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New bootleg cards join the pack

Although the original series of Theory.org.uk trading cards is now complete, helpful supporters keep making new cards anyway!

In October 2001, Jacob Ramsay of Australian National University was giving a lecture on Edward Said, and chose to illustrate it with his own card which he made using photocopies, scissors and glue.

In February 2002 we received two more unofficial cards in quick succession - one on artists Pierre Et Gilles made by Yvonne Aburrow of the University of Bath, and one on Girl Power by Sophie of Amsterdam.

In March 2002, Robert Schachel of the University of Florida sent us another bootleg card, about Deleuze and Guattari. And in April 2002, Josh G from Rhode Island sent along Jacques Lacan.

At the start of May we were able to add five new cards - John Gehron had made cards on Duchamp, Jung, de Beauvoir and Kohut; and 'Snarkism' made one on Plastic.com.

In June 2002, Yvonne Aburrow contributed her second bootleg, about critical psychologist Valerie Walkerdine, and Sophie from Amsterdam created a second card, about top sociologist Ulrich Beck.

Although the original set of cards was not exactly 50/50 women and men, the bootlegs seem to have been even more biased towards men, so if you are thinking of making us a bootleg card, WE WANT MORE CARDS ABOUT WOMEN PLEASE!

It is always great to receive these cards made by other people (which I call 'bootleg' cards in order to make them sound cool, not because they are illegitimate!) and so this notice has been added to the main page of the Theory.org.uk Trading Cards site:

WANTED - MORE BOOTLEGS!
ESPECIALLY ONES ABOUT WOMEN!

Cards 13-24 came to be here because some people started cheekily making their own cards fitting the Theory.org.uk Trading Card format. Of course, we like cheekiness, and we are delighted to be able to expand the range by adding the 'unofficial' cards to the original ones. So if anybody else wants to have a go, please make the card using a graphics program, and email it to me. Remember to make the card at least 435 x 619 pixels (i.e. modify one of the cards, such as this one, that already appear at that size). Please also try to keep the layout and fonts close to the existing house style (the text on the Duchamp & Jung bootlegs is too small - don't copy that!). Finally, cards about people who are not old white men are encouraged! Thank you!