"Because Rape"
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Title
Description
This artifact is a protest sign that Alicia Armstrong created for the Women's Rights March
Creator
Alicia Armstrong
Source
Alicia Armstrong
Publisher
Unpublished
Date
Rights
Owner: Alicia Armstrong
Language
English
Identifier
Coverage
2000-2024
Posters and Flyers Item Type Metadata
Genre
Protest Poster
Material
printer ink
posterboard
Circulation
posted
Linguistic Text
BECAUSE RAPE IS A CRIME, <underlined> NOT A JOKE <underlined>
Women's March on Washington
#WHYIMARCH
January 21, 2017
Women's March on Washington
#WHYIMARCH
January 21, 2017
Visual Text
The primary message of the poster, BECAUSE RAPE IS A CRIME NOT A JOKE, is printed onto a poster in white font but with the words 'crime' and 'joke' in red. The rest of the message is details of where and when, along with the hashtag that was used for the protest, 'Women's Right March. #WHYIMARCH, January 21, 2017. The photo is of a girl on a subway dressed in cold weather attire, sitting next to strangers, holding up her poster with a beaming smile probably on her way to a protest.
Placement of Poster/Flyer
This poster is being held up by a women on a public subway in Washington.
Uploaded
Hannah Young 01/25/17
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Citation
Alicia Armstrong, “"Because Rape",” Museum of Everyday Writing, accessed April 25, 2024, https://museumofeverydaywriting.omeka.net/items/show/371.