The golden ambition of "Legally Blonde" can't be tarnished ^43%

Salon.com - By Melanie McFarland - 7/6/2026, 4:00 PM

Negativity Bias 22.4% - Biased Writer Voice 16.2% - Post Hoc (False Cause) 15.1%

When “Legally Blonde” first came out, I was ready to write off Elle Woods for similar reasons many first- and second-wave feminists dismissed Marilyn Monroe. Gloria Steinem spoke at length about her early presumptions about Monroe in a 2006 interview, admitting that one of the few films in her life that made her walk out of the theater... more