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"𝐈 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐦𝐞𝐭 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐥𝐲𝐧 𝐌𝐨𝐧𝐫𝐨𝐞, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐢𝐟 𝐈 𝐡𝐚𝐝, 𝐈 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐝 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩 𝐡𝐞𝐫. 𝐀 𝐬𝐞𝐱 𝐬𝐲𝐦𝐛𝐨𝐥 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐯𝐲 𝐥𝐨𝐚𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐲 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐝, 𝐡𝐮𝐫𝐭, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐛𝐞𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝." -𝐬𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐬𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐧 "𝐢𝐭 𝐠𝐢𝐫𝐥" 𝐂𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐚 𝐁𝐨𝐰 "𝐀 𝐬𝐞𝐱 𝐬𝐲𝐦𝐛𝐨𝐥 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐚 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠. 𝐈 𝐡𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠." -𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐥𝐲𝐧 𝐌𝐨𝐧𝐫𝐨𝐞 Pre-stardom and newly named, 23 year old Marilyn Monroe poses for Philippe Halsman at the Hollywood Studio Club in Los Angeles, 1949.

Hold a good thought for Norma Jeane... June 1st, 1926 - August 4th, 1962 ❤

#marilyn monroe

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Marilyn Monroe for US military PSA called Security is Common Sense, filmed at Harold Lloyd’s estate in 1953.

“When Marilyn arrived, I took her up to the pool house. She was my age, or maybe a year or two younger, but we came from very different worlds. She sat down to put on her makeup, and we just started chatting about our lives. She insisted on seeing the baby and talked about how she dreamed of having a child of her own one day. That’s what I remember most. That, and when daddy and the other men were taking her picture, she kept saying, “I hate a careless man” over and over again.” - Gloria Lloyd

#marilyn monroe

enchantedbook

“Fairies in a Bird’s Nest” (c. 1860), John Anster Fitzgerald

loveridden1999

and the fuck of it all is i will never see internet defend a fat women as vehemently as it defends sick thin women #iwonderwhy

loveridden1999

& i am not saying women struggling with ED don't deserve grace but there is something so insidious about the way you'll see so many people turn our worry about their physical & mental health into "it's their body" "it's their choice" "she's just naturally that thin" etc arguments. they'll swear up & down about how we are being invasive & anti-feminist but a mid or plus woman cannot exist in public eye without being called 5 different insults for just existing. like no i am not being parasocial by noticing how suddenly every female celebrity is bony thin, yes they're the victims of this system too but we have to call this trend out & stop it right here to free them from this torment as well. i do not want little girls to grow up with the same "nothing tastes better than how skinny feels" trend. let's all be more critical of what pop culture pushes as a norm okay?

frostedmagnolias

Evening Dress

c. 1962

by William Duborgh Jensen

The National Museum of Norway

#1960s fashion

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Elizabeth Taylor and fashion designer Halston hit the dance floor at the infamous Studio 54 discothèque in Midtown Manhattan, photos by Oscar Abolafia, March 2nd, 1978. Elizabeth was partying to celebrate her recent 46th birthday (February 27th) as well as the opening of her movie A Little Night Music. The co-owner of Studio 54, Steve Rubell, is also seen with Elizabeth and Halston in the bottom left photo.

#1980s #elizabeth taylor