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1993 Fall

THE ABORTION ISSUE: There Is No Choice Without Providers

by Norine Dworhin For a moment, after 12 years of Ronald Reagan and George Bush’s antiabortion policies and their winking, …

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1993 Fall

CLINICS UNDER THE GUN

Blockades, Firebombs, Murder – A frontline report by Mary Lou Greenberg In Pensacola, Florida March 10, for the “crime” of …

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1993 Fall

When “Regular Guys” Rape, the Trial of the Glen Ridge Four

by Christine Schaack McGoey When the trial of four of those men began on September 21, 1992 nobody guessed that …

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1993 Summer

LIKE THE PHOENIX, WE RISE: A Conversation With Irish POW Bronwyn McGahan

by Betsy Swart They took us by forceand tied us with oppression.They divided us with bigotryand their class system.They thought …

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1993 Summer

The Text behind that Cover Girl Smile

by Merle Hoffman In the morning that I would be posing for photographers for an upcoming profile in Lears magazine …

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1993 Summer

Communiques from the Front: Young Activists Chart Feminism’s Third Wave

by Bonnie Pfister From the loose coalition of punk rock teens calling themselves Riot Grrls to the recently reinvigorated Students …

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1993 Summer

BOSNIA: NO PLACE TO HIDE-NO PLACE TO RUN: The Balkanization of Women’s Bodies

by Jill Benderly Horror and outrage have been the world’s response to systematic mass rape and forced pregnancy of Bosnian …

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1993 Summer

Healthcare for All – Will It Be Good for Women?

by Elayne Clift “If I could have a magic wand tomorrow and do one thing for this economy,” then President-elect …

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1993 Summer

An Update on Aileen Wuornos
by Phyllis Chesler

For the first time in U.S. history, a woman stands accused of being a serial killer – of having killed …

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1993 Summer

Ireland: For Irish Feminists: Activism = Imprisonment, Strip Search and Death; THE MURDER OF SHEENA CAMPBELL

by Betsy Swart On October 16,1992, Sheena Campbell, a 29-year-old activist and feminist, was wantonly murdered by a masked gunman …

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1993 Summer

What Women Can Learn from Malcolm X

by Flo Kennedy and Irene Davall WOMEN SHOULD SEE “MALCOLM X” AS A BLUEPRINT TO FOLLOW IN OUR FIGHT FOR …

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1993 Spring

THE WHATS HOWS AND WHYS OF MENSTRUAL EXTRACTION

by Rebecca Chalker In Los Angeles in 1971, before Roe v. Wade legalized abortion, a small group of women began …

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1993 Spring

Making babies, Miracle or Marketing Hype?

by Elayne Clift The hype is that women are frivolous, if not downright evil, frittering their time away in law …

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1993 Spring

Desperately Seeking Madonna The Feminist

by bell hooks Just as it was once fashionable among “cool” feminists to love Madonna, it is now permissible to …

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1993 Spring

Stand-Up Feminism, The Subversive Power of Laughter

by Norine Dworkin “It’s not that I have penis envy. It’s just that the people with them seem to go …

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1993 Spring

Always in Your Face, Flo Kennedy, An Activist Forever

by Beverly Lowy Perhaps nothing is more awe-inspiring than the accomplishments of African American women, some famous and some unknown …

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1993 Spring

Sex after the fall

by Merle Hoffman In some ways my personal and political ties with Russia seem to have an uncanny quality -almost like destiny. …

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1993 Spring

WHY MENSTRUAL EXTRACTION IS A GOOD IDEA

by Rebecca Chalker Menstrual extraction (M.E.), a technique that can remove the contents of the uterus safely with a hand-held …

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1993 Spring

The Case Against Menstrual Extraction

by Louise Tyrer With abortion debates escalating, “self-help” menstrual extraction (M.E.) has been promoted as a way for women to …

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1993 Spring

Against Ambiguity, An Homage to Knowledgeable Love

by Alfred E. Fireman Some say love is magical. I say the word love is commonly used to invoke magic …

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1992 Fall

Damn Breaks On The Long, Dark Night Of The Russian Soul

by Nancy Seifer On Monday morning, August 19, 1991, I was awakened from a deep sleep by my Moscow hostess …

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1992 Fall

Eastern European Feminism: No Room of One’s Own

by Jill Benderly I am obsessed by the small feminist movement in Eastern Europe. I feel the most alive when …

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1992 Fall

LET’S MAKE RAPE AN ELECTION ISSUE

by John Stoltenberg IN 1988 MICHAEL DUKAKIS,THEN DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENT, BLUNDERED INTO HIS THIRD TELEVISED DEBATE AGAINST REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE …

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1992 Fall

Building The Third Wave:
Reflections Of A Young Feminist

by Laurie Ouellette I am a member of the first generation of women to benefit from the gains of the …

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1992 Fall

Choices: The Road Not Taken

by Merle Hoffman Ionce attended a small social gathering which included a woman who professed great skill in analyzing people …

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1992 Fall

Fear & Loathing Deconstructed: An Essay on Gloria Steinem’s Revolution from Within

by Naomi Wolf Revolution From Within,* Steinem’s first full-length work, analyzes how huge transformations – what Grace Paley calls “enormous …

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1992 Fall

Zimbabwe Women Negotiate Their Roles

by Faith Fungayi Chimanda It is no longer a common sight in Zimbabwean cities to come across women with head …

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1992 Fall

Suffer the Little Children and Their Mothers

by Michael Myerson With the collapse of Communist rule in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union, our mass media …

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1992 Fall

Deep Inside Annie Sprinkle

by Norine Dworkin Despite Western art’s long tradition of the female nude, sex and art have, at best, an uneasy …

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1992 Fall

FUNNY FEMINISM : A TEEN PERSPECTIVE

by Amy Wu Why is it that so many women love to be called “feminine,” but cringe at the word …

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1992 Summer

SEX, DEATH AND THE DOUBLE STANDARD Wuornos On Trial

by Phyllis Chesler Many studies have shown that at least 90 percent of all violent crime and 99 percent of …

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1992 Summer

Feminist Witchcraft In Today’s World

by Ann Forfreedom What is modern witchcraft, and why is a specifically feminist witchcraft needed? Many people who consider themselves …

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1992 Summer

A 34-Year Problem Was Treated (by male physicians) With Pats On The Head

by Lois Greene Stone How does this remark grab you? “Myomectomy is the operation of choice when it is necessary …

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