Days That End in 'Y' - editorial 'toons & memes

Saturday, November 02, 2019

Days That End in 'Y' - editorial 'toons & memes

'Does anyone really know what time it is?' edition.

Mexico Day of the Dead

"The Day of the Dead (Spanish: Día de Muertos) is a Mexican holiday celebrated throughout Mexico, in particular the Central and South regions, and by people of Mexican heritage elsewhere. In Mexican culture, death is viewed as a natural part of the human cycle. Mexicans view it not as a day of sadness but as a day of celebration because their loved ones awake and celebrate with them."

(That's very bad theology. The dead merely sleep, and there is no eternal life without Jesus Christ, but the above is from wikipedia, so who knows whether it's accurate.)

Female bodybuilders fighting prejudice, and showing off their gains, 1900s
""The first “strongwomen” appeared in the 19th century, but were almost unheard of until much later. The appearance of strong women became more prevalent in sporting events and were also a common attraction in circuses where they would showcase their superhuman strength. This in turn paved the way for other rule-breaking girls such as female wrestlers and bodybuilders."

"One of the best known super women was Katie Brumbach called the “Great Sandwina”. Brumbach’s parents were circus performers from Vienna, Austria. Katie, along with her 14 siblings, would perform in their parent's circus acts.

Brumbach would go on to wow audiences by lifting her husband (who reportedly weighed 165 lbs) over her head with only one arm and 300 pounds of weights with both. In her later years Brumbach joined the Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus as a powerlifter where she snapped iron bars with her bare hands. At the age of 57 she was still able to pull to hoist her husband above her head with only one arm."

"In the 19th and early 20th centuries, exercise for females was frowned upon by both laypeople and doctors alike. Most were of the opinion that women had very little energy or strength and this should be spent on housework while bearing and raising children. The only exercise women needed could be found in the home. One health educator of the time stated that any other type of physical fitness “of a masculine character causes the female body to become more like that of a man.”

Women of the time strayed far away from any type of exertion and certainly cared not to identify with strength or size of any kind, given that it was a stigma, rather than an honor when attributed to women."

(Imho, I doubt these 'rule breaking' women would tolerate our current anti-female transgender insanity)