Help a grad student out… please!

29th April 2009

Help a grad student out… please!

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Okay, so you all were such a ginormous help with a women’s history annotated bibliography assignment last year that I’m reaching out again to all my feminist sisters (and brothers). I graduate with my master’s degree in history this June… that is, if I can finish one last article-length (40-page) paper. The working title of my paper is “Dead Meat: The Genderization of Meat in Twentieth Century America” (dead meat, of course, referring both to the slaughtered animal being consumed, but is also a slang term for prostitute dating back to the sixteenth century). The reason for the double entendre is that not only am I examining how the literal consumption of meat has been constructed as a masculine endeavor, but I am also examining the metaphorical presentation of women as objects of meat intended for consumption by a male gaze. And while I’m trying to present as non-biased examination as possible, I’m hopeful that after reading my paper, a third interpretation will emerge, one that plays on the popular connotation of “dead meat” as slang for one that is doomed.

Here’s how you can help: I’m looking for ads, videos, illustrations, etc… that commodify women as meat objects. I’m thinking of meat bikinis, the shameless antics of Peta and recent ads for Burger King and Arby’s — the older the example, the better (within the twentieth century). I’m also looking for personal anecdotes and examples in which men have been shamed or made to feel less than manly because they abstain from eating meat. A perfect example is this recent Hummer commercial that ends with “Restore the balance.” The original tagline, however, read “Restore your manhood,” and was changed only after a significant contingent of offended viewers complained.

The rough draft of my paper, which accounts for 50 percent of my final grade, is due May 19. I have to give a shortened presentation on it next Tuesday. This paper will most likely be incorporated into a book project I am working on, so I don’t feel comfortable posting the entire paper online after it’s finished, but I will certainly post excerpts. And any graphic or illustration will be included in an upcoming photo gallery, which will also include my collection of vintage food and cosmetics/beauty products advertisements. Oh, and as an added bonus, Carol J. Adams, author of The Sexual Politics of Meat and The Pornography of Meat, emailed me a couple weeks ago thanking ME for pointing out recent examples showing the sexual politics of meat. She’s agreed to be featured in an interview here on the-F-word, so look for that soon!

Thanks in advance for your help!

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1 On April 29th, 2009, Jazmin said:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vGLHlvb8skQ

This is the first one that popped into my head.

posted on April 29th, 2009 at 10:45 am

2 On April 29th, 2009, Jazmin said:

http://www.peta.org/feat/tracibee/bingham300.jpg

posted on April 29th, 2009 at 11:19 am

3 On April 29th, 2009, sarah said:

I thought I posted a bunch of links but they didn’t go through? If you search feministing for “meat” and sift through the three pages of hits, there are at least a few relevant images.

posted on April 29th, 2009 at 11:21 am

4 On April 29th, 2009, Alyssa (The 39 year-old) said:

Any Carl’s Jr. ad, from Paris Hilton (and now Padma Lakshmi) eating burgers while scantily clad, to a bunch of guys in an office drooling over the hot woman in the building next door and taking bets over whether she’ll drip on her cleavage, er, white shirt. They also ran a campaign a few years ago showing clueless men trying to eat anything other than fast food. The eye-rolling tagline was “Without us, some guys would starve.”
There are ads for frozen foods in which a man says he had quiche for dinner, then gets blown away by a breeze. (The idea being, of course, that if he’d eaten a MANLY meal he’d be fine.)
What’s ironic here is that some of these ads, like the one posted above, are actually quite homoerotic, even though I really doubt that’s what they’re going for. (Unrolling a huge sign that says “Eat this meat,” for example.)
Good luck!!!!!! Sounds like a great paper!

posted on April 29th, 2009 at 11:23 am

5 On April 29th, 2009, Micaela said:

When I read this I immediately thought of something my friends do. I’m a recent college graduate and sveral of my guy friends started throwing annual parties to observe “Man Day.” The main activity at these events is sitting around and eating large quantities of meat with your hands, no napkins allowed, and grunting. My friends are generally not of the overly misogynistic sort so girls are allowed, but only those who want to eat slabs of meat with their hands. I just did a quick search on facebook and found similar events happening at many other schools. There is a “Man Day” group with over 1,500 international members, and their rules for the day state that there is no eating of anything BUT meat and “NO TALKING TO WOMEN unless you are PAYING FOR A SERVICE e.g. stripper / bar staff (preferably stripping bar staff).” There is even a thread on whether vegetarians can participate and the general consensus is that real men eat meat. I don’t know if this helps but I thought it was interesting. If you are on facebook or have access to someone’s account I would reccommend checking out this phenomenon.

posted on April 29th, 2009 at 11:37 am

6 On April 29th, 2009, Rachel said:

@Jazmin: That’s actually a spoof on a real poster that was hung in butcher shops as pornography — view it here.

