#readers digest

[ilovemesomevincentprice]

Vincent Price - The Brainwashing of John Hayes (1955)

[thegikitiki]

Here's an example of the original "Add to Cart" button: a mechanical wheel that requires ten seconds of physical labor and a prayer to the copper-wire gods. In 1961, shopping at 3 A.M. wasn't a blurry-eyed scroll through a smartphone; it was a formal engagement with a heavy plastic brick and a "catalog sales office" employee who was likely reconsidering their life choices. The ad even suggests the Sears catalog was a more effective piece of American propaganda than the phonograph. Move over, democracy, we’re conquering the Cold War one polyester blend at a time.

Sourced from the August 1961 issue of Reader's Digest.

[eyeofpsyche]

I don't have any idea of who or what God is. But I do believe in some great spiritual power. I feel it particularly when I'm out in nature. It's just something that's bigger and stronger than what I am or what anybody is. I feel it. And it's enough for me.

— Jane Goodall, Questions & Answers, Reader's Digest, p. 128,(September 2010)

[hellish-cruelty]

Rich red bedrooms. 🍒

Amélie (2000), Paddington (2014), The Royal Tenenbaums (2001)

[duskandherembracex]

a hardcover copy of Jane Eyre I found at a bookfair ˖ ݁𖥔 ݁˖

[charlie-mac-posts]

Yeah, Gidday - It's May already 2026

It's The time of the Year for Reading a Good Book It has been a great autumn in New Zealand. The weather has settled, and the trees have

[retropopcult]

November 1971

[wolfgangamadeusmozartwife]

Nun in red heels from Readers Digest magazine, c. 1967