tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6960946442922071473.post5421793884297856733..comments2024-01-03T01:40:26.911-08:00Comments on Life Drawings: 7 October 1955 “A trip to NYC 1955, 21st.century Cheering, and Meat Buying”50sgalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09250940806307766624noreply@blogger.comBlogger31125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6960946442922071473.post-63296085810858588142011-03-22T21:33:48.310-07:002011-03-22T21:33:48.310-07:00Hey 50sgal,
My mom has been gettin on my case for...Hey 50sgal,<br /><br />My mom has been gettin on my case for a while to check out your blog, and I've finally had time to stop by. And let me say I am truly impressed! As a fan of the 50s already I must say I am SO inspired by your dedication and your brilliance! I've read a few of your earlier posts and it's so interesting to read. I honestly dont know how you do it. If I didn't have my "futuristic" technology I dont know what I'd do. I intend to keep my eyes on this blog and look forward to many more interesting stories from 1957.<br /><br />Your Fan,<br />Sammy<br /><br />P.S. My mom is Mary R. She says the two of you have talked a few times. She speaks very highly of you and your blog.SammySimplicityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11439987329543429293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6960946442922071473.post-69109293637765432992011-03-21T14:41:07.354-07:002011-03-21T14:41:07.354-07:00Dear 50sgal,
My mom has been telling me about you...Dear 50sgal,<br /><br />My mom has been telling me about your blog for a while now, and today I finally got some time to drop by and see for myself. I'm honestly inspired by your dedication to this project of yours. You're doing a very amazing job, and I love reading what you've written. The 50s were a very interesting era, and I've had an interest in them for quite some time, though my personal conviction is the 30s and 40s. How I love the Andrews Sisters. I will let my mother, Mary R., know that I commented. Thanks again for this inspiring blog.<br /><br />SammySammySimplicityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11439987329543429293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6960946442922071473.post-18642064623631661442010-08-13T17:38:31.022-07:002010-08-13T17:38:31.022-07:00A fabulous gift idea that any mom & grandma li...A fabulous gift idea that any mom & grandma <a href="http://www.linksoflondons.uk.com/" rel="nofollow"><strong>links of london sale</strong></a> would be glad to accept is a mother's ring. 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And I’m definitely not a prude, I tell you, but you have to differ adults from kids.<br /><br />I loved the free nylons movie. :)Sannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00961726199606387103noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6960946442922071473.post-4729497163662098462009-10-11T00:56:12.688-07:002009-10-11T00:56:12.688-07:00Well, first of all, you sure are a good artist! I...Well, first of all, you sure are a good artist! I love the drawing!<br /><br />I agree that two-income families can definitely cut back! What do those of you who work say about your husbands? Would they go along with this cutting way back so that you could stay home? Would they WANT you to be able to stay home?<br /><br />My husband isn’t a big cutter-backer for one, and though I have debt of my own that needs to be paid off, I really think that he would still want me to work to continue helping with the household expenses. I am curious to hear what others have to say.<br /><br />The dance…Absolutely appalling! How sad that the parents AND the school district allow pornographic smut in a school and performed by kids. And, I DON’T feel sorry for those girls—they know what they’re doing, and they’re lovin’ it.Mehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05549190997375771361noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6960946442922071473.post-7148090681420694032009-10-10T17:24:19.463-07:002009-10-10T17:24:19.463-07:00SO true, and also true about the lack of style. I ...SO true, and also true about the lack of style. I have had company for the past two days and will post tomoorrow, so sorry for that. I have some interesting points to make, though and great new recipe for cabbage!50sgalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09250940806307766624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6960946442922071473.post-26340732223658938572009-10-10T12:14:16.019-07:002009-10-10T12:14:16.019-07:00Excellent post! I agree that sexual liberation had...Excellent post! I agree that sexual liberation had some bad side effects. I think today's hypersexualized culture, PARTICULARLY its presence in mainstream children's culture, does more to objectify girls than anything in the past did. Yuck. Have you seen those awful Bratz dolls?<br /><br />If only we could just be people.Gabrielhttp://rapunzellocks.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6960946442922071473.post-26591459064912938662009-10-10T06:09:07.882-07:002009-10-10T06:09:07.882-07:00I've been following your blog for a while and ...I've been following your blog for a while and really enjoying it. Learning so much. I was born in 1952, so much of this is familiar to me.<br /><br />I loved that TWA video. The wholesome, cleanness, the sweet innocense, etc. I thought it was cute that no matter what dress, Sally always had the same hair ribbon. I particularly loved the dress she wore to Coney Island. Now that had style! <br />A recent trip to stores in the US (we're missionaries out of the country and return to the US for 8 weeks in late summer) left me scratching my head. Where are the dresses? Where are the styles? There is no real style to anything. Tank tops, t-shirts and jeans. I'm not opposed to any of them in the right setting. But I can remember growing up in a suburb of Detroit and wearing dresses everywhere. Shorts and denim pants were for playing ~ NOT for going to the store.<br /><br />There are NO words for that other *cheerleading* video. Pure disgust! Those poor girls. But where were the parents? Don't they see their daughters practicing these moves at home? Or, are they too busy to take notice?