I& #39;m doing #VintageMagTweets early today as I have some vole business this evening.
I thought I& #39;d look at the strange world of cigarette adverts from the late 70s/early 80s.

Here& #39;s a claim: if your cigarettes are slim, you& #39;ll be slim too.
And again. It& #39;s hard to believe they got away with this.
I don& #39;t really need to say anything about this, do I?
"She& #39;s programmed. She& #39;s ready."

Women as recipients.
Dirty old pervs smoke our cigarettes.
I suppose we should be grateful they& #39;re acknowledging women can be scientists.
A bit like the naff trouser ads: buy our product and one of these women will be yours.
"No woman ever says no." Not rapey at all.
Lead Women Around by the Nose. As slogans go, it& #39;s a belter.
Vom.
This one& #39;s off-the-scale horrible. Can it be real? I can& #39;t remember where I found it.
Women reduced to legs, man receiving a crown. Could it be any more sexist?
Oh bog off.
Including this because I like Marc Bolan.
This is obviously how most professional violinists dress.
This one& #39;s a dentist.

& #39;Hey, lads, here& #39;s a great ad campaign. Let& #39;s present high-earning, highly-qualified professional women as just a bit of skin. That way we can be sexist but look as if we& #39;re being feminists.& #39;
And lastly - controversial.
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