Jezebel: 1970s

Once Upon a Time, Playgirl Endorsed Female Circumcision

Lauri Apple — Fri, 31 Dec 2010 17:00:34 EST

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Rachel Rabbit White recently visited her favorite vintage shop and picked up a couple of old Playgirl issues from the 1970s—you know, America's sex-positive years. While reading an issue from 1973, she discovered a most shocking, ouchy story. More »

"The Mystique Of Mink Where It Matters Most"

Sadie Stein — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 12:30:00 EST

For those who would rather wear fur and be almost naked: the mink jock. Available in Ebony, Ranch and Champagne. And it comes in "Small." [WorldofWonder] More »

When Disco Was Amazing And Recession Had A Beat

Sadie Stein — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 15:00:00 EST

There's a piece in the current Vanity Fair that makes the early days of disco sound, well, awesome: More »

Cheezburger Sez: I'z In Yr Belly, Ruinin Yr Planet

Anna North — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 14:20:00 EDT

Today in science that pisses us off: being "fat" is bad for the environment. More »

Young Jodie Foster Extols The Educational Value Of The View-Master

Margaret Hartmann — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 14:30:00 EST

Judging from this 1971 commercial, the View Master was such a fine toy it required not one, but two future Academy Award winners to sell it: Henry Fonda and a 9-year-old Jodie Foster. More »

The Way We Were: Life Magazine Photos Of Women In The 1970s

Dodai Stewart — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 17:00:00 EST

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As you may know, the Life magazine photo archive is now online, and we've been showcasing images of women in different decades; the 1930s, the 1940s, the 1950s, the 1960s. Now, the 1970s. More »

The Wrap Dress Myth: How "Easy" And "Flattering" Is It Really?

Sadie Stein — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 12:40:00 EST

I came across yet another paeon to the wrap dress this morning — the wardrobe "essential" that Diane Von Furstenberg pioneered in the 1970s, and I started to really think about it. The wrap dress is lauded for being day-to-evening, sexy-but-professional, good-on-any-body, ideal for travel, and timeless. But how true is this, really? More »

When We Grow Up

Sadie Stein — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 14:20:00 EDT

It's been 35 years since a generation of kids learned it was "All Right To Cry." That's right, Marlo Thomas' classic 1973 children's book Free To Be...You And Me is all grown up and resissued! The junior manifesto for children of the Me decade was a feminist landmark for its stance on celebrating differences and exploding gender roles. "The message is a rather deep one, that you can choose your own role models, you can fight stereotypes," says Thomas. The children of all those little boys who learned it was okay to play with dolls, or girls who were told they didn't need to grow up to be princesses will surely thrill to the classic soundtrack and timeless prose — the authors, including Judy Blume and Shel Silverstein, were a who's who of kids' all stars — but we gotta say, we're going to miss those classic 70s illustrations! [USA Today] More »