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We Now Return to Yesteryear... Oh, Never Mind

Our fantabulous brother blog Table of Malcontents reminds us why we’re so glad we weren’t born a few decades earlier. First, a look at a 1949 comic book called Will My Son Be A Cripple?: "One in every 7 or 8 boys is born colorblind, but that won’t keep you from earning a living like […]

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Our fantabulous brother blog Table of Malcontents reminds us why we're so glad we weren't born a few decades earlier.

First, a look at a 1949 comic book called Will My Son Be A Cripple?: "One in every 7 or 8 boys is born colorblind, but that won't keep you from earning a living like an ugly birthmark."

Criminy.

On the bright side, ToM also looks at another mid-century take on our bodies -- "The Story of Menstruation":

A little bean in your skull called the pituitarygland issues stern commands to commence menstruation and gross out yourboyfriend in this actually rather charming Walt Disney animation from1946.