let's discuss: the obsession with marilyn monroe

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  @stan_dinghere · 4 years ago (edited)

  the treatment of marylin's comedic acting reminds me of how men so often dont pick up on women's jokes and sarcasm, they just assume that women are being literal and stupid.

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• AL

  @alyssaortega3185 · 4 years ago

  The more and more I learn about Marilyn the person, the more and more I love and appreciate her. It's just so sad that she's not even person anymore but a marble deity.

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• AC

  @acbubbles · 4 years ago

  I assume marilyn’s comedy is often overlooked as well because we don’t typically view women as capable of being intentionally funny. Instead of acknowledging her character as a representation of marilyn’s comedic talent, we assumed that she WAS the over the top ditzy character, because somehow that was more believable to us than her being intentionally humorous

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• YA

  @Yamimi.longplays · 4 years ago

  It’s so sweet that she gave some of her will to her therapist

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• VE

  @Venya9 · 4 years ago (edited)

  The fact that Hugh Hefner could BUY a final resting place next to Marilyn is appalling to me. And Kim Kardashian could just buy a fast wear of a dress Marilyn herself wished no one else would wear. People forget Marilyn was a person. You can be inspired but this is objectifying, the same thing that was done to her as a sex symbol when she lived.

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• ZE

  @zepizzaistaken · 4 years ago

  This video is a lot more poignant after the release of “Blonde.” I’m so tired of Marilyn being ruined by men

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• SP

  @specctrals · 4 years ago

  I always feel deep sadness in my soul whenever Marilyn is mentioned. Her image is being dragged through so much, she deserves respectful remembrance, not exploitation and idolization after her death.

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• CH

  @chloegriggs8731 · 4 years ago (edited)

  It’s honestly so sad people sexualize her image, only knowing barely a portion of the real person she was; how amazing she was as a human being.

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• GI

  @giraffe1219 · 4 years ago

  "To see a woman so in charge of her sexuality..." Idk, to me it sounds like she did it out of necessity, not because she was glad to. And sure, that takes a level of guts. But it's also sad to be backed into that corner. That's not empowering.

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• LU

  @lubnasaleh2858 · 4 years ago

  To me I think admiring Marilyn Monroe for her sexual liberation is like admiring someone with an eating disorder for their thinness, it’s very unsettling

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• GG

  @GGMS86 · 4 years ago

  Marilyn’s inability to have a baby, terminated pregnancies, drug use and anxiety could have been due to endometriosis. One of the 20 most painful conditions in the world and underrepresented in public and medical discourse. Women have to “grin and bear it” which often means they rely upon heavy medication to manage pain and function. Which then exacerbates mental health problems

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• TS

  @tsin5355 · 4 years ago

  it's disgusting that even decades after her death, others still continue to be exploit her

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