Exploring the Secret Lesbian World of Interwar Paris

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After WW1, a vibrant underground community of Sapphic women found community together in Paris. Come learn with me about the big names, their favorite haunts, and the queer history that led there!
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Sources
Seeing Queerly: The Emergence of Lesbian Visual Codes in Interwar Paris by Lowry Martin II
Women together/women apart : portraits of lesbian Paris by Tirza True Latimer
Looking like a lesbian: The sexual politics of portraiture in Paris between the wars by Tirza True Latimer
“A Woman Dressed like a Man”: Gender Trouble at the Sapphic Cabaret, Paris, 1930-1960 by Tamara Chaplin
The modern woman revisited : Paris between the wars by Whitney Chadwick, Tirza True Latimer
No modernism without lesbians by Diana Souhami
Unsuitable: A History of Lesbian Fashion by Eleanor Medhurst
‘Our jolly marin wear’: The queer fashionability of the sailor uniform in interwar France and Britain By Andrew Stephenson
Gender, Sexuality, and the City in the Early Twentieth Century by Birgitte Søland
Disruptive Acts: The New Woman in Fin-de-Siecle France by Mary Louise Roberts
Female Masculinity by Jack Halberstam
Beyond the Myth of Lesbian Montmartre: The Case of Chez Palmyre by Leslie Choquette
Histories of French Sexuality: From the Enlightenment to the Present edited by Nina Kushner, Andrew Israel Ross
The frail social body : pornography, homosexuality, and other fantasies in interwar France by Carolyn J. Dean archive.org/details/frailsocialbody00caro
Passing Fashions: Reading Female Masculinities in the 1920s by Laura Doan
Who's Afraid of Stephen Gordon?: The Lesbian in the United States Popular Imagination of the 1920s by Sherrie A. Inness
Theorizing Female Inversion: Sexology, Discipline, and Gender at the Fin de Siècle by Heike Bauer
Exist Otherwise: The Life and Works of Claude Cahun by Jennifer L. Shaw
Paper Bullets: Two Artists Who Risked Their Lives to Defy the Nazis by Jeffrey H. Jackson
Fashioning Sapphism: The Origins of a Modern English Lesbian Culture by Laura Doan
One is not Born a Woman by Monique Wittig
Banishing the Beast: English Feminism and Sexual Morality 1885-1914 by Lucy Bland

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@theloverlyladylo9158 14 күн бұрын

My mom was once sent home from elementary school in the 60s because her mom sent her to school with snow pants on under her dress. The freak outs about girls in pants was long lasting and utterly bizarre.

@varalys 14 күн бұрын

I'm 50 this year. last time I wore skirts or dresses was when I was about three. Mum kept having to sort out exceptions for me at school so I could stay in trousers lol. I'm also a lesbian who only wears men's clothes, and thanks to Kaz, I have got the confidence to wear what hats I like. Currently a trilby, but damn, I am tempted by a topper like they are wearing in this video. I'd love to larp as a Victorian industrialist.

@calebleland8390 13 күн бұрын

@@varalys I remember years ago seeing a meme that said "Lesbians don't dress like men. Men dress butch, and they do it poorly". And I am pretty okay with that. 🤣🤣

@seeleunit2000 13 күн бұрын

Yep, that rule definitely sounds idiotic, but it does demonstrate patriarchal control and ideology at work.

@varalys 13 күн бұрын

And religion with a small c. Up until the nineties all UK schools were religious schools by default. Although weirdly the least bad about my trouser wearing was my actual CofE juniors school.

@KT-Kaboom 13 күн бұрын

My grandma and her neighborhood friends sent my mom and their daughters to school in pants on cold days over and over again until the school board had to change their dress code to let "young ladies wear trousers or blue jeans on days under 55 degrees"

@LawrenceMiles1972 13 күн бұрын

1920s newspapers talk about gender as if they're describing Pokemon battles. "In an attempt to compete with effeminate men, the tomboy will evolve into a boyette, and ultimately a lesbian."

@sophie3869 4 күн бұрын

Omg I love this 😂

@kamilasledz25 14 күн бұрын

"Huge Good Luck Babe moment for Natalie, im sure" caught me off-guard, i love the Chappel Roanification of the lesbian hivemind

@olivercetus6956 14 күн бұрын

Hearing that had me spit out my drink 😭😭😭

@ailistere 13 күн бұрын

Chappell Roan world domination !!

@charlie_spring_kinnie 13 күн бұрын

I’m hot to go! But are you?

