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Ms.CELLANEOUS:
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**Sisters
Spin Talk
on Hip-hop**
Two
feminists who came of age with the music and the culture
take a long, hard look at its impact--for better and
worse--on young women, and reassess its importance in
their lives. > by Tara Roberts and Eisa Nefertari
Ulen
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**The
Mommy Wars**
How the media pits one group of
mothers against another. It all boils down to the Haves
versus the Have-Nots. > by Susan Douglas and Meredith
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**Going
Underground**
One woman's moving account of the painful decision to
give up family, friends, and identity, and flee with her
daughter to a safer life > by Anonymous Plus:
Information about hiding in plain sight > by
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**Turning
the Tables on "Science"**
When Natalie Angier wrote Woman: An Intimate Geography,
she took on accepted truths about women, poked holes in
them, and offered an exciting revisionist view of our
bodies. Oh boy, did she ruffle some feathers! > by Marilyn
Milloy
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Wanted:
Child Care
A
poll conducted by the NOW Legal Defense and Education
Fund indicates that 69% of voters want to spend more
federal money to support child care. But government
officials don't seem to get it, so Lifetime Television
and NOWLDEF have a solution: baby-sit the politicians.
The two groups have launched the Adopt a Politician
campaign, asking concerned adults to nurture the mayor,
governor, congressperson, or presidential candidate
of their choice. Each "baby-sitter" will encourage
cognitive development with frequent e-mails, letters,
holiday cards, and photos in support of subsidized child
care. Baby-sit a politician by calling (800) 522-0925
or visiting www.lifetimetv.com..
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Sweet
Valley Geeks
Gender disparity in Silicon Valley is so staggering
that women looking for a husband flock there. (American
Singles held its 1999 convention in Palo Alto, California,
because the city now outpaces Anchorage, Alaska,
in its number of unattached men.) But what about
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The first online empowerment community for young women
interested in high-tech careers is trying to change things.
GirlGeeks (www.girlgeeks.com)
provides online training and chat events with women in
the field, but most impressive is their unique Mentor
Match technology, which connects hundreds of aspiring
girls with well-established technology-savvy women. "We
don't want mentoring to be like eating spinach. We try
to make it fun," says Kristine Hanna, cofounder and
coexecutive producer of the site. Maybe American Singles
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Science
Project
In
the first-ever study to positively link sports participation
to adolescent girls' success in science, Sandra Hanson,
a professor of sociology at the Catholic University
in Washington, D.C., uncovered a fascinating distinction:
while white women who lace up are much more likely to
become doctors, engineers, and scientists than those
who don't, African American women do as well or better
in science, regardless of sports involvement. Hanson
says that interviews with study participants indicate
that black women gain confidence elsewhere, particularly
from strong women role models in the family. "To
be a good mother in the black community is to be a good
provider," she says. "Historically, black
women have never had the luxury of not working. African
American girls have a different idea of femininity,
and that comes straight from the nontraditional messages
coming to them."
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Flower
Power
In
nearly every part of the U.S., if you're a poor woman
facing sexual harassment at work--as an estimated 60%
to 85% of all working women do--there's no place to turn
for free legal representation. But in New York City, things
are different. The New York Legal Assistance Group recently
created LILAC, the Low-Income Legal Assistance Coalition,
which matches low-income women who are being sexually
harassed with qualified pro bono attorneys. Maybe other
programs will bloom around the country thanks to LILAC's
example. Contact LILAC at (212) 223-0174.
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