tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post2229327190656718919..comments2024-03-28T21:56:51.675-04:00Comments on Face to Face: Mid-century unwholesomeness: Gossip, celeb, sex scandal magazinesagnostichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12967177967469961883noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-73462794709906836802013-09-14T11:01:03.682-04:002013-09-14T11:01:03.682-04:00I get your point of showing that these things did ...I get your point of showing that these things did exist in the 50s, but is there a way that you can quantitatively show that National Enquirer type stuff was a bigger deal in the 50s than the 60s-80s? <br /><br />Because it seems like a huge deal in the 60s - 80s as well. It's in loads of movies from then for instance.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-66674243362672696252013-09-11T23:41:54.606-04:002013-09-11T23:41:54.606-04:00"When I was in college in the late 90s, there..."When I was in college in the late 90s, there was a girl in the dorm who turned 18. She invited all the freshman girls to her birthday party, which was held in her dorm room. The instructions were to dress up "vixen," and there would be a male stripper. The male stipper turned out to be old and gross. As part of the fun, the male stripper would grope each girl (a kind of party favor if you will). It was a smart kids private college, so these were all studious college girls. Some of them couldn't go through with it, having the guy touch them. Lots of hooting and hollering too"<br /><br />Were you there? Probably never happened that way... As this blog explains, most young people have become prudes(and "loathsome posers", an apt phrase if I ever heard one).<br /><br /><br />-Curtis<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-62242078040752080342013-09-11T22:56:53.098-04:002013-09-11T22:56:53.098-04:00I saw your comment about dressing to get a man at ...I saw your comment about dressing to get a man at Steve Sailer's place. <br /><br />Have you seen 1950s swimsuits v. 1920s swimsuits? <br /><br />asnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-91427059780910869612013-09-11T22:56:09.674-04:002013-09-11T22:56:09.674-04:00When I was in college in the late 90s, there was a...When I was in college in the late 90s, there was a girl in the dorm who turned 18. She invited all the freshman girls to her birthday party, which was held in her dorm room. The instructions were to dress up "vixen," and there would be a male stripper. The male stipper turned out to be old and gross. As part of the fun, the male stripper would grope each girl (a kind of party favor if you will). It was a smart kids private college, so these were all studious college girls. Some of them couldn't go through with it, having the guy touch them. Lots of hooting and hollering too. <br /><br />asnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-18116484007951424982013-09-10T23:13:50.463-04:002013-09-10T23:13:50.463-04:00"i can really understand why the silents (abb..."i can really understand why the silents (abbie hoffman et al)were so disgusted by the 50s and pushed the boomers to rebel and make the world more interesting again"<br /><br />that's a good point - that members of the Silent Gen. were leaders of the 60s Counterculture Revolution. don't forget Martin Luther King, all the Beatles and Rolling Stones, too. <br /><br />As Agnostic pointed out, members of the Greatest Generation are also responsible for leading the charge against the midcentury repression.<br /><br />-CurtisAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-18359664796866523392013-09-10T16:42:11.885-04:002013-09-10T16:42:11.885-04:00"bizarrely g rated and x rated at the same ti..."bizarrely g rated and x rated at the same time"<br /><br />Sounds familiar, doesn't it? I haven't waded as deep into Victorian pop culture, but it seems the same way too. Actually we're even more similar to the Victorians than to the mid-century people because of our widening inequality, which makes folks more snarky and anti-socially competitive.<br /><br />If you live too g-rated of a life, your brain will still want stimulation, so it goes off in a voyeuristic / vicarious direction instead of approaching / participating. But lurid voyeurism does more to warp the mind and corrupt the soul than smoking the occasional joint, getting into a fight, or making out with someone you just met at a party.agnostichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12967177967469961883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-25912491768538497002013-09-10T09:53:43.022-04:002013-09-10T09:53:43.022-04:00omg, i worked at a vintage store on south street b...omg, i worked at a vintage store on south street briefly and we had STACKS of these and "confidential" and "true confessions" and i pored over them--our image of the 50s is certainly distorted.<br /><br />i was remarking to my husband the other day that now i can really understand why the silents (abbie hoffman et al)were so disgusted by the 50s and pushed the boomers to rebel and make the world more interesting again, having grown up in the 70s-and 80s i find this era stultifying and corny and bizarrely g rated and x rated at the same time i hope th eautist young people you describe get bored with their own culture and start some shit eventually!danahttp://minarchyblog.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com