Category Archives: Feminist

Diaries, 1970–73 – Duncan Hannah

Posted on June 3, 2022 by 1960s: Days of Rage

September 1970. Eisenhower High School. I can’t get into the teen spirit of the Hopkins High pep rally. Purple Power! Youth Fever! Sieg Heil! Makes me sick. “I put out a comic book with some other freaks that is sold … Continue reading →

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West German student movement

Posted on June 2, 2022 by 1960s: Days of Rage

Protest march in 1968 West Germany. “The West German student movement or sometimes called the 1968 movement in West Germany was a social movement that consisted of mass student protests in West Germany in 1968; participants in the movement would … Continue reading →

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Jean-Paul Sartre & Albert Camus: Their Friendship and the Bitter Feud That Ended It

Posted on May 24, 2022 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“At the end of World War II, as Europe lay in ruins, so too did its ‘intellectual landscape,’ notes the Living Philosophy video above. In the midst of this ‘intellectual crater’ a number of great thinkers debated ‘the blueprint for … Continue reading →

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Consciousness raising

Posted on May 19, 2022 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“Consciousness raising (also called awareness raising) is a form of activism, popularized by United States feminists in the late 1960s. It often takes the form of a group of people attempting to focus the attention of a wider group on … Continue reading →

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Patsy Cline

Posted on May 7, 2022 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“Patsy Cline (born Virginia Patterson Hensley; September 8, 1932 – March 5, 1963) was an American singer. She is considered one of the most influential vocalists of the 20th century and was one of the first country music artists to … Continue reading →

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After Black Power, Women’s Liberation By Gloria Steinem (April 1969)

Posted on May 3, 2022 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“Once upon a time—say, ten or even five years ago—a Liberated Woman was somebody who had sex before marriage and a job afterward. Once upon the same time, a Liberated Zone was any foreign place lucky enough to have an … Continue reading →

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Salut les Cubains – Agnès Varda (1964)

Posted on April 16, 2022 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“Agnès Varda’s pictures of Cuba had been sitting untouched in boxes since the mid-1960s. The images – of female bodies in form-fitting silhouettes, and men harvesting in cane fields – ‘were never meant to be shown,’ says the grande dame … Continue reading →

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Thinking About the Sixties by Richard Goldstein

Posted on March 22, 2022 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“The ’60s was was a decade without nostalgia, and thus a decade without irony. It’s only natural, then, that the current wave of nostalgia for the ’60s is suffused with irony — for we are looking back to a time … Continue reading →

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Angela Davis on the power of protest: ‘We can’t do anything without optimism’

Posted on March 12, 2022 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“The last time Angela Davis was in Birmingham, Alabama, she caught up with childhood friends and her Sunday school teacher. While many of us would reminisce about favourite classes and first kisses, they discussed bombs. ‘We talked about what it … Continue reading →

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Quicksilver Times

Posted on March 7, 2022 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“Quicksilver Times was an antiwar, counterculture underground newspaper published in Washington, DC. Its first issue was dated June 16, 1969, with Terry Becker Jr., a former college newspaper editor and reporter for the Newhouse News Service, the main instigator in … Continue reading →

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