Brian Ferry did a cover version. (we'll pretend that Rod Stewart did not.)
This is one of the funniest lines you've written. I laughed out loud.
To me there at least are two kinds of queer subtext in the idea of "Lipstick Traces".
One is the obvious cigarette == phallic symbol, reminding us of lipstick traces on something other than a cigarette, with cigarette as stand-in.
The other is a drag metaphor, emphasizing the performative nature of drag and glam, the way that the makeup, the clothes, and the accoutrements combine very purposefully to achieve a dazzling performance, both a mask and a revelation.
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This is one of the funniest lines you've written. I laughed out loud.
To me there at least are two kinds of queer subtext in the idea of "Lipstick Traces".
One is the obvious cigarette == phallic symbol, reminding us of lipstick traces on something other than a cigarette, with cigarette as stand-in.
The other is a drag metaphor, emphasizing the performative nature of drag and glam, the way that the makeup, the clothes, and the accoutrements combine very purposefully to achieve a dazzling performance, both a mask and a revelation.