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“Despite being one of the most iconic images in American and international pop culture history, as well as one of the most recognizable photographs of Marilyn Monroe, the famous full-length image of Monroe standing with her dress being blown up never actually appears in the film. The classic shot of Marilyn Monroe’s dress blowing up around her legs as she stands over a subway grating was originally shot on Manhattan’s Lexington Avenue at 52nd Street on September 15, 1954, at 1:00 a.m. Filming took place in the presence of 5,000 onlookers, who whistled and cheered. The original footage never made it to the screen; the noise of the crowd had made it unusable. Wilder re-staged the scene on a Fox set replicating Lexington Avenue, and got a more satisfactory result. The shot used in the film is only of her legs, cut with reaction shots, and never shown full-length.”

The Seven Year Itch (1955) dir. Billy Wilder

Hey LGBTQ+ Floridians— now’s the time to take control of your medical records. I would highly recommend scrubbing your medical records of any sensitive gender/sexuality demographic info if at all possible. I know that cannot be the case for everyone. But unfortunately, if you’ve still got a foot in the closet, you should keep it there when you get healthcare. It’s now legal for any healthcare provider in Florida to discriminate against you and deny you care.

Read up on HIPAA and medical privacy. Be very careful with what you put on the record in larger medical institutions. Most likely they use a consolidated, cloud-based electronic health record software (like Epic) that easily shares your medical data with other clinics. Contact your clinic’s Health Information Management/medical records department to get a copy of all of your records. Revoke any blanket authorization to share your records. Read the fine print on every document you sign at your health clinics. Only release your medical records to healthcare providers and friends/family you trust.

DO NOT use healthcare apps (like BetterHelp, period trackers, etc.) as that data is NOT under the protection of HIPAA and can be sold to anyone. Do not even use the app from your healthcare provider. Despite being HIPAA-compliant, 70% of healthcare apps have security vulnerabilities.