lets discuss: the obsession with marilyn monroe

PODCAST Spotify: Apple Podcasts: for extra content every Wednesday SUPPORT Newsletter: Donate: SOCIALS Instagram: TikTok: Letterboxd: business email: Edited by Israh S. SOURCES The Many Lives of Marilyn by Sarah Churchwell Heavenly Bodies by Richard Dyer Some Kind of Mirror by Amanda Konkle MARILYN MONROES STAR CANON: POSTWAR AMERICAN CULTURE AND THE SEMIOTICS OF STARDOM Marilyn Monroe, sex symbol: film performance, gender politics and 1950s Hollywood celebrity Marilyneveryday: The persistence of Marilyn Monroe as a cultural icon Trapped by Celebrity Status and Dead Too Soon: Aspirational Limitations and the Career Trajectories of Marilyn Monroe and Jim Morrison This industry lives on gossip and scandal: female star narratives and the Marilyn Monroe biopic