<br />Such sadness.<br /><br />I'll take the sweet innocense of the 50's! Thanks for the walk down memory lane. I am learning so much from your blog!~~anna~~https://www.blogger.com/profile/00810332037766841192noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6960946442922071473.post-63178775277044496472009-10-09T00:08:34.521-07:002009-10-09T00:08:34.521-07:00Great to hear that phrase again in the first video...Great to hear that phrase again in the first video here, when the young lady on the telephone says: “He's the most!”. Keep up the good work!<br /><br />I am, &c.<br /><a href="http://thefab50s.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">Alexander Dyle</a>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6960946442922071473.post-77082875916768260092009-10-08T13:13:43.103-07:002009-10-08T13:13:43.103-07:00I wonder if I just happened to find a bad school o...I wonder if I just happened to find a bad school or if things have changed that much in under 10 years. Honestly, I went to youtube, typed cheerleading, that was the first video to come up and I thought, "Wow" so I used it. I am trying not to see to many contemporary things so I didn't look at a ton of videos, if anyone else in the 'future' wants to do a youtube check I would interested to see if that is the norm or out of the norm, but none-the-less, it is there and is rather shocking, non?50sgalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09250940806307766624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6960946442922071473.post-24969752559588299182009-10-08T12:54:23.550-07:002009-10-08T12:54:23.550-07:00My friend Crystal was captain of her cheer team in...My friend Crystal was captain of her cheer team in high school (around 2001). She was horrified when I showed her the video. Apparently in competitions they used to have rules prohibiting overly sexual moves/choreography.Lindseynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6960946442922071473.post-3507533413321216082009-10-08T12:28:34.271-07:002009-10-08T12:28:34.271-07:00Kris7-is that the song, apple bottom jeans? What i...Kris7-is that the song, apple bottom jeans? What in heavens does that mean? Perhaps I don't want to know. Exactly, no about intricate moves or even just fun choreography, more about, here's my ... I honestly can't believe that everyone of their parents were happy or proud of that routine, but I suppsoe they must have been, for there it was. It is sad that once we have opened the can of worms the innocence can't really be brought back. We can't suddenly think Santa is real again, sad, really.50sgalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09250940806307766624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6960946442922071473.post-68501212482654053762009-10-08T08:07:10.657-07:002009-10-08T08:07:10.657-07:00I have always loved dancing and was in a drill tea...I have always loved dancing and was in a drill team in jr. high (70's). Our drill team was more like marching and military drills, not dancing.<br /><br />What jumps out at me about that modern cheer routine is that anyone could do it. The moves weren't difficult at all, just smutty. So, apparently, that was the response they must have been going for.<br /><br />Another thing...I HATE that song. At first it's a fun beat, but then you sing along and hear words here and there and decide to look up the words. Have you ever read the lyrics to Apple Bottom Jeans? Ick.<br /><br />It is surprising that the combo song and nasty moves would get an approving nod by a school district. Puuleease.<br /><br />Kris7Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6960946442922071473.post-49133570904349003242009-10-08T03:20:52.791-07:002009-10-08T03:20:52.791-07:00Roxanne-I would be very proud to do that and honor...Roxanne-I would be very proud to do that and honored, so yes. <br />Lori-I understand. The more I am just part of the 'every day 1955' the more jarring and blarringly horrid are some things in the present. There are good things in comparrison too, but the bad seem to be about personal responsibility, attire and general self-worth. I find it odd that we modern people think we are so much more sophisticated and 'in touch' with ourselves today, when really I think we are somewhat sick as a nation.<br />What is funny about the cheer video is I too did not watch the entire thing. The first few seconds were enough that I thought, "Well, this is horrible enough, I don't want to know what happens towards the end". I do wonder, do the fathers of these girls find it natural or fine that their daughters are basically 'stripping'. And as was said, the catcalls an such. This has NOTHING to do with school spirit and everything to do with enticing the already highly active male libido. What is really funny, is a teenage boy would probably be excited by ANYTHING a girl does, so add the oversexed clothes and atitudes that young girls need today and no wonder there is more pregnancy and abuse.50sgalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09250940806307766624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6960946442922071473.post-47461754284591256772009-10-07T21:06:51.507-07:002009-10-07T21:06:51.507-07:00Those poor girls is right! If my daughters were t...Those poor girls is right! If my daughters were the type to enjoy dancing or cheering I certaintly wouldn't allow them to participate in something so trashy. How could their parents sit in the audience and feel pride? I was embarrassed watching from the privacy of my home. Just gross. And sad.