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Wild Women of Wongo
You'll have to decide for yourself. First, take a look at the unfortunately bleached-out trailer. Then view the whole film--in glorious "Pathecolor"--on YouTube, in several parts, with the first one featured after the trailer.
Also on YouTube is the MST3K version.
Posted By: Paul - Tue Aug 26, 2008 -
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Category: Animals, Domestic, Marriage, Family, Hollywood, Movies, Gender, Men, Women, Foreign Customs, 1950s, Dance
Julian Eltinge
--and when a drag queen like Julian Eltinge was a top attraction in high society and popular culture alike.
Face it: life was never any different.
Posted By: Paul - Wed Aug 06, 2008 -
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Category: Celebrities, Eccentrics, Entertainment, Government, History, Historical Figure, Hollywood, Sexuality, Gender, Gender-bending, Men, Theater and Stage, Vaudeville, 1900s, 1910s, 1920s, 1930s, 1940s
Lez Zepplin
Loyal and perceptive reader Rain Oubliette, commenting on the Space Age Fridge Ladies, mentions that they resemble an all-female Devo cover band, possibly named "Shevo." Well, no such weird group exists, to the best of my knowledge. But we do have the incomparable Lez Zepplin.Watch them perform in the clip below.
Posted By: Paul - Fri Aug 01, 2008 -
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Category: Music, ShowBiz, Gender, LGBT, Women, Sex Symbols, 1960s, 1970s
Follies of the Mad Men #4
Here's a great example of Madison Avenue trying to a) make a problem that doesn't exist or is minimal into an overwhelming burden that only their product can alleviate and b) bring the vaunted "miraculous" power of scientists and scientific imagery into the marketing mix.
Did women in 1939--or ever--really ask their friends for a hygienic crotch alert?
Posted By: Paul - Fri Jul 18, 2008 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Products, Fashion, Hygiene, Science, Gender, Women, 1930s
Rhode Island Roller Derby
All things old are new again, and the retro weirdness of yesteryear always resurfaces.Read about Women's Roller Derby in Rhode Island here.
And then watch this brawl.
Posted By: Paul - Tue Jul 15, 2008 -
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Category: Art, Performance Art, Fads, Games, ShowBiz, Sports, Gender
The latest outbreak of “mankini”
I will definitely not be adopting this look on the beach.
Read the full story here.
Posted By: Paul - Sat Jul 12, 2008 -
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Category: Celebrities, Couples, Fashion, Sexuality, Gender, Sex Symbols
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