A brilliant article.
I loved an elegant woman with the face of a Modigliani, who unusually for a writer turned out to be something of a clothes-horse
, but - oh that glorious last paragraph!
Whereas the trans mob seem eerily similar, we have all sorts of fascinating individuals on our side. The brash and glamorous Kellie-Jay Keen, the sexy and serene Kathleen Stock; the fearless and mesmerising Dr Julia Long, the bold and brave Keira Bell. The unsinkable Mayas and Allisons and Helens and Stephanies; the sainted Magdalen Berns.This striking cast of characters have inevitably produced images that will go down in history: Keen covered in tomato soup, Stock with her phalanx of suited and booted bodyguards, Bell’s beautiful face comprehending her making of history outside of the High Court. Now we can add to that J.K.R. living it up and making her enemies suck it up. ‘Living well is the best revenge’ is often an empty and bitter line – but working hard, being generous and living well makes it land perfectly. So that photo of J.K.R. will, for me, forever be that perfect moment when righteousness and glamour become one.
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