As author Sarah Churchwell wrote in her 2004 book, The Many Lives of MM, Marilyn is often mentioned when a … More
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America’s Favourite Cliché: Marilyn and the Myth of Norma Jeane
In an excellent article for The Atlantic, Sarah Churchwell (author of The Many Lives of Marilyn Monroe) deconstructs the pernicious … More
‘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
‘Blowtorch Blonde’: Marilyn’s Hard-Won Resilience
Marilyn’s personal struggles and traumatic experiences are well-known (and exploited to the hilt in Netflix’s Blonde.) On the other hand, … More
The Story So Far – Fans Respond to ‘Reframed: Marilyn Monroe’
The first two episodes of CNN’s Reframed: Marilyn Monroe have been quite well-received by fans in the US, with the … More
A Flair for Publicity: Marilyn’s Steps to Stardom
As the new CNN docuseries, Reframed: Marilyn Monroe makes its US debut, Julie Miller outlines how Marilyn ‘masterminded her career’ … More
‘Finding Her Power’: Marilyn’s Hollywood Years
Ahead of the Reframed: Marilyn Monroe docuseries US premiere tomorrow, January 16, Janelle Davis takes another look at her remarkable … More
The Marilyn Report 