@Ellenmd 12 күн бұрын

Absolutely!

@miablossom73 12 күн бұрын

New Chappel Roan fan here. I adore her music.

@user-jg8jc1gy2q 14 күн бұрын

Our local radical queer bar closed recently and this video made me tear up a bit. Our history is vast and beautiful and we will endure like ivy through the cracks

@hjeanmachine 13 күн бұрын

Chicago too, RIP Berlin

@lety18chula 13 күн бұрын

same here, one closed for real bad reasons and the other now became straight, and I'm in the capital city of my country with another 2M people, it's depressing

@DE-GEN-ART 14 күн бұрын

im a cis male, but i used to frequent this lesbian bar in Dallas Texas called "MR.BIGGS" and i was welcomed with open arms every time i went on 25 cent drink nights. lesbians know how to party, it was some of the most fun ive ever had in a night club.

@user-uq1cp1nz6k 14 күн бұрын

OH MY GOD THE CINEMATOGRAPHY OF THIS VIDEO HHAH THIS IS SO COOL 😭

@througtonsheirs_doctorwhol5914 14 күн бұрын

the intro is pure genius! I was hoping for a cameo by Antonella "Nella" Insera of Nostalgia Chik fame.

@rrrrrrin 14 күн бұрын

Yesss, it is amazing!!

@spadinacat 14 күн бұрын

There she goes, raising the bar for all of us and doing it flawlessly!

@rowangrisez9553 13 күн бұрын

@througtonsheirs_doctorwhol5914 did you see that Lindsay met up with Cinema Snob on one of her book tour stops? I had war flashbacks upon seeing them in the same room together 😂

@Zombie_Trooper 13 күн бұрын

@@rowangrisez9553I'm so disappointed I couldn't attend. Say what you will about everything that happened, I love them both so much.

@calebleland8390 14 күн бұрын

I passed this on to my daughter. They recently came out to us as non-binary, and is still figuring out other things about their sexuality (made doubly hard because they're Autistic). I thought this might be of some interest to them. Thank you for videos like these that help and entertain not only the LGBTQIA+ community, but CIS-HET people like myself.

@firstlast2636 14 күн бұрын

The word autistic is pseudo trash

@virgoboi24 14 күн бұрын

Big hugs from a fellow autistic nonbinary/agender person

@calebleland8390 14 күн бұрын

@@virgoboi24 I hope you're having a great Pride Month! 💜💜

@memeju1ce 14 күн бұрын

enby autistic person here- this is so sweet! make sure they are comfortable with words like “daughter”. they may prefer other words (and may not!) ❤ i’m so glad they have you to be there for them. i wish my mum embraced my gender like you

@sassylittleprophet 14 күн бұрын

Fellow autistic enby here! I'm so happy for your kid, I wish my parents were half as accepting as you. Also, I have a tiny suggestion to ask them if they feel comfortable being called your daughter (instead of your kid or child) because that term might potentially make them feel uncomfortable. I don't mean to be critical or disrespectful, you're doing a great job and your support of your child is something I could only dream of receiving from my parents. 💜

@mintjaan 14 күн бұрын

I remember in the 2010s there was this sentiment that you couldn't tell who was queer anymore because in years prior if you saw a woman wearing masc clothes, heavily tattooed with short hair it was assumed she was a lesbian. I don't think it was necessarily the straights coopting queer style but rather clothing becoming more neutral and body mods becoming more normalized. The majority of queer idenitifiers are ment to be able to worn in plain sight and interpret by those who know. In away that often means constantly shifting, if something becomes too well known outside of queer culture or just becomes too common -- we pick something knew. Recently people were talking about "can non lesbians wear carabiners?" And like sure, it's a functional accessory, it's not a sacred object. Queer culture will persist regardless.

@erraticonteuse 14 күн бұрын

The latest advice I've seen (as an elder Millennial trying to get back into the queer dating scene) has been if you want to advertise that you're queer: just dress however men on Twitter would tell you they hate. That can be super butch, but also hyperfeminine à la Chappell Roan 😂

@halem6580 13 күн бұрын

This also happened post-2020 as well. Things that were the subtle markers of queerness in the 2010s are now just mainstream fashion. I remember seeing queer people talking about how they were seeing people who registered as queer to them but actually weren't much more frequently then they ever had been before. I think the difference is that with the short hair thing in the 2010s, I remember it being more about straight people not being able to clock queer people, but the more recent version is queer people trying to find other queer people.

