Gail Crowther at LitHub:
If someone tells you that you are stupid and dumb enough times, chances are you will start to believe it. If you are someone with no stable and loving family to fall back on, or no partner who believes in you, or no close friends who are in your corner, your self-worth relies entirely on the strength of your self-belief. This can be difficult to sustain, and it is understandable that some form of self-doubt would begin to creep in. Why is impostor syndrome an important point to consider when thinking about the literary life of Marilyn Monroe? The answer is that Marilyn’s reading formed a concerted effort to overcome any inadequacies she perceived in her-self. She strove for progressive self-betterment with an engaged and inquisitive mind. But to fully understand the literary life of Marilyn Monroe, we need to understand why she felt those inadequacies.
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