Sex on the Square

So my final project was called Sex on the Square: A Then and Now of Getting it on in the Village. It was basically a book that I made that compared the activism of the feminists of the early twentieth century to how sex is perceived in areas around the park today. It included descriptions of the works of Elisabeth Irwin, Caroline Pratt, Margaret Sanger, Djuna Barnes, Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven and Emma Goldman. For a contemporary perspective on sex, I incorporated some articles from newspapers, websites, magazines like Cosmo and Vogue (and maybe a porn or two…), some ephemera from “adult entertainment” clubs and stores around the park. There may have also been an unnecessary amount of free New York City condoms stapled inside. I’m sorry I didn’t get to share it with you all today.