@lioedevon4275 13 күн бұрын

For me it’s the lil eyebrow notch. Hopefully it at least signifies some level of queerness or at the very least art student vibes ;;w;;

@luisaagudelo7782 9 күн бұрын

The same thing happened with the 'castro clone' look from the 70s. Now the t-shirt and tight jeans combo is a staple in menswear. And to think plenty of guys consider it "gay" to wear anything a little more daring than that lol

@leocoyote6579 14 күн бұрын

in my own way, i actually really identify with “the inverts”. i am a f*ggot and a d*ke, i am transsexual, and i exist entirely outside of the binary while completely understanding that i will still be boxed in. this approach has deeply alleviated my dysphoria and made me happier than ever. all of kaz’ videos are absolutely ridiculously incredible, but this one takes the cake. i sobbed from the precious beginning to the pix from the 30s & 40s, it’s making me sad that we don’t have basement speakeasies reserved for all of the d*kes of today, but so beautiful that we had those and have the spaces we have now

@portablegoose 14 күн бұрын

I'm literally 25 seconds in and WOW PRODUCTION VALUE HELLO???!!

@ElicBehexan 13 күн бұрын

I went to a woman's university. I started there in the fall of 1973. I was told my students and a few employees who had been there stories. For example, it was sometime shortly before I started that girls were not allowed of of the dorm if they did not wear a dress. If roommates in the dorm, one could not wear a nightgown if the other was wearing pajamas. Girls who had gym classes, had to wear a dress to the gym before they could change into gym clothes and then had to change back after class. I have ALWAYS been glad I did not have to endure these rules! I turned 70 last year. Putting on a pretty dress isn't the worst thing I've ever done, but it sure isn't my favorite thing!

@nixhixx 14 күн бұрын

I took my newly hatched trans daughter to Pride, and made her a patchwork purse based on the Trans Flag. Happy Pride, Guys, Gals, and Non-binary pals!

@fugitive_ 11 күн бұрын

Absolutely love the way you said ‘newly hatched’ 😭❤️ it gives the vibe of like a flower blooming and as a 25 year old trans man who just started transitioning, it made me feel like this is my rebirth. Just made me really happy plus got a little laugh out of it!

@qetoun 14 күн бұрын

I came for the top hat and monocle...I stayed for the documentary.

@asternautica 13 күн бұрын

i'm not out and i don't know if i can ever be out while my parents are alive. but learning about and knowing about queers of yesteryear who couldnt either makes me feel less like a failure for not coming out. thanks so much, kaz.

@piaonomata9220 13 күн бұрын

You are the only one who can decide when or whether to come out. You are NOT a failure.

@apcolleen 13 күн бұрын

I have more than a few friends in your situation. Some because of religious reasons with their parents and some because of cultural reasons. It always takes a little piece of your soul to have to hide that.

@starlightriri 13 күн бұрын

you're a wonderful person no matter if you're out or not. you are not a failure. happy pride month, pal!

@ASKSer79 13 күн бұрын

You have no obligation to come out, that’s only between you and yourself as only you know your circumstances especially in this day and age. You’re only obligated to be exactly who you are, even if it’s currently closeted. I wish you peace and happiness. Happy Pride 🌈❤

@zz12233 12 күн бұрын

We accept you and you're valid!

@TickTockTimeTraveler 14 күн бұрын

truly an eye popping number of monocles featured in this vid!! love it

@amandabear64 13 күн бұрын

so what I learned is that i need to start keeping my receipts and sow them together into a blanket for easy hrt

@alexandrad3158 14 күн бұрын

Fun fact: In my former communist country (and i imagine it would have been the same in all communist countries), being gay/lesbian was considered a thing of ”the decadent West”. And in the ”West” being gay/lesbian would have one seen as communist.......

@sonkeschluter3654 9 күн бұрын

All the others are easily thrown into the same basket. Makes life very easy and you don’t hurt your head to much through thinking.

@PurelyCoincidental 14 күн бұрын

I'm a woman with a very unbalanced prescription (one eye is barely nearsighted, the other significantly more so), so that wearing a monocle would actually work well for me. I was chatting with a guy friend of mine a few months ago about it, and I referred to it offhand as going for that 1920s lesbian chic. My friend had no idea what I was talking about and was completely confused, lol. Btw, amazing video, and the top hat and tux look amazing on you. :)

@craneculture1045 11 күн бұрын

You can still get prescriptions for them!

