- which becomes interesting along about Great War times, what with The Girls with the Yellow Hands and their daughters in their turn, doing that Home Front thing. “Suitable to their sex” is an elastic, socially-defined concept!
[The wheel turns: Last Halloween I saw a girl in a costume I recognized instantly. “I hope people 'get' who you are,” I said, conversationally. “No! They don't!” she answered immediately. “ - Do you?”
“Sure - 'Rosie the Riveter,'” I said. “Well, thank you,” she said. She'd had to make the kerchief herself, as polka-dot-print bandannas are no longer the commonplace they once were. I was amused: Sic transit, feminist agitprop icon!]
n b: Speaking of Hallowween and crossdressing, years ago I saw a guy and his girlfriend do something I thought was very clever. He was a tall Nordic blond, and she was short… so he dressed in black tie and tails, she did too, with a monocle and top hat! Yes, they were Edgar Bergen & Charlie McCarthy… and today I doubt one person in ten would get it.
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Date: 2013-05-27 09:39 am (UTC)- which becomes interesting along about Great War times, what with The Girls with the Yellow Hands and their daughters in their turn, doing that Home Front thing. “Suitable to their sex” is an elastic, socially-defined concept!
[The wheel turns: Last Halloween I saw a girl in a costume I recognized instantly. “I hope people 'get' who you are,” I said, conversationally. “No! They don't!” she answered immediately. “ - Do you?”
“Sure - 'Rosie the Riveter,'” I said. “Well, thank you,” she said. She'd had to make the kerchief herself, as polka-dot-print bandannas are no longer the commonplace they once were. I was amused: Sic transit, feminist agitprop icon!]
n b: Speaking of Hallowween and crossdressing, years ago I saw a guy and his girlfriend do something I thought was very clever. He was a tall Nordic blond, and she was short… so he dressed in black tie and tails, she did too, with a monocle and top hat! Yes, they were Edgar Bergen & Charlie McCarthy… and today I doubt one person in ten would get it.