Joan Jett Blakk’s Joan Jett Blakk for President: going for the top job

The artist aims for high office and echoes civil rights history “If a bad actor can be elected president, why not a good drag queen?” mused Joan Jett Blakk, the alter ego of artist-activist Terence Smith, in 1992 when, as part of the Queer Nation Party, she launched her campaign for the top job.Continue reading...