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The relationship between president Marilyn Monroe and John F. Kennedy

The scene between Marilyn Monroe and John F. Kennedy. the blonde movie

“Blonde,” the film based on the novel by Joyce Carol Oates, features a particular scene that people who have seen the film have described as “horrible,” “crazy,” or “degrading.” A scene that shows us the unpleasant development of a demanding and unromantic fellatio, so to speak. It is said that the representation is fictitious, that …

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Fleshly poet Dante Gabriel Rossetti

Who were the Fleshly Poets? The carnal poets

The Fleshly school of poetry, (School of carnal poetry), brought together a group of English poets in the late 19th century associated with Dante Gabriel Rossetti. The term Fleshly Poets was invented by Scottish author Robert Williams Buchanan (1841-1901) and appeared in an article written under a pseudonym in the Contemporary Review in October 1871). …

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Boris Vian: books and literature. "I will spit on your grave"

Boris Vian: books and literature. “I will spit on your grave”

Boris Vian wrote “I will spit on your grave” (J’irai cracher sur vos tombes) in 1947, and became a bestseller. Today it is still a hard and disturbing novel, perhaps not as much as it was at the time, although it was enough for the French Poster for Action Sociale et Morale (a French federation …

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