Just thought of another invention that freed women: Charles F. Kettering's invention in 1911 of the electric starter for automobile engines. It eliminated the need for hand cranking which requires a lot of muscle and can be dangerous if not done correctly.
Yes, and clean. Also you can pretty much leave your laundry, go run errands, and the clothes will be there when you get back. Ah, luxury living (Full disclosure, I have a washing machine at home, which I consider a mark of affluent-enuf living.)
Oh yes. We belong to the only generation of women in the history of the world which, for an all-too-brief moment, was able to have sex without fear or pregnancy, serious disease, or disapprobation. Then came the diseases of AIDS and frog-marching fundamentalism. And now, even birth control seems to be threatened.
Yes, Hopper is my inspiration for cityscape composition; Alice Neal for portraits. Painters get to arrange life exactly as they wish; photographers must take what life offers and work with it. But now, we have AI, so let's see.
Just thought of another invention that freed women: Charles F. Kettering's invention in 1911 of the electric starter for automobile engines. It eliminated the need for hand cranking which requires a lot of muscle and can be dangerous if not done correctly.
OK. we'll add it to the list.
You might also have added vacuum cleaners.
Uh OH. it speaks to my cleaning regime that vacuums are further down on my list.
The MP shot is quite Hopper-esque!
Yes. I look to hopper for cityscape composition. Alive Neal for portraits.
The two inventions you named would seem totally unrelated, but I agree with your conclusion.
Yes.
From a New Yorker's perspective, that looks like a luxurious laundromat. So big! And open late.
Yes, and clean. Also you can pretty much leave your laundry, go run errands, and the clothes will be there when you get back. Ah, luxury living (Full disclosure, I have a washing machine at home, which I consider a mark of affluent-enuf living.)
I'd put birth control at the top of that list!
Agree!
Oh yes. We belong to the only generation of women in the history of the world which, for an all-too-brief moment, was able to have sex without fear or pregnancy, serious disease, or disapprobation. Then came the diseases of AIDS and frog-marching fundamentalism. And now, even birth control seems to be threatened.
Hope they don't wash their tampons!🤪
yes, hope it doesn't come to that.
Great shot of the Elm and Court Streets laundromat- reminds me of an Edward Hopper.
Yes, Hopper is my inspiration for cityscape composition; Alice Neal for portraits. Painters get to arrange life exactly as they wish; photographers must take what life offers and work with it. But now, we have AI, so let's see.