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The Presbyterian Church has a long history in Queensland, Australia. As documented in a history of the church for a centenary event, from their perspective the church began in 1849 as a missionary movement to colonize and convert the Aboriginal people of the land. The Aboriginal people defended themselves against the forced imposition of religious beliefs, which often resulted in violent events as the church persisted its mission. The Church went through a number of iterations and ups and downs—including having a cyclone destroy the church and mission station in 1936. For the centenary event in 1949 they created a new church building and the site became a local monument in Queensland. In 2023, the Church refused to take part in acknowledgement of country, a recognition of the Aboriginal owners of the land that takes place at many Australian public events; Australia remains the only country colonized by Britain that has no government treaty with the Indigenous people. 

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The 1992 thriller romance The Bodyguard follows a singer (Whitney Houston) who hires a bodyguard (Kevin Costner) to protect her after receiving threats. The iconic movie poster seen on this button featured Costner carrying Houston through the rain. However, Costner later revealed in an interview that the person in the picture was acutally Houston’s body double. 

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Looney Tunes began as animated short films from Warner Brothers in the 1930s. Tex Avery began working on Looney Tunes in 1935. He created the iconic characters Daffy Duck in 1937 and Bugs Bunny a year later. Daffy Duck’s character was later redesigned and given a personality change by cartoonist Chuck Jones, becoming more insecure and arrogant with a desire for the spotlight. The spunky duck is known for his catchphrase “Youuu’re deththpicable”. The button promoting Daffy Duck for President is one of several presidential campaign buttons featuring Looney Tunes characters, including buttons for the characters Bugs Bunny and Wile E. Coyote. 

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Psychotherapy—also known as talk therapy—has its roots in ancient Greek culture. Philosophers including Plato, Xenophon, and Aristotle all explored the connections between mental health and medicine. Paracelsus (1493-1541) is credited as the first advocate for the use of what we now call psychotherapy, who viewed the most common cause of metal illness as being an emotional disconnect between the suffering person and their surroundings. The early versions of modern psychothereapy were founded by Franz Anton Mesmer (1734-1815), Philippe Pinel (1745-1826), and Walter Cooper Dendy (1794-1871). It wasn’t until Sigmund Freud (1856-1939), however, that “talking cures” were introduced in therapy; Freud, alongside Jesof Breuer (1842-1925), formally founded psychoanalysis.

People seek therapy to address concerns surrounding relationship conflicts, professional and personal challenges, mood changes and fears, anxiety and stress, and traumatic experiences and PTSD, amongst other reasons. But there exist negative attitudes, beliefs, and discriminatory behaviors directed towards those suffering from mental health issues and seeking professional help. “Even Your Therapist Doesn’t Care” is a biting social commentary on the bias and stigma surrounding psychotherapy. The idea here is that no one, including a person’s therapist, truly wants to hear about a person’s mental health problems and that a person should “push through.”

Even still, studies have shown that about 75% of people who receive therapy report significant improvements to their symptoms. This button sheds light on the importance of de-stigmatizing therapy.

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Sojourner Truth, born in New York in 1797, was an abolitionist, orator, and activist who based many of her endeavors on first-hand experience as a former slave. The abuse and injustice Truth experienced during her years in slavery inspired her to flee in 1827. She and her daughter sought safety in an abolitionist family named the Van Wageners who ultimately bought her freedom. Following her newfound freedom, Truth began preaching as a minister in New York City and later took to traveling, spreading the Gospel and meeting other famous abolitionists such as William Lloyd Garrison. In 1850, her autobiography, The Narrative of Sojourner Truth was published. Throughout the 1850s and during the Civil War, Truth continued to give anti-slavery talks around the country and was later honored with a White House invitation. 

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The Edwin M. Knowles China Company operated out of Virginia from 1900 until 1963, when it folded due to competition from cheaper imported pottery. While active, the company was known for producing high-quality dinnerware with intricate designs. The name rights were eventually purchased by another company, The Bradford Exchange (originally founded as the Bradford Gallery of Collectors Plates) in the 1980s, and several series of collectible plates for popular movies were created. 

Among them were The Sound of Music (of which this button is promotional material for), The Wizard of Oz, and Gone with the Wind. The art for The Sound of Music series was done by T. Crnkovich.

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Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, released in 1991, was the first animated feature film in history to be nominated for Best Picture at the Academy Awards. The  ballroom dance scene pictured here combined hand-drawn techniques and computer graphic imagery using Computer Animation Production System (CAPS). 

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James Cameron’s 1997 blockbuster film Titanic was a surprise hit and record breaking film. Inspired by the sinking of the RMS Titanic in 1912, the movie, starring Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio, is reported to have cost $200 million to make, has a run time over three hours, and created cinematic history. It won eleven Academy Awards, including Best Picture, and it was the first film to have a video release (to VHS) while the film was still showing in theaters; the film screened at cinemas for fifty-four weeks! Film executives at the time reported that they had not anticipated the demand and popularity of the film, and scrambled to have tie in merchandise. Some companies even sold items like replica life vests as souvenirs. Promotion did pick up in time for the two-tape VHS release in September of 1998, and in some cities people waited in lines outside the store at midnight to purchase the film. By that point, they were prepared for the demand: a total of 24 million copies of the film were created for VHS.