Marilyn Monroe (born Norma Jeane Mortenson‚ June 1‚ 1926 – August 5‚ 1962)‚ was an American actress and model. Famous for playing "dumb blonde" characters‚ she became one of the most popular sex symbols of the 1950s‚ emblematic of the era’s attitudes towards sexuality. Although she was a top-billed actress for only a decade‚ her films grossed $200 million by the time of her unexpected death in 1962.[1] She continues to be considered a major popular culture icon.[2] Born and raised in Los Angeles
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lady that was very talented. Marilyn could dance‚ sing‚ act and model. People thought she was just a dumb blonde because of her movie ¨Gentlemen Prefer Blondes¨ but she really wasn´t. Marilyn came up with the most beautiful quotes ever. We’ll get into that later though. Marilyn created lots of big movies such as‚ ¨The Asphalt Jungle¨(1950) ¨Prince and the Showgirl¨ (1957) ¨Gentleman Prefer Blondes¨ (1953) ¨How to Marry a Millionaire¨ (1953) and ¨The Seven Year Itch¨ (1955) these are only a few of the
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You can name all the presidents right? All the men who have governed our country‚ the ones who make sure everything is smooth sailing? Can you do that? I mean we’ve only had 44 presidents so far and 55 presidential elections. That’s not too many‚ this should be a piece of cake. You know Abraham Lincoln‚ John F. Kennedy‚ and George Washington. We all knows those guys. What about Gerald Ford? The 38th president of the United States of America. Do you know who he is? Does the name seem to ring a
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the amount of heartburn I had. What was a surprise was that Matthew had dark brown hair. I had expected him to have blonde hair‚ because everyone in my husband’s family has blonde hair. Matthew looked like such a little gentleman with his thick‚ straight hair. What was a surprise was that Taylor‚ my daughter‚ on the other hand‚ was born with the slightest amount of peach fuzz‚ blonde peach fuzz. Taylor was almost one before her hair was long enough‚ and thick enough to get a bow to stay in her hair
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Throughout the span of the 15th and 16th century‚ it is no secret that the arts‚ architecture‚ philosophy‚ and wars were important parts of history. One topic that is not widely talked about among European history is the importance of beauty‚ hygiene‚ and appearance standards “They were of course limited by the technology of the time and the challenges associated with disposing of the sewage and rubbish of a growing population but this does not mean that they did not try to keep themselves and their
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In Jackson‚ Mississippi‚ 1962‚ life is not “all that” for the colored woman and men living there. In the New York Times bestselling novel and movie‚ The Help‚ many stories is told about what it is like to be a working colored maid for a white family. Skeeter Phelan‚ a white daughter of a rich white family‚ seems to be the only one who thinks the point of view of the maids should be shared. Skeeter decides to interview these maids and turn their tragic‚ funny‚ worth sharing stories to the public.The
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person. Hence‚ we assume a person is somewhat a certain way based on what we have encountered or learned in the past. In the movie Mean Girls‚ one of the lead characters was a dumb blonde. The fact that they used a blonde actress to play that role immediately justifies what our society today believes in; which is “Blondes are usually not smart”. In one of the scenes‚ that character by the name Karen Smith was seen bluntly asking the lead actor‚ Cady about her origins. “If you’re from Africa‚ why are
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there’s a possibility though‚ for sure‚ that there could be aliens out there. I’m just not sure that if they were to try to communicate with or contact us‚ that they would go about doing that by forming “crop circles”. My first article is titled “Blonde ‘Aliens’ Seen at Crop Circle Sight”. This article is actually published in multiple places with its own spin on things.
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inhabitants of the highschool. The typical blonde‚ who is a popular high school student refers perfectly to Regina George. Throughout High School Confidential‚ Denby uses metaphors‚ irony and colloquialisms in his text. One colloquialism that I picked out was “she has a mouth on her‚” “her hair is a swirl of gold” which he used in order to portray a great idea. Denby tried to portray the idea that in all teen movies‚ no matter which genre‚ there is always a generic blonde which serves hatred against all her
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white skin and blonde hair and bluest eyes. A victim of popular white culture and its pervasive advertising‚ also from the day she is born‚ Pecola is told that she is ugly‚ Pecola learns from her mother that she is ugly‚ and she thereby learns to hate herself; because of her blackness‚ she is continually bombarded by rejection and humiliation from others around her who value appearance. Pecola believes that people would value her more if she weren’t black. If she were white‚ blonde‚ and very blue-eyed
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