From the iconic stylist and fashion provocateur whose designs transformed culture...bringing the glitz of Studio 54 and the sophistication of Sex and the City to the mainstream... comes a playful yet intimate memoir of a life spent challenging conventions. Carrie Bradshaw's … [Read more...]
#WomenWeLOve: Gay Icon, Eartha Kitt
Photo by Boris Carmi, 1959, via Wikimedia Commons Eartha Kitt (1927 - 2008) has precisely the qualities that make for a true Gay Icon: A history of anguish, abandonment and alienation, mixed with a campy and sexually audacious stage act along with the necessary elements … [Read more...]
#QueerQuote: “The Truly Fashionable Are Beyond Fashion.”- Cecil Beaton
Cecil Beaton self-portrait, with his Rolleiflex reflected in a mirror of the Jain temple, Calcutta, Wikimedia Commons "After dinner at Dickie Buckle's, David talked of the coming of the Golden Age. He had read many philosophers and has thought a great deal. In the next 40 … [Read more...]
#MustWatch: “Who Killed Teddy Bear?” with Sal Mineo
Sal Mineo was twice nominated for an Academy Award. He enjoyed success as a stage director and a recording artist, but he is mostly remembered for his performance in a single film and for the brutal murder that ended his life just as he was on the verge of reinventing himself and … [Read more...]
#QueerQuote: “If I’d Understood Back Then That a Guy Could Be In Love With Another Guy, It Would Have Happened.” – Sal Mineo
1973 photo by Allan Warren, Wikimedia Commons I remember seeing Sal Mineo (1939-1976) the evening of my 17th birthday in 1971. He was on an episode of the television comedy My Three Sons (Season 11- Episode 14; it is streaming on Disney+). His character tries to convince … [Read more...]
#QueerQuote: “I’m an Instant Star. Just Add Water and Stir.” – David Bowie
Photo: Ron Frazier, 1977, Wikimedia Commons David Bowie went out with a bang in 2016, with one of his very best albums, his 25th, Blackstar. It is jazz infused, lyrically enigmatic and thrillingly odd. He had just had his first try at composing songs for a stage … [Read more...]
#WomenWeLove: Beautiful Actor / Model, Capucine
1962 Eric Koch / Anefo, Wikimedia Commons Capucine (1928 - 1990) : "Men look at me like I'm a suspicious-looking trunk, and they're customs agents." Of all the beautiful famous mononymous people: Cher, Sting, Rolfe, Lizzo, Björk, Awkwafina, Madonna, Drake – for me, of … [Read more...]
On Her Birthday, One World of Wonder Writer’s Favorite Diane Keaton Performances
2012, Wikimedia Commons Diane Keaton: "If You're Happy, You're Mentally Ill." In the 1970s, I identified with her so much that I had a fantasy that I was noted in the press as: "The Male Diane Keaton". At World of Wonder, we love to celebrate women, especially women … [Read more...]
#QueerQuote: “Roses are Red, Violets are Blue, I Am Schizophrenic, & So Am I.” -The Talented & Witty, Oscar Levant
Thinking about Carrie Fisher and her early exit in that horrible year of 2016, we have to consider her mental illness and how she was able to mine brave comic energy from her life. Here is another story: One of my favorite people of the 20th century, Oscar Levant (1906 - 1972). … [Read more...]
#WomenWeLove: Remembering Gay Icon, Marlene Dietrich
Publicity photo of Marlene Dietrich for the film Shanghai Express (1932), public domain Marlene Dietrich (1901- 1992) : "It's the friends you can all up at 4 a.m. that matter." She was an Anti-Fascist, Bisexual, Movie Star, Vegas Headliner, Fashion Icon, Recording … [Read more...]
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