January 28, 1873– Colette: Do foolish things, but do them with enthusiasm. Her name was Sidonie Gabrielle Claudine Colette Gauthier-Villars de Jouvanel Goudeket, but smartly, she went simply by "Colette". Colette put herself out to the world as an ingénue, an innocent young … [Read more...]
#QueerQuote: ”March. In Other Words, Spring. People Who Think Themselves Smart, I Mean Those in the Height of Fashion, Can They Afford to Wait Any Longer Before Buying Their Spring Wardrobes?” – Colette
Her name was Sidonie Gabrielle Claudine Colette Gauthier-Villars de Jouvanel Goudeket, but smartly, she went simply by ''Colette'' (1873-1954). Colette's 50 novels and collections of short stories were popular with housewives, shop girls and intellectuals. Her writing emphasis … [Read more...]
#QueerQuote: Colette
"There is nothing that gives more assurance than a mask." Colette (1873-1954) … [Read more...]
#BornThisDay: Writer, Colette
January 28, 1873- Colette: “Do foolish things, but do them with enthusiasm”. She was Sidonie Gabrielle Claudine Colette Gauthier-Villars de Jouvanel Goudeket, but smartly went by the simple, Colette. Colette put herself out to the world as an ingénue, an innocent young wife … [Read more...]
#BornThisDay: Marlene Dietrich
December 27, 1901- Marlene Dietrich: “I am at heart a gentleman.” Don't you continue to find her to be fabulous? She had quite the gay life. Marie Magdalene Dietrich, the smoky voiced Gay Icon, ended her cabaret show in the very dangerously conservative 1950s, with this … [Read more...]
