Posts Tagged: women

How to Pick Up Girls Trump Style

  From the caveman to the Donald,  red-blooded men have been encouraged to be on the prowl for chicks. Licking their chops like a pack of hungry wolves, real men stalk women, never taking no for an answer, persistent even

How to Pick Up Girls Trump Style

  From the caveman to the Donald,  red-blooded men have been encouraged to be on the prowl for chicks. Licking their chops like a pack of hungry wolves, real men stalk women, never taking no for an answer, persistent even

Vintage Millie The Model Comic

The Shame of Fat Shaming

Some folks believe gaining weight is the worst thing a woman can do. One of them is running for president. Setting the gold standard for misogyny, ( “No one demeans women the way I do, believe me”) Donald Trump has

Vintage Millie The Model Comic

The Shame of Fat Shaming

Some folks believe gaining weight is the worst thing a woman can do. One of them is running for president. Setting the gold standard for misogyny, ( “No one demeans women the way I do, believe me”) Donald Trump has

vintage beer ad houswife

Beer and the Happy Homemaker

Ever wonder what made the mid-century Happy Housewife so happy? It turns out hubby wasn’t the only one knocking back a few brewsky’s at the end of  a long day. Beer ads traditionally  targeting men  have long featured buxom babes,

vintage beer ad houswife

Beer and the Happy Homemaker

Ever wonder what made the mid-century Happy Housewife so happy? It turns out hubby wasn’t the only one knocking back a few brewsky’s at the end of  a long day. Beer ads traditionally  targeting men  have long featured buxom babes,

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American Nativism- Nothing New

  When it comes to America’s melting pot, Donald Trump is following an old-fashioned, tried and true recipe – heavy on the xenophobia with just a dash of racism. By relying on the age-old tradition of stoking the public’s fear

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American Nativism- Nothing New

  When it comes to America’s melting pot, Donald Trump is following an old-fashioned, tried and true recipe – heavy on the xenophobia with just a dash of racism. By relying on the age-old tradition of stoking the public’s fear

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Girls, the Sky’s the Limit

From now on when a little girl thinks of what she can be when she grows up… she doesn’t have to just choose between a ballerina, a nurse, a stewardess, a teacher or a model. The door has swung open,

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Girls, the Sky’s the Limit

From now on when a little girl thinks of what she can be when she grows up… she doesn’t have to just choose between a ballerina, a nurse, a stewardess, a teacher or a model. The door has swung open,

Detail Collage- Constant Cravings by Sally Edelstein. Collage composed of appropriated vintage images

Disordered Eating

  Our eating really got disordered over half a century a go. In a culture where many still feel unempowered, where rigid beauty standards and body shaming run rampant  and women still learn to nurture others while neglecting to nourish

Detail Collage- Constant Cravings by Sally Edelstein. Collage composed of appropriated vintage images

Disordered Eating

  Our eating really got disordered over half a century a go. In a culture where many still feel unempowered, where rigid beauty standards and body shaming run rampant  and women still learn to nurture others while neglecting to nourish

Vintage sexist cartoon

Donald Trump and the Mad Men World of Sexual Harassment

Take My Secretary, Please! Is anyone surprised that when it comes to women, Donald Trump and Don Draper have a lot in common? When it comes to creepy, retro sexism, The Donald trumps even Don Draper. Detailing Trump’s history of

Vintage sexist cartoon

Donald Trump and the Mad Men World of Sexual Harassment

Take My Secretary, Please! Is anyone surprised that when it comes to women, Donald Trump and Don Draper have a lot in common? When it comes to creepy, retro sexism, The Donald trumps even Don Draper. Detailing Trump’s history of

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Ronan Farrow Asks Us – Don’t Look the Other Way

We live in a culture of looking the other way. In Ronan Farrow’s gripping piece “My Father Woody Allen and the Danger of  Questions Unasked”  that recently ran in the Hollywood reporter,  he asks us not to look away. The

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Ronan Farrow Asks Us – Don’t Look the Other Way

We live in a culture of looking the other way. In Ronan Farrow’s gripping piece “My Father Woody Allen and the Danger of  Questions Unasked”  that recently ran in the Hollywood reporter,  he asks us not to look away. The

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Lets Play the Woman’s Card

Hey Mr. Trump, what woman’s card should I play today?   It’s so darn confusing, maybe you  can mansplain it to me.                        

Old Maid Cards vintage

Lets Play the Woman’s Card

Hey Mr. Trump, what woman’s card should I play today?   It’s so darn confusing, maybe you  can mansplain it to me.                        

Growing up liking it- Menstruation Booklet Modess

Menstruating in the Age Of Mad Men

Lady talk has gone viral. A woman’s period, once cloaked in privacy  lingering on the periphery of polite conversation  has now permeated public discourse. Credit  in part goes to the heated debate about the inequity of tampon taxes as well

Growing up liking it- Menstruation Booklet Modess

Menstruating in the Age Of Mad Men

Lady talk has gone viral. A woman’s period, once cloaked in privacy  lingering on the periphery of polite conversation  has now permeated public discourse. Credit  in part goes to the heated debate about the inequity of tampon taxes as well