Month / June 2026

by Lexine

Happy Birthday, Marilyn

“I am not interested in money. I just want to be wonderful.”

Posthumous birthday wishes to the one and only Marilyn Monroe, who would’ve celebrated a centennial today. The media has long linked her to other modern starlets (some comparisons beyond laughable), yet none of those starlets have never come close to the permanent iconicness (IDAGF if that’s now a word) of MM.

In regards to her movies, I’ll always be down to watch All About Eve, Gentlemen Prefers Blondes, How To Marry A Millionaire, and Some Like It Hot, but Don’t Bother To Knock is an underrated fave of mine.

(That’s an actual quote from her, by the way. I made sure of it!)

 

 

 

 

 

by Lexine

Happy 20th BiVersary

yours truly wearing a dark blue shirt that reads "Bi-conic" in pink-purple-and-blue lettering on the chest

You know the more I think about it on this first day of Pride Month (which is a good time to come out with this, so to speak), the more I kinda feel like it’s…been more than 20 years of being Bisexual. The first time I was attracted to a woman was back in 1998, and, at the same time, I still liked guys. That same year was the first time I heard about bisexuality, thanks to a movie called Gia–a biopic about 1980s supermodel Gia Carangi, played by Angelina Jolie. Both women happened to be Bi. Though the biopic featured Gia’s relationships with women, the more I read about bisexuality, the more I felt like, “could that be me?”

The definition of being Bisexual has evolved beyond being attracted to just men and women, yet I still identify as one because my tastes have evolved as well. 😁 And twenty years ago this month, 21-year-old me looked at the mirror and declared to myself that I am Bi. (And then I went out on a date with the woman would become my first girlfriend.) I still refuse to pick a side.

Happy Pride Month, and Happy 20th BiVersary to me. You bet your ass I will be (as the youths are now saying) annoying with my Bi self this month. 🩷💜💙