Big Girls Don't Cry
Category: ARTS
In the late 1960s a new brand of cigarettes was introduced by Philip Morris International. A spinoff of the popular Benson & Hedges brand, its marketing was aimed at female smokers enjoying a new sense of liberation. For better or worse, the advertising slogan for Virginia Slims insisted that "You've Come A Long Way, Baby."
By George Heymont, ContributorSan Francisco-based arts critic, 2015-07-19