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Stonewall riots

Summer of 1969, a series of protests by the LGBTQ community against police raids at the stonewall Inn in Greenwich village became a turning point for the gay rights movement. These events inspired efforts to build a broader community to advocate for LGBTQ rights. One the one- year anniversary, gay activists organized a liberation march to cap off the city’s first gay pride week with the march starting at stonewall.

Homosexual right ordinance of 1972

East Lansing, Michigan and Ann Arbor, Michigan and San Francisco, California became the first cities in the US to pass homosexual rights ordinances. These ordinances prohibited employment discrimination based on sexual orientation in the public sector. They also prohibited companies from having contracts with the city that discriminated against sexual orientation.

Nancy Reagan’s “Just say no” campaign

Nancy Raegan’s “just say no” campaign was the Raegan Administration’s response to the skyrocketing abuse of illegal drugs such as cocaine in the 1980’s America. Through public speeches, television ads with celebrities, & school clubs, the First Lady targeted adolescents with the message that drug abuse was a matter of willpower and moral strength, not a problem of addiction.

1 way Coca-Cola changed eating habits in America

Coca-Cola first changed eating habits in America through the introduction of supersized drinks through vendors such as 7-Eleven. In 1986, for example, the 44-ounce Big Gulp became available with a 64-ounce Big Gulp appearing in 1989.

Another way Coca-Cola changed eating habits in America

Coca-Cola also pitched combination meals with all-you-can-drink, refillable beverages, to McDonalds and other fast-food vendors. These combo meals became a staple of the American diet, and per capita consumption of soda increased nearly ten gallons by 1990.

2 common types of vampires in the 1980s.

1. Metaphors for the food industry, preying on young and old with products designed to foster overconsumption and addiction.

2. Symbols the country's addiction to processed foods and the excesses of consumerism more broadly.

3. Ironic images for healthy eating as they seek a natural, more organic diet than their junk-food-addicted victims.