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Q and A With Mamie Van Doren

Donald D'Haene | Posted 03.25.2013 | Canada
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Donald D'Haene

Mamie Van Doren, the American actress, model, singer and sex symbol was born Feb. 6, 1933. She has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 7057 Hollyw...

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What Marilyn Monroe Taught Us About Suicide Notes

Romeo Vitelli | Posted 05.01.2013 | Canada
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Romeo Vitelli

But could Marilyn Monroe's own writings provide clues about her suicidal intentions? Many of the letters, poems, and personal notes that Monroe wrote in the years leading up to her death were recently collected in a single book, Marilyn Monroe's Fragments. Her writings have only recently become available for serious study by suicide researchers.

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Anything Girls Can Do, I Can Do Better

Donald D'Haene | Posted 03.11.2013 | Canada Living
Read More: Marilyn Monroe, Gender Equality, Shorthand, Acting, Stereotyping, Feminist, Canadian-Playwright, Annie Lennox, Madonna, Theatre, Transgender Issues, Female-Impersonation, Drag Queens, Secretaries, Canada Living News
Donald D'Haene

At 17 I just enjoyed reversing the gender stereotypes of my peers. I was raised in a hierarchal, conservative area (read: small-town Ontario) in the 1960s. I recall a girl sitting behind me in my Gr. 12 business class piping up, "Boys cannot be secretaries!" Personally, I thought, was she for real?

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Choose Female Icons Who Transcend Style

Natasha Koifman | Posted 11.11.2012 | Canada Style
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Natasha Koifman

Growing up, many of us look to each other for hard rules; what to wear, how to style our hair, where to shop and how to talk to boys. One of the joys of becoming a mature woman is growing out of that phase where you seek validation from other people and instead make up your own rules, define your own style and forge your own unique path... sometimes taking that "road less travelled" to get there!

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Marilyn Monroe: Follow In Her Footsteps 50 Years After Her Death

Huffington Post Canada | Ilona Biro | Posted 08.05.2012 | Canada Travel
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On Aug. 5, 2012, the world will remember the 50th anniversary of the death of Hollywood icon Marilyn Monroe. California has long commemorated her memo...

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Best Beach Body Of All Time: Who Beat Kim Kardashian To Take Top Honours?

The Huffington Post Canada | Sarah Kelsey | Posted 04.18.2012 | Canada Style
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Marilyn Monroe died almost 50 years ago, but her bikini body is still, according to a new poll as reported by the Daily Mail, the most coveted bikini ...

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Marilyn Monroe To Shimmer At The CNE

CBC | CBC | Posted 10.18.2011 | Canada
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Visitors to this year's Canadian National Exhibition in Toronto may catch a rare glimpse of Marilyn Monroe in Canada. Images ...

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