[mitskifiles]

Mitski with her Criterion Closet picks (2026)

[mitskifiles]

Mitski photographed by David Barajas at Auditorio Nacional, Mexico City.

[taohun]

where's my phone? / christina's world

[mitskifiles]

Mitski photographed at Sydney Opera House by petedov (2026)

[enchantedbook]

Strega by Pia Valentinis

[dandelionapril]

[parisiannightss]

Shelley Duvall in the early 1970s.

Photo credit to Gary Springer.

[inthedarktrees]

Shelley Duvall for Robert Altman’s 3 Women (1977)

[thefugitivesaint]

Pavel Ivchenko, ''ФОТОГРАФИЯ'' (Phtography), 1993

[italianhorrors]

Japanese poster for Suspiria, 1977.

[70sgroovy]

grace jones & marianne faithfull photographed by lynn goldsmith, 1982

[twixnmix]

Keith Haring body painting Grace Jones at Paradise Garage in New York City, 1985.

Photos by Tseng Kwong Chi

[unapologeticallygay]

Male impersonators and women who performed in men's clothes of the later 19th and early 20th century in America and Europe

Gladys Bentley - a prominent figure during the Harlem Renaissance and out lesbian who brought her own unique spin to male impersonation

Vesta Tilley - a music hall performer and was England's highest earning women in the 1890s

Josephine Baker - first African-American woman to star in a major motion picture – Zouzou (1934) and was bisexual

Renate Müller - famous actress in the 1930s

Marlene Dietrich - stage and film actress and singer who helped Jewish people escape during World War 2 and was said to be bisexual

Jackie 'Moms' Mabley - one of the first gay and female stand up comedians, performed her lesbian based stand up routines in a suit and tie

Ella Wesner - a popular Vaudeville performer during the Gilded Age

Bessie Bonehill - one of the most wealthy performers during her time, a Vaudeville performer and singer

Anne Hindle - the first to do male impersonation in the United States

Those whose sexuality is not listed were assumedly straight, which was not uncommon of the women doing male impersonation, though the audience they attracted were largely lesbians

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Sphynx timelapse

[dzgrizzle]

In 1977, Vincent Price starred in a one-man-show where he played openly gay Oscar Wilde. The show was condemned by anti-gay activist Anita Bryant. When asked about her condemnation, Price replied that Wilde had already written a play about Anita: “A Woman of No Importance.”

[polkadotmotmot]

Revaleka - Sunday PM, 2023

[distantvoices]

Kelela by Eric Johnson for Essence April 2023