Photography – Pulp & Pep https://monicanolan.com/pulppep An exploration of lesbian pulps and 1950s teen romance Wed, 20 Feb 2019 19:10:21 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.0.3 120614702 DIY Cheesecake https://monicanolan.com/pulppep/2013/01/07/diy-cheesecake/ Mon, 07 Jan 2013 14:00:30 +0000 http://monicanolan.jayuen.com/pulppep/?p=313 How I Photograph Myself, by Bunny Yeager, 1964

I pulled this gem from the SFPL’s 3rd floor page desk, which turned out to be quite a production. Apparently the book could only be looked at in a certain spot, a particular table next to the Art and Music reference desk, under the eagle eye of the reference librarian. I speculated it might be because Bunny Yeager’s photographs—pin-ups, cheesecake, calendar art—fell into some theft vulnerability category the librarians have made up. After all, Bunny Yeager is best known for her Betty Page photos, and Betty Page has quite the cult following, what with bio-pic, books, and a store on Haight … Read more

]]> 313 Distracted Lesbians with Cameras https://monicanolan.com/pulppep/2012/03/04/distracted-lesbians-with-cameras/ Mon, 05 Mar 2012 00:44:58 +0000 http://monicanolan.jayuen.com/pulppep/?p=66 One of my pet peeves about lesbian pulp fiction is how little attention the lesbians pay to career advancement. They have no work ethic — they’re always coming in late to the office in the morning or taking a sick day to nurse their hangovers. I think Beebo Brinker delivers less than a dozen pizzas in the course of her supposed pizza-delivery job. Sometimes I finish a book, still not sure how the tormented lesbian was managing to pay the rent.

Paula Christian’s books are an exception. The career is always part of the story, whether the heroine is a stewardess, a writer, or a photographer as in the novel … Read more

]]> 66 Shutterbugs: Katie and Her Camera and Sharon James, Freelance Photographer https://monicanolan.com/pulppep/2012/02/08/shutterbugs-katie-and-her-camera-and-sharon-james-freelance-photographer/ https://monicanolan.com/pulppep/2012/02/08/shutterbugs-katie-and-her-camera-and-sharon-james-freelance-photographer/#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 21:17:42 +0000 http://monicanolan.jayuen.com/pulppep/?p=48 Katie And Her Camera (1955, Lois Hobart)

The Story: Dad has died and Katie has to get a job in order to finish college (a weak or absent patriarch is always a good excuse for a career). Inexperienced Katie applies for a part-time job as assistant to photographer Rolfe Esperson, who not only hires her but proceeds to teach her everything he knows, loans her his equipment, and pays her to boot. At one point he says she looks worn out and gives her a hundred dollars with instructions to go on a shopping spree.

My kind of boss!

Katie takes to photography like a duck to water and by … Read more

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