Shopping at the super market in hair curlers back in the 1960s

Shopping at the super market in hair curlers back in the 1960s

The Bruce, 1970s.

Man this guy was cool. Just look at his style. Bruce Lee was the king of Golden Harvest cinema with such classic martial arts films as Enter the Dragon, First of Fury, and The Game of Death – where he fought a 7’2 Kareem Abdul Jabbar (who was Lee’s martial arts student in real life). Lee was born in San Francisco’s Chinatown to immigrant parents from Hong Kong. His mom was a Cantonese opera star.

Lee is credited for changing the face of cinema – for being the first major Asian actor to appear in starring movie roles that made it big in America. Lee is also credited for founding the martial art Jeet Kune Do. Plus, as you can see in the photo, he was one hell of a cool cat.

Times have changed. Back in the 60s, in the days where Mad Men would almost seem like a documentary, the role of women was largely seen by society as being a housewife, taking care of the home, and making sure you looked pretty for your husband when he comes home from work. The 60s was also a time for change – and ushered in the Women’s Liberation Movement. The premise of the movement was that that economic, psychological, and social freedom were necessary for women to progress from being second-class citizens in their societies. And such second-class citizen duties of women at the time – was putting on curlers and shopping for their husband’s chicken pot pie dinner.

Stevie Nicks doing the splits backstage, 1978.

This photo proves that Stevie Nicks was very flexible. She’s also very tiny – clocking in at a height of 5’1. Nicks went to high school in Arcadia, California and that’s where she met her soon-to-be musical/romantic partner, Lindsey Buckingham. Continuer la lecture de « Shopping at the super market in hair curlers back in the 1960s »