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Peer Review: Gabriel Ross
The focus on different glitter subcultures from Glitter and Glam Rock to makeup artistry to drag is really nice and ties in the themes of our class well. I tried looking for something on glitter within drag subcultures too, but I couldn't find anything that Wikipedia would consider a "viable source" unfortunately. There really isn't enough academic information on glitter and/or LGBT subcultures, and I think we all know this is because these things are undervalued in academia, which is really sad. Back to the actual article though, I think the sources you were able to find are interesting and contribute well to this article.

Hey Gabriel,

Thanks so much for helping me search! I'm going to continue the source search and if I come up empty handed I'll just delete it. You make fair points. Rainegrayson (talk) 19:35, 29 April 2018 (UTC)

Glitter and Subculture
Glitter can be seen as a tool of fashion used various subcultures, as it allows for a visible statement to be worn and seen on the body. This is because it has been theorized to be a "flickering signifier", or something that destabilizes known and stable notions of popular culture, identity, and society. Glitter is associated with "fringe cultures", which often use excessive glam and glamor such as glitter to evoke a deeper understanding between the relationships of commercialized popular culture and "high" culture, or "high-brow" art.

Used by glam rockers, such as David Bowie, Gary Glitter, and Iggy Pop glitter is used as a tool to help blur gender lines and subvert societal norms. This helped to create the more extreme "Glitter Rock" - an even more heightened version of glam rock.

Glitter is also used by nail artists and make-up artists to make statements about femininity and beauty standards. Women who wear an excessive amount of make-up use glitter to help them disrupt how others view them by wearing it during the day, at places such as the workplace. The sparkling visibility of glitter allows them to disrupt standard ideas of beauty culture and what is and isn't considered "excessive" in terms of make-up usage because it is a fashion usually associated with nightlife and not professionalism.

The use of glitter is also often associated with the LGBTQIA+ society, as it is used during drag performance, events such as pride parades, and as a marker of non-normativity. <--I want to write something about this but I don't have any great sources. ): If anybody has any ideas in their peer review, please let me know.