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squirrel @lemmy.blahaj.zone

10mo ago

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Is there a reason she's dressed as an amazon? Beyond the thirst-trap?
- The original article that went with the picture spoke of "a new race of amazons" and calls the woman on the right, "Diana", which may be a reference to Wonder Woman (AKA Diana, Princess of the Amazons).
  
  Or the Latin name for Artemis.
  But where are they? I need to know... so I can avoid them...
  
  This article is a perfect example of linear extrapolating.. They were like "huh, when you feed people a balanced diet with proper nutrition, they get 3 or 4 inches taller. This trend will obviously continue until people are 10 feet tall in a few generations."
  
  Well now I'm wondering if they designed Xena's outfit based on this illustration...
- Wonder Woman was created in 1941. I assume this comic was created in the 1950's based on the dates.
  Only connection I can think of.
  
  Greek mythology is actually older than Marvel comics.
- Fashion is cyclical
- A better question - is there a reason women today do not dress as amazons?

Those were lies :( where giant women?

Damn, if only

My mom is apparently the prophesied one, she is 6’2”.

Interesting how it says "authorities" not "experts"
- Well it's likely short for "authorities on the subject", i.e. experts.
  
  Probably, I just found the change of wording curious
- Reeeesssspect ma authorotyyyy

6' ~ 1.82m
A bit tall for average height
- Not tall enough

They weren't as far off as one might think. If everyone had a standard of living growing up that scaled with trends at the time, women would probably be taller than they actually are.
When I was 5' 11" and starting college as an honors student, I was shocked that most women in the program were around my height or taller, while the men were all taller than me. I think it was mostly because the other honors students came from well off families that pushed them to have high GPAs, made them eat healthy as they grew, and gave them every other possible advantage. Honestly, they didn't seem much smarter than many other students I later met. They mostly had privileged upbringings.

They were on to something though.
- Yes, that sure is something. Damn.

1900 woman's waistline is an optical illusion

Definitely not 6 foot. But yes I do exceed size 11... by quite a large margin 😅
- It's OK to be a Hobbit.

So the 1950's lass is wearing high heels. Without them she's probably a similar height to the first lass.
- Women's shoes in 1900 routinely had high heels as well. Here's a sample:
  https://vintagedancer.com/1900s/edwardian-shoes-styles/
  The difference may be about an inch from the 1950s shoe shown.
  
  So, they are both smaller and there's a giant leap up to amazonian.

We really let them down on fashion.
- I blame the Amazons and their secretive ways

...am I a 2000s gal?

Death by Snu Snu

The good timeline.

I’m so close to the prophesied one. But really it’s my mom that was the leap. Grandma is tiny, mom was nearly my size.
- Wait, Grandma didn't shrink a couple feet?

Of anything that would happen 300 years from now, a 3 meter tall woman everywhere is not what i would expect.
- Only the Martian women get that privilege 😩

Less gooo! that's what I have been waiting for that's what it's allabout !!!

And thanks to sizing inflation, they are all still size zero

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