#HarmReduction #Prohibition #SubstanceUse #PWUD #History #Herstory #Cocaine #Racism
This episode of the Bureau of Lost Culture - "Dope Girls" looks at the early 1900's #Soho #Flappers and the start of the moral war on drugs leading up to and following the first world war.

A great series with some tasty episodes (Nom Nom Nom) including episodes on #Psychadelics and #CounterCultrue #Sex #Gender #Disability and of course #Drugs

https://open.spotify.com/episode/7vx4xfNEmAZeKxy7Nlgnov?si=84PyqyM4QOqSyU88QYZIrw

The 1920s Channel: "The Flapper Bandit is Dead"

https://youtu.be/zwkyZCmBMqc

As true today as when it was written.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=dxCjpEc66Dw&pp=ygUNYW55dGhpbmcgZ29lcw%3D%3D

Old Maid’s motto — “Never let a fool kiss you.”

Flapper’s motto — “Never let a kiss fool you.”

(quote from the Journal of Education, Boston, Massachusetts 1929)

Here's hoping your Valentine's Day is the butterfly's boots! (i.e. good)
https://sageandsavant.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Flapperspeak.pdf

1924 ad from the S. D. Peacock Company for Peacock Wedding Rings.
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#Advertisement #ArtDeco #Flappers #Weddings #WeddingRings #Retro #Vintage

Flappers.

#flappers #watercolour

https://james-mccormack.pixels.com/featured/flappers-james-mccormack.html

More flapper slang from the 1920s

Sharpshooter - a good dancer and big spender
Spoon - kissing
Strike breaker - a woman who dates her friend’s boyfriend
Tomato - a woman lacking intelligence
Umbrella - a man that any woman can borrow for an evening
Whangdoodle - jazz music

More flapper slang from the 1920s

Noodle juice - tea
Nutcracker - a policeman’s truncheon
Oil can - an imposter
Out on parole - recently divorced
Potato - lacking Intelligence
Rock of Ages - a woman over thirty

1920s Flapper Slang

Fire alarm - a divorced woman
Fire bell - a married woman
Fire extinguisher - a chaperone
Forty-niner - a man looking for a rich wife
Handcuff - an engagement ring
Hush money - a young woman’s allowance
Munitions - a woman’s make-up

More flapper slang from the 1920s

Billboard - flashy man or woman
Biscuit - a cute, possibly promiscuous, woman
Cake basket - a limousine
Clothesline - local gossip
Corn shredder - a dancer who treads on your feet
Dropping the pilot - getting a divorce
Edisoned - being asked a lot of questions
Eye-opener - marriage
Father Time - a man over thirty

The Flapper, 1922

In the new year, I hope to research 1925 in detail. Meanwhile, here’s some general information about the 1920s, starting with some flapper slang.

Airedale - an unfashionable, not with-it man
Alarm clock - a chaperone
Apple sauce - flattery
Banks closed - no petting or kissing
Barneymugging - the opposite of banks closed
The bee’s knees, the cat’s pyjamas, the elephant’s instep - the best

#Silentfilm veteran #MaeMurray as she appeared in the 1922 costume spectacle FASCINATION.

The film is currently considered lost. (#Vamps and #Flappers of the 1910s, 1920s, and Early 1930s)

Bipolar Brain & Standup (link in bio)
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#bipolarcomedy #bipolardepression #bipolarcomics #bipolarbrain #mentalhealthcomic #mentalhealthcomedy #mentalhealthcomics #standupcomedy #standupcomedian #flappers #flapperscomedyclub

1930’s #illustration #whereyougoing #flappers

My AI creations of 1920's style "flappers"
#flappers #fashion #aiart

My AI creations of 1920's style "flappers"
#flappers #aiart #fashion

MY LONGEST STANDUP YET! SATURDAY JULY 22 PACK THEATER TICKETS IN BIO

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#standupcomedy #standupcomedians #standupcomedian #standupcomic #standupcomedyshow #standup #flappersburbank #flapperscomedy #flappers #flapperscomedyclub #mentalhealthcomic #mentalhealthcomedy #mentalhealthcomics #mentalhealthcomedian #bipolarcomic #bipolarcomedy #bipolarcomedian #reel #reelsinstagram #reels #makeba

#DorothySebastian and #JoanCrawford on the #beach late 1920s.

(Vamps and Flappers of the 1910s, 1920s, and Early 1930s)

Two models wear Orphist creations by cutting edge #fashion designer Sonia Delaunay at the 1925 #Paris Exposition of Modern Industrial and Decorative #Arts.

Behind them, "Cubist Trees" -- sculptures by Joel and Jan Martel. (#Vamps and #Flappers of the 1910s, 1920s, and Early 1930s)

#JoanCrawford in 1925. Photo by Ruth Harriet Louise. (#Vamps and #Flappers of the 1910s, 1920s, and Early 1930s)