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Title: On Our Backs production materials
Dates: circa 1986-1993
Collection Number: 1998-32
Creator/Collector:
Extent: 1.1 linear feet
Repository:
GLBT Historical Society
San Francisco, California 94103
Abstract: Production materials from the graphic files of the lesbian erotica magazine, "On Our Backs," including numerous black & white
prints, contact sheets, drawings and cartoons, and a few production notes.
Language of Material: English
Collection is open for research. The erotica in this collection may only be viewed by researchers age eighteen and over and
it is made available for educational and research purposes.
[Identification of item]. On Our Backs production materials. Collection Number: 1998-32. GLBT Historical Society
Scope and Content of Collection
Production materials from the graphic files of the lesbian erotica magazine, "On Our Backs," including numerous black & white
prints, contact sheets, drawings and cartoons, and a few production notes. "On Our Backs" played a definitive role in the
feminist sex wars of the 1980s, taking the side of sex-positive feminism. Includes work by photographer Phyllis Christopher,
and artists Kris Kovick, Megan Kelso, Siné Ananita, Zanne and [Jacki] Randall, as well as autographed photos sent to the magazine
by Diane Bogus, of Women in the Moon Publications.
GSSO Linked Terms: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GSSO_000381; http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GSSO_008497; http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GSSO_003450
Lesbians
Journalism
Erotica