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Screwballs Comic: "Pretty Kitty", Tom Higgins
Screwballs Comic: "Pretty Kitty", Tom Higgins
Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion
A four-panel black and white comic strip drawn and authored by Tom Higgins expressing sexist gender stereotypes.
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Panel one depicts two white, men characters from the mid-chest up as they stand behind a brick wall. In the foreground, a young, white woman character with exaggeratedly large breasts and unrealistically small waist, strides past the two male figures with a purse over one shoulder. The woman is dressed in short-shorts and a tight tube-top that exposes her midriff and décolletage. The woman hair is styled in a short, 1980s punk pompadour.
Behind the wall, the two, college-age men lean …
Heterosexuals Are Vulnerable To Aids, Robert Zeller
Heterosexuals Are Vulnerable To Aids, Robert Zeller
Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion
This letter is in resposne to two articles printed in the Daily Maine Campus on December 12, 1986.
Marriage Paradox, Jennifer Girr
Marriage Paradox, Jennifer Girr
Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion
Marriage statistics may have left some women thinking the only license they will ever hole is a driver's license. For the past 12 months the airwaves and bookshelves have been innundated with "facts" about women and marriage. Last year, a sociologist named Neil Bennett from Yale, found a college woman who is still single by the time she was 30 would have only a 20-percent chance of ever tying the knot.
Screwballs Comic "Rude Awakening", Tom Higgins
Screwballs Comic "Rude Awakening", Tom Higgins
Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion
A four-panel black and white comic strip drawn and authored by Tom Higgins depicting a homophobic athlete. Long Description.
Panel one depicts two figures in bed in a darkened room. In the background there is a shelf lined with trophies that speak to the macho, athletic background of the room's primary male occupant. The athletic male figure is depicted seated in bed, bare chested with a blonde crewcut. He is looking at a sleeping bearded figure next to him in confusion. The athlete's confusion is emphasized by a short series of question marks and an exclamation mark hanging over his …