Category Archives: Beauty

THE ONLY YEH YEH GIRL By Peter Nolan Smith

June 12, 2024 – 5:20 am

The teenagers of the 1950s worshipped Marilyn Monroe, James Dean, and Buddy Holly as dead gods. My generation preferred the living and the stars of the 1960s were transported by TV and radio to my family house south of Boston. Bob Dylan’s BLOWING IN THE WIND knocked Elvis off his throne and the Beatles enthralled […]

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Muse of the Sex Pistols

May 24, 2024 – 3:22 am

Lesson 2. Establish the name Sex Pistols. Who was this girl? Not a natural blonde. British. Now about 50. Then 18. This goddess of punk was in THE GREAT ROCK AND ROLL SWINDLE. Film credit – Soo Catwoman Where is this icon now? Back in 2020 Unknown wrote in comments, “Her name is Judy Croll. […]

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East Berlin Immer Eis Cream

March 22, 2024 – 1:48 am

Back in 1989 one West German Mark bought a huge ice cream in East Berlin’s Alexanderplatz. Two marks bought two ice creams. For good girls.

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The Now World

March 13, 2024 – 4:17 pm

Skateboarding never gets old.

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Girls Will Be Boys – 2010

February 22, 2024 – 3:49 am

“People in glass houses shouldn’t throw stone.” There are no glass houses in Afghanistan, but there are stonings for a wide variety of social offenses. Adultery is the most common, however woman are under constant threat for such trivial trespasses as leaving the house without a male family member or showing their face or attending […]

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