This may seem like an odd post for me, but I wanted to make note that America lost a cultural icon, of a sort, on Thursday. Bettie Page died at the age of 85. You can read a little about her life here.
Who among us can say that our actions ushered in a cultural revolution wearing our unmentionables? Who can say Madonna copied US rather than the other way around? Spunk. Everyone, I think, recognizes spunk. Not to mention, a spunky woman who's also a dish.
Bettie had a tough life, and tough from the very beginning. And to be honest, when you cast an eye over the details of her life, there's just as much to be sad about as there is to admire.
When I look at her marriages, I find that what I really hope for is that she had someone she could really count on.
I'd like to think that the woman we depended on to usher in a revolution had someone she could depend on. Rest in peace, Bettie Page.
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Page starred in a few mainstream movies too, didn't she?
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