My favorite video at the moment:

“The compromise of sleep …”

I’m not particularly interested in pornography or vintage pin-ups, but I am interested in how a regular person can become an icon — particularly many, many years after their original brush with fame. That’s the story of Bettie Page, the famous pinup model who was rediscovered in the 1980’s and became a powerful brand akin to say Mickey Mouse or Elvis Presley.

The thing is, I thought that Bettie Page was already dead — long dead, in fact. It’s somewhat sad to think that this person whose image has become part of our popular culture psyche was still alive, yet few of us knew it.

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