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72. SHERO, Jeff, et al. Rat: Subterranean News; Women's LibeRATion; The East Village Other
Presents RAT. New York: R.A.T. Publications (1969-1970). Sixteen issues 30 May (1969); Vol. II
#10 (1969); Vol. 2 #19 (1969); Vol. 2 #22 (12 Nov. 1979); Vol. II #23 (1969); Oct 29 (1969); Vol. II #
25 (1970); Vol. II # 26 (1970); Vol. 2 #27 (9 Feb. 1970) (the takeover issue of the RAT women- the
magazine eventually morphed into Women's LibeRATion); February 24, 1970; March 7, 1970;
March 20, 1970; 4 April, 1970; 17 April, 1970; Issue # 22 (3 May); Issue #24 (2 August).
Six issues of Women's Liberation (RAT). 6 Oct (1970); Issue #16 (17 Nov., 1970); Issue #18
(12 Jan., 1971); Issue #19 (3 Feb., 1971) Issue #20 (2 March 1971); Issue #21 (30 March 1971).
The East Village Other Presents RAT. Vol. 4 # 51 (19 Nov. 1969). $250.
73. SHIVELY, Charles, John Mitzel, ed. Fag Rag. Cambridge (June 1971-1987). A complete set
of the forty-four issues of the important Boston gay men's anarchist newspaper, once denounced
on the floor of the US Congress as "the most loathsome publication in the English language."
Considered by some to be the most radical journal of sexual liberation in the country, the paper
celebrated "the ungoverned and apparently infinite possibilities of gay male promiscuity." (See
Shand-Tucci, The Crimson Letter: Harvard, Homosexuality, and the Shaping of American Culture). One
of Shively's more famed contributions included "Cocksucking as an Act of Revolution."
Contributions from a wide range of writers and artists, including John Weiners, Gerard Malanga,
Tom Reeves, Rictor Norton, Allen Ginsberg, Salvatore Farinella and many others.
Generally very good with light wear, folded. $750.