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MUSEUM OF MENSTRUATION AND WOMEN'S
HEALTH
Are you in
the know?
(November 1945, The American Girl
magazine)
Ad for Kotex menstrual napkins
teaching etiquette to teenage girls right
after World War II
Featuring stupor-man
(NOT the
superhero with a similar name) by
the
great Irving
Nurick.
Below:
The guy shaking hands - stupor-man
according to the first text block -
is shorter
than all of them, wears glasses,
loafers,
and light-color socks,
and his pants are too short and not
pressed. Are they rolled
up? (SEE
THE ENLARGEMENT BELOW THE
MAIN AD.)
Note that the girl leans slightly
forward to get a closer look at this
object; her hip hand indicates, "Oh,
boy, we're in for a great
time!" and she might punch him
shortly.
The
ad forms 2/3 of the page
horizontally.
Bottom
right: "[P]lumpish pigeon"
refers to a girl far slimmer than -
um, how do I say this? - slimmer
than most Americans we see today.
Just a thought. Oh, forget it.
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Below: O
cruel fate!: the poor boy
lives forever as "stupor-man" in a
Kotex ad.
I hope he became CEO of
Rolls Royce just to spite her.
He actually probably committed
suicide in an ad for Midol.
The girl thinks, "OMG, you little
creep! Remind me to wash my hand."
In the meantime, trying to make
small talk, he stammers, "Uh, gosh,
um,
may I suggest Modess
instead of that Super Kotex you're
wearing?"
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