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...Boss?, Growing Pains and Night Court -- are also saying goodbye this spring.) It initiated a healthy new attitude toward race on TV by building a show around an upper-middle-class family that just happened to be black. And it set a standard for wholesome TV families that inspired backlash (Married . . . with Children) as well as imitation (Family Matters...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Graduating With Honors | 5/4/1992 | See Source »

...ABCs of this election year are a woman candidate's dream. A is for abortion, or more precisely the attack on abortion rights that has enraged pro-choice voters in both major parties. B is for the backlash against the all-white, all-male Senate Judiciary Committee, which rubbed women's emotions raw last October with its insensitive handling of Anita Hill's sexual- harassment charges against Clarence Thomas. C is for change, the latest political buzz word for voters and candidates alike. "Men are running around saying, 'I'll change things,' " says Harriett Woods, president of the National Women...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Politics the Feminist Machine | 5/4/1992 | See Source »

...backlash is fueled, she said, by a "perception that women are stealing some crumbs from the male bread- winner pie, and the fear that that pie isshrinking...

Author: By Maya E. Fischhoff, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Author Says Women's Movement Under Fire | 5/1/1992 | See Source »

...backlash, in short, hasn't gone away,"Faludi continued. "It's just changed itscoloration and lingo...

Author: By Maya E. Fischhoff, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Author Says Women's Movement Under Fire | 5/1/1992 | See Source »

...climate of backlash, women are criticizedno matter what they do, said Faludi. Critics useinvalid scientific studies and misogynistic humorto attack women's rights, she said...

Author: By Maya E. Fischhoff, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Author Says Women's Movement Under Fire | 5/1/1992 | See Source »

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