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‘Becoming Herself’: Finding Marilyn’s Feminine Power

The queer feminist academic Sophie Lewis has written a very personal tribute to Marilyn for the November issue of literary … More

Andrew O'Hagan, BimboTok, Feminism, Gloria Steinem, Harpers, Jacqueline Rose, Marilyn Monroe, Misogyny, Molly Haskell, Sarah Churchwell, Sexism, Sophie Lewis, TikTok

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

Anita Loos, Christina Newland, Feminism, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, Howard Hawks, Jack Cole, Jane Russell, Marilyn Monroe, Social Media, Travilla, Twitter, Two Little Girls From Little Rock

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

Choreography, Cold War, Dance, Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend, Feminism, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, Jack Cole, Jane Russell, Joe DiMaggio, Jule Styne, Korea, Margot Fonteyn, Marilyn Monroe, Marni Nixon, Norman Mailer, Sarah L. Kaufman, Washington Post

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

Comedy, Emily Nighman, Feminism, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, Marilyn Monroe, Some Like It Hot, The Seven Year Itch

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

#MeToo, Columbia, Feminism, Harry Cohn, Marilyn Monroe, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual Harassment, Yours Retro

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

Alex D’Arcy, Betty Grable, David Wayne, Feminism, How to Marry a Millionaire, Julia Harari, Lauren Bacall, Marilyn Monroe, William Powell

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

#Marilyn60, Blondes, Conspiracy Theories, Elliott Erwitt, Feminism, Freya Jarman, Marilyn Monroe

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

#Marilyn60, 'Miss Golden Dreams 1949', Andy Warhol, Blonde, Comics, e-zines, Feminism, Gene Kornman, Gold Lamé Dress, Graphic Novel, Italy, Joyce Carol Oates, LINUS, Marilyn Monroe

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

#Marilyn60, Collectables, Collector and Bargain Hunter, Feminism, France, George Barris, L'Humanité, Marilyn Monroe, Marilyn: Woman of Today, Memorabilia

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

Abstract Expressionism, Feminism, Griselda Pollock, Killing Men and Dying Women, Lee Krasner, Marilyn Monroe

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