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Drag kings became pretty rare after the turn of the century, so Stormé de Larverie is a pretty notable stand out.
She started out her career as a traveling jazz singer in feminine attire. In 1955, she became the suave MC of a drag troupe called the Jewel Box Review, which billed itself as "25 men and a girl."


Stormé was present at The Stonewall Inn when the rioting broke out, and afterwards, became an advocate for LGBT and women's rights. She was a bouncer at lesbian bars, and carried a gun to protect "her girls."
When asked about why she did her work, she answered, "Somebody has to care. People say, 'Why do you still do that?' I said, 'It's very simple. If people didn't care about me when I was growing up, with my mother being black, raised in the south.' I said, 'I wouldn't be here.'"

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Always a good time to burn down yet another village!
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"The Accountant 2" got me very unexpectedly in my feelings as an autistic man who was given a second chance to have a relationship with his brother, so I wrote about it.
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"And then remember this: the Imperial need for control is so desperate because it is so unnatural. Tyranny requires constant effort. Authority is brittle. It breaks, it leaks. Oppression is the mask of fear. Remember that." - Nemik
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"There are legends of people born with the gift of making music so true, it can pierce the veil between life and death. Conjuring spirits from the past and the future." SINNERS (2025) dir. Ryan Coogler
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1930 c. Clock. From The New Art Deco Art & Culture, FB.
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jessica jones my love i can’t wait to see you again
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I know you wanted me away But I am called to be the first Pope from the USA I heard that there's a special place where God talks directly to me every time I pray
I'm having holy dreams, of ruling the Holy See Hear Santa Monica, her son is calling me Won't make the bishops proud, the USCCB Will see their bro in Christ, I know they're gonna scream
"God, what will you do? You once were our boy, then you went to Peru," oh Fathers I'm on the balcony In my vestments, they elected me as the
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Not to sound like a fuckin hippie but please for the love of god start noticing and appreciating the natural world around you. You don’t have to go hike the entire Appalachian trail or anything and I get that not everyone has access to the outdoors for various reasons, but just fucking … look around you when you’re outside. Notice the sky and the sun and the birds and creatures. Start caring about them. I’m begging you.
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Lupita.... I have no words. This is perfection. That color is so gorgeous. PER FEC TION
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AND RIHANNA GIVING STEPHANIE ST. CLAIR GANGSTER QUEEN OF NEW YORK
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one day he'll follow you home
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"Transgender rage is more powerful than the courts.
Transgender love is more hopeful than the law.
We have always been here and no "ruling" can eradicate us!"
Seen in Belfast, Northern Ireland
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Dr. Mel King + her hype up song
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saw a theory that the SmokeStack twins were posing as one man in Chicago, which helped them get away with stealing from both sides. i'm poised to believe that because visually their clothing was very clearly of the two mobs. smoke was full irish— tweed, bowler hat. while stack had the full mafia look. yk italian leather shoes, fedora etc etc . like the details!!

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I’ve got a complicated relationship with double breasted suits because off the rack, they tend to hang on me and mess with my dysmorphia. This one, though, I was able to get made to order for a relative steal and I’m absolutely loving how it looks, to the point of having to go out in nature with it
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