturbation, let me tell you something, masturbation is self-care. I don’t care what anybody says,” Rhed Rhumm added. “That is the act of loving yourself. . . enjoying your time with yourself, putting yourself in the mindset, putting yourself in the mood, getting yourself there, getting yourself to a point of pleasure when you just feel amazing.” 

“We love masturbation, correct?” Rhedd Rhumm asked the audience, which cheered in response. Approximately one hundred people attended the event, including students, faculty, and staff. Due to high demand and limited space, attendees had to reserve a spot in advance. When entering the venue, attendees could exchange bills for singles, which were given to tip the performers. 

The first student performer was an undergraduate senior whose stage name is “Rosa Garnette Quartz.” The student performed with a small inflatable male doll and pretended to disembowel the dummy when the song said “spill your guts on the floor.” 

“I’ve been calling him ‘the motherf***er’ this entire time,” the student responded when asked what the inflatable doll was named. The second student performer, who appeared under the stage name “Prima Donna,” wore lingerie and struggled to walk in high heels. 

“Anticipation is lovely, everybody. We love edging together,” Rhedd Rhumm said while looking for a paper to announce the next performer. “Edging” refers to the practice of repeatedly approaching sexual climax.

“You can follow me on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and if you’re fun enough, maybe Pornhub,” Rhedd Rhumm said. “My Pornhub is just me performing, that’s all it really is. So if you’re enjoying yourself on Pornhub, and you happen to come across my performance videos, let me know how you got there.”