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===== The “Fidgety Queen” is described as a spectacle, a performer, a masquerade. This strongly aligns with gender as performance—a concept explored by feminist theorist Judith Butler. If read through a genderqueer lens, the lyrics could symbolize someone who is fluid, elusive, and constantly shifting their expression. The narrator is both captivated and uncertain about this individual, reflecting the way society often reacts to gender nonconformity—with fascination, confusion, and attraction that is sometimes repressed or misinterpreted. =====

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suggest a tension between societal norms and personal desire. This could reflect internalized transphobia or the struggle of someone attracted to a gender-nonconforming individual in a time when such attraction was stigmatized. In the early '70s, mainstream rock was still largely heteronormative, though glam rockers like David Bowie and Marc Bolan were beginning to blur gender lines. The idea of a "queen" as a performer could also be linked to drag culture, which was underground but thriving in queer spaces.