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Tag Archives: Missy / Max
“Nights in Paris”: transgressing truth and gender
When writing fiction based on fact, at some point you have to make a decision: are you going to stick stubbornly to the absolute truth, or are you going to allow yourself a few transgressions for the sake of the … Continue reading
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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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