{"id":527161,"date":"2021-05-19T20:20:08","date_gmt":"2021-05-20T00:20:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=527161"},"modified":"2021-05-19T20:20:11","modified_gmt":"2021-05-20T00:20:11","slug":"drag-queens-in-training-nyc-department-of-education-childrens-show-features-12-minutes-of-lil-miss-hot-mess-reading-and-dancing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/drag-queens-in-training-nyc-department-of-education-childrens-show-features-12-minutes-of-lil-miss-hot-mess-reading-and-dancing\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Drag Queens In Training\u2019: NYC Department Of Education Children\u2019s Show Features 12 Minutes Of \u2018Lil Miss Hot Mess\u2019 Reading And Dancing"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">42<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdrag-queens-in-training-nyc-department-of-education-childrens-show-features-12-minutes-of-lil-miss-hot-mess-reading-and-dancing%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=527161&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Untitled-design-1-1-scaled-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>A children\u2019s show on PBS featured drag queen and author \u201cLittle Miss Hot Mess\u201d singing, dancing, and reading a book about drag queens to an intended audience of three to eight-year-olds.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>\u201cI think we might have some drag queens in training on our hands,\u201d Little Miss Hot Mess said after dancing and singing for the virtual audience.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>The episode is part of the show \u201cLet\u2019s Learn,\u201d produced in partnership by the public media company The WNET Group and the New York City Department of Education.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A children\u2019s show on PBS featured drag queen and author \u201cLittle Miss Hot Mess\u201d singing, dancing and reading a book about drag queens to an intended audience of three to eight year olds.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cToday I\u2019m going to read from my own book, which is \u2018The Hips On the Drag Queen Go Swish Swish Swish,&#8217;\u201d explained Little Miss Hot Mess, who is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lilmisshotmess.com\/\">reportedly<\/a> one of the founding members of Drag Queen Story Hour. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/03\/18\/drag-queen-story-hour-lgtbq-milwaukee\/\">(RELATED: Judge Arrested For Child Porn Headed Group Offering Drag Queen Story Hour Club)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI wrote this book because I wanted everyone to get to experience the magic of drag and to get a little practice shaking their hips or shimmying their shoulders to know how we can feel fabulous inside of our own bodies,\u201d Little Miss Hot Mess said.<\/p>\n<p>The book <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lilmisshotmess.com\/\">is intended<\/a> to be sung along to the tune of the song, \u201cThe Wheels On The Bus,\u201d Lil Miss Hot Mess said. It features the drag characters \u201cFrida Bea Me,\u201d \u201cJaclyn Jill,\u201d \u201cStinkerbelle,\u201d \u201cRita Booke,\u201d \u201cMother Lucy Goosey,\u201d \u201cCinderfella,\u201d \u201cPina-Buttah-Gelee,\u201d \u201cRosie Ringarounda,\u201d and \u201cElla Menopipi,\u201d and \u201cfollows a drag queen who performs her routine in front of an awestruck audience.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Little Miss Hot Mess read the book to the virtual audience, encouraging viewers to snap their hands, shimmy, twirl, dance, shake their hips and put on makeup, video showed. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2020\/01\/26\/drag-queen-story-hour-united-states\/\">(RELATED: How Drag Queen Story Hour Expanded Across America)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>WATCH:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think we might have some drag queens in training on our hands,\u201d Little Miss Hot Mess said after dancing and singing for the virtual audience.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBeing a drag queen is about being bold, shining bright, and showing a little bit of bravery, being willing to step outside the box and to dance to our own beat sometimes.\u201d the drag queen explained. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2020\/02\/22\/drag-queen-story-hour-adams-morgan-dc\/\">(RELATED: DC Parents Bring Children As Young As 9 Months To Adams Morgan Drag Queen Story Hour)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The episode is part of the series \u201cLet\u2019s Learn,\u201d a public television series produced in partnership by PBS member station WNET and the New York City Department of Education, WNET spokeswoman Lindsey Horvitz<span class=\"qu\" tabindex=\"-1\" role=\"gridcell\" translate=\"no\"><span class=\"gD\" data-hovercard-id=\"anfrederick@pbs.org\" data-hovercard-owner-id=\"113\"> told the Daily Caller News Foundation. