Lights! Camera! Scandal! Iconic downtown comedienne Ruby McCollister travels back in time with us to the halcyon days of the studio system, for infamous screen siren Barbara Payton, and her no-holds-barred memoir “I Am Not Ashamed.” From her five marriages to making $10k a week, the invention of e-girls, proto-butch theory, roach-infested apartments on Sunset and the world we leave behind, this is no cautionary tale—this is real life, baby! Subscribe here: patreon.com/cbcthepod Follow us for more fun! Instagram: @cbcthepod Twitter: @cbcthepod Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/cbcthepod See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.