amanda lepore

upon seeing this photo by i-don't-know-who (do you know who it is by??), i knew i had to find out more about the model. only i couldn't remember the name of the photographer, and i didn't know the name of the model. and yet i found her! as i keep saying; i'm magnetic to things like this.


when i saw more photos of amanda lepore, i realized this wasn't the first time i was fascinated of her; i've also been intrigued by this photo of her by david la chapelle for ages:


the photo by david lachapelle and the one by i-don't-know-who sort of have two different approaches to amanda lepore. the first one is gritty and dark. it speaks of amanda lepore being born armand lepore, it speaks of wanting to be something else- about being transexual, but not in a very cheerful way.

now i like dark stuff, and i like the photo - and i like transexual people and transvestites (hell, if i were a man i'd still wear tutus and glitter make-up) - but i don't know if it's a dignified photo of her? although i guess not everything has to be dignified. it's good to see different sides to things, as there's always more than one truth. and self irony, being able to not take onself too seriously all the time, is important.



i love this photo of pamela anderson and amanda lepore. what a great combination of people, they should walk about together all the time to make people think twice. it makes me think twice.

i sometimes think it's a bit rubbish with all these girls having plastic surgery and breast implants.
yet when someone feels they're born the wrong sex and wants to change it, i'm all supportive.
looking at this photo of pamela and amanda, i feel a bit like a hypocrite. they both want the same thing, so why is it more right for amanda than for pamela? i have to realize that some people just weren't born as perfect as myself, like pamela anderson, so who am i to judge about her need for plastic surgery.. ;)





awwhh this photo sums up my love for amanda lepore; she's such a character - like something out of a comic! she's like a charicature of herself, and i think it's a mighty good charicature.


i watched an interview with amanda lepore on youtube, - she seemed really allert, clever and aware of herself, by the way - and the guy interviewing her asked her why she, as david lachapelle, seemed to embrace the extremes. amanda's answer was that the alternative was just too boring. as i've always said; more is more :)

oh and what do you think of my new layout? does it distract from the content, or does it make the content more easily accessible? good or bad?