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“One of the most spectacular moments of my movie-going career occurred in college as I watched Joseph Losey’s bizarre Secret Ceremony (1968). Halfway through the film, inexplicably and without warning, Elizabeth Taylor in a violet velvet suit and turban suddenly walks across the screen in front of a wall of sea-green tiles. It is an overcast London day; the steel-grey light makes the violet and green iridescent. This is Elizabeth Taylor at her most vibrant, mysterious and alluring at the peak of her mature fleshy glamour. I happened to be sitting with a male friend, one of the gay aesthetes who had such a profound impact on my imagination. We both cried out at the same time, alarming other theatregoers. This vivid silent tableau is for me one of the classic scenes in the history of cinema.” 

From Camille Paglia’s essay “Elizabeth Taylor: Hollywood’s Pagan Queen” in the March 1992 issue of Penthouse magazine 

Born on this day: screen diva Elizabeth Taylor (27 February 1932 – 23 March 2011).

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The inherent embarrassment in desiring anything

I made this post when I was 19 and every time it makes the rounds again I relate to it less and less. At 23 I’m no longer afraid to say what I want and go after it. All it took was failure and time. I wish for anyone who’s ever related to this post to gain similar inner peace. There’s nothing wrong with wanting love in your life in its many forms. 🧘🏻‍♀️💓🧘🏻‍♀️

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