I recently posted an article by Ella Shields (Burlington Bertie) over on my LJ. The article is from the 1920s, but talks about the origins of Shields' career. It's an interesting account of consciously learning and performing 'maleness'. It fascinates me that people can go that far without (openly) questioning the 'natural' or unperformed status of gender (though presumably male impersonators would not have been born onto the stage without that perception of 'artificial' vs 'natural' gender.) Anyway, erm, it interests me. :)





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