@Micaela: That is perfect. Thanks!

And thanks all for the fast food suggestions. I’m pretty familiar with most of them, there are always a few I missed.

posted on April 29th, 2009 at 11:42 am

7 On April 29th, 2009, Brittany said:

When I read your post I immediately thought of America’s Next Top Model where the models had to wear only raw meat.

http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20183904,00.html

This episode was from Cycle 10, episode 4.

posted on April 29th, 2009 at 12:29 pm

8 On April 29th, 2009, sarah-j said:

You prob totally have this one already, in fact I think you may have blogged about it before, but the shoot from America’s next top model season 10 where they’re all wearing meat outfits. Eewww, don’t know how the models did that. Plus, what was the point? We’re higher up the food chain than someone? Sorry, maybe that’s too crude. But Paulina Poriskova said herself ‘this is a metaphor for the modeling industry like you wouldn’t believe.’ (I think those were her exact words)

Good luck with it

posted on April 29th, 2009 at 12:31 pm

9 On April 29th, 2009, Elizabeth said:

Hm, maybe the bacon torch? Especially some of the comments to the main post.

posted on April 29th, 2009 at 1:05 pm

10 On April 29th, 2009, The Bald Soprano said:

Micaela’s example reminded me of an article or two in the New York Times about something similar; I’ll try to see if I can find them.

posted on April 29th, 2009 at 1:12 pm

11 On April 29th, 2009, The Bald Soprano said:

ah, found one of them, at least:

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/30/dining/30beef.html?scp=8&sq=beefsteak&st=nyt

posted on April 29th, 2009 at 1:17 pm

12 On April 29th, 2009, Kimberley O. said:

You probably already know this, (and it may be actually be anti-your-thesis) but there’s an artist, Jana Sterbak, who achieved notoriety in the early ’90’s for creating a dress made entirely of flank steak. It hung in the Naional Gallery of Canada until it rotted, and then she made a new one. The dress was exhibited as: Vanitas: Flesh Dress for an Albino anorectic. There’s lots of info about it on the net – mostly people missing the point and complaining about the waste of perfectly good meat.
… She’s also made a meat chair. It looks comfy, if a little, um… meaty.

posted on April 29th, 2009 at 1:20 pm

13 On April 29th, 2009, Sony said:

The classic is the Hustler meat grinder cover: http://www.panopticist.com/graphics/hustler_june_1978.gif

posted on April 29th, 2009 at 1:24 pm

14 On April 29th, 2009, Tiptoe said:

http://www.anorak.co.uk/strange-but-true/189956.html
This one is out of Germany.

http://womensrights.change.org/blog/view/sexist_peta_superbowl_ad_gets_rejected
This was a PETA commercial that got rejected. Fairly risque.

posted on April 29th, 2009 at 1:25 pm

15 On April 29th, 2009, Rachel said:

@BaldSoprano: That is fab! I need more “older” examples, so this is especially appreciated.

And thanks for all the other suggestions, everyone. Keep ‘em coming!

posted on April 29th, 2009 at 1:42 pm

16 On April 29th, 2009, Ann said:

Aside from personal comments? Or would comments count? I know many male vegans–they really get crap that female vegans don’t.

posted on April 29th, 2009 at 1:43 pm

17 On April 29th, 2009, Miriam Heddy said:

If you haven’t already, check out Sociological Images: http://contexts.org/socimages/

They do a great job of finding and posting about adverts of the sort you’ll find useful.

posted on April 29th, 2009 at 1:46 pm

18 On April 29th, 2009, Rachel said:

@Ann: Personal anecdotes are very much accepted!

posted on April 29th, 2009 at 1:56 pm

19 On April 29th, 2009, The Bald Soprano said:

Glad I could help!

