The Spider-Woman

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Text on Button THE SPIDER-WOMAN
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Curl Text copyright 1978 BY MARVEL COMICS GROUP ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
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The female depiction of Spiderman, Spider-Woman was created by both Archie Goodwin (writer) and Marie Severin (illustrator). She made her first comic debut during the late '70s in Issue #32 of Marvel Spotlist with the alter ego of Jessica Miriam Drew. Her superpowers consist of: speed, agility, force, wall-climbing, flight, and advanced reflexes.

Catalog ID EN0327

I'm Worth Waiting For

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Text on Button I'M WORTH WAITING FOR
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The heart shape is a graphic symbol representing an expression of love. The use of the heart shape originated in the Middle Ages, though it wasn’t used to symbolize love until the 15th century. Today, it is frequently used on romantic items or to indicate a specific love of something. 

“I’m Worth Waiting For” is an expression to remind the wearer the importance of upholding their chastity, a message typically targeted towards females to practice and maintain abstinence.

Catalog ID IB0107

I'm Good I'm Very Good

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Text on Button WHEN I'M GOOD I'M VERY GOOD BUT WHEN I'M BAD I'M EVEN BETTER
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Curl Text 47868-5 copyright 1983 SKY ENT. L.A. CA.
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“When I’m good, I’m very good. When I’m bad, I’m better.” is a quote from the 1933 film I’m No Angel. The line was spoken by the main character Tira, who was portrayed by Mae West.  I’m No Angel was the most popular movie in the U.S. the year it was released as the story of a woman seeking a better life rises to fame appealed to Depression era audiences. 

Catalog ID IB0096

He Who Hesitates

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Text on Button HE WHO HESITATES IS NOT ONLY LOST BUT MILES FROM THE NEXT EXIT
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The original version of this phrase is “He who hesitates is lost”, which dates back to the 18th century, though exact origins are unknown. The phrase has seen many variations, but “He who hesitates is not only lost but miles from the next exit” originated in Herald, a Pennsylvania newspaper, on November 28, 1964. The column, written by Frankie Sabas, was titled “Noah Numskull”. The phrase appeared two more times in other newspapers the following year. 

Catalog ID IB0522

Dare to Try

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Text on Button Dare TO TRY!
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The phrase “dare to try” can mean to take a risk in an effort to achieve something. It relates to the Academy Award winning song “Over the Rainbow,” sung by American actress and singer Judy Garland (1922-1969) for the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz, in which a lyric stated, “and the dreams that you dare to dream, really do come true.” Daring to try involves risking the possibility of losing a safety net, getting out of a comfort zone, and challenging oneself for a chance to grow as a person and learn or gain something. Other ways to say “dare to try” include “be brave,” “take a chance,” “take a leap of faith,” and “go for it.”

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35 motivational dare to try quotes (keep trying). (2023, April 26). Gracious. https://graciousquotes.com/dare-to-try/

Comfort zone. (n.d.). Cambridge Dictionary. https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/comfort-zone

Dare. (n.d.). Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus. https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dare

Page, O. (2020, November 4). How to leave your comfort zone and enter your ‘growth zone.’ PositivePsychology.com. https://positivepsychology.com/comfort-zone/

Catalog ID IB0138

Born to Shop

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Text on Button BORN TO SHOP
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“Born to Shop” was a popular slogan during the economic boom of the 1980s. A new generation of young people with access to disposable income spent with wild abandon; they were called Yuppies. Yuppies were typically ambitious, educated professionals with affluent lifestyles. Representations of Yuppies were popular in films like Wall Street (1987) and Baby Boom (1987). Their spending power shaped popular culture trends for high-end merchandise and designer fashions. Shopping malls were thriving as consumers spent money on electronics, clothing, and furniture. The mall offered a large variety of stores and a food court to meet with friends.  It would become the quintessential teen hangout during the 80s and 90s.

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Smith, D. (1988, Nov. 5). Born to shop. New Internationalist. https://newint.org/features/1988/11/05/born

Catalog ID IB0519

Rockefeller for President

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Text on Button ROCKEFELLER for PRESIDENT
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Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller (1908-1979) unsuccessfully sought the Republican nomination for President three times.  He lost the nomination to Richard Nixon in 1960, to Barry Goldwater in 1964 and to Ronald Reagan in 1968.  However, in 1958 Rockefeller served four consecutive terms as Governor of New York, and was appointed as Gerald Ford’s Vice-President in 1974 following the resignation of Richard Nixon. 

In 1963 Rockefeller divorced his wife and married Happy Murphy, his much younger secretary. Middle-class society expressed their extreme disapproval when it was learned she had given up custody of her four children to secure a divorce in order to marry Rockefeller.  Shortly thereafter his comfortable lead in the polls took a sudden dive.  Many felt it was an act of political self-destruction and blame this scandal as the cause of the lost 1964 nomination.  When Rockefeller addressed the 1964 Republican Convention he faced a hostile crowd and his five minute speech was continually interrupted by cheers of “we want Barry.”

Catalog ID PO0600

Nixon Doesn't Care

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Text on Button Nixon Doesn't Care
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In a speech by United States President Richard Nixon on November 3, 1969, the phrase “silent majority” was used to refer to people who do not express their opinions publicly or take part in protests, and this “silent majority” was from whom Nixon asked for support. Many think that Nixon used this phrasing as part of the “Southern strategy” he used to gain political support in the South by taking advantage of the racism against African Americans by southern white Americans. This “Southern strategy” was met with a lot of pushback and protesting by people who wanted to expose Nixon’s neglect of African Americans. The phrase "Nixon doesn't care" and the image of Nixon looking disgusted by the two children in torn clothing and holding bowls is in reference to Nixon's apathetic treatment of African American children. 

Catalog ID PO0603

People's Party Peace

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Text on Button JOBS JUSTICE PEACE LIBERATION People's Party
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Curl Text THE PEOPLE'S PARTY 1404 M Street WASH DC 20005 (202) 785-1535
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The People’s Party was a political party founded in 1971 and was an amalgam of various parties including the Peace and Freedom Party, Commongood People's Party, Country People's Caucus, Human Rights Party, Liberty Union, New American Party, New Party, and No Party.  The People’s Party held a national convention at the Gateway Hotel in downtown St. Louis in July, 1972, and the roughly 200 delegates nominated American pediatrician and author of parenting books, Dr. Benjamin Spock as their candidate for the 1972 Presidential election.  Spock chose Washington civil-rights lawyer and activist Julius Hobson as his running mate. 

The party’s platform called for bringing home all troops, not just those in Vietnam. It also proposed a 30-hour week for all workers, free mass transit and health care, minimum and maximum annual personal incomes, and laws forbidding police from carrying weapons. According to the St. Louis Post Dispatch, Spock stated “We are working for jobs, justice, peace and the liberation of all people, and I’m going to keep working for the People’s Party as long as I can find one or two other people to work with me.”

In the 1972 election Spock and his running mate received .01 percent of the votes.  In 1976, the party ran with Margaret Wright as their candidate and Spock as running mate, and lost with .06 percent of the votes.

Catalog ID PO0601