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The Vagina Monologues is the title of an episodic play written in 1996 by Eve Ensler, which has been performed at hundreds of colleges and universities around Valentine’s Day every year since. To quote Ensler herself, “The play explores consensual…

Starting in the 1960s and serving as a tradition for more than 30 years, students at Saint John’s participated in what was referred to as “the panty raids.” Through various accounts of this “tradition” in The Record and an interview with Bennie…

The earliest mention of "Bennie Jokes" in the student newspapers comes from an article in The Record published in 1947, when one Robert Duane Brown said, "...I was going to be the clever one again, and come forth with one of my sensational Bennie…

This book examines the multiple instances throughout history when there have been attempts to wipe out knowledge to maintain power. The text is handwritten with stamps and handbound using a Coptic stitch. Research was done using the book A Universal…

This book contains 12 stories about beetles, of which Cooksey wrote 7. The book was made to withstand being used as a field guide but also have exquisite craftsmanship. The beetles are made using photopolymer plates, painted with alcohol ink on…

The book is bound in a drum leaf style with a breakaway spine. Lovett wrote a poem about Ann Lovett, a 15-year-old who shares her name from Ireland. In 1984, Ann died after giving birth to a stillborn in a Grotto of the Virgin Mary. The artist Lovett…

Diametric is a dos-a-dos formatted book letterpress printed on Somerset paper. The two sides with black or white paper utilize the same words. Single words are inked on with the opposing word debossed in the background of the page spread, such as…

There are two texts within this book. The poem is letterpress printed in seven colors. The essay, “Future Preterite” uses digital type. The book serves as a dialogue between the poet and the literary critic essayist (both are Gallo). It is a…

Spiral notebook of pictures. Page is a transgender man and has never seen himself in male role models like his father. To remedy this, Page recreated photos of his father around the same age. He made this book to increase trans representation in Book…

This book contains objects associated with femininity such as pink heart paper dollies, white doily placemats, and green office ledger papers. The satirical text on how to "operate" women is adapted from the Missouri Department of Revenue Motorcycle…