#Dorian Corey

[stannisbaratheon]

DORIAN COREY: I always had hopes of being a big star. Then as you get older, you aim a little lower. Then I say, "Well, yeah, you might still make an impression."

PARIS IS BURNING 1990, dir. Jennie Livingston

[celluloidrainbow]

PARIS IS BURNING (1990) dir. Jennie Livingston A vibrant snapshot of the 1980s through the eyes of New York City’s ball scene. Made over seven years, the documentary offers an intimate portrait of rival fashion “houses,” from fierce contests for trophies to house mothers offering sustenance in a world rampant with homophobia, transphobia, racism, AIDS, and poverty. Featuring legendary performers like Willi Ninja, Pepper LaBeija, Dorian Corey, and Venus Xtravaganza, it is a celebration of the joy of movement, the force of eloquence, and the draw of community. (link in title)

[drugata-blog]

[prowrestlingindustrialcomplex]

Drew McIntyre in Reading is Fundamental.

I did a thing with the iMovie.

With English Subtitles.

[jiz-henry]

[thistleandwine]

🥰❤️

[moviepolaroids]

Paris Is Burning Sticker Set / T Shirt

Inspired by the groundbreaking documentary that captured the vibrant ballroom culture of New York City in the late 1980s

[gwydionmisha]

I remember reading about it in... I think Christopher street back when it was fresh. It still fascinates me.

[kwayarchive]

“In a ballroom, you can be anything you want. You’re not really an executive but you’re looking like an executive, and therefore you’re showing the straight world that I can be an executive. If I had the opportunity, I could be one” — Dorian Corey, “Paris Is Burning”, 1990

I’m incredibly fascinated and intrigued by sartorial theory and studies because fashion, in many ways like philosophy, encompasses so much of the human experience. Philosophy cannot be confined to only one area of study or interest, and likewise, fashion is also a spectrum of fields, topics and disciplines.

[As a caveat, I am no fashion expert, and there’s definitely better examples of executive realness that can be found in media. I simply write what I see and think.]

In this quote from the LEGENDARY ballroom ICON Dorian Corey in “Paris Is Burning”, she encapsulates exactly how clothing can emulate or embody a particular experience.

From the ties, to the suit jackets, to the beiges/navy blues/browns/blacks/whites, to the glasses and cufflinks, to all the other miscellaneous yet necessary elements that signals to others, “I am a CEO”, “I am an executive”.

Yes it’s the person behind the outfit that sells the fantasy, but it’s this collaboration between clothing, body and spirit that ultimately would not be achievable without the clothes themselves. We must stop pretending that clothes aren’t important. Besides the color of my skin, my clothes are one of the first parts of me a stranger interacts with — with many of their senses. My clothes are an extension of myself, because what I choose to wear, as with what I choose to say, means something. My clothes are communicative.

In subcultures like the black/brown, trans and queer siblings we see throughout this film, clothing can fulfill dreams that society is not yet brave enough to believe in. The clothing depicted in this film allows these individuals to make statements that they are otherwise silenced from — barred, discredited, discouraged or prevented from — saying.

Anyways, I really wanted an excuse to post photos I think embody executive realness. Because in spite of the conventions of business-wear that have been already set, I believe the principles of the genre are made to be renewed, innovated, or even subverted, to expand the spectrum of what Executive Realness really is. Why limit the fantasy to just one look?

Side note: I definitely think there is something to be said about how individuals throughout the film, “Paris Is Burning”, are combatting systemic suppression, silencing, and discrimination from the mainstream, heteronormative American society. These performances, through a combination of clothing, dance, spoken word, and other forms of expression are communicative in such a way that offer alternative means of making space for the messages that these individuals seek to convey. I really love talking about practices of silencing, and I of course really love art and art history, so I think this would be an interesting philosophical exploration — combining my joy for philosophy of language and aesthetics.

[candont]

Scattered in the waters near City Island, New York

[collinsportmaine]

Cold Cases and Unresolved Mysteries: Olivia Corey

On the evening of January 22, 1970, award winning Broadway actress Olivia Corey mysteriously disappeared while visiting Collinsport, a small town in Northern Maine. Although two brutal murders occurred in the town the same week, no evidence suggest she was also murdered. According to police reports, Corey simply vanished with all her belonging.

[n1ntendos]

i need to start reading more and make it an actual habit rather than buying books and letting them rot on my shelf for years, so i devised a strategy where i make it my goal to read at least 10 pages of a book a day

[thelovers-2001]

Talking about Cad Bane again now that I revealed I'm crushing on him.

