If “what in tarnation?” was a story, this would be it.
On Wednesday, “CBS Mornings” featured KYNE Santos, a Drag Queen who teaches about mathematics on TikTok. Hosts fawned over “Math Queen” and encouraged viewers to check out Santos’ new book, “Math in Drag,” which talks about the intersection between “mathematical mysteries” and “the art of drag.”
“Yeah. You know, people think that these are two such separate worlds,” Santos told the hosts. “You know, math is all about rules and getting the right answer. Drag is art, and art has no rules. But really the book is about all the ways that they overlap and really, the higher level math is about thinking creatively and, you know, questioning rules and stereotypes.”
Host Gayle King added, “You say math and drag are marvelous, whimsical, controversial, and never boring,” before…
