History and Hearsay

Pin-Up Girls: The Iconic Bombshells Who Shaped Pop Culture

Christina Season 4 Episode 14

Timeline:

0:00 - Intro 

0:27 - Shout out

1:27 - Summary of Pin-up Girls 

3:30 - Pre-Pin Up 

5:09 - The Safety Bicycle

7:51 - How the Bicycle Changed Women’s Fashion

11:37 - Public Outrage

13:34 - The Gibson Girl And Calendar Girls

16:33 -World War I & Pin-Up Propaganda

18:43 -The Petty Girl & Nose Art

21:55 -1930s-1950s:

24:13 -WWII Propaganda

29:40 -From Illustrations to Photography

33:23 - Postwar:

38:38 - 1960’s and Beyond

SOURCES:

https://www.si.edu/spotlight/si-bikes/si-bikes-safety 

https://velocipedienne.com/2016/06/02/dressing-for-the-safety-bicycle/ 

https://allthatsinteresting.com/pin-up-girls-history 

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/pin-up-girl-history_n_6077082 

https://cyclehistory.wordpress.com/2015/01/30/women-on-the-move-cycling-and-the-rational-dress-movement/ 

https://citizendium.org/wiki/Pin-up_art 

 https://historycollection.com/what-the-world-doesnt-know-about-pin-up-girls/ 

https://medium.com/@peterdeleuran/pin-up-girls-through-history-from-objectification-to-empowerment-a59dec97d15a 

https://iro.uiowa.edu/esploro/outputs/doctoral/The-Birth-of-the-Pin-Up-Girl/9983949490902771#file-0 

https://shs.cairn.info/revue-inflexions-2018-2-page-181?lang=en 

https://www.cnn.com/2014/10/13/world/the-lost-art-of-the-american-pin-up 

https://www.scarlettgasque.com/blogs/blog/pin-up-fascination-why-were-pin-up-girls-so-significant?srsltid=AfmBOoqFApU613XFdKcSI-JgDRxApEPm7PBh-kUBdPjzR-fKUfJM1L_5 

https://www.illustrationhistory.org/artists/category/pinup-art 

https://www.biography.com/actors/marilyn-monroe-playboy-first-issue-didnt-pose 

https://justlikeapinup.com/blogs/pinup-blog/pinup-history-from-then-till-now?srsltid=AfmBOornNhNDz7Xh62DsC2yb_1Cx0hlw_QQzePV6hfxV0YQMACVTp789 

Pin-Up Grrrls: Feminism, Sexuality, Popular Culture. Maria Elena Buszek. Duke University Press. 2006.

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