Women, Sex, Counterculture
Bureau of Lost Culture
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The Invisibility of Women in Oz Magazines
For Oz, issue number 28 was created entirely by schoolchildren. It included a sexually explicit parody of the Rupert Bear cartoon strip. Friends of Oz campaign was formed and publicity campaign launched in support of editors. The elastic Oz band was formed and released God Save Us featuring John Lennon and Yoko Ono. They were eventually acquitted at a conspiracy charge, but jailed for two of the minor offences. But all three eventually won their appeals and were released.
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