[omgthatdress]

Girdle

1960s

The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

[lipfilllers]

[waldorf-astoria-luxe]

[galindaelphaba]

WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF? (1966) dir. Mike Nichols

[dragon-in-a-fez]

one time I told my therapist "I tend to have issues with people who think of themselves as authority figures" and she burst out laughing and then said "I think we need to pause and reflect on how you phrased that"

[angel-0f-filth]

[free-my-mindd]

Y’all don’t ignore people enough. That’s why you stressed out.

[virgin-martyr]

Solitude had made her secretive—self-manipulated. Years of haunting had dulled her in ways you wouldn't believe and sharpened her in ways you wouldn't believe either.

Toni Morrison, excerpt from Beloved

[bvdbvby]

[silverscreen-andfashion]

MARTHA HYER as Jennie Denton

The Carpetbaggers (1964)

[barbrastreisand]

Funny Girl, 1968

[van1llaskys]

[free-my-mindd]

[boulevard-of-fame]

Marilyn 💋 Monroe

[zartha]

Marilyn Monroe as Rose Loomis NIAGARA (1953) dir.: Henry Hathaway

[huffwell]

[achillesinhighheels]

Training my nervous system to choose an unfamiliar heaven instead of a familiar hell