#(1971)

[luegootravez]

Christina Lindberg in 'Maid in Sweden' (1971)

[douglasbradburyverne]

On this day in 1971, "Amazing Spider-Man #96" was released by Marvel without the approval of the Comics Code Authority (after they had refused to allow the issue's anti-drug storyline). This eventually led to the end of the heavy-handed rules that had been enforced by the Authority since the 50s.

[70ssmut4]

[beatlblog]

#this is the ONLY possible reason he'd be straight. but I have also missed prime opportunities like this and I'm still gay so. 🤷‍♂️ (via @blackbeltkitten2)

#THE FAG FOUR‼️#<- what i will be calling my reboot of the beatles cartoon (via @paulmccartneyexplodingonstage)

#both are alright (via @brightsout)

#i know he was in his homophobic era but he’s still very funny for saying this at all (via @bugscholar)

reboot of the homophobic era oh! horrors for him for one thousand years!

#why did he say that (via @johnlennonyaoi)

#MISSED OPPORTUNITY#RIP JOHN LENNON YOU WOULD HAVE LOVED THE FOUR FAT SLUTS MEME (via @scary-ivy)

#and he's never been more right (via @ncwhereman)

#the four#one thing about John Lennon is he STAYS fumbling the bag (via @fkajohnlennon-remade)

he shoulda bit his tongue and left it at "the four"

#the fag four sound like a superpower group (via @l3fool)

#internalised homophobia hit so hard he couldnt pun properly (via @koalatypebear)

embarrassing!

#was he joking? yes#will I take him literally? absolutely (via @boshemians)

because how COULD you not?

#f (via @strawberrymacca)

f for fail

#truly inexcusable ball drop (via @adriennefrombrooklyn)

#f slur reclaimed#I don’t know how true this is but of all the Beatles who could’ve POSSIBLY said this! (via @pennielanelisbon)

#a rare miss (via @blondecasino)

#smh (via @hookechoes)

#smh (via @ringosmistress)

#what a great opportunity#yet he missed it (via @ghost-train-to-strawberry-fields)

#the fag four is the only way I'll be referring to them for the rest of my life (via @the-invisible-queer)

#thinking about this again#the fag four will never leave my brain tbh i’m a genius for that one (via @franklyimissparis)

#If you are going to say a slur SAY IT RIGHT#You have one job John#ffs (via @bewareofdarkness)

#he's really uncreative#(joking of course)#but i do call them the fag four to some circles (via @monkberryfields)

it’s so upsetting how john lennon described the beatles as “four young fags” in the 1971 st. regis interview. when he had the opportunity to say “the fag four” RIGHT there

[dandyads]

Listerine, 1971

Theme Week: Black Ads 🧑🏾‍🦱

[cosmonautroger]

Astronaut Alan Shepard, Astronaut Ed Mitchell, Moon, Apollo 14, 1971

[neworleansqueen]

Robert Plant at Madison Square Garden in New York, NY. (September 1st, 1971)

Photo by Dina Regine.

[brutalistinteriors]

Headquarters of the French Communist Party, Paris. Oscar Niemeyer.

[ringosmistress]

[probablymoons]

"If It's Sex You're Looking For..." Designed by Judith Johnson for Hallmark, 1971. Archived from The Peculiar Manicule.

[70sgroovy]

betty davis photographed by baron wolman, 1970

[zegalba]

Kogei Club: Koseki (1971)

[jeanrollins]

Requiem pour un vampire (1971)

[robertxdarling]

Candy Darling by Dustin Pittman, 1971

[wh0-is-lily]

Virna Lisi in, 'Love Me Strangely,' 1971 Dir. Sergio Gobbi

[twixnmix]

Candy Darling photographed by Laura Rubin, 1971.