Wed. February 27
The Daily Scene
Marilyn Monroe, via The Atlantic
Inventing Marilyn–Caitlin Flanagan/The Atlantic
Anyone who thinks the story of Marilyn Monroe doesn’t warrant such attention doesn’t know much about it.
What’s the Best Sitcom of the Past 30 Years?–Vulture
The generally agreed-upon “golden era” of sitcoms was back in the fifties, sixties, and seventies, the decades that spawned I Love Lucy, The Honeymooners, Mary Tyler Moore Show, and All in the Family. But what about more recently? What stands out? Cheers? The Simpsons? Friends?
Sheryl Sandberg: Pompom Girl for Feminism–Maureen Dowd/NYT
One of her friends from her Harvard days told Vogue that the brainy, beautiful, charming, stylish, happily married 43-year-old mother of two, one of the world’s richest self-made women, has an “infectious insistence.”
The Smells of Commercial Success–James Panero/WSJ
Is perfume art?
What Do You Want to Be When You Grow Up?–Slate
Do you fantasize about being a tenured academic? A globe-trotting journalist? A novelist? How our unlived lives shape our lived experience. (Via Arts & Letters Daily.)