<br /><br />SAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6960946442922071473.post-68523968609610242022009-10-07T20:59:21.815-07:002009-10-07T20:59:21.815-07:00btw - there are nearly 10,000 comments about that ...btw - there are nearly 10,000 comments about that cheer video on youtube, and from the looks of it, not many are flattering...Lorie Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14406168168009117387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6960946442922071473.post-67143275978753813142009-10-07T20:53:58.608-07:002009-10-07T20:53:58.608-07:00I realized something earlier. I have been watchin...I realized something earlier. I have been watching "hogan's heroes" and the Hercule Poirot mysteries, and Andy Griffith show on youtube lately. I then watched that sweet video of the ladies trip to NYC. Then I watched that cheer video and it was jarring. I was outright shocked. I have noticed that the longer we go without tv in our house and I watch only what I choose, the more offensive I find the modern culture.<br /><br />I am sure, 50sgal, you are experienceing this in spades compared to me. On my facebook I posted a video of a 1954 fashion show and then one of the fashion show last spring. It is grotesque how horrid the clothing is now, how SKINNY (as in sickeningly so) the models are. How miserable they all look. And, I saw more breasts than I ever care to see again, thank you. *sheesh*<br /><br />Yet, in the 50's video, the women are healthy looking, smiling. The clothing is stylish and pretty. Clothing that I would be proud to wear.<br /><br />Keep up the Apron Revolution!!!! We need to as homemakers take back this world andshake some sense into people.Lorie Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14406168168009117387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6960946442922071473.post-65565044819535237022009-10-07T19:44:28.044-07:002009-10-07T19:44:28.044-07:00I couldn't watch all of the cheer video, eithe...I couldn't watch all of the cheer video, either. Those poor girls. They have NO idea.<br /><br />I was wondering--once you get your Super Homemaker drawn exactly as you want, could you make it a html button we could add to our blogs, linking back to yours?Roxannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05633120497088511282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6960946442922071473.post-34701949366974057652009-10-07T19:04:21.937-07:002009-10-07T19:04:21.937-07:00that "cheer" video was just plain gross!...that "cheer" video was just plain gross! i'm sorry, but no girl should be taught to pole dance at school functions. did you hear the catcalling and the ooohing w/all that rump shaking???? oh. my. word. <br />never been a big fan of cheerleading, but that does it for me. nicely done putting it up against the meat images...<br />i'll take the white gloves and ponytails ANY DAY!kellynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6960946442922071473.post-64732614181070457902009-10-07T18:02:18.952-07:002009-10-07T18:02:18.952-07:00Ah! She's so cute! Viva La Revolution!Ah! She's so cute! Viva La Revolution!Renee of the Faehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13081022805749169331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6960946442922071473.post-27230427386563959162009-10-07T14:46:51.241-07:002009-10-07T14:46:51.241-07:00Ive recently read that the number of teenage girls...Ive recently read that the number of teenage girls in abusive relationships has gone up over the last couple of years. No wonder! And it makes sense why girls are getting pregnant at 14 and 15. If I were ever to have children, I would want them to dress old fashioned. Like the one post you posted awhile ago about teenage clothing and how their attitudes were better and the kids in the 50's looked more mature. I think some kids just look kind of trashy now. I think there is so much that people can learn from the past, but it almost seems like no one has a memory anymore!Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17237897111427728574noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6960946442922071473.post-84344672842586937522009-10-07T14:46:02.572-07:002009-10-07T14:46:02.572-07:00Being a cheerleader these days no longer means pep...Being a cheerleader these days no longer means pepping up the crowd at games and showing support for the team...all of that is an afterthought now. The "meat" of being a cheerleader is to basically be a dance team just like in the video. The kids don't see it as being sexualized, because dance moves like that are normal to them. The sad part is, many parents see it as no big deal, too.<br /><br />None of the chain grocery stores here have butchers anymore, just employees wearing the white coats who restock the plastic wrapped meat that's been shipped in from God knows where.Betsyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06961949757283263982noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6960946442922071473.post-13619480420360699792009-10-07T14:41:03.195-07:002009-10-07T14:41:03.195-07:00What fond memories you must have Aunt Ameila. I ho...What fond memories you must have Aunt Ameila. I hope we apron revolutionaries can make some similiar memories for ourselves. White gloves, hats, dresses, petticoats...ahhh.50sgalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09250940806307766624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6960946442922071473.post-89651017637161207122009-10-07T14:33:21.704-07:002009-10-07T14:33:21.704-07:00Yes we most certainly did wear our white gloves. ...Yes we most certainly did wear our white gloves. And put on a simple but pretty cotton dress, just to go downtown and look through the stores. :-)<br /><br />Memory Lane...<br /><br />Aunt AmeliaAuntie sezzzzzz...https://www.blogger.com/profile/16170232476926222740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6960946442922071473.post-57046755418824823502009-10-07T13:51:07.418-07:002009-10-07T13:51:07.418-07:00Wow, it's so enlightening to see the differenc...Wow, it's so enlightening to see the difference between those two videos! It proves once again that today's world is not perfect if we compare it to the past. If anything, I think a lot of things have gone bad. It makes me want to wear dresses and skirts every day! Not many women do it anymore. I find it sad that people are quick to dismiss the 50s...<br /><br />I mean, that cheerleading choreographer should be fired They are copying a music video, so not appropriate! <br /><br />I wish we had a local butcher. The meat places around here don't offer much at all and are usually full of pre-marinated meats.housewife07noreply@blogger.com