The Seventies #5: The Debutante Ball of The New Right (Patreon)

Hey!

The captions are an estimated 48 hours from being completed, but this video was already delayed so I'm posting it now before captions are available! I'll update by Saturday. 

We've covered A LOT In the first four episodes of Lexual Does The Seventies, and it's pretty obvious now what I've been building up to: the formation of the New Right! 

Enjoy! But also after watching this video, think about the ways modern politics (along with our current social divides) reflect the rise of the New Right. The themes I discuss in this video will play a big role in our discussions during Lexual Does The 80s (yes, that's a thing!) , but I'm sure you can already make some connections between the 70s and now ;)  

Sources and Further Reading

The Seventies: The Great Shift in American Culture, Society, and Politics (Bruce J Schulman)

The 1970s: A New Global History From Civil Rights to Economic Inequality (Thomas Borstelmann)

Fault Lines: A History of The United States Since 1974 (Kevin Kruse and Julian E. Zelizer)

Dark Money (Jane Meyer)

Gerrymandering, then and now

Youth Director Stresses Jewish Identity: An Alternative to 'Jesus Freaks'

Jesus Freaks Newspaper Coverage

The Age of Evangelicalism: America’s Born-Again Years (Neil J Young)

The Evangelicals (Frances Fitzgerald)

What Phyllis Schlafly Owes Feminism (Nicole Hemmer)

A 1975 letter from an anti-busing leader and local politician, Louise Day Hicks, to Congressman Joe Moakley.

Blacks and the New Christian Right: Support for the Moral Majority and Pat Robertson among Washington, D.C. Blacks

National FederationFor Decency Plans ABC Boycott

The Orange Juice Boycott That Changed America

“Family Values” and the Formation of a Christian Right Agenda (Seth Dowland)

Conservative and Right-Wing Movements (Kathleen Blee and Kimberly A Creasap)

Linking Religion and Politics (Kathy Sawyer)

Pornography in U.S.: A Big Business

War Against Pornography Doesn't Have Many Battles

Porno Chic and The Sex Wars (Edited by Carolyn Bronstein and Whitney Strub)

"Think About That Special Man Who's On His Way Home To You": Conservative Women's Sexualization of Marriage in the 1970s (Gillian Frank)

 1979 VHS Porn Craze