Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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8 \ * After appearing ir Berendt's highl cessfdl and critic claimed book Mil in the Garden ol and Evil, The Chablis gives readers something to sink their teeth into with hei biography Hiding My Cfrndv"At the beginning of writii i vp nlwnus hpen cc impersonator in th r Tfrn i? The Lady Chablls' autobl recipes and fashion and hie The Lad] 1 John book, I knew I was prom y sue- what I am," Chablis said, dly ac- ing to hide except for mj dnight cause society says I ha\ FGood wouldn't be a pretty sigl Lady ?pve aiwayS been cal sweet mouth, loud, black drag *auto" talks too much, but that Wlo/*lr rro\7 ar\A a fam^lo ii xl Ula>-Il> 6"J " .wxxxx.x, X, ? in the South, baby you bet ,Ut u igmouth, lou g Soufh, babij ijou be The Gamecock WgM i v:-. f" m | * ? a B i Wt** ^f?IIH ^X*V "**'0:: - ' , $ F_ ography Hiding Mv Candv n beauty tips, to definitions w vS' I Chablis has not! autobiography By Chris Dixo 1 of who and or else you will "I have noth- refuse to be pu j candy - be- Chablis too e to - and it autobiography it if I didn't, "be something lied the big- icated to her bi ; queen who to tell her stor 's me. Being Chablis sai mpersonator her life stoiy w; ter speak up, itual experienc id, black drag queei fter speak up, op els DBS author, Hid lAUfl Tuesda PHOTOS ot only tells her life stc and explanations of CI wee" ling to hide in I ii Hiding Mv Cai n, Features Edi be pushed to the side. I shed to the side." k two years to write her because she wanted it to " She said she was dedook because she wanted y, not just make money, d the process of writing as an emotional and spir:e. i who talks toon e gou will be puj sma ling MuC am ly, July 23,1996 Vl<K?ag?v?' BY ROBIN BOWMAN Special To The Gamecocl >ryf It also features everything from labUs' own personal lingo. tlf Is her hellishly hot idy. itor "During the course of writing that becai book, I remembered things that I had peopl buried inside of me," she said. "It was a "I return to my childhood. It was a return thing to things that pissed me off, and I purp< wishpft T Viari WioVerl somebody's ass. nnoV It was very therapeutic. Writing the b0(jy book made me a much stronger person majl( because I got so much off my chest." ?t Chablis said she is not worried about offending readers with her book your 1UC h, but thai s me. Being Lla ;hed to the side. I refuse to be di) . . > ise she has no control over other e's feelings. realize that I would not do any; or say anything to offend anyone )selyshe said. 1 can't offend any lecause I'm not in control of anys emotions but my own, so I can't ; anybody mad. That's how I look e. If you want to be mad, that's damn business." ch, gag and a female pushed to the side.