Argument in an Off Key
This page contains images that are referenced in "Argument in an Off Key," presented at the 12th NCA/AFA Conference on Argumentation, held in Alta, Utah, August 2001 and published in Arguing Communication & Culture, edited by G. Thomas Goodnight, Washington, DC: National Communication Association, 2002.
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"And the villain still pursues her," a turn of the century postcard.
Hothead Paisan is a creation of Diane DiMassa. This particular image was created in 1991, and appears not only in the comix, but also on postcards. Copies can be obtained from Giant Ass Publishing, P.O. Box 214, New Haven, CT, 06502.
Ladies Home Journal, February 1996,, although the image was reprinted from My Name is Mary (Scribner, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, Inc., 1996, p. 34). No photo credit was provided.
Sleep With Angels (1994) cover http://www.maryfisher.com/books/books-index.html
This image accompanied a story about Barbara Jordan in the "Winners in a Man's World" section of Life's 1976 Special Report on "Remarkable American Women: 1776-1976 (p. 19). Photographic credits belong to Fred Maroon and Louis Mercier,© 1974.
This image appeared in The Decade of Women (New York: Paragon Books, 1980), edited and produced by Suzanne Levine and Harriet Lyons for Ms. magazine (p. 222). Photographic credits belong to Wide World. The image was taken as Jordan responded to the ovation as she was introduced by Democratic National Chair Robert Strauss prior to her keynote address at the 1976 Democratic National Convention.
This image appears in The Power of People (Culver City, CA: Peace Press, 1977), edited by Robert Cooney and Helen Michalowski (p. 30). The photo is from the Sophia Smith Collections of Smith College.
This photo, taken by Bettye Lane, is reprinted in Out in All Directions (New York: Warner Books, 1995), edited by Lynn Witt, Sherry Thomas, and Eric Marcus. It was taken of lesbians and gay men who were staging a die-in at the 1979 March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Civil Rights.
This image appeared on the ACTUP New York website, but because the site is constantly updated, it is no longer available there. However, a number of other powerful images are and I encourage you to visit www.actupny.org.
This image appears in John Simpson and Jane Bennet's The Disappeared and the Mothers of the Plaza (New York: St. Martin's Press, 1985, p. 226). No photo credit was provided.
This image accompanies Alicia Dujovne Ortiz's article, "The Mothers of Plaza de Mayo," (UNESCO Courier, September 1985, p. 24). No photo credit was provided.
This image accompanies Margot Mifflin's article, "Feminism's New Face, (Art News, November 1992, p. 122). Photo credits belong to George Lange, Outline Press.
This image is available in Confessions of the Guerrilla Girls (New York: HarperPerennial, 1995), by The Guerrilla Girls (whoever they really are). It can be viewed on page 8 as a clean copy, on pages 60-61 in context, or at the end of the book in postcard form.
This image appeared in State Government News (September 1989). The advertisement was purchased by the American Life League, PO Box 1350, Stafford, VA, 22555. Photo is credited to Dr. Hans Elias.
This image appeared in State Government News (October 1989). The advertisement was purchased by the American Life League, PO Box 1350, Stafford, VA, 22555. No photo credit was provided.
This image appeared in State Government News (November 1989). The advertisement was purchased by the American Life League, PO Box 1350, Stafford, VA, 22555. No photo credit was provided.
This image appeared in State Government News (November 1989). The advertisement was purchased by the National Organization for Women, Inc. No photo credit was provided.
This image appeared in State Government News (December 1989). The advertisement was purchased by the American Life League, PO Box 1350, Stafford, VA, 22555. No photo credit was provided.
This image appeared in State Government News (March 1990). The advertisement was purchased by the American Life League, PO Box 1350, Stafford, VA, 22555. No photo credit was provided.
This image appeared in State Government News (May 1990). The advertisement was purchased by the American Life League, PO Box 1350, Stafford, VA, 22555. No photo credit was provided.
This image appeared in Ms. (July/August 1989, p. 45). © 1989 Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc. No photo credit was provided.
We Remember: African American Women are For Reproductive Freedom, a pamphlet distributed by the Women of Color Partnership of the Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice. The illustration is by Clyde Gilliam.
This image is the front cover of When You Were Formed in Secret, a special edition of a National Right to Life Educational Trust Fund pamphlet, edited by Gary Bergel. It was initially distributed in 1980, with this edition from 1988. Photographic credits for the front cover belong to Bergel with photographic fetal insert courtesy of Dr. L.B. Shettles in association with R. Rugh.
This cartoon is from Abortion Cartoons on Demand (Philadelphia: Broad Street Books, 1992), by Signe Wilkinson, 1992 Pulitzer Prize Winner for Editorial Cartooning. The cartoon is the first one in the book, located on the first page, where Wilkinson explains, "I've gathered my abortion cartoons in this election year so they reinforce each other -- and the people who believe that the right to outlaw abortion is one power no politician should have."
This image is from the front cover of Roberta Gregory's Naughty Bits #7: Groovy Teen Pregnancy Ish! (November 1992). The comix is printed by Fantagraphics Books (7563 Lake City Way NE, Seattle, WA, 98115).
This image spans pages 2-3 in Naughty Bits #7 (see image 27 for full information).
This image is the back cover of Naughty Bits #7 (see image 27 for full information).