Topic: Nazis

Russell Brand Doesn’t Let Hugo Boss Forget Its Nazi Ties

Russell Brand is the type of guy that you give an award to and then he calls out your past Nazi ties, and I f*cking love him for it. More »

Shelved Dolls: Coco Chanel – Was She A Nazi?

It is one of the banes of my existence that every time I see a movie or read a novel that details the life of Coco Chanel, they focus on one aspect. More »

Gallery: The Best And Worst Of The (Swiftly Reappropriated) ‘Feminist Nazi’ Meme

From the deepest, nerdiest, most woman-hating depths of the Internet, a new meme was born. And everyone saw that it was stupid. How stupid, you ask? Well, just take a look around. Thankfully, some clever people have taken control of the meme and are currently using it to mock its original creators, so I’ve included some examples of that, too. Perhaps you’d like to have a go at it yourself? More »

Heil Honey I’m Home & Other TV Shows About Nazis, Dictators & Murderers

2 years ago by Jennifer Wright and Ashley Cardiff
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Today, someone sent us a Buzzfeed list of TV shows cancelled after one episode that culminated with Heil Honey I’m Home!–a show about domestic screwball bliss between Adolf Hitler and Eva Braun–which reminded us the show existed in the first place. Here, editors Jennifer Wright and Ashley Cardiff try to parse what makes one joke about Hitler acceptable and another “in poor taste.” Then, they try and one-up the brains behind Heil Honey! and shit gets pretty dark. More »

The Editors Discuss: Swing Kids And Other Dancing Nazi Movies

Sometimes, Editor in Chief Jennifer Wright and deputy editor Ashley Cardiff just want to dance. Normal, non-antisemitic dancing. Which is to say, in a way that has nothing to do with the godawful 1993 movie Swing Kids starring Christian Bale. As a dancing Nazi. Here, they discuss this and other movies in which dancing and Nazis converge. More »

Retro Snap: Who Is This?

There’s an interesting article about her political opinions out today. Hint: it’s not Jackie Kennedy! More »

Retro Snap: What’s Odd About This Wartime Hat?

It’s made by Jean Patou, a Parisian designer during the 40′s. More »

Eva Braun In Blackface

This is my gift to you: the next time fashion editors talk about how blackface fashion spreads are okay, sometimes, because different countries have a different history with race, you get to talk about Hitler’s mistress dancing around like she’s in a minstrel show. Yes. Shutting people down with the Nazi reference. Happy Thursday. More »