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Soup for thought
Change the way you think, change your life Curated by malek |
In January, National Trafficking Awareness Month prompted me to hunt for one of the many books in my sex work history collection which would illustrate that it's the same old story ~ and worse, the...
devilduck:
“Ethelind Fearon is my kind of cook. Always with a cocktail and a cigarette, she serves cold rice pudding with stewed prunes and calls it salad.
On soup:
"Soup in England means either...
[S]ci-fi history actually has featured ahead-of-its-time, female-identifying authors and creators who have challenged conventional notions of race, gender, and sexuality head-on for centuries.
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Let's tune in when women are being respected and tune out when they're not.
A snapshot of the "women" tag at my Tumblr.
A snapshot of the "women" tag at my Tumblr.
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Alright...... It really bugs me no end, ya know. I just can't get over it. My Uncle left me some of his men's magazines from the fifties... And you can imagine my dismay when I found out that -- co...
How fast is time changing!..
Mention the word manliness these days and you’ll probably be greeted with snorts and giggles;
Looking at vintage men's mags tells the story of men, and, of course, women.
Humor is a big joke on us all. It’s one huge paradox. While it seems unconditionally benevolent, stimulating laughter and good feeling, it is often cruel, destructive, and manipulative.
So says Betty Swords. And she should know. For over twenty-five years, starting in 1955, she was a professional humorist. She sold her cartoons to the major magazine markets, including Saturday Evening Post, Redbook, Good Housekeeping, Ladies Home Journal, Changing Times. She also produced a considerable quantity of humorous writing for such publications as McCall’s, Modern Maturity, Christian Science Monitor, and others. And beginning in 1976, Swords taught college courses in the power of humor and lectured widely on the subject.
...And then I realized that the punching bag was always a woman. “Marriage is seen as bad,” she went on, recollecting the experience as we talked on the patio in back of her Denver home in June 1995. And she cited examples of one-liners to prove her point:
Married life is great—it’s my wife I can’t stand.
He was unlucky in both his marriages—his first wife left him. And his second one won’t.
A bachelor’s last words—I do.
“Marriage is seen as horrible because it meant that the man had lost his freedom,” she continued.
One article you have to read as a great piece of feminism movement.
The most widely reprinted cartoon of Betty Swords.
Along with a profile on a great woman, there are well-articulated and documented issues of gender bias that are still around today.
Along with a profile on a great woman, there are well-articulated and documented issues of gender bias that are still around today.
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This is the cover of The Way To His Heart “A Cookbook with a Personality”, 1941; note the figures on the cover. The five female figures on the cover of...
KITSCH-SLAPPED describe itself as
"SPECIALIZING IN BAD TASTE FROM A (FEMINIST) CHICK’S PERSPECTIVE. POP CULTURE, PAST & PRESENT, IN YER KISSER."
One cookbook illustrates so many issues: body image, ageing, racism, marketing & consumerism. Oh, and recipes too ;)