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Dueling Jayne Mansfield Bios
2021 saw the release of two Jayne biographies, Jayne by Ashley Fulton and Jayne Mansfield: The Girl Couldn’t Help It by Eve Golden, with both offering their unique perspectives on the Mansfield conundrum. Fulton’s self-published book costs significantly more, but as someone who ventures into the self-publishing world on occasion, I know about her limited…
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Looking at Lana: Where was Lana Turner Discovered?
First off, huge thank you to Moriah Ferguson for looking up this with me. You can follow her on Twitter at @_daisykenyon. For those who don’t follow Moriah, she’s basically a Lana Turner encyclopedia. I couldn’t have done this piece without her help. The story of Lana Turner’s discovery is one of the most commonly…
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4 Female Stars and the Myths of Losing a Career
Today we’re going to talk about some of those female stars who people commonly say lost their careers due to poor decision making. One thing I realized when researching this piece was the sheer magnitude of how many women get painted as “troublesome” or “difficult” simply due to their demands. Some are painted as whores,…
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How Mythos Made Monroe an Icon
Anyone who knows or has followed me for any length of time knows I first got involved with the Old Hollywood community due to a fascination with Monroe. For ten years I studied her life, I’ve made friends due to mutual fandom (let me tell you, that was a shit show) and I’ve talked about…
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Zsa Zsa Gabor – The First Angelina Jolie?
If you follow me on Twitter, you’ve probably seen my Twitter rant about Hadley Freeman asking why Angelina Jolie is famous. I’ll be the first to admit I’m a huge fan of Jolie’s work, but I also welcome differing thoughts in the discourse of fandom. Freeman does have a (muddied) point. Jolie has cut down…