HERstory of the World
"HERstory of the World" is the third episode of season 2 of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars, which aired in 2016 and features a musical theatre challenge (known within the Drag Race franchise as a Rusical).[1] In the Rusical, Alaska Thunderfuck, Alyssa Edwards, Detox, Ginger Minj, and Roxxxy Andrews portray a Britney Spears-inspired Eve,[2] Annie Oakley, Marie Antoinette, Catherine the Great, and Eva Peron respectively.[7] As of early 2021, the Rusical was among the top five most-watched RuPaul's Drag Race performances of all time on YouTube, with approximately 4.5 million views.[8] Stephen Daw of Billboard wrote, "While it was far from the first Rusical, HERstory of the World certainly helped cement the Rusical's status as a mainstay challenge on Drag Race, thanks to how exceedingly well it was executed."[5] In 2020, Bernardo Sim of Screen Rant deemed the Rusical among the show's worst and said "HERstory of the World" was "messy".