missvoltairine:

fyeahqueervintage:

Claire Waldoff was a lesbian German chanson and cabaret singer in the  1910s to 1930s. Born in 1884, she moved to Berlin in 1906 to start her  acting career, and quickly became famous for her somewhat rowdy,  tomboyish, but charming style - she had short hair, wore ties and mens  shirts, and would smoke and curse even on stage. In the 1920s she was  one of the most famous German entertainers, friends with Marlene  Dietrich (who was still obscure at that point), and an out lesbian. She  and her long-term girlfriend Olga von Roeder held a lesbian salon and  she performed several songs that were either written for male singers or  had lesbian and feminist themes, such as “Ach, wie ich die Lena liebe”,  “Raus mit den Männern aus dem Reichstag” or - my favourite - “Hannelore”,  about “the most lovely child of Hallesches Tor”, who is so androgynous  that “nobody can tell whether she’s a man or woman”, and who is rumoured  to have “both a bridegroom and a bride”.
Her career tanked when  the Nazis seized power and made it harder for her to get jobs, and after  the war she lost most of her money and her career never recovered. She  died in 1957, but is still remembered as one of the biggest stars of the  1920s.
Here’s a good, slightly longer article about her, and many of her songs can be found on YouTube.

ngl initially read this as “Clair Waldorf” and had a little chuckle.

“Raus mit den Männern aus dem Reichstag” - I don’t know this song, but I need to learn it. It shall be my anthem.

missvoltairine:

fyeahqueervintage:

Claire Waldoff was a lesbian German chanson and cabaret singer in the 1910s to 1930s. Born in 1884, she moved to Berlin in 1906 to start her acting career, and quickly became famous for her somewhat rowdy, tomboyish, but charming style - she had short hair, wore ties and mens shirts, and would smoke and curse even on stage. In the 1920s she was one of the most famous German entertainers, friends with Marlene Dietrich (who was still obscure at that point), and an out lesbian. She and her long-term girlfriend Olga von Roeder held a lesbian salon and she performed several songs that were either written for male singers or had lesbian and feminist themes, such as “Ach, wie ich die Lena liebe”, “Raus mit den Männern aus dem Reichstag” or - my favourite - “Hannelore”, about “the most lovely child of Hallesches Tor”, who is so androgynous that “nobody can tell whether she’s a man or woman”, and who is rumoured to have “both a bridegroom and a bride”.

Her career tanked when the Nazis seized power and made it harder for her to get jobs, and after the war she lost most of her money and her career never recovered. She died in 1957, but is still remembered as one of the biggest stars of the 1920s.

Here’s a good, slightly longer article about her, and many of her songs can be found on YouTube.

ngl initially read this as “Clair Waldorf” and had a little chuckle.

“Raus mit den Männern aus dem Reichstag” - I don’t know this song, but I need to learn it. It shall be my anthem.

  1. myinnergentlemanwearstights reblogged this from fyeahqueervintage
  2. vivianemae reblogged this from fyeahqueervintage
  3. h1pbones reblogged this from everythingbutharleyquinn
  4. catfer reblogged this from a-mock-turtle
  5. a-mock-turtle reblogged this from everythingbutharleyquinn
  6. everythingbutharleyquinn reblogged this from fyeahqueervintage
  7. likelikeliked reblogged this from fyeahqueervintage
  8. queeringlooks reblogged this from fyeahqueervintage
  9. onedumbjoke reblogged this from peayeahknow and added:
    new historical crush
  10. peayeahknow reblogged this from theoceanandthesky
  11. cyberpunkqueen reblogged this from laughingfish
  12. poodilywoots reblogged this from laughingfish
  13. laughingfish reblogged this from fyeahqueervintage
  14. professionalhomosexualist reblogged this from fyeahqueervintage
  15. kleptosrbetterlovers reblogged this from fangirlk
  16. metaardappelen reblogged this from northstarfan
  17. fangirlk reblogged this from northstarfan
  18. northstarfan reblogged this from dorksidefiker
  19. dorksidefiker reblogged this from dytabytes
  20. ginsbergerandfries reblogged this from viceprincipalpanch
  21. viceprincipalpanch reblogged this from sluteatingtree
  22. sluteatingtree reblogged this from fyeahqueervintage
  23. infinitecosmos reblogged this from starsuponhispalms
  24. dytabytes reblogged this from fyeahqueervintage
  25. your-nibs reblogged this from fyeahqueervintage
Multi-faceted geekery. From this girl.

Buy my used books here!