80s housewife aesthetic

Amy Sohn, an author who has penned new book Motherland, set in the Brooklyn locale, says that unhappy mothers in the area are addicted to antidepressants and drink alcohol in the afternoon.

Hats off to housewives every where. It is one of the toughest jobs any where. Responsibility and activity are two requirements of the job of a housewife. Long hours without pay is demanded and the day may start at sunrise and continue til bedtime. While there may be a break sometime during the day it is normally taken while doing another chore such as folding laundry. For many families the housewife is also in charge of having food on the table at proper times. Creating and keeping a budget…

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In the US, there is a gigantic supermarket seemingly everywhere you look. A Wal-Mart Super-Center on one corner, a Costco on the other… but it wasn’t always this way. The transition from small town grocer or big-city corner market to the massive mega-stores of today took decades, and the ramifications changed our world more than … Continue reading "‘Pile it High, Sell it Low’: The Saga of the Supermarket"

“The only mood I have”

I so enjoy food and entertaining articles from the late 1960s and early 1970s because hosts and hostesses were then just starting to forgo elaborate dinner parties and numerous courses in favor of a simple style of entertaining. These bygone articles about one-pot dinners, make-ahead recipes, and stylish, comfortable table settings still inspire today, especially considering that most of us continue to prefer simplicity over fussiness when preparing our meals. The photos featured in this…

Sugar Cookies

december 1963

They do everything: washing dishes, cleaning, laundry, clothesline, taking care of children in the spirit of fun and smiles on their faces. They are young beautiful housewives of the 1940s and 1950s.