@piaonomata9220 13 күн бұрын

My town recently witnessed the launch of a queer-centered antifascist bookstore/cooperative shop, and WOW has it been successful. Finally, finally, finally, local queer folx have a venue (crucially: not a bar) where they can gather, bond, and build community. My daughter has found her people there, and I have never seen her happier or more at ease with herself. Even in this era of ubiquitous parasocial/online friendships and communities, as Kaz very aptly pointed out, meeting up with others of your tribe in actual physical spaces where being your authentic self is safe and celebrated is so incredibly important. On a different note...Kaz, I would LOVE LOVE LOVE to see you do a biography of Tove Jansson at some point. She was a fiery and complex and fascinating person by all accounts, and I can't think of anyone better suited to completing a review of her life and work.

@m.c.lizard9838 12 күн бұрын

So much of this is so great and I definitely agree on the Tove point!!! I’ve been reading Moomin and wondering about what a great and impactful person and author she must’ve been!!

@hungrylikealoup 8 күн бұрын

Completely agree about a biography on Tove Jansson! We really do need more queer spaces that are not centered around alcohol and party culture. I understand the significance in terms of queer history of these places, but as an ace person who chooses not to drink alcohol and is not comfortable with party culture (because it's centered around alcohol and sex), it's really hard to enjoy a lot of currently available queer spaces, or even Pride events.

@m.c.lizard9838 6 күн бұрын

@@hungrylikealoup omg this is So So unbelievably real and I’m glad someone said it like I wish the club wasn’t my only option to hang out in gay spaces

@mfuentes4961 14 күн бұрын

Hope everybody’s having a great Pride month! ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜

@NotDrDre 14 күн бұрын

I hope you are too! 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

@througtonsheirs_doctorwhol5914 14 күн бұрын

Peace and love to all. First year as a self admitted "platonic pansexual" living a heterosexual lovelife. I'm just currently incarnated as a cisman who prefers female presenting humanoids for carnal love. With a poetic license I now understand I am a platonic pansexual, a being or spirit as others who can't be known before we meet them. The Doctor (Eccleston & Capaldi) were so amazing as beings. More

@calebleland8390 14 күн бұрын

@@througtonsheirs_doctorwhol5914Ncuti is amazing in the role! I've been waiting Doctor Who since the late 70s (Tom will always be my Doctor), but Ncuti's performance is absolutely brilliant.

@Maybe-A-Demon 14 күн бұрын

Shout out to…. The gays 🏳️‍🌈

@amylou22snowhite 14 күн бұрын

Happy Pride to you!

@dumoulin11 11 күн бұрын

Your comment about the disappearing Lesbian bars made me realize that here in Montreal we used to have several such places. Sad to think about their passing.

@lvl11717 3 күн бұрын

There are only 31 or so in the US. For all 50 states. Very unfortunate and I wish we had more 😞

@katwitanruna 14 күн бұрын

I told my children the best thing to do was not to worry about labels but just love who they love.

@ardenalexa94 14 күн бұрын

I love this. ❤

@RebaMcImTired 14 күн бұрын

You’re a diva.

@calebleland8390 13 күн бұрын

My son recently said to me "I know I'm straight. I'm pretty sure. But...there are some men who are just beautiful." I thought that was pretty good.

@Chaosbean-1443 12 күн бұрын

One of my favorites is "I may or may not be attracted to you, I just have functioning eyes." Like, man, some people are just freaking beautiful.

@sharonkaczorowski8690 14 күн бұрын

What a beautifully made video. As someone who has spent most of her 73 years studying oppression, this is one of best presentations I have seen on both that period and its similarity to what’s happening today among groups who have enjoyed privilege and are terrified of losing it (a psychologically complex situation). I concluded long ago that bigotry is a mental health issue as it prevents those who have it from seeing the world as it is in all its extraordinary complexity and, yes, beauty. This video should be presented in schools…which won’t happen, alas.

@spameranne 13 күн бұрын

I really like idea of conceptualizing bigotry as a mental health problem.

@sharonkaczorowski8690 13 күн бұрын

@@spameranne Thank you. It’s been generally accepted in the psych community for some time. When I proposed it 40 years ago, there was a significant absence of acceptance in academia and other circles. I suspect it hit some nerves. It’s hard to admit one has prejudices even though that’s part of being human. To be able to recognize one’s prejudices is a hard road to travel in any culture/society but so worth it in the end. When initially studying all the horrors of human prejudice, I walked around in a state of grief and I certainly have many, many images which are very painful to this day. As I continued, I realized that pain was necessary both to honor those who suffered and suffer, and to my becoming a decent human being.

