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The
F Word
The word "feminist" still raises hackles. Is
claiming this word all about age, race, and class? |
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MS.CELLANEOUS:
-What?
-Just
The Facts
-Word: Impossible
-Women to Watch
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Zero
Balance
Those entering middle age are discovering--sometimes too
late--that women get the short end of the stick when it
comes to retirement benefits. |
YOUR
HEALTH:
-Healthnotes
-Women's Bodies are Finally Being Studied |
The
Abortion Pill
Making mifepristone available in this country took decades
of struggle and remains fraught with controversy. |
-Editor's
Page
-Letters
-The Guerilla Girls
-No Comment
-Poetry
-News
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Portfolio:
Romaine Brooks
Lesbian society in Paris at the turn of the 20th century
is captured by this groundbreaking portraitist. |
| Uppity
Women: Rosario Robles' Bold Agenda |
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Books:
-The
Serpent Slayer by Katrin Tchana, Illustrated
by Trina Schart Hyman
-Desirada,
Maryse Conde
-Glory
Goes And Gets Some, Emily Carter
-The
Moon Pearl, Ruthanne Lum McCunn
-Kiss
My Tiara, Susan Jane Gilman
-Motiba's
Tattoos, Mira Kamdar
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-First
Person: By Any Other Name
-Columns: Daisy Hernandez, Patricia Smith and Gloria
Steinem |
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the early days, there were women of color involved. The
NOW board had women of color and some of the founders
were women of color. But the media chose to say we were
not attuned to the needs of women of color. I'm not as
concerned about what people are called as about what they
are doing. The issues we face are more complex now. |
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I was appointed to the EEOC, women could not work in certain
jobs, could not get credit. Things were simple: you've
got to change the laws. In the Civil Rights movement,
our goals were to get laws passed to change things on
the books that were identifiably racist. But once the
laws got passed, the goals were not so simple. How do
we come up with a society in which everyone has the chance
to be who they should be? White women need to hear what
women of color have to say. Women of color have always
had to listen to them. There are lots of organizations
created by Asian, Latina, black women functioning in their
own communities. And they don't have an easy relationship
with feminism. But if there's going to be true empowerment,
these organizations have to work together. It's impossible
to mold all the different threads into one organization.
But let's listen and argue and define a number of ways
to go. If we have many women involved, we're going to
have change. |
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