I wish I could remember the title of the cookbook-for-men from the ?50s? that I ran across when I was working in my university’s science library (all the cookbooks were there), but that was nearly 13 years ago and I couldn’t find it easily in their catalog (if they even still have it). It was ALL about meat, basically, and the introduction would probably be right up your alley.

posted on April 29th, 2009 at 2:08 pm

20 On April 29th, 2009, Katherine said:

I’m really saddened that you aren’t doing the work yourself, that you’re asking blog readers to do this work for you. This is a high-level graduate degree. What you’re doing may be academically dishonest. You should let your graduate advisor know what you are doing to see if he or she believes this follows ethics guidelines for your university.

posted on April 29th, 2009 at 2:09 pm

21 On April 29th, 2009, Rachel said:

@Katherine: I don’t see information sharing as being intellectually dishonest nor do I see it as any different than one of my classmates who enlisted help from the National Archives or my professor who posts questions to an H-Net newsgroup of like-minded professionals. If I had asked my readers to write my paper for me? Now that would be intellectually dishonest. Already popular and widespread among journalists, crowdsourcing is quickly becoming a popular form of information gathering among historians, too. Cases in point: The Library of Congress launched a project on Flickr and invited visitors to identify and analyze photographs in the collection. The National Archives invited viewers to do the same to online versions of its documents. The responses were both amazing and allowed both centers to achieve a more richly detailed look at history than could be done alone. And uncovering the past and accurately interpreting it? That’s exactly what historians do.

posted on April 29th, 2009 at 3:02 pm

22 On April 29th, 2009, Katherine said:

It still may be in your best interests to state in your paper that this was a way in which you gathered information.

posted on April 29th, 2009 at 3:09 pm

23 On April 29th, 2009, Rachel said:

Rest assured, Katherine, the information provided here will account for less than one-tenth of one percent of the totality of my paper.

posted on April 29th, 2009 at 3:15 pm

24 On April 29th, 2009, Tangerina said:

Um, how is asking people who may be interested in the topic to link you to resources morally different than googling the topic? Also, if part of the paper is based on personal stories, how will she get them without asking people for personal stories? I’m sure Rachel is going to site her sources, and no one is doing the analysis for her. Take a chill pill.

posted on April 29th, 2009 at 3:21 pm

25 On April 29th, 2009, Henchminion said:

There are probably examples to be found from before the sixteenth century as well. If you’re interested in taking the paper in that direction, take a look through Caroline Walker Bynum’s book Holy Feast and Holy Fast. I think it has some medieval material on the subject.

posted on April 29th, 2009 at 3:29 pm

26 On April 29th, 2009, sarah said:

http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F03E0D81231F93AA3575BC0A9619C8B63
This is actually about it being “ok” for women to eat steaks on dates (Thanks for the go-ahead, NYT!).
Also, what about the concept of “Steak and BJ Day” (eww), which I guess some tools made up as some kind of “Valentine’s Day for Men,” because of course, real men aren’t interested in love and romance. Just red meat and fellatio.
Also, you’re asking (gasp) people who might *know* something about your topic for *tips*?! I am shocked. Shocked and appalled, I say.
(There’s nothing sketchy about putting feelers out for this kind of information. Srsly.)

posted on April 29th, 2009 at 3:32 pm

27 On April 29th, 2009, Rachel said:

Great minds must think alike, Sarah, because I actually blogged about that article when it came out. And “Steak and BJ” Day? Ugh, that’s just gross. What I find most ironic is that beef is depicted as such a virile, manly food but in reality, you’re eating neutered male cows and/or female cows.

@Henchminion: That book is a little out of the time frame I’m studying, but I will definitely keep in mind for future research on eating disorders and such.

posted on April 29th, 2009 at 3:42 pm

28 On April 29th, 2009, Twistie said:

Back in the eighties the phrase ‘real men don’t eat quiche’ was hugely popular. There was at least one book by that title (I know, because I was selling books from the late eighties to the late nineties, and it was in print the entire time, to the best of my knowledge). The reasoning behind the phrase was that quiche was ‘fussy’, feminine, and often (though hardly exclusively) vegetarian.

I’m not sure where it’s hiding right now, but I own a cookbook I inherited from my mother, who no doubt received it as a joke gift somewhere along the line called the Date Bait Cookbook. It was published in the 50’s and includes a lot of recipes based on red meat and the assumption that a man without a can opener or a girlfriend will be utterly unable to feed himself.

I find that one particularly amusing in light of the fact that it came out pretty close to the time that James Beard made himself a household name with a cookbook on grilling and barbequeing – the form of cooking most socially acceptable for men in the US. Beard was certainly capable of many other forms of cooking, but when last I checked, the grilling one was rivaled in popularity only by his book on bread making.

