Real Review, Issue 18 Writing the Women’s History Museums’ first

the Women’s History Museums’ first publication interweaves newly commissioned texts with illustrated image spreads that reference iconic precedents

operatic dive into the darkest recesses of the AIDS crisis

Among the fundamental questions engaged in the book are the medium specificity of photography

among many other offerings

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Real Review, Issue 18 Writing the Women’s History Museums’ firstREAL REVIEW 18 PRETENDING THE WORLD To pretend means to "lay claim" to stretch forward and take hold of what we want, as if it already existed, or were already ours. To pretend is thus to call forth another reality and create truth through the power of conviction alone. It is fashionable to ridicule performative gestures as ineffective posturing. Yet this is literally the only way that new societies come into being. This issue of Real Review is