Mattel, left, speaks with UW-Madison English professor Ramzi Fawaz during an at-capacity question and answer session Thursday evening.
Sophia Thomas first saw Trixie Mattel when she was a “a little kid” living in Milwaukee, during trips to the Mayfair Mall with her mom.
“I was young when she was working at the local mall doing makeup,” Thomas says. “I remember turning to my mom and pointing as a weird little kid. I was like, ‘Mom, boy. Makeup. That’s weird.’ She was like, ‘No, it makes sense. He’s selling makeup, he’s doing makeup, why shouldn’t he wear the makeup?’”…