“What’s a ‘sick window’?” flyer (ca. 1978)
“…this kind of advertising supports our society’s tolerance for the brutalization of women.”
A flyer encouraging readers to boycott a Cambridge, Massachusetts clothing company due to an offensive display window. From the Women Against Violence Against Woman records.
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What's a "sick window"?
What's a "sick window"?
What's a "sick window"?
What's a "sick window"?
Women Against Violence Against Women (Boston, Mass.)
Women Against Violence Against Women (Boston, Mass.)
1976-10
1976-10
Women Activists
Women's rights
Violence against women
Fashion industry
Women Activists
Women's rights
Violence against women
Fashion industry
http://hdl.handle.net/2047/D20248301
http://hdl.handle.net/2047/D20248301
Women Activists
Women's rights
Violence against women
Fashion industry
What's a "sick window"?
What's a "sick window"?
whats a sick window
1976/10/01
What's a "sick window"?
1976-10
Women Activists
Women Against Violence Against Women (Boston, Mass.)
Women Against Violence Against Women (Boston, Mass.)
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•)E- In the past two \leeks, Camel's Hump, a clo t hing store, has been display i n g a fema le n anneq ui n a s a co rpse, dres s ed in a garbage can and a bloody sheet . W b e lieve that this kind e of advertising suppor ts ou r soc ie ty's t ole rance for the brutalization of \·JOmen. This is the Boston-area's first "sick windo"\.-7, ~~ so-called by . the creators. C><-;E- c~,fo 'Jlw I Individual calls and complaints to management at Camel's Hum? h ave bc;.en i gnored and we he ar that they're pla.nning similar displays in the future. As concerned consumers, 'tve can stop this trend before it becomes the nevJ norm. (\fuy not "massacre" \lindovJS? "Rape 11 v.:rindows?) We, the undersigned, urge you to boycott this store and any other business that tries to make a profit on violence! Tell Can1el's Hump:.~ that battered fen1ale b odies do11't sell clothes! Please don't shop here until tl1is display remo,red! . 1S Alliance Against Sexual Coercion Margaret Burnham, atty. of lmv Cambridge-Goddard Grad. School, Feminist Studies Cambridge Women's Center Elizabeth Stone House Fort Hill Faggots Lee Goldstein, atty. of law Karen Lindsay, writer Neil Miller, Editor of Gay Corr@unity News Marge Piercy, writ~~ Sister Courage Sojourner State & Mind (formerly The Ra dical Therapist) Transition House Women's Community He a lth Cen ter Howard Zinn, ~rofessor, Boston U. If you have information about similar PR outrages or other rr,edia violence against women, write the ac hoc Corunittee Against Violence Against Homen, P.O.Box 1, Cambridge, Mass. 02139. *28a Boylston st., Cambrid ge, tel . lf 661-1404 �
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What's a "sick window"?
What's a "sick window"?
What's a "sick window"?
What's a "sick window"?
Women Against Violence Against Women (Boston, Mass.)
Women Against Violence Against Women (Boston, Mass.)
1976-10
1976-10
Women Activists
Women's rights
Violence against women
Fashion industry
Women Activists
Women's rights
Violence against women
Fashion industry
http://hdl.handle.net/2047/D20248301
http://hdl.handle.net/2047/D20248301
Women Activists
Women's rights
Violence against women
Fashion industry
What's a "sick window"?
What's a "sick window"?
whats a sick window
1976/10/01
What's a "sick window"?
1976-10
Women Activists
Women Against Violence Against Women (Boston, Mass.)
Women Against Violence Against Women (Boston, Mass.)
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•)E- In the past two \leeks, Camel's Hump, a clo t hing store, has been display i n g a fema le n anneq ui n a s a co rpse, dres s ed in a garbage can and a bloody sheet . W b e lieve that this kind e of advertising suppor ts ou r soc ie ty's t ole rance for the brutalization of \·JOmen. This is the Boston-area's first "sick windo"\.-7, ~~ so-called by . the creators. C><-;E- c~,fo 'Jlw I Individual calls and complaints to management at Camel's Hum? h ave bc;.en i gnored and we he ar that they're pla.nning similar displays in the future. As concerned consumers, 'tve can stop this trend before it becomes the nevJ norm. (\fuy not "massacre" \lindovJS? "Rape 11 v.:rindows?) We, the undersigned, urge you to boycott this store and any other business that tries to make a profit on violence! Tell Can1el's Hump:.~ that battered fen1ale b odies do11't sell clothes! Please don't shop here until tl1is display remo,red! . 1S Alliance Against Sexual Coercion Margaret Burnham, atty. of lmv Cambridge-Goddard Grad. School, Feminist Studies Cambridge Women's Center Elizabeth Stone House Fort Hill Faggots Lee Goldstein, atty. of law Karen Lindsay, writer Neil Miller, Editor of Gay Corr@unity News Marge Piercy, writ~~ Sister Courage Sojourner State & Mind (formerly The Ra dical Therapist) Transition House Women's Community He a lth Cen ter Howard Zinn, ~rofessor, Boston U. If you have information about similar PR outrages or other rr,edia violence against women, write the ac hoc Corunittee Against Violence Against Homen, P.O.Box 1, Cambridge, Mass. 02139. *28a Boylston st., Cambrid ge, tel . lf 661-1404 �
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