A very long time ago, the idea of women having serious careers seemed both amusing and titillating to society, and provided an excellent outlet for uniform fetishists and those who fantasised about powerful females. (It’s a good job we’ve moved beyond all that now, isn’t it… What, really? Still? For lesbians now? Oh. Right.) In 1902, a collection of French trading cards depicted “The Women of the Future”. Here are just a few, nabbed from io9.com:
I have a little treat for you today, my pretties. For those who have never heard of Leia-Ann Woods, she’s a stunningly beautiful switch with a penchant for corporal punishment. My dear little Eunichorn is an admirer of her work, and was so insistent that I should see more that he paid for a site subscription for me. He told me that there was something so intense in her performances that it was impossible to look away, and I certainly agree. It was a pleasure to meet her last week, albeit briefly, at Club Pedestal.
Here we see her at The English Mansion, answering the question: War! What is it good for? Well, this actually. More here.
