huffingtonpost.com – Sally Hansell – Freelance journalist and licensed clinical social worker
Legendary drag queen RuPaul has inspired many men to don outlandish wigs, glittery dresses and towering heels to step up their lady game. For Atlanta artist Aubrey Longley-Cook, the diva provided inspiration of a different sort. Longley-Cook created the RuPaul Cross-Stitch Animation Workshop, a community art project in which 35 people, including me, spent months embroidering portraits of the performer, altogether contributing nearly half a million stitches.