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In January 2005, the New York City Commission on Women's Issues (CWI) launched a multi-media campaign to promote and highlight women's rights and success using the slogan "New York Loves Women." It is a play off the popular "I heart NY" slogan found on merchandise throughout the city. 

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Initially created in 1946 for Capitol Records by writer and producer, Alan W. Livington, Bozo the Clown was first used for a children's storytelling record album and read-along companion book. The character was popular enough that he became the mascot for Capitol Records. Bozo was originally played by voice actor and cartoonist, Pinto Colvig, until the creative rights were later purchased by Larry Harmon of the Larry Harmon Picture Corporation (L.H.P.C) in 1956.

Harmon used the property to turn Bozo into a franchise across the United States with several local television stations producing their own Bozo shows. By this point in time multiple Bozos appeared on television across the world. The most well-known actor to portray Bozo the Clown was Bob Bell, who portrayed Bozo for WGN-TV in Chicago. Bell stayed in the role from 1960-1984. Broadcast every weekday at noon, the show featured comedy skits, cartoons, and games with the audience. The show continued to be a popular program until its cancellation in 2001. 

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Rock Against Racism was formed in the UK in the mid-70s by artists and activists who were alarmed by a rise in far-right political parties and white supremacism. Music concerts and other events were held throughout Britain. Different types of music such as reggae and punk would be played at the same concert, encouraging multiculturalism. Through this, youths were discouraged from embracing racist mentalities.

The movement spread internationally, and on June 9, 1979, a concert was held in the Lincoln Park neighborhood of Chicago, IL. A flyer for the event states: “In the USA, black music, Latin music, folk-rock, southern boogie, jazz, new wave, reggae, and all us fans will unite in several places at several dates in a show of our anti-racist solidarity... The crucial test for RAR-USA will come June 9th in Chicago’s Lincoln Park. The scene of everyone’s favorite police riot is also considered the most segregated big city in the U.S. ... By opening an offensive not just against organized racists, but against the whole system of control... Rock Against Racism can set a new beat for the coming decade, a beat that’ll shake the walls of Babylon to their very foundation.”

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Trots & Bonnie was a comic strip that appeared in National Lampoon Magazine between 1972 and 1990. Written by American cartoonist, Shary Flenniken, the story is told from the perspective of a young girl named Bonnie, whose adventures with her talking dog, Trots, offered a humorous look at a child and her dog navigating the craziness of life and growing up. The duos antics remain one of Flenniken's most popular and recognizable works amongst her many works.

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Sidney Harris is a cartoonist whose works have appeared in numerous magazines, including The Wall Street Journal, The New Yorker, and also National Lampoon Magazine. Harris's work often deals with topics related to science, technology, and mathematics. The strip depicted on this button comes from a comic strip titled Of the People, which dealt primarily with political humor. S. Harris's continues to work. with his cartoons appearing in magazines, books, and other outlets.

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S. Gross is an American cartoonist who specializes in single-panel cartoons. Throughout his lucrative career, his work has appeared in numerous magazines, such as Esquire, The New Yorker, as well as National Lampoon. One of Gross's most famous works was a cartoon that appeared in the December 1970 issue of National Lampoon. The comic, which is known as Frog Legs, depicts a couple at a restaurant where on the wall is a sign next to the kitchen door that reads "TRY OUR FROG LEGS." The couple is depicted as staring down at a frog who appears inside a wagon and is missing both of his legs. Noted for its dark humor, the cartoon remains one of Gross's most recognized works.

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Written by Charles Rodrigues for National Lampoon Magazine, The Aesop Brothers: Siamese Twins ran for years during the magazines run. The comic strip stars conjoined twin brothers, George and Alex, whose antics proved popular to readers. Rodrigues used the brothers status as conjoined to provide much of the books humor. Rodrigues used the physical limitations of George and Alex to discuss topics such as sex, intimacy, and privacy. 

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M.K. Brown is a cartoonist whose work was regularly featured in the American humor magazine, National Lampoon. One of her most popular contributions to the magazine was his comic strip titled "Aunt Mary's Kitchen." The strip ran from the early 1970s into the 1980s and featured the character of Aunt Mary, an older woman who gave recipe advice and spoke directly to the audience on how to cook a variety of different dishes. Over time the comic would change its focus from cooking recipes and instead developed a subplot where aliens invade the earth. The character proved popular enough that in 1983 a cookbook featuring the character was published and featured over one hundred and forty different recipes. Besides Aunt Mary, M.K. Brown had numerous works that were featured in the magazine throughout her time with National Lampoon between 1972 and 1981. In its early years, National Lampoon was hailed as a critically acclaimed magazine that helped shape American comedy and humor in the late 20th century. By the late 1980s, the magazine saw a decline in readership and began cutting back to publishing only one magazine per year in its final three years. The magazines final publication was released in November 1998.

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Gahan Wilson is an American author, illustrator, and cartoonist whose cartoons are often drawn in a humorously grotesque manner that is coupled with dark sense of humor. One of his most famous comic strips is Nuts, which appeared throughout the 1970s in National Lampoon Magazine. The strip follows the life of The Kid, an unnamed child who navigates childhood while coming to see the world as a strange, unfair, yet also fun place to inhabit. Wiltons inspiration behind the comic was to depict the complexity of childhood in an accurate and thought-provoking way.

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B.K. Taylor is an American cartoonist, writer, and illustrator who is well known for his work in National Lampoon Magazine. Taylor worked for the magazine from 1975-1987, working on numerous strips, such as The Appletons, Stories from Uncle Kunta, and Timberland Tales. The character on this button is named Maurice The Indian Boy, also called The Joker by some. Featured as one of the main characters in Timberland Tales, which first appeared in October 1976. Maurice is described as a naive and humorous teenager who appeared frequently during the comic strips run in the magazine.