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The Sewing Circle
The Sewing Circle: Hollywood's Greatest SecretFemale Stars Who Loved Other Women | Axel Madsen
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Greta Garbo, Marlene Dietrich, and Barbara Stanwyckto name a fewmaintained their images as glamorous big-screen sex symbols complete with dashing escorts, handsome husbands, and scores of male admirers, thanks to studio publicity departments. But off the set, all three box office divas were involved in lavender marriages (marriages of convenience, often to gay men) or remained stoically single. They, and several other Hollywood starlets of the era, were members of a discreet womens club called the Sewing Circle, Hollywoods underground lesbian society. Madsen takes a candid look at the very complicated dual lives these great stars led and the impact their preference for same-sex relationships had on their movie careers.
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GidgetsTreasures75
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Mehso-so

6-1-23: My 62nd finished book of 2023! This read like a textbook. I wanted it to flow better. Regardless it was still interesting in talking about there‘s right after silent films turned into talkies and how famous stars like Garbo, Dietrich and Crawford were closeted lesbians and how they maneuvered their lifestyles. The sewing circle was the name they hid under. That or the lavender marriage when they married a man who was gay. Happy Pride Month

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Hollie
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Can‘t wait to dive into this one! #lgbt #Hollywood

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queerbookreader
Mehso-so

Oh man, I finally finished this book. So-so because it introduced a ton of new actresses to me to further research, but it was also basically just a giant information dump. I've also heard issues some people have had with the author's allegedly less than stellar source citing, I guess? So take this all with some salt if you read it. Great intro to golden age actresses if you don't know anything, tho.

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queerbookreader
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🙊😲 outstanding savers find today #queerbooks

[DELETED] 1409720085 This looks fascinating! 7y
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