#personal mm

[mouthfullofspitwithoutwords]

innan jag rakade mina ben (ett par dagar sen) säger mammas kille något i stil med att det är kroppshår som avgör ens manlighet typ? vad fan? för det första stämmer det ju obviously inte, för det andra så bryr jag mig inte ett skit om min sk manlighet. jag tror inte ens jag är en man. vet inte vem jag är 

[normajeanemonroe]

was marilyn racist?

Definitely not. Marilyn was very much in  for black civil rights. She was good friends with jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald and helped her out when a club refused to let her perform because she was black. Marilyn told the owners she would be there every night to watch Ella and the owner agreed due to the attention which Marilyn would bring them (x).

Marilyn was also good friends with Sammy Davis Jr., is thought to have discussed race relations with JFK and visited African American orphans in 1952 (x). Despite the fact that many whites were racist at the era in which Marilyn was alive, I genuinely don’t think she had it in her to be racist.

[normajeanemonroe]

Joe brought Marilyn around on visits to get to know his family. During one visit in late 1953, two pictures were taken: In one of them, Marilyn and my grandmother Helen are seated on the couch. Helen gives Marilyn an affectionate hug, and Marilyn is smiling warmly. In the second shot, Helen stands behind Marilyn with a protective hand poised lightly on her shoulder, while my Great Aunt Rose, Helen’s older sister, looms and fawns over Marilyn like a hungry vulture; Marilyn has notably shifted her body away. When Great Aunt Rose heard that Marilyn was spending the weekend, she bought a ticket from New York to San Francisco, and tagged along uninvited. On the back of the photo, Helen wrote: “Marilyn had a rash on her face at the time and didn’t want to be photographed, but Rose insisted. Marilyn agreed as long as it was black & white.” (x)