7/1/2023 0 Comments The barbizon by paulina bren![]() The book is also about shifting societal expectations for women. (If you’re confused, the connection is that all the guest editors were housed at the Barbizon for their month-long guest editorship.) Sylvia Plath ![]() Along with the famous names associated with the magazine’s guest editor (GEs) contest – with winners like poet-author Sylvia Plath (1932-63) and author Joan Didion (1934-2021) and actress Ali McGraw. For decades, the Barbizon provided budding actresses, husband-hunting secretaries, and desperate-to-escape farm girls affordable dormitory style living in mid-Manhatten.īut the book is also a deep dive into now-defunct Mademoiselle magazine (1935-2001), its powerful editor Betsy Talbot Blackwell (1905-85), and the role the publication played in setting standards for young women in the 1950s and 1960s. Yes, parts of it are about the famed Barbizon Hotel (aka Barbizon 63), exclusively for women, in New York City (corner of Lexington Avenue and 63rd Street) and its history from completion in 1928 until its conversion to luxury condos in 1981. ![]()
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