Word: feminist
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...historic forces brought an end to that era, sweeping women out of the home and into the workplace and creating a new demand for child care. First came the feminist movement of the '60s, which encouraged housewives to seek fulfillment in a career. Then economic recessions and inflation struck in the 1970s. Between 1973 and 1983, the median income for young families fell by more than 16%. Suddenly the middle-class dream of a house, a car and three square meals for the kids carried a dual-income price tag. "What was once a problem only of poor families...
Staller says she receives 150 letters a day, most proposing marriage. "I would never vote for her," says Francesca Melandri, a screenwriter and feminist. "Yet I understand the Radical's message. Even a porno star is more virginal than most politicians...
...Dean of the Faculty A. Michael Spence says the Women's Studies proposal appealed to him because it was grounded in academics, not feminist ideology. He says there are two types of Women's Studies programs around the country: feminism studies, and an interdisciplinary offering on gender in society. "The reason Women's Studies was broadly supported is because subject has already been on the agenda" of many departments, Spence says...
...regional theaters a year or two later. In recent seasons, however, the cultural exchange has begun to work both ways, with regional theaters that have developed promising productions often joining forces with Manhattan institutions or producers. That is the case with two current off-Broadway delights: a lively feminist interpretation of the British social-class comedy Educating Rita by Chicago's Steppenwolf, the ensemble's sixth foray into Manhattan in the past five seasons; and a bewitchingly surreal satire with songs, Three Postcards, the second offering this season originated by California's South Coast Repertory, which, despite its setting...
Betty Blue is a sexy, feminist film by a male director, reminiscent of the great "woman's films"--like Mildred Pierce and Camille--which Hollywood produced at its height. L'Annee de Meduses is merely a vapid testimony to the boredom of life--and film--on the beach. If a director really wants to set drama on the beach, he had better pull a strong character out of the deep like Jaws...