GraniteM@lemmy.world to Vintage@lemmy.world · 1 year ago"She can have a tummy and still look yummy," Chubbettes, August 27, 1956i.imgur.comimagemessage-square57fedilinkarrow-up1354arrow-down19file-text
arrow-up1345arrow-down1image"She can have a tummy and still look yummy," Chubbettes, August 27, 1956i.imgur.comGraniteM@lemmy.world to Vintage@lemmy.world · 1 year agomessage-square57fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarePatapon Enjoyer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up43arrow-down7·edit-21 year agoMost body positive and least misogynistic 50s ad
minus-squaresamus12345@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19arrow-down3·1 year ago Is your daughter on the plump side? She can and should look as pretty as her slim friends. Not so much. It’s saying she can have a tummy that’s hidden by her clothes and therefore look “yummy.”
minus-squareI_Fart_Glitter@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up41arrow-down1·1 year agoThe point being that ads from the '50s were so bad and misogynistic that this is actually quite good by comparison.
minus-squareKlearlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 year agoYeah, but that “most ____ out of _____” thing is usually used with a ton of irony.
minus-squareOrteilGenou@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 year agoOh so this was like the little girl version of True Classic tshirts?
Most body positive and least misogynistic 50s ad
Not so much. It’s saying she can have a tummy that’s hidden by her clothes and therefore look “yummy.”
The point being that ads from the '50s were so bad and misogynistic that this is actually quite good by comparison.
Yeah, but that “most ____ out of _____” thing is usually used with a ton of irony.
Oh so this was like the little girl version of True Classic tshirts?