{"id":11201,"date":"2021-01-22T11:55:00","date_gmt":"2021-01-22T18:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/BigJimIndustries.com\/wordpress\/?p=11201"},"modified":"2021-03-15T11:59:55","modified_gmt":"2021-03-15T18:59:55","slug":"life-on-eartha","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/2021\/01\/22\/life-on-eartha\/","title":{"rendered":"Life on Eartha"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

from Vanity Fair<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Transformative Life<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

Kitt\u2019s 1989 autobiography, Confessions of a Sex Kitten<\/em>, tracks an icon\u2019s incredible journey from abused child to outspoken star.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

BY\u00a0HADLEY HALL MEARES<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Eartha
GERAINT LEWIS\/ALAMY.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Eartha Kitt was many things: a nightclub chanteuse who could sing in seven languages; a movie star; an activist, dancer, singer, comedian\u2026and Catwoman. She created iconic cultural moments, purring hits like \u201cSanta Baby,\u201d \u201cI Want to Be Evil,\u201d and \u201cC\u2019est Si Bon.\u201d Her lovers were American aristocrats like Charles Revson, the founder of Revlon (he even created a lipstick shade for her) and film industry scion Arthur Loew Jr. An eccentric grand dame, swathed in Balmain and sipping champagne, she was a cabaret legend, creating magic on the stages of The Carlyle and the Persian Room.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But Kitt\u2019s greatest creation was herself. In her 1989 autobiography,\u00a0Confessions of a Sex Kitten<\/em><\/a>, she tells the epic story of her self-made life in poetic, precise prose. \u201cI have no idea how old I am. Believe it or not, I have no paper that says I was ever born,\u201d she wrote. \u201cMaybe that\u2019s why they call me a legend, because I don\u2019t really exist.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[ click to continue reading at VF<\/a> ]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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