Mary Ellin D'Agostion wrote the following in response to my inquiry about 
her hesitancy to discuss her privy research"
>Well, the iniitial responses I've gotten from people have not been
particularly >encouraging-- after the initial "eew, yucky' reaction, I get
asked 'have you thought >of _______?' (Fill in the blank with some very
basic consideration).
  
Well, well, well . . . . thin skinned aren't we!    Hey,  those " very
basic considerations" are just the efforts of   well intended but not well
informed  people trying to help.  If that the worse thing that happens to 
you, you are a lucky, lucky person.  As for the "eew, yucky." reactions, be
grateful.  I wrote my thesis on stylistic variation in "Pin-up Art" and
what it told us about the American Male  and archaeological theory.  (You 
know Vargas Girls,  Betty Grable, etc. ).  I would have traded a "eew,
yucky" anyday for the sexual fantasies  I had to listen to!   "Eew, yucky 
does begin to describe the stuff  people thought I'd be interested in just
because I chose to study this piece of "Americana."   So count your
blessings.  Ha!
LInda Derry [log in to unmask]