zahlenzauber*in 2d ago
Sini Tuulia

Brace yourselves for a reproduction postcard from 1915 or so, a cornucopia of an increasing number of "Wait, what?" the longer you look at it. It has chickens and the barest fucking tangential connection to the holiday of Easter and that's wonderful. Gaze upon it:

#VintagePostcards #Postcards #HistoricalFashion

Mar 31, 2024 at 3:41pmWeb
Show threadSini TuuliaMar 31, 2024

Every year I look at this postcard, it's my one Easter tradition. It's more and more fucked up the longer you look at it, but also just very joyful, and if that isn't suitably eldritch and macabre for a holiday I don't care about but must be subjected to, I don't know what is.

Also heck I spent way too long on that alt text, I hope you enjoy it!

Show threadSini Tuulia5d ago
It's not quite Easter yet and I don't actually celebrate, but wow do I love this postcard and will take any opportunity to show it to people. 😸
Show threadAdriano5d ago
@sinituulia "Faster, my hen, for you must yield more eggs! More! MORE!"
Show threadHelena S.Mar 31, 2024
@sinituulia Many of Nyström's Christmas cards are equally delightful and careless and provocative, just love them.
Show threadSini TuuliaMar 31, 2024
@helna A lot of them are perfectly whimsical and cute, and then there are multiple where you start looking at them and find several different layers. 😄​ I've only seen some, but still!
Show threadDr Ro SmithMar 31, 2024
@sinituulia oh my god! 😂
Show threadSini TuuliaMar 31, 2024
@Rhube I keep imagining that the artist was advised to design a card like "Just slap some chickens and daffodils on it, it will sell" and went "Ohhhhhh, I'll slap some chickens on it alright!"
Show threadPetra Kaminen MosherMar 31, 2024
@sinituulia A feast for the eyes and brain - I salute your alt text! 😁
Show threadSini TuuliaMar 31, 2024
@kaminenmosher Thank you! The card delights me every year and I could have gone on longer about it! 😂​
Show threadComrade Weez5d ago
@sinituulia ah, her lovely Ether bonnet chock full of dead jesus chickens. how nice. And she's completely charming. She'll roast the one on the leash later on, when she stops popping eggs out of her butt
Show threadSini Tuulia5d ago
@weezmgk It's so demented and I love it
Show threadEm5d ago
@sinituulia celebrate fertility, kill the cock!
Show threadRay McCarthy5d ago
@sinituulia
She also looks like she has a stole and muff made from dead hens or cocks.
Show threadSini Tuulia5d ago
@raymaccarthy As outlined in the alt text also, yes. 😄 It's wonderful
Show threadRay McCarthy5d ago

@sinituulia
Sorry, I read the alt text after I posted.

It's marvellously bonkers and I do like a lot of Jenny Nyström's art.

Show threadKatzentratschen2d ago

@sinituulia Love it! Have you seen these postcards?

https://tovejansson.com/tove-jansson-postcard-artist-easter

Tove Jansson's Easter postcards

Did you know this about Tove Jansson – postcards were an important part of her career and a great source of income. Check out her Easter cards!

Tove Jansson
Show threadSini Tuulia1d ago
@katzentratschen Some of them but not all of them! I went to an exhibition of Jansson's work when I was much much younger but while it had other works, there was a much larger quantity of Moomin...
Show threadMiriam's on Medical Leave2d ago
@sinituulia whu… wow. i mean… no wait… what? WHAT? oh wow.
Show threadCarrieQ422d ago
@sinituulia This is simply amazing. You’re right. I can’t stop looking at it. So much to digest!