sashayed:sashayed:sashayed:I love eighteenth-century courtesan Kitty Fisher because here are the thr
sashayed:sashayed:sashayed:I love eighteenth-century courtesan Kitty Fisher because here are the three things Kitty Fisher cared about: (1) bangin dudes, (2) gettin money, and (3) visual punsI’m glad this is going around again bc I’m so fascinated with KITTY FISHER! My understanding is that she was, if not the first of the It Girls, probably the most direct line to the “famous for being famous” Kardashians of today. Everyone knew, or pretended to know, who she was and who she was fuckin and what she was wearing. In this painting that I love so much, there is a reflection of a window in the goldfish bowl, and in the window u can see a flock of fans and haters trying to see in:She made glib consumption into a Thing that was sexy. I mean literal consumption: Casanova said she ate a banknote sandwich one time. Certainly she got herself painted as Cleopatra about to dissolve a giant pearl and fucking eat it for a bet. Kitty Fisher was very famous and very rich, so you will not be surprised to hear that dudes were SUPER MAD ABOUT IT. A real gem of a guy pseudonymed “Simon Trusty,” undoubtedly one of the foremost fedoras of his day, wrote a 29 PAGE OPEN LETTER TO HER AND ALL WOMEN that is truly a gift. It starts with this incredible youtube comment opener:…and only gets better. (“SINCE UR NOT RESPONDING 2 MY FACEBOOK MESSAGES ON UR OFFICIAL PAGE,” –this guy, for real.) Enjoy this part where he gets REAL colonialist and bitter about how paid she is but is she really happy????:HAHA, ROHKAY SIMON! Literally nothing changes ever. PS, if you’re wondering why Simon Trusty has decided she isn’t happy, it’s because she doesn’t have any kids: “a Desire which, as a Woman, you should particularly feel.” Anyway, Kitty Fisher almost certainly never slept with this guy.As far as I can find (although I am only a lazy person on the internet and not an actual historian, so who knows) she didn’t leave behind any journals or letters, which breaks my heart because i bet they would be a m a z i n g, but which also seems completely apropos. just wanna say i got hammered at chez panisse this weekend and delivered a 20 minute monologue on kitty fisher, you’re welcome everyone -- source link