@roundabout4727 8 күн бұрын

Although I understand your idea, I am also not in favor of it Bigotry is a mindset It is a choice, it can be controlled, and you can stop being a bigot, it may seem like a disorder others because of how uncontrollable it looks on the outside It's also letting people off the hook in a way you didn't mean to, the phrase "sorry it's my ADHD" may now be equal to "sorry my bigotry" if you choose to continue believing in your idea

@roundabout4727 8 күн бұрын

I wish I could cite people more but please talk and listen to more neurodivergent and disabled people I could only cite Imani_Barbarin as an example of disagreeing that bigotry is an illness because of the harm it would cause

@liberality 8 күн бұрын

@@sharonkaczorowski8690 "generally accepted in the psych community" is not only unreferenced, it's no evidence of anything. What medication do you prescribe for bigotry? And in my lived experience, accusing others of being mentally ill is frequently a projection.

@creepycutiecrafty 14 күн бұрын

I remember an old comedy from the 90s called You Rang M’Lord, set in a pre-WWI town house. It was a loose exploration of the upstairs/downstairs divide, and I mention it because one of the characters was the daughter of the lord of the house. She always wore “men’s” clothes and had her hair slicked down at Kaz described. She wasn’t the butt of the joke, but more the confusion of the older (male) family members who were confused by her. It’s only hitting me now how accurate that may have been. Fantastic video, and I love the deep investigation here. Beautifully done

@meredith5879 13 күн бұрын

Omg, Cissy Meldrum! *iconic*

@creepycutiecrafty 13 күн бұрын

@@meredith5879 that’s the one! I could not remember their name! 🤣

@bobguy3939 13 күн бұрын

Yep this video brought to mind that character for me too.

@BadCatInHat 13 күн бұрын

and if Cissy wasn't on socialist rallies, she was always somewhere with her "chum" Penelope

@meredith5879 13 күн бұрын

@@BadCatInHat I remember that the show ends with her turning the family fortune into a workers' cooperative or something.

@Rebellum1 13 күн бұрын

EXCELLENT video. I have a degree in sexuality studies, and I sometimes find videos that discuss late 19th century/early 20th century sexuality that leave out a lot of key information, or which spread misinformation. I was so happy to see this wasn't one of those videos! You actually mentioned inverts, and the way that sexuality must be understood through the lens of contemporary expectations of gender and sexuality as do-ing rather than be-ing! I see a lot of stuff has had to be left out, but I think you did a really good job of focusing on specific things to make sure the video is too long (if I try, I end up talking way too long about the role of eugenics and early psychology, lol). Great video ❤

@Bugg...0_o 14 күн бұрын

Also (again, lol) it always makes me laugh during your sponsor segment about shady info brokers finding out who my relatives are. I always think "Lol, jokes on them, my family disowned me years ago." I just imagine my mother getting one of those messages where they spoof your voice, and my mom just hangs up, not because she knows it's fake, but because she thinks it's real! I imagine their surprise as she shouts "Good!" before hanging up. But I guess my sense of humor is a bit messed up, lol.

@spinstercatlady 14 күн бұрын

What I wouldn't give if i could go back in time and have a night out at La Monocle! Amazing research and accompanying photos as always, Kaz!

@hjeanmachine 14 күн бұрын

WE LOOK SO GOOD

@Ce13stialBunny 14 күн бұрын

Here in Dallas, Texas, we have one of the last remaining Lesbian bars in the country! Sue Ellen’s

@AleisterCrowleyMagus 14 күн бұрын

Gorgeous video! I love how the tweet screeching about Barbie starts going off on Ryan Reynolds when Ryan Gosling is the *dude* playing Ken…but of course reality is never a barrier…

@obliviouscandybar 13 күн бұрын

Those people appear to be losing their grip on reality.

@jenniferannechampion 14 күн бұрын

First time commenter but long time subscriber. Listening to your video while furiously hand-dyeing embroidery floss in variations of Pride flags and the Palestinian flag colours for a craft pop-up this weekend (my first one!) with portions of proceeds going to queer and mutual aid communities, and the Municipality of Gaza respectively. I hope I do good. And I hope you are having a great day!

@Nova-jj6ov 12 күн бұрын

I'm so glad that you still finish off your videos encouraging people to wear a mask. As a high risk disabled person this gesture means a lot to me.

