Pin-up Girls

The pin-up girls from the 1940's and 50's were wonderful. They were the antithesis of the women's movement of the 60's and 70's, but represented much of the stimuli of the movement. In the Second World War, they appeared in propaganda posters directed towards both men and women, under the pretense that the women wanted to be like them and the men wanted to be adored by them. Sure, they were objectified, but they were also very powerful and their sponsers were very aware of that power.

Marilyn Monroe on the cover of Playboy in 1953

Anne Gwynne inspiring American soldiers to win.

This is a painting based on the old style pin-up girl

People are still as crazy about these old pin-up girls as they are about old comics (imagine that).