Brigitte Bardot & the contradictions of stardom

“Brigitte Bardot seems available to everyone,” Simone de Beauvoir mused in 1959, “and yet, she is intimidating.”  Perhaps nobody has better summed up the fury and idolatry surrounds Bardot, the sultry-faced, wild-haired French beauty, whose mythic pull has been long debated since she shot to fame as the sensual Juliette in And God Created Woman. These days, Bardot can be find be found doing literally anything except acting – she retired in 1973, and is now known for either her campaigning for animal rights, the style of “Bardot” tops that she popularized, or, more worryingly, being continuously fined for…

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