i bought this issue (not my picture) some months ago and I still haven’t gotten through it. i enjoy looking at the ads and what people back then were talking about leisurely.
i feel like people think playboy is just smut but it really was just a men’s magazine. the playmate photos are tasteful and lively, and even their interviews can tell you a lot
Jan 17, 2025
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you will get all the inspiration you ever need out of archival magazines. My favorite eras are the 60s-90s because the ads slap stylistically even though they’re sometimes entirely misogynistic. My favorite old magazines are playboy, naturally, architectural digest, and this other home mag called apartment life. You can buy a stack of like 10 on eBay for $20 or so and it’s totally worth it.
Jan 15, 2024
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I just like the way they have the simple lay out and I like their content. It’s just a culture mag and I like to read the interviews.
Mar 20, 2025
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I buy these whenever I come across them. One time, I googled the bachelor of the month from a May 1980 issue of Cosmo, just to see what he was up to now. He was a high end art dealer who had since been arrested, locked up for fraud, released, and became a best selling author from writing a book about the experience. The July 1980 bach of the month was Epstein. Every other page is a cigarette ad. All nail polish is red. It's chaos.
Feb 16, 2024
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idk how i came across this in my daily wikipedia surfs, but something about this painting just amuses me so much.
my first impression was this looks fairly modern in a way, possibly because of the composition and how she made her features so light and bouncy. it oddly made me think of disney when i looked for longer. then i see it was made in 1909 😂
this painting can transcend times and i wouldn’t truly know when it was made unless i looked more closely at the objects around the subject. but even that can be a stretch as vintage items can be popular amongst anyone and they can just have their vanity setup look like this.
i tried looking for photographs of her online but alas nothing came up with certainty.
Apr 27, 2025
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when you’re bored, ever just get the urge to take a walk, do yoga, or work out in some other way?
May 3, 2025