Oct 15 2024 59 mins
The Mag Hags are back and cooking with gas! This episode Franki and Lucy ponder on some cutting edge household appliances – cordless iron, anyone? Because, yes, Franki is guiding us on a tour through Good Housekeeping, March 1988.
There’s Ovaltine innuendo, shoulder-revealing fashion, and a self-help book extract suggesting that Lucy could be a threat to Franki’s marriage.
Plus, a questionable beauty feature calls for back-up, so Franki speaks to award-winning beauty editor and author Anita Bhagwandas.
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LINKS
Read: Pessimist’s Archive: an archive of historical, technology pessimism https://pessimistsarchive.org/
Read: Ugly: Giving us back our beauty standards by Anita Bhagwandas
CHAPTERS
05:06 – What’s on the cover of Good Housekeeping March 1988
15:04 – The enemy within: Is TV bringing about the moral downfall of society?
25:55 – *An ad break from 1988*
28:37 – Examining the English vs American vs French approach to beauty… with problematic results
35:15 – Anita Bhagwandas shares her take with the Mag Hags
48:24 – Fashion and beauty tips from 1988
50:40 – Don’t take your love life lying down: Self-help guru Paul Pearsall reveals why your friendships are ruining your marriage
58:41 – What's hot and what's not in 1988
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Mag Hags is written and hosted by Franki Cookney and Lucy Douglas.
Editing and audio production by Franki Cookney.
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