@kategoss5454 14 күн бұрын

Just a head's up that Halberstam now goes by Jack! They've had a journey since Female Masculinities:)

@KazRowe 14 күн бұрын

Ohh thank you for the heads up! I’ll edit the description list

@littlesecret8213 14 күн бұрын

The setting, the music, THE FREAKING CINEMATOGRAPHY omg 👏🏽

@TaraHisakata 14 күн бұрын

Im a simple man. I see kaz Rowe I up thumb and bell ding.

@2nd3rd1st 12 күн бұрын

It's crazy to read such a modern seeming term as "ultra-tomboyish" in an article from 1927!

@DomyTheMad420 14 күн бұрын

18:10 this is a bit under half the reason why i intentionally mix & mash my style as a straight white guy i've got green colored hair, an 8 inch beard and viking braids. It's weirdly a lot of fun watching assholes figure out if they need to / want to risk harassing me i've genuinely had to point out to strangers that "i am not gay or lgbtq-whatever bro." and then watch them claim "that was not the problem" before suddenly no longer being agressive towards me it's my subtle way of fucking with bigots lol

@wareforcoin5780 13 күн бұрын

This is what allyship looks like

@onbearfeet 13 күн бұрын

As an LGBTQ woman who dresses fairly straight, I would kill to go out for an evening with you. I might actually die laughing.

@fugitive_ 11 күн бұрын

I feel you! I’m a trans guy and recently started transitioning and I love to dress very ‘boyish’ and then put on super pretty makeup. My goal is to look like an androgynous anime man and wear cute femme outfits but for now my body still looks very feminine and so wearing masculine clothing to cover my body and putting on pretty makeup is the best I can do to make people as confused as possible.

@LunaVee3435 14 күн бұрын

The way i OOOOH-ed like a middleaged dad when this video popped into my notifs

@bluecore7 14 күн бұрын

I just wanted to say thanks for these videos. I'm in my 40s now and I'm always learning new things about our community thanks to video essays like yours. When I was young, I took what I could get, browsing the "Womens' Studies" sections of used bookstores and libraries (in a red state, so no LGBT+ content there), or my city's one queer bookstore, so I'm very grateful for the abundance of info about our history that is freely available now. ❤

@thatoneweebinthebackofthec2960 14 күн бұрын

LETS GO LESBIANS

@apcolleen 13 күн бұрын

As a Floridian who is pale with wide shoulders and who is naturally strong, I've never been much for sartorial involvement. I travel in very LGBT friendly circles and someone recently thought that despite being in a committed relationship with my boyfriend for 9 years he thought that I was bi because I wear t-shirts and tank tops and khaki style but colorful but not golf course style shorts. I have a lot of leg edema so I can't wear short shorts because of chub rub. I've always felt more masculine than most women because I refused to hide my strength. I even used to do taekwondo with grown men because the women said I hit too hard. Also I didn't get diagnosed with autism till I was in menopause. I've never really fit in with any group I guess. Too straight for lesbians and not lady like enough for most men until I met my boyfriend who isn't worried about that sort of thing. I'm glad things are changing, maybe my niece will have a better time in life with it, she looks like she's going to follow in my footsteps pretty closely.

@adamkassemtv 14 күн бұрын

Love learning the queer unspoken side of history.

@marykayryan7891 13 күн бұрын

I'm 70 and when I was going to high school (in Chicago where it gets mighty cold in the winter), girls were not allowed to wear pants to school. If you wore them under a skirt or in place of one, you had to change as soon as you got there. GUESS WHO WORE PANTS TO SCHOOL ANYWAY?! And refused to change out of them. Yup, me, and I have no doubt other girls in the country. (Of course, I got sent home...more than once.) Y'all, you're welcome 'cause we did that so you could wear clothing appropriate to the season and your own inclinations.

@shampooslurper 14 күн бұрын

YES HOLY SHIT YES THANK YOU FOR THIS I NEEDED THIS

@shampooslurper 14 күн бұрын

I THINK ABOUT THIS TOPIC NONSTOP HELP

@emmoesen3988 14 күн бұрын

This topic being lesbians? Same

@shampooslurper 14 күн бұрын

@@emmoesen3988 Lmaooooo i suppose. I’m just all over queer history in general. It scratches an itch

@ClaireLeslie-eu4tl 14 күн бұрын

My new elderly room mates love all this content!

