This is entry #1 of the Pulp Project, which will by no means replace the Redhead Project*. The Redheads are pinups, which reached the height of their popularity about the same time as pulp magazines did. I've gotten interested in the differences between the two, particularly in the subjective space that women occupy in each. Did the pulps allow them more or less potency and/or agency? I'm not sure yet. It's true that the pulp covers often subjectify them as damsels in distress, but they also portray women in positions of power, dissent, and resistance, while pinups usually allow them power only through sexuality**. We'll see, won't we?

*There will be redheads in the pulp series, but there will also be blondes and brunettes and bald aliens.
**Of course, this pulp cover really isn't all that different. Still, the pinup women don't usually get fire as an accessory.