Brian Michael Firkus, better known by the stage name Trixie Mattel, is an American drag queen, television personality, singer-songwriter, comedian and entrepreneur originally from Milwaukee, Wisconsin. She is known for her exaggerated, high-camp style and blend of comedy and acoustic pop. After initially competing on the seventh season of the drag competition RuPaul's Drag Race in 2015, she would later go on to win the third season of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars in 2018.
Mattel stars in the World of Wonder web series UNHhhh (2016–present), its Viceland spin-off The Trixie & Katya Show (2017–2018), and the Netflix web series I Like to Watch (2019–present), alongside fellow drag queen and frequent collaborator Katya Zamolodchikova. Her music style is primarily folk and country, with her first and second studio albums Two Birds (2017) and One Stone (2018) both charting on the Billboard Folk Albums chart at number sixteen. Her third studio album Barbara (2020) featured an "electro-folk" sound and her first EP Full Coverage, Vol. 1 (2021) consists of Mattel's covers of various songs. Her comedy special, Trixie Mattel: One Night Only (2020) was nominated for a Critics' Choice Television Award. She also appeared as a judge on the competition series Queen of the Universe (2021).
Along with Katya, Mattel published her first book Trixie and Katya's Guide to Modern Womanhood (2020) which became a New York Times bestseller. She has appeared on New York Magazine's list of "The Most Powerful Drag Queens in America", ranking fourth. She also operates a YouTube channel focused on beauty and music, with frequent collaborations including fellow drag queens and celebrities such as Iggy Azalea, Nicole Byer, and Margaret Cho. Her business ventures include being the founder and CEO of Trixie Cosmetics, a cosmetics brand that launched in 2019. Mattel's persona is largely based on her love of Barbie dolls, owning a large collection of Barbies that she has shared in videos on her YouTube channel.
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Some of their strengths
Trixie Mattel has many admirable traits.
Based on spiritual traditions from around the world, they are someone who can be described as Sophisticated, Organized, Curious, Strong, Sensual, Perseverent, and Optimistic.
Smart and Sophisticated
According to Mysticism’s Astrology tradition, Trixie Mattel is someone who is a smart, sophisticated, and organized person who displays kindness and grace in every day interactions, and who also has a passionate soul. A person who is charismatic and resourceful.
Adaptable and Versatile
Based on Daoism’s Ba-Zi or ‘Chinese Zodiac’ tradition, people who know Trixie Mattel well know them as someone who can be adaptable, flexible, and polite, like a flower or a sapling.
Independent and Organized
According to Hinduism’s Jyotisha or ‘Vedic Astrology’ tradition, many would also describe Trixie Mattel as someone who is independent, organized, inventive, and generous.
A person who is curious and a loves learning, who seems to always know what to say, who has an optimism that can overcome any difficult situation, and who seems to be able to master almost any skill.
Vigorous and Friendly
Based on the Mayan Tzolk’in or ‘Mayan Astrology’ tradition, Trixie Mattel is someone who has a vigor and energy that applies itself to all life's activities and endeavors, and a knack for forming family-like structures, groups, and communities.
They are also someone who is intuitive, imaginative, and an agent of change, and who is always dreaming of life's great possibilities and partnering with people to try to achieve those possibilities.
Altruistic and Purposeful
According to Judaism’s Kabbalah tradition, Trixie Mattel tends to be someone who has a desire to be of service to a higher calling and who is always trying to perfect things. Who can be practical and polished, reserved and methodical, and who tends to trust internal judgment before trusting anyone else at face value.
Some of Trixie Mattel's challenges
While Trixie Mattel has many strengths, nobody is perfect. They also have some challenging traits they need to manage.
For example, Trixie Mattel can be Difficult, Perfectionist, Stubborn, Idle, Domineering, Impatient, and Callous.
Difficult and Perfectionist
One of Trixie Mattel's key challenges is that they are someone who can be difficult and too much of a perfectionist.
Trixie Mattel must also exercise caution as they can have a hard time reconciling wants and needs.
Domineering and Impatient
Trixie Mattel is someone who can be demanding, egotistical, and controlling, can have a lack of judgment regarding personal finances, be argumentative and stubborn, and who can have a tendency to be withdrawn and spend time in self-imposed isolation.
Critical and Bossy
Finally, Trixie Mattel also can be too focused on the small details of life, try to control whatever is happening, and be finicky and demanding.
