i’m basing my first academic paper on the nude calendar shots of marilyn monroe and their publication on the inaugural issue of playboy (airbrushed with canonical voluptuousness, she was labeled the magazine’s sole “sweetheart of the month” in december of 1953). i may have failed all attempts at fashioning a theoretical essay around «cheesecake cinema» for this substack, but at least humboldt universität enables me to play pretend as bunny-girl-of-our-dreams scholar (for another class i also crafted video art out of assorted pink glimpses in old x-rated pictures 🎀👙). in a draft dating back to january i had described how my ideal entry in the genre…