magazines Archive

0January 5, 2012
These Eyeglasses Look Upside Down – But They’re Not! (I Want!)

I found this Bert Stern photo of Kecia Nyman at Magdorable! — and fell in love with these glasses from 1965! I’ve not been able to find anything like them,…
2January 5, 2012
Fashion Forecasting With Tarot Cards (In 1953)

A fashion spread in Harper’s Bazaar, August 1953, featuring over-sized tarot cards. Photos by Louise Dahl-Wolfe.
0December 14, 2011
Which Cat Is Your Wife?

A “fun little quiz” based on photographs of cats taken by Walter Chandoha — found in Every Woman’s magazine, October 1952. Which seems more than a little odd… Did “every…
2December 13, 2011
Spin The Wheel, Land On Vera Francis

Who wouldn’t fall in love with a vintage roulette wheel of pinups? The seller (Grapefruit Moon Gallery), says this in the item’s description (links added by me): ITEM: You are…
0October 27, 2011
Signs Of The Times: 1969 (Or, Men At Work?)

In light of the recently released Congressional Budget Office report on income inequality, I found this cover of the August 1969 issue of Fortune relevant — especially the The Time…
0September 7, 2011
Magazine Equality: Stuff White People Worry Needlessly About

I get mail, paper and electronic. Today’s winner is this one: Hey, you sell and ship a lot of stuff, and you write about racism, so I’m tossing this question…
0June 2, 2011
Cheap Thrills Thursday: Retro Mimi Interview

My interview with Retro Mimi of The Retro Weight Watchers Experiment and her amazing collection of vintage Weight Watchers magazines and publications!
1May 17, 2011
Women’s Pages, Then & Now

You know, by now, that I collect horde vintage magazines, publications, newspapers, and other ephemera. (If not, please send me your recipe for Denial Sauce; the anti-women politics of the…
2April 27, 2011
Mississippi Paper Burning (Hot Vintage Magazine Blog!)

I’ve fallen in love with a newly discovered blog: Visual Arts Library Picture & Periodicals Collections, part of New York’s School of Visual Arts. And not just because David Pemberton,…
1February 24, 2011
Once Upon A Time… Mail Order Girlfriends

Found at Chateau Thombeau, a lovely look at these pages from Photo Album No. 11, apparently a vintage dating help publication featuring “lonely maidens, widows and divorcees searching for love,…
0February 7, 2011
While American Was being Born… Ladies Who Didn’t Have Enough Sense To Come In Out Of The Rain

From a Modern Woman magazine from the 40′s, some interesting news… For the benefit of eighteenth century ladies who didn’t have enough sense to come in out of the rain,…
0January 24, 2011
Learning From The Washability Expert

Inside the pages of Modern Woman Magazine, A Magazine Published By The Ice Industry, (Volume 17, Number 1, 1948), an article on how to wash problem fabrics by Mrs. Jean…
7January 19, 2011
Ranch Romances & Adventures

Ranch Romances & Adventures, May, 1971. Contrary to what Jack Martin/Gary Dobbs says, I do not see Ranch Romance (& Adventures) magazines as primarily for women. Jack/Gary says they must…
1December 17, 2010
Working Mothers Working From Home, 1962

“Working Mothers Needn’t Leave Home,” by Bettijane Eisenpreis, as published in My Baby, June 1962, isn’t terribly earth-shattering per se — other than, perhaps, our notions of the time period….
4December 8, 2010
Marjorie Hellen: “Identification Girl” The Ultimate Objectification Or Not?

Featured on the cover of People Today, September 22, 1954, was “Marjorie Hellen… TV’s Golden Girl.” Her story begins on page 55, filed under “People In TV,” Hellen’s story is…
1November 19, 2010
Familiar Feminist Faces

This pair of Ms. mugs look familiar… But then, as someone growing up in the 70′s, I saw a lot of the art deco dames — and the word “Ms.”…
0March 19, 2010
British Ladies Cat Fight With American Women, 1832

Since I love old beauty tips and their cultural context, I was intrigued by A Slip of a Girl’s posts sharing clippings from the March 1831 issue of Atkinson’s Casket…
2February 14, 2010
Please, Daddy, Buy Me A Pageant

Say, “Hello!” to Miss Kentucky Automotive Wholesalers Association of 1960, Miss Frieda Friedli. (Just one ‘N’ away from Frieda Friendli!) The photo appeared in the February, 1961, issue of Magic…
0November 17, 2009
Cosmo Aims To Sweep Her Off Her Feet With Bad Sex Advice

At Motherhood Metamorphosis, Deanna writes, “You Know Sex Ed Is Really Bad When… Cosmo can’t even get it right. In their instructions for Sex Position of the Day: Sensual Shower,…
0November 13, 2009
Make-Up Works: Exaggerated Beauty Gets Noticed

Also in the December issue of Psychology Today, Mina Shaghaghi reports on the findings of a series of studies by Richard Russell of Gettysburg College which explains the “allure of…
1November 11, 2009
Two Tickets To Erotica Novella-Land, Maxim Style

In a real shocker, Maxim publishes obvious sex information with girl-on-girl photos. (Just ‘cuz hubby got shafted with a Maxim replacement subscription when Stuff folded, does he have to keep…