Name/TitlePostcard: #IAMHUNREAL
About this objectA HunReal postcard with black background and the faint images of women's hands holding sets of scales, beneath a pink letter 8 and a woman's hand giving the middle finger salute above the hashtag #IAMHUNREAL. Produced and distributed during the Repeal the 8th campaign.
MakerThe HunReal Issues
Date Made2018
Period2010s
Medium and MaterialsOrganic, card
MeasurementsH: 105 x W: 150 mm
Subject and Association KeywordsWomen's healthcare
Subject and Association Keywordsabortion rights - pro-choice
Subject and Association KeywordsRepeal the 8th Amendment
Subject and Association DescriptionPart of a collection of Repeal the 8th material from Galway East for Choice, gifted to Glasgow Women's Library by a Glasgow-based donor.
http://thehunrealissues.com:
The HunReal Issues is all about taking some of those issues that all us huns should be knowin’ and caring about and making it a bit less boring and whompy. We know you’re thinking, ‘why should I give a shite?’ Well… these are things that affect your life— who you can marry, where you can live, where your kids go to school, how much you earn, who controls your body, how and who you ride… those tiny, little important things! If you don’t know what people are deciding about your bits, how can you tell them whether you do be agreein’ or not?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eighth_Amendment_of_the_Constitution_of_Ireland:
The Eighth Amendment of the Constitution Act 1983 was an amendment to the Constitution of Ireland which inserted a subsection recognising the equal right to life of the pregnant woman and the unborn. Abortion had been subject to criminal penalty in Ireland since at least 1861; the amendment ensured that legislation or judicial interpretation would be restricted to allowing abortion in circumstances where the life of a pregnant woman was at risk. It was approved by referendum on 7 September 1983 and signed into law on 7 October 1983. In 2018, it was repealed by referendum.
Named CollectionGlasgow Women's Library
Object TypePostcard
Object numberGWL-2018-58-7
Copyright LicenceAll rights reserved