the anti-heroine of an era of bathtub gin, organized crime, and jazz, clouded in the smoke of fired guns and cigarettes.
"Did you never think, even once, that I loved lipstick and rouge for more than their color alone?
I am a student of their lore, and it is arcane and hermetic beyond the dreams of alchemists. …
Cosmetics are an extension of the will.
Why do you think all men paint themselves when they go to fight?"

— Catherynne M. Valente, Deathless


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