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JACKIE CURTIS photo archive 1 |
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When I meet Jackie Curtis in 1967, she appears to be a girl, but she has the body odor of a man. Each time she lifts her arm, the thick male hair of her underarm exudes a male scent. Her meticulously overpainted dark red lips and heavy shoulder-padded low-cut dress recall a 1940s movie star. Her eyebrows are carefully plucked. Her beard is barely visible, bristling up through pancake makeup and pimply red skin. I learn that she is having her facial hair removed at an eletrolysis school, where unskilled students practise on her. I ask Jackie about her childhood. She was raised by her mother and two aunts; the three sisters were completely in love with the movies. She shows me a dog-eared album filled with stills of Mae West, Joan Crawford, Garbo, and dozen of others. ´ This was my education,´ she says. I see a photo of Mae West cut from a magazine. The head has been amputated and replaced with a cut-out of Jackie´s face. ULTRA VIOLET - FAMOUS FOR 15 MINUTES JACKIE CURTIS MENU |