Katharine/Jimmy Hepburn sitting backwards on a leather chair with their legs drawn up to their chest and one over the back.

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   CJ Bellwether (siege@octodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 30-Jul-2024 01:18:42 JST CJ Bellwether

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   A historical case in point..

   "Jimmy was the name that Kate (Hepburn) gave to her child alter ego. She really felt more comfortable living as a boy, as many girls do as part of the tomboy tradition. But in so many ways she would refer to Jimmy all her life, which told me that he never really left. One of her friends from The Oxford School back in Hartford said to me, “We all were like that, but we grew out of it. She never did.” I think she often thought of herself as a man. She often used male pronouns when she was describing herself. She might say, “I’m the best guy to do the job” or “I’m the man who takes care of things.” She referred to herself as a man and thought and really interacted in the world like a man would. I think that’s so important to understand about her—that this inner self of hers was Jimmy. Jimmy really lasted all her life. And I think Jimmy was the most real personification of Katharine Hepburn."