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Iceland newspaper’s combative Agony Aunt ‘Nanna’ pours scorn on an Irishman’s modest proposal for compensation for taking Ireland’s ‘tall beautiful’ women.
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Marriage in the sixties.
What was not to like?
Ciara Meehan writes:
Modern Wife, Modern Life is my exhibition running at the National Print Museum of Ireland between August and October 2015. It explores the idea of the ‘modern wife’ in 1960s Ireland as seen through the pages of women’s magazines. Please consider showing your support for the exhibition by donating on Fund It.
At the start of the twentieth century, manuals on how to be a good wife were widely available in Ireland. With the emergence of new technologies, women’s glossy magazines came to replace the traditional manual as did the advice given to newly married women and housewives in the 1960s.
The concept of being an ‘ideal wife’ became closely bound up with being a ‘modern wife’. The message was clear: a ‘good wife’ was not just beautifully presented, but also used all the latest modern devices. Her home – especially the kitchen – was an extension of her appearance and reputation. ‘Modern life’ and ‘modern wife’ became blended into the one ideal.
Anyone can be a part of this history project by loaning items from the 1960s which fit into one of the six themes of the exhibition; print culture, advice for the newly married wife, beauty and presentation, new technologies in the home; women behind the wheel and the wife who works. Rewards for contributing to the cost of producing the exhibition include reproduction images, a limited edition booklet and a private curator’s tour.
modernwifemodernlifeexhibition.com
Previously: The Good Wife
Pic: Brand New Retro
In the fourth series of The Savage Eye, David McSavage has created a female character, called Emer – an angry, career-driven woman.
In an interview with Kate Holmquist, of the Irish Times, he sez::
“Women in this country were suppressed for generations, so only recently have they had a voice, so, like anything that is kept bottled for generations, it all goes a bit mad. You have women going a bit nuts at the moment, which is fine.”
“If I were a woman I’d be very f***ing angry, because men in this country are so emotionally retarded.”
“Feminism tries to take on, but will never fully take on because women are so competitive against themselves, they’re not united. There’s a sort of divide-and- conquer thing among women, and when women do hang out they have all kinds of issues, whether it’s around weight, whether they’re trying to drag each other down, there’s a sort of subliminal war that goes on between certain types of women.”
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David McSavage: ‘If I were a woman I’d be very f***ing angry’ (Irish Times)
Pic: Click Online
Then you may like to see this documentary Breaking Ground.
Michelle Deignan writes:
“Throughout the 80’s Irish women arrived in London in their droves and towards the end of the decade they made up 10% of the capital’s female population. Many of these women were not simply economic migrants but women in search of an alternative life, away from the repressive predominately Catholic culture of Ireland. Their optimism for a new life was tempered by the reality of life in London. Irish women were among the most disadvantaged ethnic and gender groups in terms of housing and employment. What the London Irish Women’s Centre did was tackle inequalities and difficulties for Irish women in London by both actively agitating for change and providing practical services to support Irish women to live daily lives. The documentary film charts the context within which the organisation began in 1983 and it’s work over the next 29 years up until it’s closure in 2012. There are 18 interviewees in the film all representing different times, situations and perspectives on the centre.”
Breaking Ground will be screened at Cork Film Festival on Monday, November 11, at 5pm, The Gate Cinema.
More about the documentary here.
The Cream of The Milk
A limited edition A2 printed Broadsheet (hey!) celebrating 12 remarkable Irish women (and Peig) with clerihews by poet Pauline Hall and illustrations by Alan Nolan.
It started life as a Fundit whatsit and now look at it.
Fair play though, in fairness.
From top: Eileen Grey, Peig Sayers and Countess Markievicz