Thread by @conor64

Let's take a trip back to 1978

Romance novels were cheap:

Cigarettes were sold with clumsy appeals to feminism

Perfume ads invited women to imagine themselves with a pet gerbil

And women were presumed to buy their husband's underwear

Which celebrities were helping to plan your travel?

Fact check: did people really call Los Angeles "The Big Mango"?

Visiting New York? Barbara Walters advises heading to Studio 54:

In this era children were allowed to play outside with their friends

Deodorant ads: reinforcing or subverting gender norms?

Patty Hearst!

I suspect that in truth she smoked for nicotine:

Service journalism:

Trimming excess sideburns were among the services on offer:

Warning: if you're offended by tiki culture skip this tweet!

I never knew about these:

The anti-carb moment had not yet come

Both the ostensibly expired salami and the ostensibly fresh salami looked dubious

What's the English word for this again?

Cigarettes are bad but wine skins are good

A dearth of Asian immigration meant fried rice dishes were vastly inferior compared to today

I don't know what to blame this on

I totally forgot about liquid paper

Furniture of the era

Flooring of the era

Home Mexican cooking of the era.

Camera of the era

Phone of the era

Alcohol of the era

/fin