Because much like her life, it was made to revolve around men Thats right, I’m about to get on my little feminism high horse!Īs with much of the literature we have on her life, the majority of writing on Marilyn’s death was written by men. Really, Marilyn’s story is one as old as Hollywood: Beautiful woman. I didn’t even know neck measurements were a thing. With journalists in both 1950’s America and 2017’s America desperate to know just how she gets that body (see an August 2017 Buzzfeed piece which tests modern audiences against Marilyn’s daily routine, as told by a 1952 magazine.) But why are we still so obsessed with Marilyn’s ass, tits and well….more. Actual Daily Mail headline…Īs with any tabloid starlet, it’s Marilyn’s body that she is most known for. Private photos of Marilyn constantly go up for auction (to then be featured in celeb gossip magazines)ĪND in February 2017 tabloids reached never before seen heights of bullshittery when they released images that ‘proved’ a woman who had been dead for 50+ years, had at some point possibly been ‘secretly pregnant’. Those naked Playboy pictures still get paraded about every time Playboy has an anniversary. and 55 years on from her death, they continue to do so! Perhaps its this lack of on screen autonomy that is the reason that the media took so many more liberties with Marilyn than they did with her peers. A breathy mix of woman and child malleable and rescue-able in equal measure. The most obvious reason for this would be the kind of woman that Marilyn portrayed. Similarly, the majority of books written about her have male authors. Unlike other female stars of the era, most of Marilyn’s media cuttings came directly from men. Not a still from The Seven Year Itch, but a publicity op for punters to get a shot up Marilyn’s skirt (see creep with a camera behind…)Īs Marilyn put it: “My popularity seems almost entirely a masculine phenomenon.”Īnd it was. Photographers tried to get up the skirt shots all the time!Įven the most iconic image of Marilyn, was a cheap paparazzi photo op. ![]() After arriving in Hollywood, she posed naked for $50, with the understanding the pictures would never be printed (and that she now had money to eat- hooray!)įlash forward to 1953 the nudes are sold without Marilyn’s knowledge to one Hugh Hefner, who uses them to launch his new magazine Playboy… Classy.īut it wasn’t just Mr Hefner skeezing it up, incredibly explicit pictures of Marilyn –obvs taken without her permission – were not rare. via giphyīut this wasn’t new…Marilyn had always been free game. But as long as she had to do it, what a break she did it in August.’ Oh cool, so you’re the biggest wanker ever then. Immediately paparazzi swarmed her house, desperate to get that hot body bag shot – now I’m not saying Paps are scum bags… but here’s what one was over heard saying: ‘I’m just as sorry as the next fellow about Marilyn Monroe. Marilyn Monroe died at home on the 5 th August 1962. You see, Marilyn’s legacy is bigger than you, me, or her….it’s what it is to be a woman. But Marilyn’s impact is so much more than that!! ![]() ![]() It’s now 55 years on from her death and Marilyn’s finger prints are still all over our everyday life, from lipstick lines to shitty faux inspirational Facebook quote posts. Seriously, even death couldn’t stop the juggernaut that was Monroe! Gone was Norma Jean and in her place was the myth of Marilyn Monroe unprecedented, unparalleled and unbreakable. In 36 years Marilyn Monroe achieved a kind of fame that had never been seen before.
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