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JC & Damian's Commitment Ceremony, near Eugene, Oregon. Spring 1976.	Minneapolis Institute of Art, Press Release, “Strong Women, Full of Love" Meadow Muska on photographing illicit love, the women’s land movement, and why she’s come forward. September 19, 2019 By Casey Riley and Tim Gihring
MIA Curator Casey Riley, speaks about her exhibition “Strong Women, Full of Love” in a member mailing.	Ask a Curator: Casey Riley, Head of the Department of Photography and New Media of Minneapolis Institute of Art "*Which exhibition has felt closest to your heart?"* "Strong Women Full of Love: The Photography of Meadow Muska" was an important landmark. I received so many notes from people, in Minnesota and nationally, who said the show really moved them. It's important to champion talented folks who have been working on the margins.” - Casey Riley, Curator
Amazon Soccer Team, Minneapolis Minnesota, 1978	Meadow Muska - Photography as a Revolutionary Act Twin Cities public television, TPT, 16 minute video on Meadow Muska, sheds light on her photography and life.
Molly McCarthy, Nancy Sanders, and Blue Demaesschalck act out as we "play camera”. Del Lago land in Aitkin County, Minnesota, 1976.	Twin Cities PBS Magazine INTERVIEW Photography as a 'Revolutionary Act' Lesbians photographing lesbians were rare, and it was revolutionary that I controlled the process. Sending film to the drugstore for developing and printing could expose women to judgement or actually be confiscated. Trust was key. Being identified as a lesbian could cause loss of job, children,or housing. My intention was to keep the identities of the women safe, as I have done for 40 years.
Kit Ketchum and Margie Ampre, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 1978	StarTribune Article Once-taboo images by a Minnesota-born photographer reveal lesbian lives in the 1970s.
Damaris Jackson, Paula Gilbertson, and Susie Mudge pause in “Take Back the Night March” Minneapolis, Minnesota 1978	StarTribune Article The year's best Twin Cities art exhibitions were diverse and international "Strong Women, Full of Love" at Mia: Photos by Carolyn "Meadow" Muska, documenting the radical lesbian world of 1970s Minnesota, emerged from the closet.
Mother Kali’s Bookstore, Eugene, Oregon, 1976	Outliers and Outlaws, The Eugene Lesbian History Project - Digital Exhibit Meadow Muska’s photos are used throughout "Outliers and Outlaws, The Eugene Lesbian History Project - Digital Exhibit”, Mother Kali’s Bookstore, Gertrude’s Restaurant "Tonights Menu, Women Power," Tradeswomen ”Get Serious".
Lisyli Hardin and Robin Deeming Welcoming at Rising Moon Land in Aitkin Minnesota, 1973	Aperture Magazine A Land of Their Own. In the 1970s, Meadow Muska documented the feminist collectives that offered a new definition of home for hundreds of women.
Meadow Muska American, born 1952 Tradeswomen: Get Serious!, 1976	Workday Magazine "Strong Women, Full of Love", a Lens into Intersectional Feminism and Solidarity.
Meadow Muska and Cyndi James Irish at Como Zoo, St. Paul, Minnesota, 1973, by Molly McCarthy while “playing camera".	Smith Colleges: Libraries, Sophia Smith Collection of Women's History Meadow Muska papers.
Dianna Hunter and Shirley Dyke at Mel’s Place in Aitkin County, Minnesota, 1974	Dianna Hunter novel, "Wild Mares, my Lesbian Back-to-the-Land Life” “Playing camera” at Mel’s place with Dianna Hunter and Shirley Duke, made a cover photo for Dianna’s novel Wild Mares: my Lesbian Back-to-the-Land Life.