kitsch Archive

0February 24, 2011
Open With A Dumb Blond Joke

Seems Juliet Lowell is off to a rockin’ start with this joke book “for adults only” — the cover features a dumb blonde joke (cover image) and a sexist poke…
1February 22, 2011
Vintage Crusading Lamb Salt & Pepper Shakers

Victorious porcelain lambs of God spotted at a local antique mall.
1January 12, 2011
Lashes For The Feminist Movement

Picture the scene… It’s 1974 and those women’s libbers are everywhere. Before you know it, those damn women will have screwed up everything. Hell, we won’t even be able to…
0December 23, 2010
“Give Your Wife An Extra Head For Chirstmas”

An ad from 1969 that likely couldn’t be published today: OK, so it reads “an extra head,” not just “extra head” or just plain old “head,” but still, ad execs…
1December 13, 2010
Old Corny Aggie Jokes

I’ll admit I knew nothing about this retro joke book when I snagged it at an antique shop; all I needed to pick it up was a stork on the…
0December 9, 2010
Word Play: How I Stave-Off Depression

I love words, and I don’t just mean when I use them to blither about blogging; I love saying words. But not just any words… I relish the feeling of…
6September 30, 2010
Beauty Kills

As the seller of this vintage 357 Magnum Hair Dryer correctly states, this gun and holster blow dryer might just be the “most misogynistic appliance” ever. Or at least the…
0September 29, 2010
Forget Jogging, Streaking Is Good For Your Health

Ah, how we loved streaking in the 70′s, and this retro mug boasts Streaking Is Good For Your Health — complete with line-drawings of a nude man and woman.
0September 7, 2010
Smoking Anne Bancroft & A Kewpie Doll

This image alone wants to make me watch Gorilla at Large (1954); normally it’s the girl with the dollie and the boy with the cig.
0August 12, 2010
Can’t Dance – Please Do Ask Me!

Retro rumpus room decor, from Old Toys Games and Cool Stuff,celebrating the non-dancing male.
2August 11, 2010
For Those Who Think Pin-Ups Are Stuck-Up, I Guess…

A vintage ceramic pinup — pencil holder?! While I struggle with the idea of such a pencil holder, what else could it be? The seller, luxebetty,shares the following details: Made…
0March 29, 2010
Shopping For Awesome Toys In Retro Sexploitation Flick

Over at French blog Au carrefour étrange, a review of Joseph W. Sarno’s Flesh and Lace (1965). Since the site is in French, you may be confused — but it’s…
0February 9, 2010
Let’s Play, “Sick Or Sweet?”

I have very mixed reactions to this vintage figurine… At this point, can we really view a figurine depicting a little girl with her skirt blown-up exposing her panties ala…
1January 25, 2010
Doodle Week: Why Do I Continue?

This week’s Doodle Week is stick figure girls. As you can see, I continue to struggle with doodling. At this point, it’s pretty obvious the problem is with me, not…
1January 17, 2010
May The Doodle Be With You (Cuz It’s Not With Me)

It was my hope that my doodling would improve a bit each week — but then Laura had to make a complicated theme this week. *sigh* So here you go….
2January 10, 2010
Doodle Week Begins Anew: Dollies

Doodle Week is now at The Ungulate, and the first week’s challenge is “dollies.” Here’s my pitiful little doodle doll. Let’s all hope I get better. *sigh*
0December 7, 2009
#MusicMonday Zazzle Gifts Edition

Retro audio themed gifts to kitsch-slap your vintage vinyl and retro cassette tape (and 8-track) lovin’ friends — even your disco dancin’ pals. Vinyl Junkie by koncepts Create customized tee…
0December 3, 2009
Cheap Thrills Thursday: Neat As A Pin?

Back In the 80′s — during that feminist backlash — career gals (such as my mother & her friends) and women pursuing education for careers (like myself) removed their now…
0December 1, 2009
Gifts For Mystery Lovers

Need a gift for the bibliophiles who dig mysteries? Or someone with a twisted sense of humor? How about gifts (mugs, t-shirts, posters, ties, etc.) featuring prints of an altered…
0November 19, 2009
Cheap Thrills Thursday: Of Man’s Instrument & The Horror Of Eating Unsalted Cashews

In the June 26, 1950 issue of Newsweek, a report on Smithsonian ethnologist Dr. Kalervo Oberg’s trip to Matto Grosso. Among the horrible delights, calling members of the native Nhambicuara…
1November 18, 2009
Whatjamacallit Wednesday: Waste (Can) Not, Want (Can) Not?

In response to my Gadabout post (about a vintage composition dog), Laura (of Doodle Week) said, “I really like how you know all this stuff about old things and how…