Oh, and in 1980 I was dating my first boyfriend. His father adored me. Why? Because I was ‘proof’ that his son wasn’t gay. Daddy was worried because here he had a teenage son who spent all his personal funds and spare time on two things: cooking and stage make up. In fact, the lad made a delicious quiche and salad dinner for prom night with his own fair hands…not to mention a flourless chocolate cake I’ve never forgotten. Gay? No. He really wasn’t.

Damn good cook, talented make up artist…definitely a straight guy. But his father was freaking out because he’d bought so much into the real men don’t eat quiche thing, and he was absolutely convinced that a gay man wasn’t really a man.

I know I can find more, too. I’ll probably come back later with some more thoughts for you.

posted on April 29th, 2009 at 4:01 pm

29 On April 29th, 2009, Rachel said:

@Twistie: I have a section of the paper devoted to the “art” of grilling (whenever men do the cooking, it’s an “art,” not an obligatory chore). What’s funny about this is that many of the cookbooks of the 1950s bill cookouts as “Mom’s day off” but yet she’s still expected to set the table, make all the side dishes, and prepare all the sauces and materials needed by the man of the family to cook a slab of meat on an open flame. And, of course, she cleans up afterward. Not quite my idea of a “day off”! And the “Real Men Eat Quiche” book and several others like it are already included in the towering piles of books littering my office floor

posted on April 29th, 2009 at 4:21 pm

30 On April 29th, 2009, Dani said:

A little peripheral to the main topic maybe, but relevant in a roundabout way — have you ever read a novel called “My Year of Meats” by Ruth Ozeki? It’s about a documentary film-maker who accepts an offer working on a Japanese television show called My American Wife!, a show sponsored (oddly enough) by an American meat lobby.

The pitch of the program is the clincher: “Meat is the Message. . . It’s the meat (not the Mrs.) who’s the star of our show! But she must be attractive, appetizing, and all-American. She is the Meat Made Manifest: ample, robust, yet never tough or hard to digest.”

So the heroine of the novel sets out across America in search of these “robust wives”, to bring to an eager Japanese audience. She ends up finding her targets to be quite more dynamic however (and to the lobbyists’ annoyance ends up pushing a vegetarian agenda). It might sound a bit convoluted but it unrolls well in novel form!

I know people working on papers can’t run around reading novels but when the pressure dies down I highly recommend it!!

posted on April 29th, 2009 at 4:26 pm

31 On April 29th, 2009, sherunslunatic said:

There are ads for frozen foods in which a man says he had quiche for dinner, then gets blown away by a breeze. (The idea being, of course, that if he’d eaten a MANLY meal he’d be fine.)

That’s the one I was gonna suggest. I’m pretty sure it was Hungry Man frozen dinners.

posted on April 29th, 2009 at 4:54 pm

32 On April 29th, 2009, Kate said:

I immediately thought of the phenomenon of serving sushi on naked models’ bodies. Does fish count as meat, or is this a Catholic paper? ; )

posted on April 29th, 2009 at 5:15 pm

33 On April 29th, 2009, Rachel_in_WY said:

This one is super creepy.

posted on April 29th, 2009 at 5:54 pm

34 On April 29th, 2009, Rachel_in_WY said:

I don’t think the link worked: http://farm1.static.flickr.com/73/161071742_6b39147144_o.jpg

posted on April 29th, 2009 at 5:55 pm

35 On April 29th, 2009, The Bald Soprano said:

Twistie: I think that might have been the cookbook I was thinking about –the James Beard cookbook!

posted on April 29th, 2009 at 6:01 pm

36 On April 29th, 2009, Rachel said:

Does fish count as meat, or is this a Catholic paper? ; )

Haha, whenever I tell people I’m a vegetarian, eight times out of ten, I’m asked “Do you eat fish/chicken?” So, then I just tell them that I don’t eat anything that once had a face. My dad still insists that chicken isn’t “meat.” For this paper, I’m focusing more on red meat, specifically beef, since it seems to carry the most gendered connotations.

That is creepy, Rachel. The company sounds foreign, but the text is in English, so it might be “American.” Thanks!

posted on April 29th, 2009 at 6:31 pm

37 On April 29th, 2009, zm said:

June 2009 cover of Muscle and Fitness

http://www.magazine-agent.com/muscle-and-fitness/covers

posted on April 29th, 2009 at 7:49 pm

38 On April 29th, 2009, Krista said:

You might also want to look into live theater.