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"qu\" tabindex=\"-1\" role=\"gridcell\" translate=\"no\"><span class=\"gD\" data-hovercard-id=\"anfrederick@pbs.org\" data-hovercard-owner-id=\"113\">The spokeswoman emphasized repeatedly that Let\u2019s Learn is not a PBS series but was made available to PBS stations. The Lil Miss Hot Mess episode first aired March 31, she said, and <\/span><\/span>WNET has received \u201conly a small handful of messages\u201d complaining about the show.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLet\u2019s Learn helps children ages 3-8 with at-home learning,\u201d a tag on the PBS <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/show\/lets-learn-nyc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">website<\/a> said. \u201cOne-hour programs feature instruction by educators and virtual field trips.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.schools.nyc.gov\/learning\/blended-learning\/lets-learn-nyc\">According to the New York City Department of Education<\/a>, Let\u2019s Learn episodes offer \u201cage appropriate content\u201d intended to \u201cserve as a supplemental resource for remote and blended learning.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>New York City DOE did not immediately respond to a request for comment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThrough lessons taped by educators, the program offers age-appropriate content that is aligned to education standards and lessons for early childhood education, focusing on foundational reading and writing skills, literacy, math, science, social studies and the arts,\u201d the NYC DOE website said. \u201cThe series also supports social emotional learning and brings viewers on virtual field trips to see dance performances, meet animals, visit botanical gardens and more.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Democratic New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio and Schools Chancellor Richard A. Carranza <a href=\"https:\/\/www.schools.nyc.gov\/about-us\/news\/announcements\/contentdetails\/2020\/05\/01\/mayor-de-blasio-and-chancellor-carranza-announce-let-s-learn-nyc-a-new-television-program-from-wnet-to-support-remote-learning\">announced<\/a> the launch of&nbsp; <a class=\"noLinkIcon\" href=\"https:\/\/nam01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thirteen.org%2Fprograms%2Flets-learn-nyc%2Flets-learn-nyc-series-promo-729nc7%2F&amp;data=02%7C01%7CIBoundy%40schools.nyc.gov%7C4635a7f000fc4c78fd1708d7edfe07f6%7C18492cb7ef45456185710c42e5f7ac07%7C0%7C0%7C637239547948072729&amp;sdata=4mQ4EWYkGWUsEMBhg%2FtWM%2FvglPZV6Ics1SyRS5dMsak%3D&amp;reserved=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u201cLet\u2019s Learn NYC\u201d<\/a> in May 2020 around the beginning of the pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re doing everything we can to make this unprecedented situation a little brighter for our youngest New Yorkers,\u201d de Blasio said at the time, according to a press release. \u201cThis partnership will bring entertaining educational opportunities directly to homes across New York City.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Drag Queen Story Hours&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2020\/01\/26\/drag-queen-story-hour-united-states\/\">started out<\/a>&nbsp;as niche events on the West Coast but have spread to libraries and schools across the U.S. The official Drag Queen Story Hour website boasts&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dragqueenstoryhour.org\/\">over 40 independently operated<\/a>&nbsp;chapters across the U.S., including in New York City, D.C. and Chicago, as well as international chapters in Tokyo, Australia, Europe, and Mexico.&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2020\/02\/22\/drag-queen-story-hour-adams-morgan-dc\/\">(RELATED: DC Parents Bring Children As Young As 9 Months To Adams Morgan Drag Queen Story Hour)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The events are typically designed to be about 45 minutes long for children aged three to eight years old and intend to capture children\u2019s imagination and help explore their gender fluidity through \u201cglamorous, positive, and unabashedly queer role models,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dragqueenstoryhour.org\/#about\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">according<\/a>&nbsp;to the Drag Queen Story Hour\u2019s official website.<\/p>\n<p>DQSH did not immediately respond to a request for comment from the DCNF.<\/p>\n<p>Content created by The Daily Caller News Foundation is available without charge to any eligible news publisher that can provide a large audience. 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