Cathy Classics by Cathy Guisewite for April 20, 1997

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Cathy reading: "This season's must have accessories: biceps, triceps and deltoids! And one and two and... Cathy: I need a shoulder to cry on! Charlene/Andrea and other woman: Not mine! You'll make my fake tan all streaky!! A Brief history of the female shoulder.1987: Massive linebacker shoulder pads proclaim women as serious contenders in business. 1990: Giddy with the promise of power in business, women seek power in all areas of life. Shoulder pads are sewn into all clothes. Even underwear. 1992: Women notice the only place they actually have power is in rejecting the ridiculous shoulder pad look and buying the shouchy grunge look. 1995: Shoulders are ignored competely, shoulder pads are ripped out of old power suits and used to pad the chest. 1997: Having spent a decade being pumped, slumped, poofed and passed over, the shoulder is declared the "body part of the season," and is sent out to stand alone, naked and unembellished, in an air-conditioned world.