In college (about 5 years ago), the theater dept put on Lysistrata (about women making their men stop going to war by withholding sex) and the female cast members had fake meat tacked all over the bodices and crotch areas of their costuming. I doubt that my school was the only one to try that tactic.

posted on April 29th, 2009 at 8:57 pm

39 On April 29th, 2009, Julia said:

I don’t know if this is of any help to you, as it’s more along the lines of “real men eat meat” and not so much about shaming, but I found this: http://www.lileks.com/institute/gallery/bbtrix/5.html
It’s from a 50’s cookbook.
I also found this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CCM1yzf_dmg
It’s a German TV commercial. The guy orders a salad and gets promptly whisked away to the “Burger King Mancademy” where he has to learn to be a real man again (basically by eating lots of meat and doing all kinds of “manly” stuff, like opening bras and wrestling alligators). Near the end, they actually say this: “Apply to our mancademy, where those who come as Sissis (Emperess Elizabeth of Austria) leave as Siegfrieds (Nibelungenlied).” I can provide you with a transcript in English, if you need it.
That’s all, I’m done delurking now.

posted on April 29th, 2009 at 9:04 pm

40 On April 29th, 2009, annaham said:

The Sociological Images blog [http://contexts.org/socimages/] might have some good images/ads. I also second the “My Year of Meats” suggestion, because it is a great read.

posted on April 29th, 2009 at 11:15 pm

41 On April 30th, 2009, KP said:

You probably know this one, but the “woman as meat” image that haunts me most is the famous June 1978 cover of Hustler, with a woman’s legs sticking out of a meat grinder and a quotation from Larry Flynt: “We will no longer hang women up like pieces of meat.” I hate him.

posted on April 30th, 2009 at 12:40 am

42 On April 30th, 2009, sarah said:

“What I find most ironic is that beef is depicted as such a virile, manly food but in reality, you’re eating neutered male cows and/or female cows.”

That’s such an interesting point, Rachel. I have never even thought about that. I wonder if it could also be tied into the “top of the food chain” dominance attitude? “Not only am I a manly man for snacking on defenseless creatures, but they are also feminine/emasculated creatures. Because anyone/anything that isn’t masculine must bend to my will!”
Or, more likely, they’ve never bothered to think it through at all…

posted on April 30th, 2009 at 3:21 am

43 On April 30th, 2009, Rachel said:

@Sarah: I don’t think the average meat-eating Joe really stops to think about where his food comes from at all or how it was treated prior to ending up on his burger, but I have heard a lot of people justify meat-eating with the Bible verse on how man has dominion over beast and fowl, etc… What most Christians don’t seem to fathom, however, is that prior to the Fall, Adam and Eve were vegetarian and it wasn’t until they were banished from Eden for “sinning” that they became meat-eaters. If Christians are seeking to be more godlier-like, it would only make sense that they eat as Adam and Eve did pre-Fall: vegetarian. The Bible doesn’t even condone meat-eating until six books into the Old Testament and even then it gives strict guidelines on how to slaughter, prepare and sacrifice meat (this is why Jews require the total draining of blood from meat before consumption).

@Julia: Actually, that it is a help because it only reinforces the points I make about barbecuing being a masculine endeavor. And I love how when men grill, they’re considered “chefs.” Yet when woman cook, they’re homemakers or housewifes.

@ZM: I hadn’t seen that cover, but it’’s spot-on for my paper. Thanks!

@Krista: That is interesting, the connection between war as something men do and something women protest. Many feminists made that connection during World War I, only they also connected a culture of meat-eating with an overall culture of violence. They used vegetarianism as a way to protest the war.

@Annaheim: I checked the Sociological Images blog and searched for meat, food, masculinity, etc… but didn’t find much. It is an awesome site, though.

posted on April 30th, 2009 at 9:00 am

44 On April 30th, 2009, Bree said:

How about the short-run Quiznos ad (I believe it was done early last year or the year before that) that caused controversy because it featured a woman saying “real women need meat,” and you know she just wasn’t talking about prime rib:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d9WT8tSjl7U

Here’s a poster from Austraila:

http://antyphayes.blogsome.com/wp-admin/images/aussie_meat_uncovered_smaller.jpg

And this story is about artist Pinar Yolocan, who takes pictures of women dressed in meat. Her latest work had Afro-Brazilian women wrapped in cow placentas:

http://blogs.menupages.com/philadelphia/2007/12/a_meaty_outfit.html

She says the women didn’t mind it because to them, wearing meat wasn’t degrading because it was form of god worship. Interesting how different cultures and religions react to this.

posted on April 30th, 2009 at 10:39 am

45 On April 30th, 2009, newlyveg said:

Oh man, I know I’ve seen so many commercials and ads that have made me think, “My goodness, they should just dress the girl up like a piece of ham!” Of course, none of those come to mind specifically, other than the ones you just mentioned. However, what about the practice of eating sushi off of a woman’s naked body, shown both on VH1 and on the Sex and the City movie. I get the whole “sensual” concept of it and all, but I don’t think I’ve seen a man do that in the media anyway. So the more you eat, the quicker the other intended piece of meat is exposed for your consumption.

