pinup girl

Before leaving, we snapped a photo together — her in a blue velvety outfit, me in jeans and a T-shirt emblazoned with a sequin pinup girl.

A fan of ‘50s and ‘60s rock and the vintage pinup girl look, Álvarez, who has worked as a nanny since arriving in the U.S. two decades ago, praised projects like the Paramount that preserve Boyle Heights’ cultural identity amid the gentrification onslaught.

On one, there was a pinup girl straddling a rocket.

On its screen was not any sort of equation or tactical diagram but rather a rendering of a pinup girl.

Joan remembers of a family friend: “His Zippo had a pinup girl on it. Long brown hair with bangs and a pink bikini. My youth was marked by such images — seeing them on playing cards or drawn crudely on bathroom stalls.”