The Perfect Twin Tub
Woman's Own / 14th July 1967
Servis give women yet another reason to celebrate the humble washing machine. And that’s all I’m saying.
Tags: blatant sexism, household, retail
Woman's Own / 14th July 1967
Servis give women yet another reason to celebrate the humble washing machine. And that’s all I’m saying.
Tags: blatant sexism, household, retail
Woman's Own / 14th July 1967
According to this ad, New Zealand Cheddar is the ‘Master of Tasty Surprises’. My boyfriend makes much the same boast. He doesn’t try to make Cauliflower Cheese and Macaroni Cheese look posh by giving them foreign names, though.
Tags: blatant sexism, cheese, food, retail
Woman's Own / 14th July 1967
I know, but I couldn’t resist. Here’s another attempt to sell nursing as anything other than a noble vocation, with salaries of £700 being waved in front of young women. Just two years later, an average weekly wage for women of £20 was being quoted in this title, which makes £1040 a year. So the nursing wage isn’t necessarily *that* amazing. You might get 6 weeks holiday a year, but a 42 hour working week means that you need it!
Tags: blatant sexism, careers, health, nursing, social history
Woman's Own / 14th July 1967
“…but she was so catty about my mousey hair, I could have sloshed her.” Why didn’t you, love? Snotty-looking cow.
Tags: beauty, blatant sexism, retail
Woman's Own / 14th July 1967
I’m trying to work out what the message of this ad is. I’m drawing a blank so far. Are they trying to tell women that buying After Eight mints will turn them into middle-class bores?
Tags: After Eights, blatant sexism, confusing, food, marriage, retail
Woman's Own / 14th July 1967
Don’t you just love emotional blackmail? This instructive ad, which includes the famous Fay Weldon line “Go to work on an egg.”, also includes the line “…children who start the day with a proper cooked protein breakfast feel, look and behave so much better than those who don’t.” This reminded me of the famous line from Brass Eye: “That is scientific fact. There’s no real evidence for it, but it is scientific fact.”
Although some studies have certainly found that breakfast is beneficial for overall health, there’s no suggestion that a cooked protein breakfast is necessary. If you’re interested in what you should eat for breakfast, take a look at the British Dietetic Association’s advice.
Tags: blatant sexism, emotional blackmail, food, kids, motherhood
Woman's Own / 14th July 1967
…and APPLE? *vomits in corner* And bacon and egg? *vomits in the middle of the floor*
Tags: blatant sexism, dodgy advice, food, Heinz, retail
Woman's Own / 14th July 1967
Ladies! Lose weight by eating our over-priced bread! To help you put the incredible price of 1/9 into context, Rimmel nail polish was advertised at 1/10 a bottle in the same magazine. Zowzers. I don’t know if you lost lbs on this diet, but you certainly lost £s…
Tags: blatant sexism, Cambridge Diet, diets, dodgy advice, food, retail
Woman's Own / 14th July 1967
No, no, NO. It’s “not ‘alf”, you blithering idiots. I bet Fluff would have pissed himself laughing if he’d ever clapped eyes on this ad…
Woman's Own / 14th July 1967
Whilst we’re on the subject of being skinny, this comes from a longer interview with Twiggy’s mum, which is alarmingly unguarded by modern standards. I can’t imagine a publicist nowadays allowing a model’s mother to talk about her daughter’s financial affairs, or so much about her personal life! I thought this page was particularly striking, and handy for anyone wanting a bit of make-up inspiration.
Tags: beauty, fashion, motherhood, social history