Born to Clean! ... [Drop title]. [Satirical Bandana]

Berkeley / Sonoma, California: Ladies Against Women, (n. d.), circa 1984. 21-1/2 x 21-1/2 inches. Pink cotton bandana printed in green. Light staining to one area and minor soiling to another; folded. Very Good.

Satirical bandana produced by Ladies Against Women (LAW), a theater troupe from Berkeley, California, that parodied anti-feminists, Reagan, and Reagan-era politics; it was inspired, in part, by Phyllis Schlafly's anti-feminist campaings (aka "Phyllis LeShaft" in LAW's spoofs of her). In 1980, the troupe created the "Reagan for Shah Campaign," with numerous fictional constituent organizations, of which LAW was one. The troupe toured on both the east and west coasts that year, and performed outside the 1984 Republican Convention, in Dallas.

The bandana features illustrated anti-feminist slogans such as "Born to Clean!", "Roses Not Raises!", "Suffering Not Suffrage! Repeal the Vote!", "Make America a Man Again -- Invade Abroad", "Citizenship for Sperms -- Protect the unconceived future draftees", "What do we want? Nothing! When do we want it? Now!", and so on. We date it based on an ad for it in the Spring 1984 CoEvolution Quarterly, which notes that it came in three color choices (hot pink, light pink, and baby blue) and could be had for $4 apiece, or two for $7.

Not separately catalogued in OCLC, although we note two holdings for "miscellaneous publications" by LAW, at Michigan State University and the Wisconsin Historical Society.