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Tag Archives: drag
“Becoming Colette” — review of the film
The film “Becoming Colette” is about Colette’s life when she first married and went to Paris. The film stars Mathilda May as Colette, Klaus Maria Brandauer as Willy, and Virginia Madsen as Polaire, and was directed by Danny Huston in … Continue reading
Posted in 1900s, Book and film reviews, Colette, Drag, Historical, Missy / Max, Polaire, Transgender
Tagged Books and films, Colette, drag, Missy / Max, Polaire
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Drag and transgender in the 1900s
Colette’s lover Missy / Max (Mathilde de Morny, the Marquise of Belboeuf) lived most, if not all, of her adult life in drag. Society in the 1900s was still rigidly divided into binaries: male/female, heterosexual/homosexual. Today, we are lucky enough … Continue reading
Posted in 1900s, Colette, Drag, Erotic, French, Historical, Missy / Max, my novels, Nights in Paris, Transgender
Tagged Colette, drag, Missy / Max, transgender
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