RESPECTED BALTIMORE PSYCHIATRIST SEEN OUT AND ABOUT WITH RECLUSIVE PROFILER WILL GRAHAM
Do morals even matter when you've got a patient that strange?
We've all heard of criminally insane Will Graham, but have you heard of his psychiatrist, Hannibal Lecter?
THAT'S RIGHT, TATTLERS! A very devoted follower of this blog sent in a JUICY SCOOP on who the head of the Behavioural Science Unit, Jack Crawford, has sent his best bloodhound to in order to fix his DEMENTED BRAIN.
It's HANNIBAL LECTER, reknowned psychiatrist who's so far managed to stay out of any kind of trouble -- just charity events, dinner parties, and operas. What a bore! Get up to something!
However, he HAS been doing SOMETHING suspicious -- some of our readers think that he's been getting all hot and bothered with Will Graham. Whenever one's out, the other follows, and there CANNOT be a heterosexual explanation to that, right folks?
We'll be keeping our eyes peeled, but you better help out too! Photos, testimonials -- anything helps, and means that YOU can be featured on the next issue of TATTLE CRIME!
Hi Freddie! It seems Will Graham is CLAIMING to be autistic despite never getting diagnosed 🤔🤔🤔🤔 isn’t that a bit strange??? And he refuses to get diagnosed too 🤔🤔🤔 that’s weird right??? I think he’s just lying straight up
-sincerely yours Fredrick chilton
You're EXACTLY RIGHT! It must be that he's trying to use autism as a scapegoat for being a PSYCHOPATH. I mean, who willingly chooses to look at bodies all day, ourselves excluded? He's literally unwilling to get fact-checked -- he must KNOW that a real psychiatrist (and not one that he's banging on the side!) would see PSYCHOPATHY.
SS1: The Spectacularly Bold Queer Portraiture of Romaine Brooks
Hello world!
As part of my own learning journey and the joy I get from sharing interesting art facts with others, I’ve decided to jumpstart a series called Sunday Studies, in which I dive a little deeper into the stories of lesser known artists and movements.
For the first edition of Sunday Studies, I want to bring attention to the sophisticated practice of Romaine Brooks, known for intimate gray tonal portraits of fellow artists, writers, and scholars. Brooks openly identified as a lesbian and had a long-term open relationship with writer Natalie Clifford Barney until the end of her life. Barney owned a literary salon in the Left Bank of Paris, where Brooks met most of her subjects - who were often also queer and gender nonconforming. Notable individuals Brooks portrayed include fellow painter Gluck, sculptor Una Troubridge, performer Ida Rubinstein, and musician Renata Borgatti. The American novelist Truman Capote - best known for penning Breakfast at Tiffany’s - referred to Brooks’ studio after a 1940s visit as "the all-time ultimate gallery of all the famous dykes from 1880 to 1935 or thereabouts.”
Aside from her artistic practice, Brooks cultivated an elegantly androgynous sense of style. She opted for shorter haircuts and men’s clothes, often accessorizing with top hats, ties, and gloves. The circle of women at Barney’s salon could be found wearing similar fashions, playing with the notions of gender by wearing both men and women's clothing. While these fashion choices offered an alternative method of expression, it was also a wider practice in the early 20th century lesbian community of Western Europe to adopt non-conventionally feminine styles to signal one’s sexuality. Brooks not only captured herself in more masculine dress for her self-portrait, but also rendered Gluck and Troubridge in tailored men’s finery. The portraits stray far from the standard feminine representation of the time, which often focused on themes of domesticity, vulnerability, and sexual submissiveness. Instead, in Brooks' portraits of fellow queer femmes, she highlights direct gazes, commanding poses, and confidence.
Image I: Romaine Brooks, Self-Portrait, 1923, oil on canvas, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington D.C. (source).
Image II: Perou, Romaine Brooks, ca. 1910, photographic print, Smithsonian Archives of American Art, Washington D.C. (source).
Image III: Romaine Brooks, Peter (A Young English Girl), 1923-1924, oil on canvas, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington D.C. (source).
Image IV: Romaine Brooks, Una, Lady Troubridge, 1924, oil on canvas, Smithsonian American Art, Washington D.C. (source).
Finally cycled back to finishing Tress (I'm not convinced it was a good idea)... Anyway, is it just me or was Ulaam written like an off-brand Igor from Discworld? Like I know the kandra are weird but the body part jokes were too much