I found this ad for Valium from Roche Laboratories in Everywoman magazine while searching for sources related to my topic on the marketing of anxiety drugs to women in the 1950s-1970. I think it is interesting that one anxiety women might experience which the ad is pointing towards is marriage as a main avenue of …
Monthly Archives: September 2023
Week 5 Blog Post
https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=180205 In the Martin Summers reading towards the end, he mentions a little bit about one of the first Asylums dedicated solely to African Americans in Virginia. So I posted a link to a picture of the State Marker for the Asylum and it includes a brief little history which I found to be interesting. […]
27 September 2023
I used this meme since I am researching Nellie Bly for my project and more often then not I get sucked into interesting YouTube videos I find about her. I honestly think Nellie Bly is really cool, so it’s really easy for me to get distracted …
Week Five Resource Blog Post
I’ve been getting this really interesting ad on Twitter recently (please ignore the really poorly cropped screenshot; mobile is hard) that reminded me a bit of the blurry line between mental health treatment and spa treatment that we’ve mentioned a few times. I’m not totally sure in what way plunging oneself into a large bucket …
09/27/2023
(apologies for the embed not working, the link should be fine!) This comedian addresses the struggles of talking about mental health within the Black community. While his comment may be brief, it became the highlight of his stand-up set simply because it was relatable to many.
Airplane! and the English Teacher Problem
In what now feels like looking for needles in a comedic haystack, I’ve been trying to find older comedic works that in some way engage with mental health, in either a funny or serious light. I’m also trying to primarily find older works, because for my project, I want to see an evolution of portrayals, […]
John M. Galt
As we’ve discussed in class, John M. Galt may have had good intentions, but behind closed doors……. they tend to fade away a bit. Especially when it came to race. This quote, probably one of Galt’s best known, represents his…
Proposal and Annotated Bibliography
Attached below is my proposal and annotated bibliography
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1K7cO41Gb9pul82pQbHxXIeLMQq_vUj97gxkAe9HvBfg/edit?usp=sharing
Digital Project Proposal and Annotated Bibiliography
Ruth Curran History 471 September 21, 2023 Digital Research Project Proposal: Tranquilizer Marketing Strategies for Women 1950-1970 This digital research project will explore how tranquilizer drugs were marketed to women and why the marketing strategies were effectively reaching their female clientele from the early 1950s to 1970. This project will provide insight into women’s lives …
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Proposal & Bibliography- Laughing Like Crazy: Depictions of Mental Health in American Comedy
Proposal Perhaps one of the most often discussed health topics in recent years has been that of mental health. As society careens forward into the digital age, there has been an increased focus on the upkeep of one’s mental health, and as a result, there has been an increasing turn towards openness in communicating issues […]
