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Monthly Archives: November 2011
movie magazines: a brief history in several parts (part 4)
[Last week… How the dastardly editorial policy of the movie magazines infected the entirety of the mainstream media!] To understand the visual impact of the Kennedys—and, yes, their impact was more visual than anything else—you have to appreciate the aesthetic … Continue reading
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movie magazines: a brief history in several parts (part 3)
[Last week… Hey Oline, who the heck is this Irving Schulman dude?] In “Jackie”: The Exploitation of a First Lady, Irving Shulman—sociologist/misogynist— suggested that the movie magazines offered “uterine tidbits” and “a clitoral interpretation of life” to their largely female … Continue reading
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movie magazines: a brief history in several parts (part 2)
[Last week… Hey, Oline, what are movie magazines?] In 1969, the sociologist Irving Shulman published a landmark study of the movie magazines, using their Jackie Kennedy coverage as a case-study. And, yes, I use the phrase “landmark study” while readily … Continue reading
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much like jessie spano, i am SO EXCITED to be the new host of the New Books in Biography podcast. for starters, a discussion with Charles J. Shields, author of the insightful/provocative/definitive new kurt vonnegut biography, “and so it goes.” … Continue reading
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movie magazines: a brief history in several parts (part 1)
At the outset of the 1960s, the popular press generally divided into two camps. There were the respectable mainstream publications such as Life, Look, Time and The Saturday Evening Post, which covered contemporary news. And then there were the so-called “women’s … Continue reading
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i’m over at gadfly waxing on about that one time i gave an autograph… HERE. AND… so you don’t want to read a novel that’s a fictional account of the life of laura bush? whatevs. HERE‘s my (convincing?) argument for … Continue reading
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the naked lady bar writing group’s sensei austin h. gilkeson has written a wonderful, amazing, incredible, tremendously brilliant story for which there are not enough glittering superlatives in all the world. you can (and MUST) read it on page 35 HERE…
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