tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10901468.post5472772815447662578..comments2024-03-18T20:56:05.132-04:00Comments on The Panopticon: Books Old and NewFranklinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03670441931649806878noreply@blogger.comBlogger84125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10901468.post-1396414849096184852008-02-18T12:59:00.000-05:002008-02-18T12:59:00.000-05:00The funny thing is that these days, many administr...The funny thing is that these days, many administrative support jobs are actually asking for a bachelors degree *laughs*.<BR/><BR/>My how things change.Jodithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07408444006994590814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10901468.post-9739823588137043782008-02-16T13:20:00.000-05:002008-02-16T13:20:00.000-05:00Yeah books! I was working at Wellesley when an ol...Yeah books! I was working at Wellesley when an old book similar to that one (from before 1920 I believe) was reprinted in Readers Digest. I spent an entire summer fielding requests for this book, because we had a copy in the library. We would read parts of it aloud and cringe.Seanna Leahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10211334943923310861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10901468.post-81629851765465827522008-02-14T12:10:00.000-05:002008-02-14T12:10:00.000-05:00Sigh - Saucepans and the Single Girl - that was me...Sigh - Saucepans and the Single Girl - that was me. And I really needed that book.Janethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08193395027474680289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10901468.post-17620935631960835602008-02-14T11:38:00.000-05:002008-02-14T11:38:00.000-05:00Aren't you glad your a man! If I'd lived back the...Aren't you glad your a man! <BR/>If I'd lived back then (okay , okay, I was born then , but unaware of sexism!! lol) I would have been a veritable spinster (and knitter , perhaps a little sewing... I digress!)Flavaknitshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04266688823301335965noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10901468.post-21649282735905280922008-02-14T10:56:00.000-05:002008-02-14T10:56:00.000-05:00Must. Have. The. Book! I'm going to have to go pr...Must. Have. The. Book! I'm going to have to go pre-order...Deborah C.https://www.blogger.com/profile/10541110133935524762noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10901468.post-87921344425930239462008-02-11T13:22:00.000-05:002008-02-11T13:22:00.000-05:00You have a cover! How COOL!One of the advantages o...You have a cover! How COOL!<BR/><BR/>One of the advantages of working at a university is that I now have friends who are way younger than me -- chemical and mechanical engineers, technical writers, software engineers, foresters.<BR/><BR/>Once in a while I regale them with tales of the old days. And tell them that-- just in their lifetime, we've come a long way.Mary Peedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15764588274361995259noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10901468.post-19716101467891217152008-02-11T11:09:00.000-05:002008-02-11T11:09:00.000-05:00My mother had that cookbook when she first lived o...My mother had that cookbook when she first lived on her own while going to nursing school. I think her aunt gave it to her. She still cooked recipes from it while I was growing up, while working full time. She was pretty disgusted by the tone of it as I recalled, but there's some yummy stuff in there.<BR/><BR/>Congratulations on your book. I'm looking forward to it!porpoisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15106283311078702745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10901468.post-56709368724035783532008-02-11T06:28:00.000-05:002008-02-11T06:28:00.000-05:00I was reminded of "Cooking in a Bedsit" too, & use...I was reminded of "Cooking in a Bedsit" too, & used it, along with Jocasta Innes "The Pauper's Cookbook" for most of my Student life. The PC has proved extremely useful in following years too.<BR/><BR/>BTW - with the rise in juvenile deliquency, maybe we need more Stay At Home Mums (I was one). Parenting is one of the hardest jobs in the world, & you don't get time off!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10901468.post-72571248459261067732008-02-11T03:36:00.000-05:002008-02-11T03:36:00.000-05:00I collect girls school stories from Great Britain,...I collect girls school stories from Great Britain, circa 1930-1945. The quotes from your book could be for the office girls (yes, they too were 'girls') of this era too. How depressing.Katehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12124722668160658606noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10901468.post-54028030039708120132008-02-10T10:29:00.000-05:002008-02-10T10:29:00.000-05:00Hi Franklin -Congratulations on your book - it loo...Hi Franklin -<BR/><BR/>Congratulations on your book - it looks great. <BR/><BR/>I've got a girls' guide to driving of similar vintage - its discussion of the relationship between