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MS.CELLANEOUS
-What?
-Just the Facts
-Word: Bi
-Women to Watch |
Diary
of a Slam Poet
National Poetry Slam champion and outspoken feminist shares
a year of her life on the road. By Alix Olson |
AD
SAVVY
In these two articles, we explore some of the ways ads
affect us.
Hooked on
Advertising
Cultural critic Jean Kilbourne takes on ads offers new
insight into the not-so-obvious messages lurking behind
the luster. By Clea Simon
Consuming Passions
Today's advertising execs and their big- business clients
are betting that consumers will buy products made by companies
that support social causes. Are the ads just talk, or
is there substance behind the slogans? By Dan Bischoff
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| Book Reviews
On the Ms.
bookshelf
Saturday's
Child by Robin Morgan
The
Crimson Edge: Older Women Writing (Volume Two)
by Sondra Zeidenstein
Gun
Women by Mary Zeiss Stange and Carol K. Oyster
Her
Way by Paula Kamen
Feminism
is for Everybody by bell hooks
Black,
White and Jewish by Rebecca Walker
Prodigal
Summer by Barbara Kingsolver
EDITOR'S
PAGE
by Marcia Ann Gillespie
YOUR
HEALTH:
-The Latest on Tamoxifen
-Healthnotes
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NEWS:
-In Poland, Feminism Is the News
-The Right's Stealth Tactics
-Gloria Steinem's Wedding Day
- Newsmaker: Aloisea Inyumba
- What Will Mexico's New Government Mean for Women?
- Opinion: Blaming the Messenger
- Clippings
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UPPITY
WOMEN:
Elouise Cobell Takes on the Feds
FIRST
PERSON:
Aunt Jemima in the Mirror
TECHNO.FEM:
What's a Hacktivist?
SHE
SAYS:
The Body Shop's Anita Roddick
ARTS:
Shirin Neshat Sees Beyond the Veil
COLUMNS
by Daisy Hernandez, Patricia Smith, and Gloria Steinem
NO
COMMENT
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SEX
AND POWER:
Is
the feminist movement stuck in mid-revolution? According
to this well-known lawyer and activist the answer is
yes. Now it's time to move on and harness our power.
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Behold—the
EROS-CTD. It looks like an ergonomic mouse, but it's
supposedly the latest breakthrough in treating something
called Female Sexual Arousal Disorder (FSAD). Erotic,
isn't it? The "mouse" is actually a vacuum pump. Plug
your clitoris into the rubber socket, and EROS allegedly
increases blood flow, causing arousal and, presumably,
orgasm. But don't look for the $359 gizmo at your local
pussycat palace; you'll need a doctor's prescription.
A newly coined term, FSAD describes physically based
sexual dysfunction. But think of it as the global warming
of modern medicine—experts can't agree whether
the condition exists or not. One researcher said: "If
it is effective, this device only demonstrates that
most of women's sexual problems are due to lack of adequate
stimulation. EROS is a complicated, expensive vibrator"-never
mind a disgrace to its namesake (would the Greek god
of all things sensual pick beige?). And it may not even
be a breakthrough. "The only new thing is the price
tag," says sexologist Leonore Tiefer, who notes that
women have used special attachments for penis pumps
to achieve the same effect. So if EROS is more of a
reinvention, and if its evolution resembles the vibrator's-also
first touted as a medical solution-you'll soon be able
to get one even if you're not "dysfunctional."
-JENNIFER
BLOCK
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