I am starting a panel of Rosie the Riveter--except instead of "We Can Do It!", I'm going to make her say something off-the wall. Any suggestions?
So far, it has been suggested that I make her flipping everyone off.... Posted by Jon Aston (Member # 1725) on :
"Rosie the Riveter?" (Had to google it...figured this might help your cause, Katie).
You sure wouldn't want to mess with Rosie, by the looks of her. She looks like an angry lesbian proctologist to me...ready to tear your heart out through your *** - just for being a man.
Put her in scrubs with a "Proctology" department sign in the background. Caption: "Next!"
[ July 27, 2005, 06:13 AM: Message edited by: Jon Aston ]
Posted by Camille Norvaisas (Member # 501) on :
Katie - what a great idea - Rosie is such an icon - I'm sleepy this morning for ideas for you though.
Posted by Frank Magoo (Member # 3950) on :
Uh, don't know about that Jon, that of course would be one way to view her. My memories are fond, my Mom was one of those women, she was shop foreman of shop 11 at Mare Island during the entire war. Her and her friends held Rosie in high regard and showed great pride in being among those that worked war years in those factories and shops. Rosie was created more towards women filling in and doing men's work to support war effort while the men were away fighting, then any feminist movement;(she was an ad campaign designed to sell war bonds and boost moral support of the war among civilians), thou some thought along those lines(feminist movement), probably spawned from those shops, during those years. If I was to change anything it would be to change it to, "we did it!"
Posted by Ken Holden (Member # 5653) on :
I agree with frank--Rosie flipping everyone off would be an injustice to an icon.
Posted by Stephen Broughton (Member # 2237) on :
quote:Originally posted by Jon Aston: [QB] "Rosie the Riveter?" (Had to google it...figured this might help your cause, Katie).
You sure wouldn't want to mess with Rosie, by the looks of her. She looks like an angry lesbian proctologist to me...ready to tear your heart out through your *** - just for being a man.
Put her in scrubs with a "Proctology" department sign in the background. Caption: "Next!"
Its OK John I'd never heard of her either I guess the Canadian sense of humour is a lot closer to the British one than US Posted by John Smith (Member # 1308) on :
GIT - R - DONE
would be appropriate in todays world, I do believe.
[ July 27, 2005, 09:37 AM: Message edited by: John Smith ]
Posted by Catharine C. Kennedy (Member # 4459) on :
Norman Rockwell did a take on Rosie, perched on a girder with her riviting iron across her lap, eating her sandwich- and looking very pleased! I understand the original was raffled off to raise funds & eventually the maker of the machine bought it...
Posted by Janette Balogh (Member # 192) on :
"Go ahead, make my day"
"Just do it!"
"No soap scum too tough"
"Wanna arm wrestle?"
"Just watch me!"
"Get outta my way!"
"Bright bandana collection, 30 bux Membership at the Gym 300 bux, Being able to kick asss .... Priceless"
"Got Attitude?"
Posted by John Largent (Member # 4606) on :
I'm with Frank here . . . She was an icon . . still should be!
Posted by Kimberly Zanetti (Member # 2546) on :
Katie, I have to agree with the prevailing sentiment here. Why would you feel a need to take something positive and make it obscene? Don't get me wrong, I'm not some super conservative but I think that there is enough negative stuff in our world without adding to it, don't you think?
Why not make it something enthusiastic and positive?
Posted by Bobbie Rochow (Member # 3341) on :
I agree with Kimberly, make it a positive thing!
My husband's Grama worked in a factory in Pittsburgh during WW2 & he has been looking for the picture of her his family has. he is so very proud of her!
Posted by Kissymatina (Member # 2028) on :
How about a combo of 2 suggestions...
We Got-R-Dun
Posted by Catharine C. Kennedy (Member # 4459) on :
Rosie's picture didn't completely fit the scanner, but I got most of the important stuff- what you see is PRIDE! Posted by Nevman (Member # 332) on :
No soliciting...
Posted by Beth Bryant (Member # 5841) on :
I don't think she is wanting to do something obscene guys. I know Katie real well and she aint going to insult the orignal. She is just wanting update it. Thats all. Posted by Ricky Jackson (Member # 5082) on :
Sorry Rosie fans, she just needed a little tweaking. Posted by Dale Manor (Member # 4858) on :
"Will the monkey paint again?"
