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‘I railed against the stereotype of the humourless lesbian’: the cheeky, feminist photography of Jill Posener

Her witty photos served as a rebuttal to 80s misogyny and Thatcherite conservatism. Now 50 years on, the photographer is receiving an overdue retrospective. ‘I loved that we could respond with humour,’ she says.If it were a lady it would get its bottom pinched. If this lady was a car she’d run you down.” These are the words that Jill…

Her witty photos served as a rebuttal to 80s misogyny and Thatcherite conservatism. Now 50 years on, the photographer is receiving an overdue retrospective. ‘I loved that we could respond with humour,’ she says.If it were a lady it would get its bottom pinched. If this lady was a car she’d run you down.” These are the words that Jill…

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