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"Drag Race" Herstory Lesson: 15 Of Dorothy Parker's Best Quotes

"Heterosexuality is not normal, it's just common."

Poet, writer, and critic Dorothy Parker is considered to be one of the wittiest minds of the twentieth century. Her works were published in The New Yorker and Vanity Fair, among many other titles. Parker was one of the founding members of the Algonquin Round Table, the legendary club of writers who would meet everyday for lunch at the Algonquin Hotel in New York.

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circa 1948: American writer Dorothy Parker (1893 - 1967) reviews a draft copy of a manuscript at her home. (Photo by New York Times Co./Getty Images)

Parker was born in 1893, and died from a heart attack in 1967, but her influence is still being felt today. In addition to writing poems and stories, Parker was one of the co-writers of the original 1937 film, A Star Is Born, which she wrote with her second husband, Alan Campbell, who was bisexual.

It is also widely believed that the coded phrase "friend of Dorothy" refers to Parker. According to a letter written to the Los Angeles Times in 2001, Parker "notoriously invited gays galore to Jazz Age social gatherings, and many of them told friends. During Prohibition, guys whose names weren't on the guest list crashed the gate as 'friends of Dorothy,' an idiom among Manhattan socialites referring to any unfamiliar character."

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American journalist, writer and wit Dorothy Parker (1893 - 1967), at a restaurant. with her husband, Alan Campbell. Original Publication: People Disc - HK0426 (Photo by Evening Standard/Getty Images)

On the Season 10 "Snatch Game" episode of RuPaul's Drag Race, Miz Cracker paid homage to Parker by portraying her on the celebrity-filled panel. If you need more of Parker after Miz Cracker's portrayal scroll through below to see some of the writer's wittiest and most popular quotes.

RuPaul's Drag Race Season 10 airs Thursdays at 8/7c on VH1.

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