female emotion and (lack of) driving ability is fascinating.knitcrithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18430892063542688930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10901468.post-43277850391379824062008-02-09T23:51:00.000-05:002008-02-09T23:51:00.000-05:00here's a giggle for ya. i was at my favorite LYS,...here's a giggle for ya. i was at my favorite LYS, which had just reopened, after moving, and some friends from out of town were there. One lady, who hadn't been there before, stared at my shirt, and asked me where i got it. I told her i'd gotten it from your cafe-press shop, and the lady who i did know laughed out loud, and explained. She works for the Department of Corrections in Iowa. Guess which t-shirt i was wearing, lol.dragon knitterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15876200889552460658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10901468.post-59893225644140671832008-02-09T19:49:00.000-05:002008-02-09T19:49:00.000-05:00"Maybe that wasn't as reassuring as I thought it w..."Maybe that wasn't as reassuring as I thought it would be..."<BR/><BR/>Especially since I wrote "campaign trial." Talk about a statement of ominous foreshadowing, there! Trail; I mean <I>trail</I>!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10901468.post-65140310570516731482008-02-09T19:47:00.000-05:002008-02-09T19:47:00.000-05:00Hurray, a cover! And pre-ordering! I'm so looking ...Hurray, a cover! And pre-ordering! I'm so looking forward to it, Franklin. Congrats, and remember, nothing about the book business could be nearly as terrifying as Dolores on the campaign trial. Um. Maybe that wasn't as reassuring as I thought it would be...<BR/><BR/>I both giggled and sighed over the cookbook. Although more than the social aspects, what I find unreal are the recipes from womens' magazines. The cookbooks, at least, usually have edible recipes. The magazines? The majority of the recipes are the most gawdawful concoctions you'd ever want to see. Either they're full of ingredients only a chef would have on hand (and your average kid would refuse to eat); or they're something that would make a wolverine sick. Funny thing is, I occasionally see a recipe from a woman's mag of the 60's, and one from today...and except for ingredients, nothing much has changed. It's still food I can't imagine a real person making, much less eating!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10901468.post-72696591249353633042008-02-09T16:58:00.000-05:002008-02-09T16:58:00.000-05:00So exciting to see your lovely cartoons going into...So exciting to see your lovely cartoons going into print!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10901468.post-64037783105902612142008-02-09T15:01:00.000-05:002008-02-09T15:01:00.000-05:00Hey! The Phoenix! There's a name I haven't heard ...Hey! The Phoenix! There's a name I haven't heard in a while. Was it insanely fun to work there?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10901468.post-21114114240953969072008-02-09T14:55:00.000-05:002008-02-09T14:55:00.000-05:00Now is the title of your book:"It Itches": A Stash...Now is the title of your book:<BR/><BR/>"It Itches": A Stash of Knitting Cartoons <BR/><BR/>OR<BR/><BR/>A Stash of Knitting Cartoons: "It Itches"<BR/><BR/>OR A Stash of Knitting Cartoons<BR/><BR/>I ask because a book entitled "It Itches" could get some interesting shelf space in bookstores -- and even some unusual hits in search engines!Lauriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05010035644233482398noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10901468.post-38308842941737539232008-02-09T12:59:00.000-05:002008-02-09T12:59:00.000-05:00Are you aware that sometime around then there was ...Are you aware that sometime around then there was a book _Sex and the Single Girl_, I think it was by Helen Gurley Brown, that was one of the early public suggestions that maybe single women could have a sex life? Very controversial at a time when contraception was illegal in some states. Judging from the title, I bet that cookbook was published soon after that.DeanBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13314460920173552547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10901468.post-37365452979883749342008-02-09T11:17:00.000-05:002008-02-09T11:17:00.000-05:00Several years ago my mother in law gave me her wel...Several years ago my mother in law gave me her well loved 1943 edition of "The Joy of Cooking". My sister gave me a reprint of the original "Fannie Farmer". I love old cookbooks. You found a true treasure.<BR/><BR/>I am so looking forward to your new book!!Cherihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00122419168430816470noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10901468.post-59996533479112505222008-02-09T10:18:00.000-05:002008-02-09T10:18:00.000-05:00I collect old cookbooks, and have both this one an...I collect old cookbooks, and have both this one and it's successor "How to "Keep Him After You've Caught Him" - full of useful tips of how to nurture the stressed out junior executive. <BR/>I just found out that in 2006 the original authors re-released Saucepans with their own amused editorial comments - and their web site talks about their later business endeavors.