Historical Homos14 Marras 2024

Tamara de Lempicka: Bisexual Baroness of Art Deco (feat. Stephen Brower)

"I live life in the margins of society. And the rules of normal society don't apply in the margins."

Welcome to the saucy, scandalous slag-paradise that is Tamara de Lempicka (1898-1980)!

Tamara was a Polish-born aristocrat, bisexual painter, and Art Deco diva who took Paris by storm in the 1920s after escaping the Russian Revolution.

She was known for her hunger, a deep yearning to become a great artist and gobble up anything and everyone who stood in her path. (Including her husband! Move out the way, b*tch.)

As a sapphic siren of the Jazz Age, she was also part of Paris' lesbian underground, which featured clubs and bars that catered to butch and femme tastes alike. That is, before the populist Fascists came in and ruined everything (sound familiar, America?).

A self-made woman who subjugated everything to her art, Tamara cared as much about poontang and diamonds as she did her reputation. She was a PR genius, but despite that, we barely talk about her today.

Join me and Stephen Brower – comedian, writer, and recent cast member of LEMPICKA on Broadway – to discuss the dazzling life of this Art Deco dynamo. (Diamonds sold separately.)

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Written and hosted by Bash. Edited by Alex Toskas. Guest host: Stephen Brower.

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