Interview with Sheila Richards
- Title
- Interview with Sheila Richards
- Description
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This interview features an 82-year-old woman, Sheila Richards, reflecting on her journey as an artist, activist, and participant in lesbian feminist communities. She describes her transformative work creating body casts of women, which explored themes of self-image, body acceptance, and personal empowerment. She recounts the spiritual and emotional depth of these projects, which included exhibitions and workshops across North America and at international feminist gatherings.
The interview also touches on her life in various lesbian land communities, her experience with women's organizations, and her efforts to balance personal values with practical decisions, such as providing for her daughter. The narrative captures her reflections on the political and social climates she encountered as a lesbian and a feminist in places like Arkansas, Massachusetts, and California during the 1970s-1990s. The interview highlights her creative endeavors and her role in fostering dialogues on gender, body image, and identity. - interviewee
- Sheila Richards
- interviewer
- Skyler Donnell
- Date
- 2022-07-09
- Language
- English
- Rights
- The materials in this collection are for study and research purposes only. To use these digital files in any form, please use the credit "Courtesy of Metropolitan Library System of Oklahoma County"
- uri
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bVA14lLelo8&list=PLfobseV2uSi9SAE2cVuBV3_veMqIBrYY0&index=1
- Tag
- Lesbian separatism
- Feminism
- Art
- Body casting
- Body acceptance
- Spirituality
- Lesbian feminist community
- Site pages
- Oral History Interviews