<BR/>http://www.saucepansandthesinglegirl.com/Nadyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13326060344483740364noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10901468.post-53442733684697216312008-02-09T10:13:00.000-05:002008-02-09T10:13:00.000-05:00I got some of my best recipes out of that cookbook...I got some of my best recipes out of that cookbook. The rumballs are lethal.<BR/><BR/>Will Dolores offer recipes in your new book?roxiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14916948065233137971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10901468.post-55087482282711293822008-02-09T08:19:00.000-05:002008-02-09T08:19:00.000-05:00Your book is a must! Marvelous title and fantasti...Your book is a must! Marvelous title and fantastic cartoon. Franklin, you are amazing.<BR/><BR/>I'm a tad hungover so this will be blunt. oops, girls aren't supposed to be hungover or blunt. But I'm not a girl, so there. I see a lot of that 50s and 60s mind think in my area. Yes we can look back and think how great it was until the reality hits. IF you went to college, you went to get a Mrs. degree. A girl was never ever to show she was smarter than her date. Employment classifieds were "Men Only" or "Women Only" Womens work was a definate..taking care of house, kids, husband, charity work, church, and if the girl worked outside the home it was clerical, library, teach, or working in a store. If the girl was married to an abuser, it was her fault that she was beaten, or the kids fault they were hit. The police would not get involved. Sexual battery was shoved under the rug..it was her fault. Girls had an allowance for the household needs. Choice was limited to what to have for dinner.<BR/>I see the 60s used as a template in the area I live in. Imagine, Martha Stewart crossed with Donna Reed. Pearls on to go get groceries. Make-up and hair perfect. And yes, even admitting that they get up early so they can look presentable when their husbands get up..I am serious. Most have degrees, but their professional skills have rusted because they are Uber-Moms. With 50% of the marriages ending in divorce, these women are going to have a bad surprise later on. Education/skills is an insurance policy. A friend of mine is in her early 60s, she was the Donna Reed that probably had that book, and was the typical wife of that time. Now the only thing she has to her name is a dog. She rents a room, and for income she is a pet sitter. That period of time was a Lie. <BR/>Women are girls who refuse to let the pressures of "society" make them into something the are not nor want to be. They have chosen their own path and are willing to stand up for it. Hairy legs and all.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10901468.post-11210017885579510732008-02-09T05:30:00.000-05:002008-02-09T05:30:00.000-05:00You are SO right that attitdues to (and from) wome...You are SO right that attitdues to (and from) women) have come so far and yet haven't at the same time.<BR/><BR/>I LOVE the "It Itches" cartoon! Fabulous :)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05518839954448090866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10901468.post-42570404437598167582008-02-08T23:54:00.000-05:002008-02-08T23:54:00.000-05:00We have a number of those. I like "Miss Fluffy's R...We have a number of those. I like "Miss Fluffy's Rice Cookbook," "Desserts Men Love" and several early-40s 4H bread cookbooks. The earliest one has the most disgusting photo of someone with an entire loaf's worth of dough on her wooden spoon above her mixing bowl, which is not on a table but being held with her other hand/arm.<BR/><BR/>My fave booklet, though, is not a cookbook. "Bugs, and How to Kill 'em." The first company to bring DDT in to the home environment. Lovely! Front cover is a lady in an apron with a spray can. Hmmm.ColorJoy LynnHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03238476918178854398noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10901468.post-62869198724404946252008-02-08T23:09:00.000-05:002008-02-08T23:09:00.000-05:00Yee hah! It's a book! I begins to wait for it to s...Yee hah! It's a book! I begins to wait for it to show up in the stores.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10901468.post-51059423203474144782008-02-08T22:13:00.000-05:002008-02-08T22:13:00.000-05:00Old book: welcome to my world! My kids thought I w...Old book: welcome to my world! My kids thought I was mean to rant and rave about how awful the 50's were--but they were. I wasn't supposed to go to college--"cause girls just get married and it's a waste"--but I did anyway. What's pathetic is my daughter's MIL who thinks it's awful that she's going back to work now that she has a baby. Talk about stuck in the 60's... and she's a lot younger than I am! (I'm the enabler--I'm going to babysit!)mehitabelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07855340553296575495noreply@blogger.com