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Contains 20 Results:

Carnival Knowledge, bulk: 1984

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 18
Scope and Contents

Contains advertising media by the feminist art collective Carnival Knowledge promoting performance pieces. Also includes a suggested reading list by Carnival Knowledge.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1984

Sexuality, 1983, 1992-1993

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 19
Scope and Contents Contains clippings and photocopies of newspaper and periodical articles and essays on sex and gender, as well as book reviews. Includes a copy of the Spring 1983 issue of the periodical Alternative Media with O'Dair's essay "Sex, Love, Desire: Feminist Struggle Over the Portrayal of Sex" as the cover story. Also includes a press release and description for Amanda Trager's exhibition "Men, Myths, & Masculinities" at LedisFlam in New York, a packet of creative writing, and a catalog for...
Dates: 1983, 1992-1993

Anti-Censorship Booklets, 1991, 1993

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 20
Scope and Contents

This file did not originate in the O'Dair subject files. Include three booklets: one copy of "Sense & Censorship: The Vanity of Bonfires" by Marcia Pally, and two copies of the conference report "The Sex Panic: Women, Censorship and 'Pornography'" by the National Coalition Against Censorship.

Dates: 1991, 1993

FACT Press Releases, 1985, 1992

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents

Contains press releases and reports by Feminist Anti-Censorship Taskforce (FACT) leadership to members. Includes a FACT position statement, meeting minutes, and general announcements. Of note is a May 4, 1992, letter from FACT to then Senator Joseph Biden calling for his vote against the Pornography Victims' Compensation Act.

Dates: 1985, 1992

Various Correspondence from F.A.C.T., Etc., 1982-1985, 1991-1992

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents Contains various documents by and relating to FACT, including newspaper clippings, meeting minutes, notes, contact sheets, agendas, circulars, a bibliography, and book announcements. Also includes photocopies of essays and articles on sex, sexuality, and criticism of the anti-pornography movement; letters from Joan Nestle and Amber Hollibaugh to the editors of Off Our Backs (oob) critiquing its coverage of the 1982 Barnard Conference on Sexuality; correspondence with publishers regarding...
Dates: 1982-1985, 1991-1992

Reviews of Sex Books + CJ Scheiner Porn Bibliography, 1983 - 1985

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 3
Scope and Contents

Includes newspaper clippings of book reviews on books on sex and sexuality, including Caught Looking: Feminism, Pornography, & Censorship. Also includes a typed copy of Barbara O'Dair's essay "Sex, Love, Desire: Feminists Struggle Over the Portrayal of Sex" and two copies of catalog #6 of books for sale by CJ Schneiner under the category "Erotica-Curiosa-Sexology".

Dates: 1983 - 1985

Joseph Vasta Catalogue, 1987

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 4
Scope and Contents

Contains "Eros List Number Four" and "Eros List Number Five", catalogs for Eros magazine by Joseph Vasta.

Dates: 1987

U.S. Court of Appeals, Brief Amici Curiae of FACT, Nan Hunter & Sylvia Law, 1984 - 1985

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 5
Scope and Contents

Items of note include: a copy of Indianapolis General Ordinances on pornography; an amicus brief for FACT regarding the legal case American Booksellers Association, Inc., et al., v. William H. Hudnutt III, et al.; an outline of Los Angeles County Anti-Pornography Civil Rights Law policy; a circular calling for recipients to "Vote No on Question 3" and Vote Against Censorship", and a meeting agenda for the FACT Book Committee.

Dates: 1984 - 1985

Caught Looking Biz, Bibliography Copies Minus Califia Letter (which I have), 1986 - 1987

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 6
Scope and Contents

Items of note include: bibliographies of publications on sex and sexuality; a letter to Patrick Califia; meeting notes to FACT Book Committee meetings; a press release for the book Caught Looking: Feminism, Pornography, & Censorship and for "Pornography Notebook"; and a copy of an informational graphic by O’Dair and Abby Tallmer called “Sex Paparazzi".

Dates: 1986 - 1987

Caught Looking Reviews, 1987 - 1993

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 7
Scope and Contents

Includes printed copies of book reviews for and references to Caught Looking: Feminism, Pornography, & Censorship in Metro Times, Arsenal/Surrealist Subversion, LIBIDO, The Nation, Voice Literary Supplement, Screw, Gay Community News, Afterimage, Elle, The Nation, Utne Reader, Wall Street Journal, On Our Backs, and other publications.

Dates: 1987 - 1993