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Tara Hanks
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Author of 2 novels (Wicked Baby and The Mmm Girl), Jeanne Eagels biographer, blogs at The Marilyn Report. https://linktr.ee/tarahankswriter
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Tara Hanks @marina72.bsky.social · Sep 17
My actual age
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Jean Rhys @msjeanrhys.bsky.social · 15h
She was irresponsible. She had fits of melancholy when she would lose the self-control necessary to keep up appearances.
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Tara Hanks @marina72.bsky.social · 20h
Class warfare
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Tara Hanks @marina72.bsky.social · 1d
She seems nice
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Tara Hanks @marina72.bsky.social · 1d
Seeing this on Sunday...
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#MarilynMonroe
Bert Stern Brings ‘Avant Garde’ Marilyn to Milan
Bert Stern: Original Madman will open at Pasci Contemporary Gallery in Brescia, Milan with a private viewing on October 25, and on public display until February 27, 2026. Although Marilyn’s fabled …
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Tara Hanks @marina72.bsky.social · 2d
Name an Italian who deserves a day more than Christopher Columbus.
Madonna by Ken Regan, 1985
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Tara Hanks @marina72.bsky.social · 2d
No more heroes, except this one
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David Bowie News @davidbowienews.bsky.social · 2d
David Bowie released his “Heroes" album on this day in 1977.
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Tara Hanks @marina72.bsky.social · 2d
He just can't be outdone.
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Tara Hanks @marina72.bsky.social · 2d
One of my favourite novels this year.
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Corey Atad @coreyatad.com · 2d
good morning. watch Reds.
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Tara Hanks @marina72.bsky.social · 3d
I have this on reserve at the library, looking forward to it. Only read one of his books before at uni, but the synopsis, the cover and (of course) the timing appealed to me.
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Postcard From The Past @pastpostcard.bsky.social · 5d
Just been to the church where Lorna Doone was shot.
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Tara Hanks @marina72.bsky.social · 4d
An ethereally self-aware comedy genius: the loss of Diane Keaton is devastating | Peter Bradshaw
America’s sweetheart was so much more than that: an actor of astonishing singularity and freshness who starred in the very best films of the past century
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JacquiWine @jacquiwine.bsky.social · 4d
PSA for Jean Rhys fans!

If you’re in London, get yourself along to the POSTURES: JEAN RHYS IN THE MODERN WORLD exhibition at the Michael Werner Gallery in Mayfair, which includes various artworks in conversation with Rhys’ books.

I especially loved these pieces by Celia Paul & Gwen John. 💙📚
Charlotte by Celia Paul, 2019 Girl in a Red Shawl by Gwen John
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Tara Hanks @marina72.bsky.social · 4d
I loved Alcarras so looking forward to this.
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Tara Hanks @marina72.bsky.social · 5d
Bedtime stories, revisited... 💜
Madonna Chooses the Right Time to Release “Right On Time”—Because It Would Have Been a Disservice for Her to Include It on Bedtime Stories in 1994
On the same day as announcing that her Bedtime Stories: The Final Chapter EP is actually real, and not just another tease (like, thus far, her much-talked about biopic, in all its various…
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Jill Blake @biscuitkitten.bsky.social · 7d
“the girlfriend of one of the founders of antifa”
Ingrid Bergman as Ilsa Lund in Casablanca
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Tara Hanks @marina72.bsky.social · 6d
The Jimmy Savile of modern times (dressed like him too)
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Tara Hanks @marina72.bsky.social · 7d
a man in a red shirt and a black jacket is walking down the street
Alt: John Travolta walking down the street in Saturday Night Fever
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Tara Hanks @marina72.bsky.social · 7d
Shipwrecked on Terf Island was the last I heard of him.
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Tara Hanks @marina72.bsky.social · 8d
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Cinematic Showgirls: Marilyn and Taylor Swift
Ever since Taylor Swift announced her new album, The Life of a Showgirl, comparisons to glamorous stars of the past have abounded. Released last week, the album is currently available in eleven ver…
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Tara Hanks @marina72.bsky.social · 9d
She was working in a sweet shop near where I grew up when this took off (I had to check Wikipedia to be sure it wasn't a fever dream.)
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Tara Hanks @marina72.bsky.social · 9d
This is my idea of fun
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WHAT A FUCKING RECORD @whatafuckingrecord.bsky.social · 9d
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Tara Hanks @marina72.bsky.social · 9d
"If he always keeps you dreaming
You won't have a lonely hour ..."
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WHAT A FUCKING RECORD @whatafuckingrecord.bsky.social · 10d
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Joanne Harris @joannechocolat.bsky.social · 10d
Unsolicited writing advice, no. 189:
There are many different ways to be a writer. Being a professional writer is only one of them. All are valid.
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