{"id":50,"date":"2014-01-04T20:43:00","date_gmt":"2014-01-04T20:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/karenessex.com\/?page_id=50"},"modified":"2024-07-28T17:58:16","modified_gmt":"2024-07-28T17:58:16","slug":"bettie-page","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/karenessex.com\/?page_id=50","title":{"rendered":"Bettie Page: Life of a Pin-Up Legend"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"237\" height=\"285\" src=\"http:\/\/karenessex.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/bettiepagebook.jpg\" alt=\"bettiepagebook\" class=\"wp-image-442\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Karen Essex is the first and only journalist with whom the reclusive Ms. Page has ever agreed to meet and cooperate.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The ultimate girl-next-door, and one of the most popular Playboy centerfolds, Bettie Page challenged the conservative 1950s, posing as a fierce dominatrix, and earning both a cult underground following and a Senate Committee investigation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This book chronicles Page&#8217;s life and career, telling the incredible story of a woman who has left an indeliable mark on the history of popular culture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>500 photos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<div class='et-box et-shadow'>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class='et-box-content'><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-333 aligncenter\" alt=\"moretx\" src=\"http:\/\/karenessex.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/moretx.png\" width=\"500\" height=\"52\" srcset=\"https:\/\/karenessex.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/moretx.png 500w, https:\/\/karenessex.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/moretx-300x31.png 300w, https:\/\/karenessex.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/moretx-400x41.png 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"LA Weekly: \u201cIn Search of Bettie Page\u201d\" href=\"http:\/\/karenessex.com\/?page_id=617\"><em>LA Weekly<\/em>: &#8220;In Search of Bettie Page&#8221; | <\/a> <a title=\"Remembering Bettie\" href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/karen-essex\/remembering-bettie-page_b_150709.html\"> <em>Huffington Post:<\/em> &#8220;Remembering Bettie&#8221;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-335\" alt=\"buytx\" src=\"http:\/\/karenessex.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/buytx.png\" width=\"443\" height=\"52\" srcset=\"https:\/\/karenessex.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/buytx.png 443w, https:\/\/karenessex.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/buytx-300x35.png 300w, https:\/\/karenessex.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/buytx-400x46.png 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 443px) 100vw, 443px\" \/><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-16018d1d wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/15754408068\">BUY PAPERBACK<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Karen Essex is the first and only journalist with whom the reclusive Ms. Page has ever agreed to meet and cooperate. The ultimate girl-next-door, and one of the most popular Playboy centerfolds, Bettie Page challenged the conservative 1950s, posing as a fierce dominatrix, and earning both a cult underground following and a Senate Committee investigation. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":1428,"menu_order":6,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-50","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/karenessex.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/50","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/karenessex.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/karenessex.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/karenessex.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/karenessex.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=50"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"https:\/\/karenessex.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/50\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1671,"href":"https:\/\/karenessex.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/50\/revisions\/1671"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/karenessex.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1428"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/karenessex.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=50"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}