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1990 Spring

TALKING FEMINIST: Letty Cottin Pogrebin Interviews Renee David About French Feminism and Jewish Identity

Renee David is a successful journalist who forthrightly calls herself a feminist. She’s a political radical, a Jewish woman who …

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1990 Spring

Saving Choice:Youth Organizes to Oppose Parental Consent and Notification

As the U.S. Supreme Court was listening to lofty legal arguments about teenager’s rights to abortion without parental consent or …

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1990 Spring

On The Trail Of Jane The Fool

by Denise Selleck As a superstitious person, I would never have started this project had I realized that it was …

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1990 Spring

MARGARET SANGER: An Alternate View

by Jill Benderly Margaret Sanger certainly led the struggle for birth control. In the process, she also set the course …

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1990 Spring

The Chilling Of Reproductive Choice

by Janice Raymond To argue for fetal status and rights is much more winnable than to argue for women on …

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1990 Spring

I Dream A World: Portraits of 75 Women Who Changed America Interview with Photographer Brian Lanker

by Eleanor J. Bader “It’s history we’re viewing and people respond to the photos because the women have had such …

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1990 Winter

ON SPECIESIST LANGUAGE

by Joan Dunayer Just as sexist language demeans women, speciesist language denigrates non-human animals “A noun is a person, place, …

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1990 Winter

Living in a land of Sexual Violence

by Merle Hoffman I have an old friend who lives in North Miami. She’s bright, solidly middle class, married and …

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1990 Winter

INNOCENT CASUALTIES IN THE WAR ON DRUGS

by Betsy Swart There are nearly 10 million addicts in the United States today but only about 338,000 slots in …

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1990 Winter

Another American Tragedy, The Death of Becky Bell, Interview with Bill and Karen Bell

by Mary Lou Greenberg On June 25, 1990 the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that states can require teenaged women to …

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1990 Winter

ENVIRONMENTAL ACTION:
Time Is Running Out

by Eleanor J. Bader Ask Ruth Caplan what individuals can do to protect the environment and her eyes light up, …

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1990 Winter

WHICH WAY AFTER WEBSTER?

by Irene Davall Donna Jean pulled into the parking lot as her dashboard clock clicked over to 7:10. The lot …

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Our Bodies

Sexual Malpractice: Therapists Who Seduce their Patients

by Fred Pelka Judith Daire began therapy in 1971 with a psychiatrist who ended sessions with “a light embrace, and …

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Feminism

Hysterical Housewives (And Other Courageous Women)

by Karen Jan Stults Women committed to a cause, especially one being fought at the grassroots level, are often labeled …

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Editorial

America’s Most Dangerous Woman?

by Merle Hoffman “It was the prison that had proved the best school. A more painful, but a more vital, …

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Abortion

American Fantasies

by Merle Hoffman I am going to miss Ronald Reagan. Miss him in places of personal history and political passion. …

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International Reports

Africa: America’s Secret African War in the Western Sahara

by Major Carlos Wilson To date, U.S. arms sales and military aid to Morocco have amounted to just under $2 …

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Chesler, Phyllis

The Walls Came Tumbling Down: How Jewish Feminists Made History

by Phyllis Chesler “Two things moved me: The experience of seeing secular and assimilated women —who may not otherwise have …

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International Reports

Un Canto Por La Paz—el Salvador: A Festival of Music for Peace in a Country of Death Squads and Disappearances

by Ann Near A cocktail party, conversation soon after Reagan’s ascension revealed that even my Democratic/Liberal colleagues were swept up …

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Editorial

American Fantasies

I am going to miss Ronald Reagan. Miss him in places of personal history and political passion. Miss him in …

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Editorial

ABORTION – THE “ISSUE”

It seemed to have happened quietly, quickly, very subtly. It was there, overshadowing everything else, demanding immediate attention – The …

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Editorial

More than a Woman’s Issue

by Merle Hoffman “I love your enemies because they drive you to my arms for comfort” -Edna St. Vincent Millay …

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Feminism

Following The Vision: 50 Years In The Nonviolent Movement How a Violent Childhood Created a Pacifist

by Marjorie Swann My first arrest was for picketing in front of the British Embassy in support of freedom for …

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Editorial

Women’s Lives Under Padding

by Merle Hoffman learned about paddings accidentally many years ago. It was in a time before my consciousness was raised. …

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Abortion

Where are the Troops?

by Merle Hoffman The question came at me from left field. It was raining, cold and very early in the …

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Feminism

The Making of A Radical Feminist:
a Different Perspective on Andrea Dworkin
in an Intimate, Candid Interview

OTI: How did Andrea Dworkin become Andrea Dworkin? AD: I come from a family with strong political principles and deep …

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Our Bodies

HIV-POSITIVE WOMEN HAVE RIGHTS TOO and They’re Often Denied

by Barbara Santee, Ph.D IDS and reproductive rights. Many people do not see the connection between the two issues, but …

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Abortion

The Unfinished Mandate: Addressing the Issue of Infertility

by Congresswoman Pat Schroeder “They get about as much sympathy as an 83-pound woman who is trying to gain weight. We …

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Leigh, Carol

NO MANDATORY TESTING! A Feminist Prostitute Speaks Out

by Carol Leigh As a prostitute and activist, I am deeply disturbed by the current and proposed legislation establishing mandatory …

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Hassibi, Mahin

Designing Sex Playing God, Have Doctors Gone Too Far?

by Mahin Hassibi, M.D. My name is Michael Ross. I’m a condemned man on Connecticut’s death row,” began the unsolicited …

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Earth

The Greening of the World: An Exclusive Interview with Petra Kelly, Founder of the West German Green Party and Anti Nuclear Activist

by Merle Hoffman MH: How did you achieve your level of political consciousness and activism? PK: One of my mottos is that …

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Feminism

Interview with Kate Millett : BREAKING THE BARRIERS

Merle Hoffman Interviews Kate Millett “There is an enormous psychic rocket effect with coming out .. .you’ve broken the last …

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Feminism

The Teen Who Just Said “No!”

Interview by Roberta Kalechofky How a 15-Year-Old Woman Turned A School System Upside Down “…the silence of the students is …

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