Image: @ThatGuyGil Creature Feature: Chelsea Siren, Enchantress of the Stage By Kamryn Feigel June 3, 2016 SHARE THIS: Facebook Twitter Art Click images for captions “I’ve always wanted to make myself an art piece, and I’ve always wanted to perform, but I’ve never had the courage to do it.” Photo: ThatGuyGil “I was finally at a point in my life where I wasn’t that shy little girl anymore.” Photo: ThatGuyGil Miss Siren is known for her ideas on body positivity and women empowerment. Photo: ThatGuyGil “It’s something that I always want to show: female empowerment and female strength.” Photo: ThatGuyGil When asked how she responds to common criticism about her drag, the answer is simple: Do it better. Photo: ThatGuyGil I feel like that’s part of why I wear so little clothes, because I want everyone to get open to the idea of getting comfortable with who they are and how they look.” Photo: ThatGuyGil Currently a professional graphic designer, Chelsea has always wanted to be an artist. Her primary medium of choice, however, is her own body. Photo: ThatGuyGil Siren says she came into her true form just shy of two years ago, when she first became introduced to the Bad Kids Collective right here in Salt Lake. Photo: ThatGuyGil “I feel like it’s always weird, being a female doing drag.” Photo: ThatGuyGil “I don’t feel like drag is just about a man in a dress. Drag is about expressing yourself.” Photo: ThatGuyGil It’s a tough gig being a bio queen, but someone’s got to represent. Photo: ThatGuyGil As gender lines become increasingly more blurred, individual outliers like Siren are seizing the opportunity to submerge into a community that is mainly inhabited by males assigned at birth. Photo: ThatGuyGil Siren chooses to showcase herself and her love of fantasy through her performances. Photo: ThatGuyGil Siren hopes to inspire with her performances and her art is to embrace your own kind of weird. Photo: ThatGuyGil It takes a thick skin to deal with it at times but luckily for us, Siren has just the right amount of thick skin for the job. Your donations allow us to share underrepresented stories for FREE! Donate $10 Choose Amount