Cross-Dressing Dykes, an Eighteenth Century Spectacle – Dressing Dykes
A confession: This article was never meant to be about cross-dressing dykes as an eighteenth century spectacle at all. In fact, it started out as an analysis of the fashion of one cross-dressing dyke of the eighteenth century, Mademoiselle de Raucourt (1756-1815). I will be writing about Raucourt, in all her theatrical, French, lesbian glory,…
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Cross-Dressing Dykes, an Eighteenth Century Spectacle – Dressing Dykes