Papers

 A Celebration of the Camp Performances of Dusty Springfield and Dolly Parton 

Dolly sings longingly of Jolene’s ‘flaming locks of auburn hair,’ ‘ivory skin,’ and ‘eyes of emerald green.’ Dolly has more to say on the subject. Jolene’s beauty? ‘Can’t compare.’ Her voice? ‘Soft like summer rain.’ Jolene’s smile is ‘like a breath of spring’ to smitten Dolly. What does Dolly have to say about the fickle beau she purports to be determined to keep? Oh him? He talks in his sleep.
Dusty was barred from performing a number at her all-girls convent school by ‘the geography mistress… as she felt that their use of deep purple lighting during a hip version of ‘St. Louis Blues’ had an erotic effect’ presumably on the other girls.
— Quote from Patricia Juliana Smith, “‘You Don’t Have to Say You Love Me’: The Camp Masquerades of Dusty Springfield," in The Queer Sixties, ed. by Patricia Juliana Smith. (New York: Routledge Press, 1999),
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The Allure of Ambiguity: the Politics of Outness

Influences and personal reflections on ambiguity/coming out/etc