I see the women's art account has shared this image again. That account is a bit terf-y so instead of just retweeting it for the 1000th time (I did that before looking into their anti-trans ethos) I thought I'd do a little thread on See Red, the women's collective who created it

First of all, the ONLY place to get a physical copy of the above poster, as well as their other designs, is in their book, available at a lot of indie bookshops and sites. If you see anyone selling it, it is without their permission.

See Red was founded in 1974 by three ex-art students. They met through an advert placed in Red Rag, a feminist magazine (which looks unfathomably cool), asking for women interested in combating the negative images of women in the media

See Red was born from that meeting. A collective was started, which aimed to produce art that aided the women's liberation movement. Primarily they created silk-screened posted but they also took commissions

See Red truly was a collective in both name and nature. There isn't one person who took credit for the work; an idea would be born, an initial design would be made by one person and then any of the 45 women who spent time in the group would work on it until everybody was happy

That's probably why the designs are incredibly detailed and cover a broad range of topics

See Red went through quite a few location changes. They began squatting in Camden, but moved after a brick was thrown threw a window. They moved to South London, but their property off Walworth road was attacked on numerous occasions by members of the National Front

They had ink thrown over their machinery, their mail was pissed on, doors smashed, phone lines cut and fascist stickers were placed on their property

They were self-funded, mainly from the sales of posters as well as donations, up until 1983 when they received funding from Southwark Council and then the Greater London Council until the GLC declined in 1986

During that time they had moved to better premises in Camberwell and were able to purchase better machinery and equipment. Previously they had bought their equipment from company closure stock liquidations

Unfortunately, they saw a real decline in demand and were unable to survive without funding. They carried on for an additional 7 years, but closed in 1990.

While in operation, only oil-based inks were available, which is why all the posters have a similar look. They used a blocking-out technique, using a water-soluble filler. They hung them on racks to dry until they could afford a darkroom and photographic stencils

You can tell that they were a collective because they used a wide range of message mediums (like cartoon strips!) as well as colour combinations

Originally, they allowed women to drop by and create posters personal to them with the collective's help, and they also took on apprentices. After 1984, however, they focused much more on producing posters for community groups, with no new designs being produced.

Very sad to say that two of the founding members have passed away: Julia Franco in 1980 and Sarah Jones in 2007. Suzy Mackie, Pru Stevenson, Jess Baines and Anne Robinson continue to work on preserving See Red's legacy, including the publication of the book of posters

Original posters can be found at The V&A archive and The Women's Library. They also had a dedicated exhibition at Huddersfield Art Gallery in 2015.

thank you to @stopmoving who has pointed me in the direction of the magazine Red Rag digitisation: http://banmarchive.org.uk/collections/redrag/index_frame.htm