@1cornicon679 14 күн бұрын

i would do anything to be a fly on the wall in some of these gathering places. this video was so great i almost cried! ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜

@blegevant4720 14 күн бұрын

Here within 20 minutes of release?? Hell yeah!

@boringzilla 14 күн бұрын

Love the cinematography of the intro scene! Also MILLA SWEEP!!

@jking2889 14 күн бұрын

Thank u for existing and all the work that must go into your content. Litteraly my favourite youtuber, everything from the way you talk and the aesthetics of your videos, to the topics you explore and how much nuance you manage to include. We're all lucky to have you. It's wonderful to have easy access to amazing queer history. I seriously dont have the words for how much I appreciate you and what you do.

@Simon.K7885 13 күн бұрын

This video dropping after the lastest IWTV episode is just too perfect.

@lupus-daemonis7 14 күн бұрын

the vibes the production the costumes the everything 👨🏼‍🍳🤌🏼🌈

@kaiady8086 13 күн бұрын

I swear you always manage to bring a tear to my eyes when it’s comes to our history. That photo you used of Magnus Hirschfeld is actually the same one I used in my one person show. It was on trans identity as a Floridian over the events of last summer. Just seeming that picture makes me emotional, how connected we are, we’ve never truly been alone ♥️

@davidfisher6528 12 күн бұрын

I don’t leave enough comments, and I really felt like I needed to let you know how wonderful it is to watch your content. You make me so comfortable to be me. I love sharing these facts with my other friends… Our arms are forever wrapped around you here in Kennewick Washington, Washington state on the mighty Columbia river keep up the good fight.

@hazaubel6532 14 күн бұрын

i cant believe this was an hour long , such an entertaining and informative content

@mayaanderson6313 14 күн бұрын

Seeing a new Kaz video pop up on my feed is a feeling like no other

@daughterofbastet 14 күн бұрын

Thank you for the gorgeous setting, the lovely cameos, the history info, and of course the kitty 😙

@nicoteop175 14 күн бұрын

Your book came in this week. So excited to read it!

@Linnea929 14 күн бұрын

It’s always a good day when there’s a new Kaz video

@LaJokanan 14 күн бұрын

I love your work, I'm always so happy when a new video comes around. Thank you for this amazing education.

@NFry 14 күн бұрын

This period and group of people are my pet research topic right now. Thanks so much!!

@thaisvasconcellos3528 13 күн бұрын

god this video is a piece of art. the beginning was so beautiful it moved me, and i love how in depth the subject went. kaz really outdid themselves 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

@Helux1957 14 күн бұрын

Your work is always so thoughtful and well-researched. Thank you.

@mumplaysthesims8396 11 күн бұрын

This was absolutely fascinating, thankyou so much for all the hardwork you put into your videos

@dingle_danglee 14 күн бұрын

THE INTRO IS EVERYTHING OMG

@frayacinth 14 күн бұрын

aaa I remember posting a comment about Natalie Barney on one of your other videos, I'm so glad to see you talking about her here!! you really out here hitting every one of my hyperfixations 💖💖

@Josephine224 14 күн бұрын

Gorgeous cinematography and wonderful topic, Kaz Rowe truly always deliver.

@b.c4440 12 күн бұрын

I just love learning about this stuff and you do it so well in these videos. It’s like history is a coloring book and every video is a new crayon. The world is just so interesting and sparkly after learning about old timey Paris girlfriends.

@isla9546 7 күн бұрын

I've just started planning my move to Paris this autumn so this video was PERFECT! tysm for sharing all these stories with us ^-^

@PretendeerStreams 9 күн бұрын

Thank you for making these videos, it makes me feel a little less alone knowing about those who came and struggled before us

@HNF1294 5 күн бұрын

Holy shit! It was really cool to see my local sapphic bar in the intro to this video!!! Love your videos, thanks as always for putting them out :D

@AM-sw9di 14 күн бұрын

Omg THANK YOU FOR MAKING THIS I LOVE THIS ERA OF SAPPHIC HISTORY!!!! You look DAPPER 😍

@rrrosecarbinela 13 күн бұрын

I have learned. Thank you. Love the Dietrich look on you. And thanks to your friends in the intro!

@PizzaPredator 10 күн бұрын

I am always a bit distracted by all the cool antiques in the background and all the awesome costumes Kaz has every video. What a great channel. Everything is always so interesting.

@irishalchemy 13 күн бұрын

This was a work of art; Thank you Kaz!

