Dyke Action Machine!: Lesbian Americans Don't Sell Out
Carrie Moyer. Dyke Action Machine!: Lesbian Americans Don't Sell Out, 1998.
Description:
5,000 posters wheatpasted in Lower Manhattan. Combining the earnest tone and formal elements of 1940's war effort posters with the opportunistic use of patriotism by such marketers as Tommy Hilfiger, this campaign ironically positions the butch lesbian as the embodiment of the truly revolutionary American spirit.
Medium:
Public/Site-specific
Tags:
street intervention, lesbian, dyke, queer, agitprop, activism, Dyke Action Machine, public art, appropriation, poster
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