I DON'T THINK SO!
with knife in hand of course!
good luck Kansas....wish I were there to help!
fare ye well
Steve the Muralist
Posted by Si Allen (Member # 420) on :
Hahahaha Ricky....you must be a fan of female body builders!
Posted by Jean-Claude Theriault (Member # 966) on :
We've got our own Rosie in Halifax. I met this lady at our Pride Celebrations last Saturday afternoon as she passed out hundreds of bottles of spring water to those taking part, she even had taken the time and expense to get her logo and stuff on the labels - yet gave it away for free!
This goodwill effort will get her my business if ever in the situation where I can buy a property around here.
Jean-Claude
Posted by Katie Gillen (Member # 5843) on :
Thanks, guys!! Posted by Sheila Ferrell (Member # 3741) on :
Leave the caption..... put a brick wall behind it . . ., and add a coupl'a fitches in her hand. (move her forearm & elbow down a tad so the brushes don't obscure her face.)
Posted by Linda Silver Eagle (Member # 274) on :
Miss Sheiler,
I loved your sig/tag line the fiirst time I saw it and always wanted to ask if you got it from being your own "Rosie"...LOL.
I think that should be the caption LOL
(We have so much in common it's not even funny. I know I don't have to ask.)
...you are so right though!
Posted by Beth Bryant (Member # 5841) on :
Miss You Katie! The Studio is so lonely without you! Hope You are having fun in Wisconsin! Posted by Mike O'Neill (Member # 470) on :
... I love Rockwell, every picture tells a story...
Thanks Catherine, with a little digging I found this
Posted by John Deaton III (Member # 925) on :
That there is a fine specimen of womanhood! I wants me one! Posted by Frank Magoo (Member # 3950) on :
Now that all of that is said and done, want another challenge? Identify the buttons she's wearing on her coveralls......
Posted by Carl Wood (Member # 1223) on :
Frank - in my opinion you nailed it on your first post - my Mom was one of those women as well - she put in a many a hour at Fisher Steel - Aircraft im Memphis puttin aircraft frames together while my Dad was in the Phillipine Islands fighting . . .I would no more desecrate that image than I would one of the U.S.S. Arizona in Pearl Harbor or the monument to Iwo Jima . . . All emotions aside, Maybe "We Did it" might fit . . . Only button I might identify would be the "V" victory one in the middle
[ July 30, 2005, 03:01 AM: Message edited by: Carl Wood ]
Posted by David Wright (Member # 111) on :
From a lot of these responses you would think she was real. Reminds me of the emotions on another post a while back on comic book heroes.
Posted by Frank Magoo (Member # 3950) on :
Carl;
left to right, medals are: red cross trained; shop work level, hers is 8; v for victory; now is where it gets fuzzy, I think the copper ones were meritous duty buttons; the flag/circle was war bond level; and the big round one was her picture ID. I THINK!!! don't quote me...interesting though, somewhere I have all of my Mom's buttons and her daily journal, it was interesting to read.....
Posted by Linda Silver Eagle (Member # 274) on :
Frank...hubby says one of the copper ones should be one that was awarded for so many days/years without an accident.
Her journal sounds fascinating! I couldn't imagine what she would write in that day and time when women were leaving home to do mens' jobs. I'll bet she saw a lot of things we could not believe.
If you publish it. I would like a copy lOL...just for curiosity's sake.
Posted by Linda Silver Eagle (Member # 274) on :
I do know that in West Virginia, they had tons of requests on PBS channels for any Rosie the Riveter info folks could send in. They wanted to spotlight/celebrate the fabulous Rosies!
Posted by Katie Gillen (Member # 5843) on :
Thanks again, guys--I have always had a borderline-obsession with WWII history and pre-pop era design...I go back to school in a couple of weeks so I don't know when I'll finish Rosie or when I'll make my final decision, but I'll keep you posted.
After Rosie, I have another one...it's from WWI--it's an image of a woman in a Naval uniform saying "Gee! I wish I were a man! I'd join the Navy!" hehe
Posted by Mike O'Neill (Member # 470) on :
Google is a terrible thing...
Posted by Katie Gillen (Member # 5843) on :
In a word--I bought this while in Wisconsin a week ago......:-D Posted by VICTORGEORGIOU (Member # 474) on :
Katie, those two posters are just about everyone's favorites, and will be hard to improve on.
If you are interested in a Rosie the Riveter t-shirt, they are available at the Chicago Historical Society, North Avenue in Chicago.
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