Tag: gender
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“Equal parts jock and dandy”
The perfect American Male (answering the Gibson Girl, of course), an illustrator able to capture the moment of the new American sportswear, the growth of the ad campaign, and gay subculture… Submitted for your delectation: http://www.collectorsweekly.com/articles/the-perfect-american-male/ Thank you, J. C. Leyendecker!
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Needle-sharp Skills pt. I
In honor of Women’s History Month, let us talk about the history of educating women. This seems especially apt, because 84% of the overall students here at FIT are female. Historically, the needle-arts have been associated with female gentility and marriageability, which used to be the measure of female success. As women’s work outside of…
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Adventures in “Crafts”
We just got our first issue of this British magazine “Craft: The Magazine for Contemporary Craft”. It’s really nifty, and it defines “craft” so much more widely than some of our other magazines do that I thought I’d wander through it with you and do some free associating on the way. According to the…