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"She can have a tummy and still look yummy," Chubbettes, August 27, 1956 (i.imgur.com)

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From LIFE Magazine.

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[–] [email protected] 36 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Most body positive and least misogynistic 50s ad

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Is your daughter on the plump side? She can and should look as pretty as her slim friends.

Not so much. It's saying she can have a tummy that's hidden by her clothes and therefore look "yummy."

[–] [email protected] 40 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The point being that ads from the '50s were so bad and misogynistic that this is actually quite good by comparison.

[–] Klear 4 points 1 year ago

Yeah, but that "most ____ out of _____" thing is usually used with a ton of irony.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Oh so this was like the little girl version of True Classic tshirts?