No One Like Her
Click onto LIFE magazine link for entire photo series : Never-Before-Seen Marilyn Monroe Photos Originally posted Monday June 01, 2009 10:25 AM EDT Marilyn Monroe Photo by: Ed Clark ...Read More
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A young woman I know, who was born long after the Marilyn Monroe era, looked at some photos of Marilyn and remarked "She was fat!"
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That reminds me that standards of beauty are always changing. How controlled are we by media, peers, etc.?
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The development of trends, fads, and cultural preferences would be an excellent subject. I can find lots of material describing them, but very little on how and why. Pinker notes in Words and Rules...
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JP, your use of the word "fads" strikes a chord with me. I am astonished by some of them, like Beanie Babies, which hits me as indicating a world gone mad. Also the TV series "Jon and Kate," which...
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I must be doing something right as I have managed to escape Jon and Kate. I've heard of the show, and the scandal -- didn't know they broke up -- but that's about it. My suggestion, turn off the TV...
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Flattop, I use TV very sparingly - mostly for baseball and a few documentaries. However, I do read the TV schedule every day, and that's where I come across these dreadful shows. Read a book? Would...
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I remember being able to afford a book a day. Nowadays I get my material online, looking for history. I'm not bragging about my frugality, I'm bemoaning my penury.
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I like the Amazing Race for the same reasons, they visit some beautiful places, I also watch the travel channel for the same reason. Usually when no one is home and I'm alone I just have the satelitte...
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Having been brought up with a heavy dose of Puritan Ethic (take note, JP ), I confine my reading to after dark. Daylight hours are reserved for work (when I can't think of an excuse). Fads exist in...
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LincolnsSparrow wrote: Also the TV series "Jon and Kate," which I've never watched but can't escape. That family is everywhere, even now that it's broken up. Who? Never heard of them. I do admit to...
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Bob, I see commercials for that program all the time and gag every instance. I watch a few things on the Discovery Health channel, and that is one of their favorite series. Jon and Kate had two kids,...
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How about isolated young women trying to get an idea of what's what?
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