Word: feminist
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...pairing seems about as likely as a business lunch between Author Germaine Greer and Pop Singer Tiffany: Ms., the feminist bible born of the political turmoil of the 1960s, and Sassy, the impudent primer for the latest generation of boy-crazy teenage girls. But Sassy Founder Sandra Yates and Ms. Editor Anne Summers are betting that the two magazines will be the foundation of a new media empire. Last week the two transplanted Australians signed a deal to buy Ms. and Sassy from their former employer, Australia's John Fairfax...
...Barbie dolls. "Barbie had a house, a car and a boyfriend, period," she notes. Peters has not been swayed by close friends who have babies. "They spend the first three months staring at the baby. I won't give my life over to that. The Smurfs become your life." Feminist Gloria Steinem, 54, also made a deliberate choice. "I either gave birth to someone else," she explains, "or I gave birth to myself...
...their early 30s. Says Gans: "They ask, 'Will I regret this? What is wrong with me that I didn't want a baby all along?' " (She notes, however, that she also counsels many women who regret having had children.) Some discontented women blame feminism for encouraging their childless state. Feminist Author Betty Friedan, who relishes her role as the mother of two children, sharply disagrees. She insists that feminists are addressing the problems of working mothers. "Half of the women who are childless at 40 are not childless by real choice," says Friedan. "They have not had children because they...
...message of last week's Take Back the Night march lacked the feminist strength of past years. The traditional chant "Women unite, take back the night" was diluted to "People unite" in acknowledgement of the men who were present. Speakers repeatedly thanked these men for participating and warned the crowd that women alone cannot stop rape and sexual violence. In addition, a male student, Jeff Goldberg '88, spoke at the rally...
Sound like a feminist tract? In fact, those observations come from the first draft of a major policy statement on women by American bishops. The 164-page paper, Partners in the Mystery of Redemption, was written by a panel of six bishops chaired by Joseph Imesch of Joliet, Ill., with the assistance of five scholars and two staffers -- all women. The text was released last week for reactions, after being unanimously approved by the U.S. hierarchy's 50-member administrative board...