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"Velvet billboard is 'dehumanizing'"
Item ID: 97
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Title
"Velvet billboard is 'dehumanizing'"
Author
Margaret Putnam
Description
Letter to the Editor critiquing the way in which the newspaper coverage has represented the defilement of Black Velvet billboard advertisements across town
Name of Collection
Rochester Women Against Violence Against Women Archive
Folder Number
21
Folder Name
"Propaganda"
Approximate Date of Materials in Folder
1977-1980
General Description of Folder Contents
newspaper clippings of ads for the theatrical releases of films, articles about TV ads featuring female teenage models, and pornographic films in local theaters; event flyer, letter to Paul Krassner at Hustler Magazine, information pamphlet from Planned Parenthood about abortion procedures, article on censorship of Rolling Stones song "Some Girls," notes from talk by Rochester Women's Union, Jump Cut article on "A Boy and His Dog" and op-ed reviews written in UR's student newspaper Campus Times, magazine articles on porn, Newsweek article cover "Sex and TV" (Feb. 20 1978), Mother Jones magazine with article "Born Again Porn," public statement by United Church of Christ condemning sexual violence in media, articles that represent "backlash to feminism"
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Visual Studies Workshop
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