Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/01/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Jim Brick wrote: >I remember when you couldn't say "pregnant" on TV. I remember when it was >forbidden to show a "toilet" on TV. My my... the strides we've made.>>>>> Hi Jim, Never mind TV, look at this for newspapers regarding the female "belly button." And I quote from a book, "News Pictures Fit to Print.... or are they?" by Curtis D. MacDougall, Ph.D Professor of Journalism, North Western University. 1971! This is concerning running a picture of a model showing bare mid-drift. Page: 29: "The pretty model was to appear with belly-button in view. The Los Anglese Times stepped in to veto the ad agency, and the navel was airbrushed out." More: "The vamps, love goddesses, "it" and "oomph" girls of earlier decades were thought to be alluring and capable of great lovableness, but their umbilical cords were considered to be private. So I guess we've come a long way baby! :) ted Ted Grant This is Our Work. The Legacy of Sir William Osler. http://www.islandnet.com/~tedgrant