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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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| >>Theda
Bara was one of the first femme fatales to grace the silver
screen; she played a vampire in so many movies between
1914 and 1919 that she was subpoenaed to give expert testimony
on vampire psychology at a Los Angeles murder trial. |
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| >>Since
1927, just two women have been nominated for the Oscar
for best director. Neither won. No woman of color has
ever been nominated. |
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| >>Frances
Marion was Hollywood's highest paid screenwriter, male
or female, from 1916 through the mid-1930s. |
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| >>Lois
Weber's weekly $5,000 paycheck made her a top-salaried
director in 1916. She used her silent films to examine
issues like drug addiction, capital punishment, and birth
control. |
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| >>Bond
girl Pussy Galore was a lesbian in the novel Goldfinger.
This would have explained her initial immunity to Bond's
charm (and her name). But her preference for women never
made it to the screen. |
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| >>At
the height of her fame in the 1940s, pinup star Betty
Grable was not only the highest paid actor in Hollywood,
but also the highest paid woman in the U.S. |
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| >>Dizzy
homemaker on camera, savvy negotiator off camera, Lucille
Ball bought Desi Arnaz's share of Desilu Productions after
they divorced, becoming the first woman to own and run
a major Hollywood production company. |
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| >>A
study of the 1999-2000 prime-time television season found
that viewers were more likely to see a female extraterrestrial
or angel than they were a female Hispanic, Asian, or Native
American character. |
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| Compiled
by Irin Carmon |
| Major Sources: Motion Picture Association
of America; Oscars.com; Vamps: An Illustrated History
of the Femme Fatale (Cleis Press); Women in Film |
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