@thataotperson 11 күн бұрын

I binge your videos while I crochet and a few days ago I watched the last one I hadn't seen and I was so sad because I love how you talk about history and the different topics you pick. The topics you pick are some that interest me and some that I haven't heard of, and I love learning about history through your videos. Thank you

@user-st4xz1zs5h 5 күн бұрын

So happy to open this video and immediately recognize the Dorothy! Wonderful video and thanks for shouting out such a wonderful local staple

@blissgirl9052 12 күн бұрын

Kaz I am so grateful for your content, your wonderful sense of perspective, empathy and humor. I rarely comment but just wanted to pop in because this was such an engaging post, and educational for someone who isn't hugely familiar with this bit of history. Thank you as always! ❤

@Jay_D_Generate 10 күн бұрын

I'm always interested in your history topics but I definitely also come to see your outfits. You're always killing it in the wardrobe department.

@lifenolonger 14 күн бұрын

Literally so cool oh my lord and the decor and the quality of this video 😢😊❤

@apeiceofgarbage9848 13 күн бұрын

Thank the gods ive been searching for a video to temporarily fill the void. This is perfect 60 seconds in, and i already feel teary-eyed im so greatful to still have peices of this history

@yensid4294 13 күн бұрын

Your style is always on point, Kaz & so are your videos. Best wishes & success with your graphic novel ❤

@ManaSamaLover. 14 күн бұрын

THE FIRST. 30 SECS ALREADY AMZING THIS SIS SOSOSO IM SOSO HAPAOAYY

@Yuyu99000 13 күн бұрын

ahhhhhh the intro?! Divine 🙏 Obsessed with all the outfits and makeup,you all look sooo good

@worrywort27 14 күн бұрын

I bought your novel a while back and it is so beautiful and transcendent! Thank you for the passion you've shared with the world through your videos and written works 💜💜💜

@evilspacezombie9 13 күн бұрын

This is beautiful timing for this video and my personal life because I'm going to Paris the day after tomorrow! So glad that I'll now be going there with plenty of interesting new (to me) knowledge.

@alienmatsu156 12 күн бұрын

Ive waited until i had a day off specifically to enjoy my rountine of a cuppa and Kaz's delightful ambience ❤ always appreciate the effort and production to these vieos

@aaronwalker2125 14 күн бұрын

Absolutely incredible video. Thank you!

@AmaanHasanDilawar 14 күн бұрын

Awesome presentation as always.

@britlizha 13 күн бұрын

Thank you so much for making this video!!!! It's soo informative! Happy Pride!!🌈🌈

@zz12233 12 күн бұрын

Simply an excellent video! Loved the fun scene at the beginning.

@alliekuma4234 10 күн бұрын

Awesome video! I love how into it your friends are. 😊

@Toobzer 13 күн бұрын

I HAVE BEEN SO EXCITED FOR THIS VIDEO YEAAAAAA

@rudetuesday 13 күн бұрын

You dug deep! The Natalie Barney footage was new to me, and I loved all the photos at Le Monocle.

@ms_cartographer 11 күн бұрын

I'm so happy you made it to 500k subscribers! ❤

@idamagnusdotterganeteg7497 13 күн бұрын

OBSESSED! Thank you so much for putting in so much effort and love into these videos. It is the highlight of any day when you post something. This is probably my new favourite video of yours 10/10

@babiegirl526 14 күн бұрын

this is such a lovely video the marlene morocco suit is insane this is such a perfect video i always wondered about sapphic life back then especially after learning about marlene and greta garbo

@teresacooper2724 13 күн бұрын

Super video. I always enjoy your work and sit pondering why the world and history try to rule people's lives.

@noodlesauce2553 14 күн бұрын

the aesthetic and CINNAMONTOPOGRAPHY!!!! ❤❤❤❤ Kaz time is the best time

@katyt234 8 күн бұрын

This video came up on my recommended feed and I was like oh, how interesting! And then I lost my mind at how much queer history content has been out here this whole time. I’m starting a masters program in queer history this fall and watching all your videos has been such an incredible inspiration and reminder of why I love what I study! From one queer historian to another, thank you!!!

@rayne4134 13 күн бұрын

kaz your videos get better and better and more amazing than the last,, eACH UPLOAD! the time and planning they must take is much appreciated. they’re beautiful, informative and explorative. i’ve been subbed for a while and watching your quality and growth has been amazing. thank you thank you for being my fav queer historian !!