- 1. 'Brainwashed: Sex-Camera-Power' Picks Apart the Male Gaze in Film—Revie
- (Movies)
- ... the efficacy of reappropriating sexist tropes.Unlike other art forms, cinema largely obeys the same formal conventions that were established in the 1930s. Menkes does not argue that a “female gaze” should ...
- Created on 24 October 2022
- 2. Queer Period Pieces Like Abbi Jacobson's "A League Of Their Own" Are A Reminder That LGBTQ Rights Are Still Under Atta
- (TV)
- ... digital app to track female-athletes' periods. With well-funded, stunningly popular ideologues at the helm and acquiescence from party leadership, the MAGA movement is pedaling a 1930s style anti-knowledge, ...
- Created on 13 October 2022
- 3. A Little History On How The Blue-Haired Old Lady Trope Came To Be
- (Feminism)
- ... available in the 1930s. One was supposed to choose the appropriate tint based on hair color (iron gray, silver, white, etc.), but it was still easy to overdo it. “The solution was too strong. The blue ...
- Created on 05 April 2022
- 4. Cat Power Dishes On Her 11th Studio Album, "Covers," How She Re-Imagines Her Old Songs, and On Being a "Difficult Woman" in the Music Industry ...
- (Music)
- ... and pop. She uses Holiday’s different recordings of standards as an example—tracks the blues icon recorded in the 1930s have a completely different subtext than versions she made 20 years later, shortly ...
- Created on 14 March 2022
- 5. Zooey Deschanel, Ingrid Michaelson, and Female Animators and Illustrators Bring You a Magical Holiday Video that Won’t Make You Want to Puke
- (Music)
- ... greeting cards, and prints. Her brilliant designs for the characters Bunny and Rabbit seem straight out of a 1930s children's book. View this ...
- Created on 17 November 2021
- 6. Lady Gaga Dominates British Vogue’s December Issue Posing Nude, and in a Look Inspired by a “Shocking” 30s Perfume Bottle
- (Music)
- ... her eccentric self by wearing a Schiaparelli dress that was inspired by a 1930s “shocking perfume bottle.” This may sound like the opposite of fashionable, but of course Lady Gaga rocks the garment- she ...
- Created on 03 November 2021
- 7. 10 Simple D.I.Y Halloween Costumes for those Last Minute-ers
- (DIY)
- ... that is sexy enough to make Regina George proud. Morticia Addams first appeared in The New Yorker in the 1930s with the rest of her spooky family, making the Addams Family the focus of a 1964 TV series, ...
- Created on 29 October 2021
- 8. For Centuries, Halloween Was a Day for Young Women to Predict Their Future Husbands: A Look At the Unlikely Romantic History of All Hallow's Eve ...
- (General)
- ... most dangerous nights of the year. It didn’t take long for Americans to grow tired of teenage ruffians committing crimes on an annual basis. So by the early 1930s, reformers began trying to change Halloween. ...
- Created on 21 October 2021
- 9. Feeling Spiritual? Get Self-Reflective With These 13 Tarot and Oracle Decks Designed By Women
- (Living)
- ... detailing. Carrington’s cards are featured in a new novel, The Tarot of Leonora Carrington, and provide insight into her tumultuous life as a surrealist artist during the 1930s. 9. The Good Tarot ...
- Created on 15 October 2021
- 10. Say Their Name: "My Name is Pauli Murray" Directors Betsy West and Julie Cohen, Talk About the Amazing Life of the Civil Rights Activist, Lawyer, and Gender-Bending Episcopal Priest, and Their Impact on ...
- (Feminism)
- ... at a time, in the 1930s and 40s, where there wasn't a language or any kind of understanding of gender. I also think that students who are looking at Pauli's work and understanding the obstacles that ...
- Created on 13 September 2021
- 11. Fried Green Tomatoes: Sample Some Sweet, Southern, 1930s Style Via This Early-90's Classi
- (Style)
- ... arc of their relationship a heartwarming love story we can all aspire to, but their 1930s wardrobes are also truly enviable. From Ruth’s gauzy floral dresses to Idgie’s oversized button-downs and battered ...
- Created on 19 August 2021
- 12. You Can Enjoy the Kitschy Glamour of Tiki Cocktail Culture without the Gnarly Colonial Aftertaste
- (Eat Me)
- ... a whole new genre of cocktail. Both the concoctions and atmosphere were enticing for Americans, most of whom, in the 1930s, had never visited the Pacific Islands and therefore had no idea that what was ...
- Created on 26 May 2021
- 13. Lysol's Horrifying History Of Marketing Cleaning Products As Birth Contro
- (Living)
- ... in America, it was the most popular form of birth control from the 1930s until the 1960s. This, despite the fact that no single ad ever specifically advocated the cleanser be used for that purpose. But ...
- Created on 25 March 2021
- 14. What Louisiana's New Abortion Restrictions Mean For America ...
- (Feminism)
- ... decline, especially as contraception has become more accessible, they are still an essential part of reproductive freedom. The Supreme Court is the most conservative it has been since the 1930s, putting ...
- Created on 06 November 2020
- 15. How Much Do You Know About Anna May Wong? Take the BUST Pop Quiz!
- (Entertainment)
- ... b. 14 c. 24 d. 34 In the 1930s, Anna May traveled throughout _____ singing and dancing in her own one-woman vaudeville show. a. North America b. ...
- Created on 06 November 2020
- 16. An Ode to Betty Dodson
- (Sex)
- ... and friendship! I also know whose shoulders Betty stands on—it’s those of her mother Bessie, who didn’t try to interfere with Betty Anne when the little Kansas girl figured out in the 1930s that there ...
- Created on 02 November 2020
- 17. Get The Morticia Addams Look Just In Time For Halloween
- (Style)
- ... with a macabre twist—like clipping and tossing blooming roses and instead displaying their spiky stems in a vase. First appearing in The New Yorker in the 1930s, Morticia and the Addams family have been ...
- Created on 23 October 2020
- 18. 10 Famous Bisexual Women from The Past to Know Now For BiVisibility
- (Feminism)
- ... 1930s who was known to be openly bisexual throughout her career. She was rumored to have affairs with Greta Garbo, Louise Crane, and Tallulah Bankhead. 7. Ethel Waters Waters was a singer and actor ...
- Created on 05 October 2020
- 19. This UK Artist’s Lifelike Animal Dolls Will Tug At Your Heart
- (Arts)
- ... of slightly glum looking children maybe wearing an itchy jumper or a moth-holed skirt,” she says. “The era between the 1930s to the 1970s is my favorite. This, along with being an avid vintage collector, ...
- Created on 28 July 2020
- 20. Margaret Atwood Is Here To Save Us (Again), But This Time With Self-Quarantine Recommendations
- (Books)
- ... all in our separate burrows. 11. Tidy your cupboard OK, 1 stupid thing. Time to tidy the food cupboard...found 3 packs of dried shitake mushrooms from, um, 2012. True to my 1930s wastenothing parents ...
- Created on 20 March 2020
