The queer feminist academic Sophie Lewis has written a very personal tribute to Marilyn for the November issue of literary … More
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Why Girls Have More Fun in ‘Gentlemen Prefer Blondes’
Writing for Vulture, film critic Christina Newland – who appeared in the recent CNN docuseries, Reframed: Marilyn Monroe – praises … More
Diamond Dancer: When Marilyn Made Music
‘Marilyn Monroe was a great dancer – you wouldn’t know it from Blonde, Sarah L. Kaufman writes for the Washington … More
Scene By Scene: Marilyn’s ‘Career-Defining’ Comedies
Over at The Film Magazine, Emily Nighman looks at three of Marilyn’s most popular comedies, and considers how she brought … More
When Marilyn Braved the Wrath of ‘King Cohn’
The latest issue of UK nostalgia mag Yours Retro (#53. with Grace Kelly on the cover) includes a 4-page article … More
Marilyn and the Women of ‘How to Marry a Millionaire’
Writing for Collider, Julia Harari argues that ‘How To Marry A Millionaire Shows Degrees of Femininity, From Monroe to Bacall … More
60 Years Later: Why Marilyn Still Matters
Journalists commemorating the 60th anniversary of Marilyn’s death have posed this question: what makes her relevant to us in 2022? … More
Marilyn Covers ‘LINUS’ in Italy
Another magazine cover for Marilyn this week – this Warholesque image (after Gene Korman’s ‘gold lamé dress’ shoot) covers the … More
Marilyn Covers ‘l’Humanité’ in France
‘Do you know the real Marilyn?’ is the question posed – alongside one of the last photos taken by George … More
Marilyn and the Women Artists of 1950s New York
In 2018, the feminist art historian Griselda Pollock gave a lecture on Marilyn at the Caixi Forum in Madrid. Despite … More