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Role Model: Diane Torr
Art / Drag / Role Models

Role Model: Diane Torr

Posted on April 1, 2018 by Emily Colucci • Leave a comment

Happy Easter, dearest Filthy Dreams readers! The day that drag king Jesus rose again. What? Oh, didn’t you hear, Mary? This week, College of the Holy Cross professor Tat-siong Benny Liew angered the Fox News set after someone decided to read his chapter “Queering Closets and Perverting Desires: Cross Examining John’s Engendering and Transgendering Word … Continue reading →

Role Model: Jackie Shane
Music / Role Models

Role Model: Jackie Shane

Posted on October 22, 2017 by Emily Colucci • 1 Comment

Jackie Shane is reclaiming her time–or more accurately, the times have caught up to Jackie Shane. A Black trans soul singer who captivated Toronto nightclubs in the 1960s, only to disappear from the spotlight in 1971, Shane has reemerged as a fearless icon with this week’s release of a double album Any Other Way that … Continue reading →

Role Model: Donna Summer
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Role Model: Donna Summer

Posted on December 18, 2016 by Emily Colucci • 2 Comments

Toot toot! Beep beep!…wait…what’s that, dearest Filthy Dreams readers? Sorry, I was just belting out disco queen and savior Donna Summer’s naughty hit “Bad Girls.” As you may have noticed, Donna has made more frequent appearances on our Filthy Dreams playlists as of late. Yes, I’ve been struck down with Summer fever! And since I’ve … Continue reading →

Role Model: Amanda Lear
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Role Model: Amanda Lear

Posted on November 1, 2015 by Emily Colucci • Leave a comment

“Faust was right have no regret Give me your soul and I’ll give you life And all the things you want to get So follow me… –Amanda Lear “Follow Me” Why, hello there, dearest Filthy Dreams readers! I know, I know…I’ll speak softly. We all had one too many glasses of our World Famous Pumpkin Punch … Continue reading →

Role Model: Bridget Everett
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Role Model: Bridget Everett

Posted on February 8, 2015 by Emily Colucci • Leave a comment

She’s got them tube sock titties, put ‘em in the air! She’s got those beaver tail titties, put em in the air! She’s got those tic-tac titties….oh, what’s that? Why hello there, dearest Filthy Dreams readers. I was just singing a family-friendly classic from one of our absolute Filthy Dreams favorites who undoubtedly earned her … Continue reading →

Role Models: Des Esseintes
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Role Models: Des Esseintes

Posted on December 21, 2014 by Marion and Emily Colucci • Leave a comment

Why hello there! Come, let me make you a drink from my mouth organ! What’s a mouth organ? Well, funny you should ask, dearest Filthy Dreams reader: a mouth organ is only a bizarre instrument dreamed up by the deviant mind of one of our oldest Filthy Dreams’ role models: that sickly aesthete himself Jean … Continue reading →

Role Models: Kathy Acker
Role Models

Role Models: Kathy Acker

Posted on November 16, 2014 by Emily Colucci • Leave a comment

In order to make up for these months of role model-lessness, we’re going to celebrate one of our favorite Filthy Dreams heros: the ultimate “plagiarist, liar and criminal” herself, Kathy Acker. Continue reading →

Role Model: Jayne County
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Role Model: Jayne County

Posted on March 24, 2014 by Emily Colucci • 2 Comments

Celebrating the 40 years of punk, we, here at Filthy Dreams, thought it would only be appropriate to feature our own gushing ode to our favorite trans punk: Jayne County. Continue reading →

Role Models: Buddy Cole
Role Models

Role Models: Buddy Cole

Posted on February 13, 2014 by Emily Colucci • 3 Comments

Reciting seven simple rules for a life in hiding in Todd Haynes film I’m Not There, Ben Whishaw reveals the fifth, “If ever told to look at yourself, never look.” Well, Mary, we at Filthy Dreams looked and do you know who looked back? Buddy Cole. Continue reading →

Role Models: Kembra Pfahler
Role Models

Role Models: Kembra Pfahler

Posted on October 22, 2013 by Emily Colucci • 1 Comment

Just in time for HALLOWREEN, I’m resurrecting (rim shot) Filthy Dreams’ Role Models series celebrating the filth elders who led the way for us to realize our own “filthy dreams.” Keeping with the theme of horrifying Halloween camp, our next filth-spiration, Kembra Pfahler, is the role model for all those little girls out there who … Continue reading →

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