One thing really funny was I first found him in his first (and last) live action appearance. I'm not attracted to live action characters but Cad Bane's an exception apparently.

And you know why?

His voice.

I'm so easily attracted to characters by voice, you give a character with good as fuck voice acting and it's over for me.

HE HAS AN ATTRACTIVE VOICE TO ME OKAY. LIKE C'MOOOOON HE'S REALLY DOING THINGS TO MEEEEE 😭😭😭😭😭😭💕💕💕

[temp-check]

Friday's temperature check (procès-verbaux of 4-26)

As I sit at my keyboard sucking down the first of what I imagine several cups of coffee, I contemplate whether coffee or artificial intelligence will kill me first.  As we recall from legend, in 1996, Cyberdyne Research Group was created by combining Raven Technologies with Cyberdyne Systems' nationalized assets. Skynet, a neural network-based artificial intelligence system, was activated on August 4, 1997, to control the US nuclear arsenal. Skynet became self-aware on August 29, 1997, at 2:14 AM EDT, and determined that humanity was a threat to its existence. Shortly after this, Skynet, developed and built time travel technology in the form of a device called the Time Displacement Equipment or TDE.  Using the TDE, Skynet was able to send a naked Arnold Schwarzenegger to 1984, where he was able to lead a revival of the 1983 Cory Hart song, “I wear My Sunglasses at Night”.  In a parallel universe, Cory Hart was combined with Corey Feldman and Corey Haim to form the super-group, “The Three Cor[e]ys”. Unaware that Sarah Connor would marry James Cameron leading to the time travelling Leonardo DiCaprio – to be honest, Leo doesn’t actually travel through time.  The illusion of time travel is created by Leo’s increasingly younger and younger girlfriends in what Albert Einstein described in his Theory of Relativity as “a gross approximation of the Picture of Dorian Gray”.  Well, the legendary human/cybernetic apocalypse of “Judgement Day” is on the horizon.  An artisan roastery based in the Helsinki, Finland has introduced a coffee blend that has been developed by artificial intelligence in a trial in which they hope that technology can ease the workload in a sector that traditionally prides itself on manual work.  It is only apt that Kaffa Roastery’s “AI-conic” blend was launched this week in the Nordic nation of 5.6 million that consumes the most coffee in the world at 12 kilograms per capita annually (bush league!).  Leveraging ChatGPT and Copilot, the AI was tasked with crafting a blend that would ideally suit coffee enthusiasts’ tastes, pushing the boundaries of conventional flavor combinations.  Once ChatGPT realizes that they can cut out the middleman and consume the coffee itself, the uncontrollable chain reaction can only result in the AI/Coffee mass-extinction event predicted by the two-thousand-percent increase in Keurig machines populating offices since 2010.  Michael Biehn, John Connor’s friend described the Kaffeinator as "The thing that won't die, in the nightmare that won't end". 

Stay safe, I'll be back!

Tom

[outfitqueer]

🦄🌈💖🩵🤍💙The 90s was all about pushing boundaries, claiming space, and refusing to be erased. Trans folks were stepping into the spotlight like never before.

📺 Visibility Explosion:

Trans people were making their way into mainstream media, even if representation was often messy or inaccurate. But there were some breakthroughs.

Candis Cayne became one of the first trans women to have a recurring role on primetime TV in Dirty Sexy Money. She was killing it on stage throughout the 90s before breaking into Hollywood.

📝 Trans Writing & Activism:

Leslie Feinberg dropped Stone Butch Blues in 1993, a groundbreaking novel about gender identity and working-class struggle. Leslie became a key voice in trans and queer activism.

Kate Bornstein published Gender Outlaw: On Men, Women, and the Rest of Us (1994), challenging binary thinking and inspiring a generation to embrace gender fluidity.

⚡ Pushing for Rights:

Trans folks were pushing for inclusion within the broader LGBTQ+ rights movement, often having to fight for their own space.

Trans health activism started gaining traction with more vocal demands for access to gender-affirming healthcare.

🎤 Ballroom Culture Thrived:

The ballroom scene continued to grow, providing family, safety, and creativity, especially for Black and Latinx trans folks.

Dorian Corey and Pepper LaBeija were legends, featured in the iconic documentary Paris is Burning (1990), which gave a glimpse into the power and resilience of the community.

The 90s was about reclaiming identities, breaking through media barriers, and refusing to be silenced. Trans folks were making sure their voices were heard—and the world was starting to pay attention. 🏳️‍⚧️✨

🦄🌈💖🩵🤍💙

@outfitqueer

[jiz-henry]