"Lacy and Labowitz teamed up with Bia Lowe, and other artists, in 1977 to create, "In Mourning and In Rage," a large-scale public protest performance.It had been designed to challenge media coverage that sensationalized a rash of murders of women by the so-called Hillside Strangler; the tone of the press coverage seemed geared to heighten the climate of fear which reinforced the image of women as victims.