This letter, addressed to a creature taking the form of a human chimera gathering the thoughts and knowledge of people who inspire and accompany us, recounts the experiences, affects and issues related to our first semester of teaching the course named DRAG(U.E.): performativity of the built environment. Questioning the norms of domination of our living and learning spaces through feminist, queer, and de/post-colonial perspectives within an institution where they are absent, raises doubts, risks, and often anger. This letter therefore also questions the fragility and limits of our resistant practices in academic spaces, while making visible their necessities and strengths, as well as the solidarities that are created and spread.