This paper compares two feminist collectives that emerged shortly after each other. The first is the British Hackney Flashers, who formed in 1974 and disbanded in 1980. The second is the American...Show moreThis paper compares two feminist collectives that emerged shortly after each other. The first is the British Hackney Flashers, who formed in 1974 and disbanded in 1980. The second is the American Guerrilla Girls which started in 1985. The Hackney Flashers’ focus was the role of working-class women living in Hackney, a borough of London. These women had two jobs, a paid one working in the factories and an unpaid one as housewives. The Guerrilla Girls also focused on women but in the context of the art world, specifically the mis- and under- representation of women and female artists in museums. Both collectives used posters and humour to reach their different target audiences. This paper will analyse why both these collectives, which were seemingly unaware of each other, were drawn to these specific methods and which effect posters and humour have on the message they wanted to convey.Show less
