Las Vegas Weekly
Charlie Quinn Starling (left) and Darby Fox
Photo:
Chey Salts / Dragon Dreams Photography at Photo Bang Bang
Want to keep your search history pristine? Don’t Google the word “quimm.” We’ll save you the click-through: It’s old-timey slang for certain female anatomy. In Victorian England, it was a vulgar insult; in modern-day United States, it’s too obscure for notice.
But Las Vegas burlesque artists Darby Fox and Charlie Quinn Starling are reclaiming the term. “Quimms for us, beyond the literal, are femmes by birth or identification who don’t follow the rules of the patriarchy,” Starling says.