Keep his secrets, massage his shoulders, and stay pretty doing it!
In which the Throbbers delve into the past to see what it says about the future. Vintage Playboys? Yes, please!
Vintage References
Textbook | Women’s Institute Library of Cookery [1918]
A very good analysis of how woman were always smart and when they were relegated to the home they turned homemaking into a science. It really is a useful book filled with economic reasoning and biological explanation. It’s from the 1910s… before the 50s an 60s really made homemaking easy (home appliances)… So this shit is detailed! It’s also from back when woman were in charge of household finances, and you needed to know things like weight of a chicken – to see if your butcher is scamming you – you know, important things.
The whole thing is giving Gina Ethan Frome vibes.
We don’t know who wrote this book, by the way… If you do, let us know!?!
It has some standard sexism (everyone is a housewife!) and racism (“hot climate people” *cough brown people* don’t have a balanced diets and are thus inferior).
Betty Crocker’s Picture Cookbook [1950]
Basic vintage cookbook for all the prep you need for starring in the Great British Bake Off. Some things we learned:
Cookie is spelled with a y, which is weird. Cooky. Cookey? Who knows.
Bummer that Betty Crocker was invented by a man…
Vintage food photography is really not good… Does not look appetizing, especially the gelatin *barf*
Not too sexist… Same as todays cookbooks (so kind of super sexist)
Hannah stole both of her cook books from her sorority. Thanks girls!!!!
Betty Crocker’s Hostess Cookbook [1960s]
Its really quite a useful book if you’re going for an Mrs. Degree
Only talks about men in regards to grilling (which is still true, men are obsessed with grilling). Only Maisie is into grilling… all the rest of the Throbbers have let our dads handle that shit.
Be careful about grill brushes! Those metal bristles can be trapped inside you forever.
Fifteen [1956]
A book about a fifteen year old girl who wants to get a boyfriend… So she does!
She meets a boy who delivers horse meat for dogs… So obviously he’s a keeper!
Surprisingly, the scenes in the book with her boyfriend (Stan) were fine. The scenes with other girls were sad and gross. A lot of belittling single-dom and hanging out with friends. Friends first everyone! We do not recommend not having friends.
Her rivalry with Marcy was particularly bad for women everywhere. Marcy is the perfect 50s girl:
- driving in a convertible
- tan
- blonde
- cashmere sweater
- pearls
- smiling like she’s better than you (cause she is)
Marcy and Jane (the main character) should really bang.
Interesting tidbits: She actually babysits as like an almost legit job… and she worries her boyfriend won’t like and accept that, but does. The boy is also embarrassed about not having a car. The cat is named Sir Puss. A soda fountain makes an appearance. She goes to a fancy restaurant; It’s Chinese. Fancy gloves are purchased and racism abounds. Fuck this Buzz guy. Please read the book. He offers to give Jane’s boy 50 cents to kiss his girl! Jane gets into it! She kisses him! Poor Stan!
She realized she only needed confidence… BUT ALSO WHAT THE FUCK!?!?
She realized she was valid… Because she was Stan’s girl… ALSO WHAT THE FUCK!?!?
Thank goodness we’re in a better place now in regards to female friendships… Wedding Crashers was maybe the pinnacle of female rivalry, and the beginning of the end? At least according to Gina.
We spend some time discussing female rivalry in the workforce. Fuck that shit, particularly in Korea. But also Legal Assistants (formerly known as Legal Secretaries).
The Successful Secretary [1963]
They’re trying to patronize the shit out of secretaries in this book. They are somehow being extremely complementary, belittling, and setting completely ridiculous expectations all at the same time. Gina completely thinks that being a secretary is harder than being a lawyer. I swear she said this! Listen to the episode.
They spend so much time talking about how a secretary should look. (Barf). All perfectly described in pink headers!
Sexual Harassment law is so prominently set in the office because of shit like this book!
Also heads up… Men are huge gossips too! Like have people seen the Bachelorette!
Also placing this much responsibility on women (secretaries) and assuming their loyalty and morality when you pay them so little is just bad business.
IS THIS A SEX PODCAST?!?!?!
Sissel’s dad had about 10 vintage playboys stored in boxes in the basement… She discovered them while forcing her parents to clean out their basement in a fit of post job-quitting depression. Such great finds in tragedy.
Honestly… They really are mostly articles. The amount of sex is comparable to the amount of sex in this episode.
Best Article… Rating colleges in the US based on girl availability!
This when our equipment decided it was tired and stopped recording Sissel and Kelly… So because they care too much they re-recorded themselves just so you could actually understand what they were saying… It’s very weird… Please bear with us and maybe one day we’ll get sponsored or someone will take pity on us and give us a donation so we can get some new mics!
We maybe will one day release their script (unedited from when Sissel hastily wrote it while trying to understand what the fuck she was saying)
Below are a selection of important images from our discussion about the Vintage Playboys
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