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    Today's Pinup Fashion a Sly Wink to the Past - New York Times

    This is what I was trying to demarcate - Some people do want to be looked at that way, for a variety of reasons. But Flicka is right when she says objectification necessitates no action on the part of the person being objectified. 'A' can exist without 'B', but 'B' cannot exist without 'A'...
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    "Mad Men" on AMC (US) - (Spoilers Within)

    I wondered a bit too, but I also don't think Joan knew where Peggy was going. Its interesting how that was included - Both women are moving up in their careers, but they got there in very different ways.
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    Today's Pinup Fashion a Sly Wink to the Past - New York Times

    I'm not arguing with you - You asked for a definition and I gave you one from my perspective. Most women have had an experience when a man treated, or tried to treat her like a plaything. Some women turn themselves into playthings for a variety of reasons. Whether or not you are apart of "the...
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    What Are You Reading

    I haven't - nor have I read a bio on Ava Gardner before. Thanks for the recommendation, this one will be next on my list. :)
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    Today's Pinup Fashion a Sly Wink to the Past - New York Times

    He would have been right. The same complex can probably be successfully applied to the idea of female empowerment our society extolls (at the moment). Feminism is still a struggle, only mostly for the victors now. We still haven't gotten it right, but we're trying. No. Objectification...
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    Retro-extremists? What are we called?

    I hate to veer on-topic ;) but... I have. I was twelve the first time I heard it from a friend the same age as me: "You're so old... Everything you like is... old."
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    Today's Pinup Fashion a Sly Wink to the Past - New York Times

    That's a matter of opinion - Bettie posed for and performed in "soft-core", highly fetishised photos and short subjects as well as her more wholesome pin-up shots. But, that doesn't make her a bad person either. Bettie Page has had a few waves of cult following long after her career, and...
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    What makeup are you wearing today?

    Today: Benefit Magic Ink liquid eyeliner MAC Studio Fix powder Aveeno Positively Radiant Sunscreen (love, love, love this stuff) MAC Hey Sailor! Eyeshadow in Crystal Avalanche* Benefit Eyebrow pencil in Downtown Brown MAC Lipstick in Lustering (my new favourite pink) *I went slightly...
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    Face shape!

    I would say you have a pretty oval face. You've got high cheekbones and your face is a little bit longer than it is wide. Of course, oval face shapes are the most coveted because they can suit almost any shape of eyebrow, length of hair, etc., and all other styles of such for different face...
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    "Mad Men" on AMC (US) - (Spoilers Within)

    As she was walking out the door after he kissed her hand, I remembered all the harrowing times they've had together, like when he visited her in the hospital after the baby, and the time they spent all night together in the office and she saw him break down. Watching them part was worse than...
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    Fred Astaire movies

    All of the songs in that movie were fantastic. Its hard to believe that was their least popular picture to date when it was released. I just picked up an original print of the sheet music for Swing Time. I can't read music at all, but its still a great piece of memorobilia.
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    What Are You Reading

    I'm reading "Robert Mitchum - Baby, I Don't Care" by Lee Server and laughing my head off!
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    Fred Astaire movies

    I loved the solo dance he did in Swing Time as Bojangles of Harlem. I also adore the Shorty George number with Rita Hayworth in You Were Never Lovelier. Also, although he didn't dance in the scene, when he sang They Can't Take That Away From Me in Shall We Dance was beautiful!
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    Stepping back in to the 40's in public I need your help please!

    That aubergine colour looks fantastic on you Paul! Cute Cuban heels too ;) You've got great legs. When your hair gets a little longer, why don't you try going full 40s and doing victory rolls?
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    What Was The Last Movie You Watched?

    Thanks Kirk, its good to be back! :) If you liked This Gun for Hire you'll definitely like Appointment with Danger as well. I enjoyed the juxtaposition of hardboiled postal inspector Ladd with a nun.
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    Today's Pinup Fashion a Sly Wink to the Past - New York Times

    Though I don't agree with what Clifford is saying about many of Bettie Page's poses being "classy now" (soft-core porn is the same in any era), being myself a lover of "pin-up style" and for that matter, the same age as Clifford, I don't equate "pin-ups" with Bettie Page or men's magazines...
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    Excessive posting? ... Interesting.....

    Thanks V.C. :) I miss this place, rather like I would miss it if it were a real lounge and I was meeting you all in person. This round is on me. Mine is a champagne cocktail.
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    What Was The Last Movie You Watched?

    I had an Alan Ladd double feature last night: This Gun for Hire (1942) and Appointment with Danger (1951). Both were good, but The Blue Dahlia is still my favourite.
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    "Mad Men" on AMC (US) - (Spoilers Within)

    I agree, it was such a great scene. I like to think it's because Don is such a man and Joan is such a woman, and the fact that they don't get together makes it more fun to watch. Ladies, did any of you swoon ever-so-slightly when Don draped his coat around Joan's shoulders before they...
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    Excessive posting? ... Interesting.....

    Nobody has posted in this thread for two whole days! I knew I came back for a reason... ;)

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