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- From: joe@spdcc.com (Joseph Francis)
- Subject: Re: Changing standards of female beauty (was Re: Ageism)
- Message-ID: <1992Dec24.114600.18289@spdcc.com>
- Organization: S.P. Dyer Computer Consulting, Cambridge MA
- References: <1haug6INN9tj@mizar.usc.edu> <mattm-231292173402@mcmelmon.apple.com> <1992Dec24.052415.7292@spdcc.com>
- Date: Thu, 24 Dec 1992 11:46:00 GMT
- Lines: 42
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- In article <1992Dec24.052415.7292@spdcc.com> arne@spdcc.com (Arne Adolphson) writes:
- >In article <mattm-231292173402@mcmelmon.apple.com>
- >mattm@apple.com (Matthew Melmon) writes:
- >>You see the problem, DLM? Even when I *say* "half humorous" - it
- >>is not readily apparent to even the better educated twits that
- >>what follows is not necessarily to be taken at face value.
- >
- >Well, yes, you *say* "half humorous", but you were joking
- >about the wrong decades.
- >
- >>I think, however, that a casual jaunt through Vogue, et. al. during
- >>the period in question would reveal a strong androgynist bent.
- >
- >Well, I have indeed taken casual jaunts through Vogue, et. al.
- >during the period in question, and what I've seen are incredible
- >*feminine* superstar models like Lisa Fonssagrives. Incredible
- >Amazon types. Womanly women like Carmen. Then of course there
- >were the bizarre types, like Dovima, but to call her "androgynous"
- >is quite wrong.
- >
- >>What does an androgynous woman look like? No chest, little
- >>variation from chest to waist to hips. Short, simple hairstyle.
- >>And, of course, no body fur.
- >
- >Why don't you flip open some issues of Bazaar from the golden
- >years when Carmel Snow was its editor and Alexey Brodovitch
- >was its art director?
- >
- >>A 13 year old boy.
- >
- >I've never seen a 13 year old boy who looked like Suzy Parker.
- >Where do *you* see them?
-
- Honey Chile, you just get your ass over to Selma, and open them pretty
- blues 'cause honey, those girls is she-men. 13-year-old fake-ass
- two-bit Suzy Parkerlookalike ho done got his butt wett just thinking
- about them heels, uh huh, them titties, yes, push them lips out and
- strut youir stuff, GIRL, ouuu-eeee. MISS THANG. Them girl-boys done
- gonna just walk around, feeling pretty, knowin' that any minnit,
- they're goonna be Vogue stars.
- --
- US Jojo; damp, slighly soiled, but tasty nonetheless.
-