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Keep Cool, Kathleen is a great pictorial from All Man July 1968. Kathleen’s pictorial was a submission by her boyfriend. The article says she is a 21 year old coed from LA who’s boyfriend thinks she’s really pretty, which is apparently pretty much the only requirement for submissions to All Man magazine. I like the story they present, that they feature ladies from all over America, and like to cover a variety of cities, small and large. I bet they received a lot of submissions from people in LA and I think it’s great that amateur photographers were able to get into a nationwide publication, something that was harder in those days. The access of information that we have today provides people a way to contact and get involved with creative professionals, it had to be a pretty big deal to get into any magazine back then. My other fave thing about this pictorial is how grumpy she looks, not that anyone needs to smile to be beautiful, but she just looks upset. ‘Fine, whatever, take my picture’ Enjoy!

I am currently editing a new magazine I scanned last week, but I wanted to share something totally new. This is the first post featuring actual vaginas! I went to a vintage paper fair about a year ago and bought these nudie magazine cut-outs, they are taped to 3 hole punched printer paper. I thought they were interesting, in a super trashy way, even the presentation. I have no idea who the ladies are or where the pictures came from; they seem to be around 1960’s /1970’s. The poses are interesting, there’s a lot of presenting, I imagine they’re thinking ‘look at my vagina please’ or ‘here it is’ they are just holding them open but its not the most erotic presentation, at least from my point of view. Although, they are beautiful women who seem to enjoy being on display. Enjoy!