@GraniteM@lemmy.world to Vintage@lemmy.world • 10 months ago"She can have a tummy and still look yummy," Chubbettes, August 27, 1956i.imgur.comimagemessage-square60fedilinkarrow-up1353arrow-down19file-text
arrow-up1344arrow-down1image"She can have a tummy and still look yummy," Chubbettes, August 27, 1956i.imgur.com@GraniteM@lemmy.world to Vintage@lemmy.world • 10 months agomessage-square60fedilinkfile-text
minus-square@samus12345@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish16•10 months 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-square@I_Fart_Glitter@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink40•10 months agoThe point being that ads from the '50s were so bad and misogynistic that this is actually quite good by comparison.
minus-square@Klear@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilink4•10 months agoYeah, but that “most ____ out of _____” thing is usually used with a ton of irony.
minus-square@OrteilGenou@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink3•10 months agoOh so this was like the little girl version of True Classic tshirts?
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?