Juno Birch

Juno Birch is a British drag queen and sculptor. She is known for her unique aesthetic, best described by herself as "An alien that crash landed on earth in 1957, and since then, has been foolishly trying to disguise itself as a human female, but ending up just looking like a camp, kitschy, muppet with wonky eyebrows."[3] Her aesthetic features primarily pastel alien skin (typically blue or pink), yellow hair, and retro sunglasses. She creates sculptures that depict an exaggerated version of her drag character, often featuring details like Adam's apples, overdrawn lips, big hair, exposed breasts, 5'oclock shadows, and square jawlines to blur the lines between masculine and feminine attributes.[4] She is also known for her YouTube channel where she plays The Sims and does makeup tutorials.[5]

Juno Birch
Born (1996-12-25) December 25, 1996[1][2]
Occupation
  • drag queen
  • sculptor
  • YouTuber
Years active2018-present
YouTube information
Years active2019–present
Subscribers220,000
Total views9,6 Million
100,000 subscribers 2019
Updated 6 July 2020

Career

Birch began performing in drag professionally in December 2018.[6] She has been described as "the Sherri Ann Cabot of drag", as well as being influenced by The Smurfs, Mommie Dearest, The Muppets, The Stepford Wives, Jennifer Coolidge, John Waters, Tim Burton, The Sims, Death Becomes Her, and Mars Attacks!.[7][6][2] Of her sculptures, she says "When I’m making a sculpture, I want to be that character and create a story and then act it out on stage. I’ll create a sculpture, then I’ll have a character in mind and then I’ll be listening to really camp shit which will help me come up with an idea, a performance. I would love to do a one-woman show where I basically play all different characters that I’ve sculpted, because they’ve all got very different personalities."[6]

Personal life

Birch is a transgender woman and in 2015 had a surgery that alleviated her gender dysphoria.[8] She first came out at the age of 13 or 14 and started hormone replacement therapy at age 16.[6] Juno Birch is her legal name. Her transness is heavily reflected in her art.

References
  1. "Juno Birch on Twitter: "I'm allowed to hate Christmas because I was born on Christmas Day"". Twitter. 18 December 2019. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
  2. Ford, Sam (10 February 2020). "EVERYTHING YOU WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT JUNO BIRCH". V Magazine. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
  3. Kelly, Juno (2 May 2019). "MEET SELF-PROCLAIMED MARTIAN SPY AND '60S HOUSEWIFE, JUNO BIRCH". Love Magazine. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
  4. Satenstein, Liana. "British Artist Juno Birch's Pottery Is Just as Viral as Her Look". V Magazine. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
  5. Thomas Barrie, Ben Allen, David Levesley (3 May 2020). "The best YouTubers and YouTube channels you should subscribe to today". GQ Magazine. Retrieved 6 July 2020.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  6. Damshenas, Sam (8 August 2019). "If you see a "confused alien woman" critiquing vegetables in Sainsbury's, it's Juno Birch". gaytimes. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
  7. Andrews, Arden Fanning (5 September 2019). "Juno Birch Breaks Down Her "Alien Queen" Beauty Routine". Vogue. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
  8. Kelly, Juno (2 May 2019). "MEET SELF-PROCLAIMED MARTIAN SPY AND '60S HOUSEWIFE, JUNO BIRCH". Love Magazine. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
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