Who Stole Incest?

by Louise Armstrong IN 1978, WHEN PEOPLE ASKED WHAT I’D WRITTEN ABOUT, I’d say “incest.” And they would then most often ask, “Oh? Are you

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Born-Again Consumers

by Lillian Afrkano Clearly, the home shopping church has its own convention for testifying. An ionizer for $29? A beaded sweater for $39? A diamond

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What’s Left of Sex?

by Elaine Rapping As everyone must surely have been reminded more than once by now, this summer marks the 25th anniversary of Woodstock. The four-day

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Smoke Yourself Thin

by Suzanne Levine Longing to be independent, exuberant, popular, sexy, and slim? The tobacco industry spends more than $4 billion dollars a year in advertising

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