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more about #icons YourScreenplaySucks: Replace "doing a documentary" with "reading about" and you've got the exact content of my latest Internet personal ad. #quotes more » Cam/ron: I recently saw a great short film by Spike Jonze where Maurice recalls the time when his sister abandoned him at the world's fair when he was a kid - ... more » curiousgeorgiana: NPR interviewed Spike Jonez this week-- it was really amazing to hear him talk about his relationship with Maurice Sendak. [www.npr.org] #quotes more » this_mad_woman: can there be a larger story on this, though, please? that documentary was AMAZING. my bf kind of laughed at me recording it, and then we watched it la... more » colormeroutine: www.twitter.com/shitmydadsays I think we just found out the identity of this guy's dad #quotes more » hydrogen_jukebox: Did it just get colder in here? #quotes more » bellejay: #upliftingquoteoftheday #quotes more » I, Zombie Normal: Wow, he's like my grandpa, only nicer. Except my grandpa's only real talent was drinking copious amounts of whiskey. more » cate3710: Maurice Sendak, you are a grumpy old man, and I love it. #quotes more » checkyaself: So wait a young Bardot is bad but a young Mean Fox is good? WOW. more » gertrudethegrand: it's a bit like the idolization of coco chanel when in fact, she rubbed elbows with nazis... more » prismatism is Team Bella: Is plastic surgery un-feminist? Is not getting plastic surgery a feminist act? I don't want anything done to myself now, and don't think I'd mind a ... more » roxythekiller: This is an interesting article. I like Bardot for her bluntness, even if I rarely agree with anything she says. Her heart is in the right place when i... more » napalmnacey is an angry feminist: They can wank over Bardot. I'll be over here, celebrating Jane Fonda. more » Thus Spake KATE!: i guess the only type of female empowerment that is really worth celebration is the sexual kind. im really glad we threw off centuries of oppression... more » Agumen: I have no problem with people being praised for their bodies as long as other people are being praised for their minds. So I have no problem with the ... more » Sputnik_Sweetheart: Very well said. It drives me nuts when women (cough, Jessica Simpson, cough, Paris Hiton, cough) talk about what an inspiration Bardot is for them, b... more » Highsmith: Not a fan. To me she always was & will be a spectacularly untalented bimbo. more » I_can_still_pitch: Lindbergh was a racist and a bastard but that seems to be whitewashed pretty well. Amelia Earhart was "a slave to fame" and a "showboater?" Whatever... more » LolaQuinn is full of beans: That letter to her husband and the content of her college lectures just makes her all the more awesome. more » -
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Maurice Sendak's advice to young people, in Spike Jonze's short documentary: "Quit this life as soon as possible. Get out. You're doing a documentary about a brain-dead person." [LA Times] -
#iconography
Brigitte Bardot 'Represents The Power Of Woman' (And Reactionary Craziness!)
Look, Brigitte Bardot was stunning and all, and represented a certain kind of liberation. But, um, isn't she a little more complicated than that? More » -
#friendlyskies
Amelia Earhart Flew. She Wasn't An Angel.
A fascinating profile in the New Yorker tries to bring Amelia Earhart down to Earth. More » -
#audreystyle
Gamine Scene
Check it: A new series of "Unseen Images of Audrey Hepburn" from the 1950s are now showing at London's Proud Galleries. [Telegraph] -
#icons
Su-Generis
Su Pollard was named "The Wackiest Dresser in Britain" by the Daily Mail. She's defiant — and proud. More wacky pix at the link. [Daily Mail] -
#opioneers
Lesbian Couple "Makes History" Again By Breaking Up
Hillary and Julie Goodridge, a lesbian couple who became gay icons in their fight for same-sex marriage, are divorcing. More » -
#happyhomes
Seals Of Approval
The Good Housekeeping Seal of Approval, which the Hearst-owned mag has awarded to quality products since 1909, is getting an overhaul. I -
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#goldengirls
RIP Eartha Kitt
Eartha Kitt, the alluringly feline entertainment icon, has died at the age of 81. -
#thebombshelldiet
"Secrets" Of Marilyn Monroe's Grocery Lists Not That Secret
Poor Marilyn Monroe. Someone's discovered grocery receipts from shortly before she died and now some writer's using these perfectly innocuous documents to discover the "secrets" of her soul and figure. Remind us never to die! -
#rip
Pinup Girl, Pop Culture Icon Bettie Page Dead At 85
Bettie Page, the iconic pinup and cult figure, died yesterday in Los Angeles, at the age of 85. She suffered a heart attack last week and had been in a coma ever since.
