Things I find at work
This is from a 1928 New York Herald (European edition) that I was scanning for something "more important."
I love my job.
posted by Matt Chambers at 8:09 AM
Wednesday, June 07, 2006
This is from a 1928 New York Herald (European edition) that I was scanning for something "more important."
I love my job.
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4 Comments:
Considering how many women die every year at the hands of their husbands, I wonder how many "traditional costumes" took protection into account in their designs (whether consciously or not)?
One thing that bugs me about so many recent fashions is how vulnerable they make women. You can't run in heels (well-- some heels but not most) or flip-flops. Were corsets awful (constraining the body for fashion--not like we're not still doing that--) or bulletproof?
According to Amnesty International, the #1 crime committed with handguns is injuring/killing one's wife (In The US Canada and W. Europe).
from the soapbox, your faithless correspondent-- Jessica--
The periodicity is simultaneously so specific and...not. I mean, he is a "swain" (elsewhere, a criminal is referred to as a "lunatic"), yet the violence is indeed almost banal given what you say (I agree, by the way).
What was more surprising to me was not the "bulletproof" aspect, but that she was wearing not one, not two, but ten (!) petticoats.
By the way, this is a Joyce piece of ephemera, and he didn't even note this article. What kind of collector was he?
Yes-- that's what I thought too-- 10 petticoats! Besides being bulletproof that must be awfully heavy to carry around. (Her lover was a bad shot--)
I'm thinking of writing my thesis on Joyce (sort of)... do ya'll still have the Joyce Scholar-in-Residence thing?
p.s. the best part of working there is def. the joy of finding strange things when you're supposed to be doing something "more important"-- the accidental archives--
p.p.s. i need your home address, send it to me.
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