The Boxer

Before Heated Rivalry, there was Jean Cocteau and 'Panama' Al Brown.

Jan 13 • Chloë Cassens

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November 2025

The Sacred Monster Table of Contents

Find your way around!

Nov 26, 2025 • Chloë Cassens

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An Angel, A Flower, A Bird

Jean Cocteau championed the first drag superstar.

Nov 10, 2025 • Chloë Cassens

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October 2025

Sacred Musings: October 2025

A reading; an art fair; West End Girl

Oct 30, 2025 • Chloë Cassens

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Ghosted

Marie Duplessis died at 23 years old, but has haunted the narratives of cultural heavyweights for almost two centuries.

Oct 13, 2025 • Chloë Cassens

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September 2025

Sacred Musings: September 2025

An exhausting, exciting, and very long month

Sep 28, 2025 • Chloë Cassens

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A Note About the Musée Jean Cocteau and Menton

Addressing my most often asked question that until now, I could not truly answer.

Sep 8, 2025 • Chloë Cassens

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August 2025

Sacred Musings: August 2025

Zoolander, Josie & the Pussycats, and selling out

Aug 27, 2025 • Chloë Cassens

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A Love of Love

Jean Cocteau's White Paper argued for radical acceptance of queer people.

Aug 19, 2025 • Chloë Cassens

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The People's Monster

Princess Diana was perhaps the most sacred and profane of them all.

Aug 1, 2025 • Chloë Cassens

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July 2025

Sacred Musings: July 2025

Some summer reads!

Jul 27, 2025 • Chloë Cassens

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The Final Word

Jean Cocteau wrote his own elegy with 1960's Le Testament d'Orphée.

Jul 1, 2025 • Chloë Cassens

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