Im Pelz

devoted to kink in music & film

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Suzi Quatro

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LGBTQ* Performance Artists in History

Barbette (Texas, b. 1904)

“Women think about love more than men; that’s because men think more about women.”—Barbette

Barbette was a female impersonator who took Paris by storm in the late 1920’s. Barbette’s performances included aerial acts, trapeze, and stunning costumes, Barbette would close the show by removing his wig and declaring himself an man to adoring fans. 

Additional History?

Julie Andrews character(s) in Victor/Victoria is (loosely) based on Barbette.

Barbette was photographed by Man Ray.

  Information from: 

Greif, Martin. The Gay Book of Days: An Evocatively Illustrated Who’s Who of Who Is, Was, May Have Been, Probably Was, and Almost Certainly Seems to Have Been Gay during the past 5,000 Years. Secaucus, NJ: L. Stuart, 1982. 

1st Photo Source:  Male Soul Makeup

Barbette aka Vander Clyde

Female impersonator, high wire performer and trapeze artist 1920s – 1930s

2nd Photo Source:  Gorgonetta’s Tumblr

Barbette - Photography by Man Ray

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Actually, the Julie Andrews vehicle is a remake of the German film Viktor und Viktoria (Reinhold Schünzel, 1933).

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Joe Shuster

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Yeah the same guy that did Superman also did some naughty sex/bdsm comics for underground rags in his time.

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Barbet Schroeder directing Bulle Ogier on the set of Maîtresse (1975)

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http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0050998/

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Julie Newmar as Catwoman, 1966

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The Female Animal (USA 1958) ~ George Nader takes Jane Powell across his knee and gives her backside a brief but firm spanking, much to her surprise. via

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A brief but firm spanking.

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masami akita’s lost paradise (the legendary merzbow suicide video)

beyond ultra-violence: uneasy listening (1998) by merzbow

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book by Masami Akita (merzbow)

"Nihon Kinbaku Shashin-shi" (The History of Japanese Bondage Photography)

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Cult musician Masami “Merzbow” Akita talks about the history of modern Japanese deviant pornography in the documentary “Beyond Ultra Violence: Uneasy Listening by Merzbow" (1998). Well worth your time if you’re into extreme music subculture and power electronics. Watch it on YouTube HERE.

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Cowards Bend the Knee (2003, Guy Maddin)

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Deadly Is the Female (1950), directed by Joseph H. Lewis

“I've been kicked around all my life, and from now on, I'm gonna start kicking back.”

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Allen Jones - Chair (1969).

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#currentlylistening to ‘Il Trono Di Fuoco’ OST by Bruno Nicolai #giallo #lucertolamedia

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My name is God (I Hate you)

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