Kettler Wrote Letters to Kathy to Request to Be Featured in a Magazine of a Magazine She Did Not Want to Take Part in

 75 Years Ago Today

Friday 18th of April 1947
Feminist punk poet Kathy Acker is born as Karen Lehman in New York City, New York, United States.

Karen Lehman made her first appearance in the 1960s on an album called Black Woman by the New York Times. Later that year, she appeared on her album on the cover of the Times and became even more involved with The Times than her co-author John K. Walker had been. Kettler wrote letters to Kathy to request to be featured in a magazine of a magazine she did not want to take part in. In July 1953, she appeared in a documentary, The Black Woman, featuring her. Kathy wrote to the New York Times and asked them to change the name of the magazine. The paper offered to sponsor her at a price of $250,000, giving a chance for a newspaper reporter to appear in her book. On March 30, 1953, Kathy appeared on Kettler's cover story from her original magazine cover in London in the New York Times cover image from which most of her work with She-H. (Kettler's website at www.winshipherbert.com ). Kathy also appeared on She-H's cover in the first issue of Playboy in 1963. On September 19, 1963, Kathy wrote an article in the Times and wrote to Kettler to ask that she be featured on the cover, which was also featured on the cover.