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more about #timewarpwives more comments → Bunny Themelis: ""The Modern Pinup" seems, in its postmodern obliviousness, to take what it wanted of the era and conveniently forget the rest." And this is a problem... more » nacho_supreme: I totally agree with LacyBones. Jesus, Jezebels. '"The Modern Pinup" seems, in its postmodern obliviousness, to take what it wanted of the era and con... more » Fatwetdog: There's a fair amount of tension between women who dress like that. I love the clothes, and the hair. I love the rockabilly aesthetic, and the fully m... more » hippichx sez PEACE PLEASE: that sort of look has always struck me as a female empowerment symbol... and i don't mean empowered to bake cupcakes. meanwhile, spending that much t... more » Flackette Goes Retro: I like the fashion, but hell no I will not live like my grandmothers - raising children, doing all the housework and cooking by themselves, being unde... more » applejuice: This reminds me of some weird Japanese dress-up sex-play kind of thing. Just throwing that out there! more » PicosPardos: Feminism is not about "choices," but about equality. more » prettycool: The girls I knew like this were pinup-ey punks. They wore peep-toed pumps to school with thick ass eyeliner pencil skirts and cardigans over their rip... more » feministabroad: Im sorry. I will admit it. I hate the times, but I love the look. The 50s are my favorite fashion era. I love pin up girl styles. And yes, I even reco... more » veronykah: I don't know, I've always idolized Mae West. more » bluebears: a-hem (whispers) I don't even like the clothes. Commence rotten fruit throwing more » LacyBones: I'm so tired of this argument. Jezebel covered it less than a year ago when Do Good Feminists Bake Cupcakes? came out in The Guardian. So the argument... more » BrutallyHonestBabes (aka Mrs. Sarah.of.a.Lesser.Hobbit): I think this might be a little unfair. I've been heavy into this culture - women who go out of their way to wear vintage Cuban heel stockings, vintag... more » rednrowdy: as great as the clothes were, are we forgetting that the varga girls and their ilk were DRAWINGS?! they weren't actual women! a guy by the name of var... more » LaComtesse: A life based on pretense or, more kindly, "performance art" irks me. In the long-run, if it makes you happy, be my guest, but, in my judgmental, storm... more » -
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You, Madam, Are No Bettie Page
As a few articles from the weekend prove, women who fancy themselves "Modern Pin-Ups" often ignore the realities of the 1950s. (But, yes, the hair was great!)
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