Drag, Punk, and Public Health

Cary Escovedo (aka Kochina Rude)

Stevenson 101
8:30 AM

Kochina Rude is a Chicana drag queen, vocalist, and emcee born and raised in the San Francisco Bay Area. She is a host for “Princess” at SF Oasis; out of drag, she is a public health representative, the singer for punk band Lolly Gaggers, an SSU Women's & Gender Studies alumnus, and a harm reduction advocate. A self-described anarchist and cyborg feminist, Escovedo will discuss how growing up on margins in the North Bay has informed his work, and how committing to subcultural advocacy can leverage ulterior forms of power in plain sight.