Mudflap Girl is a silhouette of a woman with an hourglass body shape, sitting, leaning back on her hands, with her hair being blown in the wind. The image was created in the 1970s and is found on mudflaps, clothing, and other items associated with trucking in the United States. [1]
The image is also referred to as trucker girl or seated lady. Over the decades there have been many variations upon the original image including women portrayed with different and more diverse body types.
This image was originally believed to be modeled on Leta Laroe, a famous exotic dancer at the time. [2] [3] However, it is more likely that the design is based on Rachel Ann Allen.[ citation needed ] The design was created by Bill Zinda of Wiz Enterprises in Long Beach, California, to help his friend Stewart Allen in promoting his line of truck and auto accessories.[ citation needed ]
The image of Mudflap Girl appears in many forms of media. Sometimes it is simply a nostalgic image and other times it is a critical commentary. For example, in the 2023 production[ clarification needed ] Mudflap Girl by Sya Sen, the image is seen through the eyes of people who have lived in different decades since the inception of the character. [4] [5]
There are numerous variations on the original image.
Mudflap Girl received a trademark in January of 2010 from registration from the United States Patent and Trademark Office. [14] [15] The trademark for the image's use on clothing is owned by Ed Allen, the son of Rachel Ann Allen. [14]
Guerrilla Girls is an anonymous group of feminist, female artists devoted to fighting sexism and racism within the art world. The group formed in New York City in 1985, born out of a picket against the Museum of Modern Art the previous year. The core of the group's work is bringing gender and racial inequality into focus within the greater arts community and society at large. The Guerrilla Girls employ culture jamming in the form of posters, books, billboards, lectures, interviews, public appearances and internet interventions to expose disparities, discrimination, and corruption. They also often use humor in their work to make their serious messages engaging. The Guerrilla Girls are known for their "guerrilla" tactics, hence their name, such as hanging up posters or staging surprise exhibitions. To remain anonymous, members don gorilla masks. To permit individual identities in interviews, they use pseudonyms that refer to deceased female artists such as Frida Kahlo, Käthe Kollwitz, and Alice Neel, as well as writers and activists, such as Gertrude Stein and Harriet Tubman. According to GG1, identities are concealed because issues matter more than individual identities, "Mainly, we wanted the focus to be on the issues, not on our personalities or our own work."
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A mudflap or mud guard is used in combination with the vehicle fender to protect the vehicle, passengers, other vehicles, and pedestrians from mud and other flying debris thrown into the air by the rotating tire. A mudflap is typically made from a flexible material such as rubber that is not easily damaged by contact with flying debris, the tire, or the road surface.
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