fall 2016
This last post for my blog has less to do with the scanning process and more on how I am applying everything I have learned into the real world. I created a survey that asks ten questions, all of which are fairly simple and easy to expand on. They are …
Over the course of this semester, I have been working to digitalize a couple of years of Joanne McQueen’s work, 1979-1981 in particular. In addition to getting to know Joanne personally and listening to her stories about the ERA and countless of other events, I have gotten to see the …
Back in the beginning of the second wave of the Feminist Movement, women had to resort to educating themselves on feminist topics because a lot of the discourse was only available to people who could afford college. Women’s sexual health during this era was no different because women were not …
A big portion of my scrapbook related to the Fantastic Feminist is dedicated to women learning how to defend themselves from a sexual predators. There was this folder that was titled “We Care America”, which used to be called “Weapons Corp America”. There were pamphlets that teach women how to …
As an update from my last post, I have discovered what the Luna Sponge used to cost through my work with the Fantastic Feminist scrapbooks. Luna Sponges used to cost between $1.75 and $1.95 when they were sold retail and Planned Parenthood would sell them for $1.50 during the time …
A big part of the current election happening in America is focused on Women’s rights and their right to choose what they wish to do with their bodies. We have one side of the election “promising” to restrict women’s access to abortion and venues such as Planned Parenthood while we …