Anyway, I’ll keep an eye out for more concrete examples. As a former grad student (hooray for graduation and freedom), I understand where you’re coming from. The end is in sight! Congratulations!!!

posted on April 30th, 2009 at 11:48 am

46 On April 30th, 2009, abodyrevolution said:

there’s an ad i came across awhile back but can no longer find it. a woman is milking a cow while the milk is spraying her in the face, and shes licking her lips.

as far as real world scenarios…what comes to mind are some of the adjectives men use to describe women: tasty, luscious, delicious, divine, and my not so favorite “finger lickin’ good.”

even though these are not images, adjectives represent imagery and illicit visual associations.

awesome idea your on to!

posted on April 30th, 2009 at 2:52 pm

47 On April 30th, 2009, MJ said:

You may find Drew Lazor’s account of his Week Without Meat useful: http://mealticket.blogs.citypaper.net/blogs/mu/category/the-week-without-meat/.

The setup? “Recently, my girlfriend, a pescetarian, stated that she didn’t think I could go a week without eating meat or seafood. I took her up on her challenge because I am stubborn and stupid — starting today, Jan. 26, through Super Bowl Sunday, Feb., 1, I will adhere to an entirely vegetarian diet. If I succeed, I get a sweet steak dinner at Capital Grille. If I fail … well, nothing has been drawn up as a consequence in that respect just yet, but it will most likely be brutal and humiliating.”

posted on April 30th, 2009 at 2:57 pm

48 On April 30th, 2009, Rachel said:

RE: the eating of neutered/female cows somehow transformed into a masculine endeavor discussion… I just came across this Reuters story describing a recent study that shows that men who eat lots of processed meat have lower sperm quality than their veggie counterparts. One possible reason why?

Another factor may be that meat and high-fat foods may expose men to higher levels of substances known as xenobiotics — including steroids and various chemicals in the environment that have estrogen-like effects, such as certain pesticides and PCBs. Xenobiotics tend to accumulate in high-fat foods, which in turn accumulate in men with high-fat diets.

So, men who eat meat have more estrogen-like symptoms than vegetarian men. Cue uncontrollable laughter here.

posted on April 30th, 2009 at 3:37 pm

49 On April 30th, 2009, Faith said:

Here’s Miss Nebraska Beef. From Found in Mom’s Basement. A great source.

posted on April 30th, 2009 at 4:40 pm

50 On April 30th, 2009, Ducky said:

This is a photo I found online a while ago. It was on a website of crazy photos so I apologize for not having more information about it.

posted on April 30th, 2009 at 8:10 pm

51 On April 30th, 2009, Ducky said:

Oops. Here’s a link instead.

http://susanmernit.blogspot.com/uploaded_images/wow-753115.jpg

posted on April 30th, 2009 at 8:13 pm

52 On April 30th, 2009, Twistie said:

Oh, Rachel, here’s one of my more favorite images of women dressed in meat: http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Z9noN9a-Bdo/SJhelJThHeI/AAAAAAAACFE/CliDfEaNXes/s400/Sausag

Note my favorite touch, the word ‘Zion’ emblazoned on her tiara. I have no clue where this was taken or why. My guess is that it’s circa 1950, judging from hairstyle, make up, and the general size and shape of the outfit. If anyone knows better, I’d love to hear about it.

posted on April 30th, 2009 at 8:50 pm

53 On May 2nd, 2009, Andrea said:

There’s the new White Castle BBQ pork commercial where there’s a woman dressed in a pig costume dancing as if at a strip club. She gets doused with bbq sauce in the middle of it as if it’s sexy. Pretty blatant, I’d say.

posted on May 2nd, 2009 at 7:11 pm

54 On May 3rd, 2009, Mickey said:

I just found this photograph by Sarah Lucas, entitled “Chicken Knickers”

http://www.tate.org.uk/servlet/ViewWork?cgroupid=999999961&workid=26391&searchid=7227&tabview=subject

posted on May 3rd, 2009 at 3:03 pm

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58 On May 21st, 2009, Fin di siecle » The-F-Word.org said: