Tag: Norma Jeane Baker
Why Marilyn Matters More Than Ever
On what would have marked Norma Jeane Baker a.k.a. Marilyn Monroe’s one hundredth birthday, it seems as if the simultaneously maligned (particularly when she was [Read More…]
Mondo Ironico #10: Mariah Carey Singing “Feelin’ Myself Like I’m Norma Jeane”
In a series called Mondo Ironico, let us discuss how fucking antithetical something in pop culture is. Long ago now, in a pre-pandemic world called [Read More…]
Blonde Is A Bomb Rather Than the Story of A Bombshell
When you reach a certain level of “icon status,” there is no coming back from being subjected to “the right” people feel they have to [Read More…]
Mondo Ironico #3: Madonna’s Lifelong Emulation of Marilyn Monroe
In a series called Mondo Ironico, let us discuss how fucking antithetical something in pop culture is. In one of many vignettes from Madonna’s early [Read More…]
The Reality Is, As a Twenty-Six Foot Statue in Palm Springs Or Not, Marilyn Was Still A Sex Symbol
She said it herself: “If I’m going to be a symbol of something, I’d rather have it sex than some other things we’ve got symbols [Read More…]
“LA Who Am I To Love You” Is The Norma Jeane Baker Explanation For the Inexplicable Pull to the City Where People Will Never Say “Damaged” Like It’s A Bad Thing
As Lana Del Rey begins to roll out the audio for her spoken word poetry album, Violet Bent Backwards Over the Grass, while we await [Read More…]
