Ethnic Groupings
The Snow Beauty of Yakutia
Part of our series on odd beauty contests.The first (?) contest was apparently held in 2017.
Read about it here.
What appears to be the home page has lots of pix and even videos of the 2018 contest. But I cannot find reference to competitions for 2019 or 2020.
Posted By: Paul - Tue Oct 06, 2020 -
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Category: Awards, Prizes, Competitions and Contests, Beauty, Ugliness and Other Aesthetic Issues, Ethnic Groupings, Nature, Natural Resources, Russia
Follies of the Madmen #477
Our cigarettes are enjoyed by problematical outcasts and outsiders.
Source of ad.
Posted By: Paul - Mon May 25, 2020 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Corporate Mascots, Icons and Spokesbeings, Ethnic Groupings, Stereotypes and Cliches, Tobacco and Smoking, 1960s
When the Stars Came Dreaming
Posted By: Paul - Sun Mar 15, 2020 -
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Category: Ethnic Groupings, Nature, Supernatural, Occult, Paranormal, Cartoons, Stop-motion Animation, 1990s
Fox Style
Posted By: Paul - Sat Mar 02, 2019 -
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Category: Ethnic Groupings, Movies, Exploitation and Grindhouse, 1970s
WattStax
This documentary has it all: great music, great interviews, great cinematography, ongoing thematic relevance to today. But we feature it on WU mainly for the clothing, both of performers and of the audience. Viewers might also empathize with the director's fascination with hotpants.
Posted By: Paul - Sat Nov 10, 2018 -
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Category: Drugs, Ethnic Groupings, Fashion, Music, Pop Art, Documentaries, Bohemians, Beatniks, Hippies and Slackers, 1970s
Follies of the Madmen #392
Not an ad that would fly in today's climate.
Source.
Posted By: Paul - Mon Oct 29, 2018 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Products, Ethnic Groupings, Stereotypes and Cliches, 1970s
Bandido
Why does no one write folk-rock songs about bandidos these days? "I'll clean my wound with tequila..."More on singer Karen Lawrence.
Posted By: Paul - Thu Feb 22, 2018 -
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Category: Ethnic Groupings, Music, Stereotypes and Cliches, 1970s
Win A Houseboy Contest
In my physical copy of LIFE magazine for December 20, 1963, this ad occupies page 89.In the scanned copy at Google, there is an entirely different ad on page 89. The image you see here is my scan of the paper copy.
I have no explanation for this. Did LIFE print regional issues with different ads?
In any case, I could find no other complete representation of this ad online. (There's a scan of the top part alone, for some reason.)
Thus does WU contribute to the world's stock of knowledge.
Posted By: Paul - Thu May 18, 2017 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Products, Ethnic Groupings, Food, Stereotypes and Cliches, 1960s
Miss Tan America
Original image here.
Original text here.
Posted By: Paul - Sun Mar 20, 2016 -
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Category: Beauty, Ugliness and Other Aesthetic Issues, Contests, Races and Other Competitions, Ethnic Groupings, 1960s, Skin and Skin Conditions
King Louis Narcisse
A type of extravagant preaching that seems less prevalent today.
His Wikipedia page here.
Posted By: Paul - Sat Jan 16, 2016 -
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Category: Eccentrics, Ethnic Groupings, Religion, 1960s
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