book tip : a collection a day

obsessive collector Lisa Congdon
shows in this fantastic book 365 of her
(partly imaginary) collections
fascinating how the beauty of ordinary things 
suddenly becomes visible just by putting 
a few of them together  
published by our favorite magazine UPPERCASE
order from www.uppercasegallery.ca

hey there little insect

 

in the Dutch Encyclopedia for Women from 1951 there is a chapter called 'Her Job in the House'

the chapter describes the 6 tasks a woman has at home: cleaning (sure), washing (of course), 

budgetting (smart), warming the house economically (o.k., makes sense), arranging flowers (nice!) 

and last but not least ... fighting all the insects and bugs shown below and many more 

appaling? maybe, but dangerous? no

except if you use the advised weapon that would kill most of the little bastards: D.D.T.

on the positive side: spiders are mentioned explicitly as helpful friends not to wipe out

do the evolution

 

the social behaviour of men in 1971 was evidently closer to that of baboons than nowadays

why else was it necessary to tell them  
not to use dancing as an excuse to put their hands on a woman's ass?

or not to use a flowerpot as an ashtray?

or not to let a woman climb up the tree first so he can look up her skirt?