It is a collage film that contrasts messy depictions of domestic life with the pristine images of women found in media and advertising.
Neither had worked with a camera before, so Nelson's husband Robert spent half an hour showing them how to operate one.
[2] Wiley was pregnant while they were shooting, and Schmeerguntz shows her vomiting from morning sickness, struggling to fit into a garter belt, and wiping feces from her infant's behind.
[4] Their editing style consisted of rapid montage that combines their original footage with images from TV, movies, newsreels, and photo animations.
"[7][9] Carol Hanisch and members of New York Radical Women saw the film and had the idea to target a beauty pageant.