The text discusses the author's experience visiting Judy Chicago's retrospective exhibition, "Herstory," at the New Museum in New York City, reflecting on Chicago's feminist art, particularly "The Dinner Party," which celebrates female figures through vulvar forms.

Betty Friedan was a renowned feminist writer and activist, most famously known for her book The Feminine Mystique.

During the countercultural movement of the 1960s, underground comix provided a platform for free expression, but primarily for male artists who often depicted women as sexual objects.