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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...newsletter must be recognized for what it is: pornography in the feminist sense. That is, it presents the violent, sexual degradation of women as erotic. The pornography industry makes $8 billion a year depicting women in exactly the same way as the Pi newsletter. The danger of this pornographic view of women lies not only in the represetnation of women as sub-human "slobbering bovines fresh for the slaughter," but in its message that women enjoy male sexual violence and aggression; "grateful heffers (sic)" As Chris Hayes pointed out in her insightful letter to The Crimson, the rape mentality created...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Pornography | 4/12/1984 | See Source »

...Ralph might be a vehicle for his own views, Leo admits that the original Wanda was a bit wan, serving as a foil for her splenetic spouse. "The characters have developed over the years," says their creator. "It used to be Ralph the triumphant curmudgeon teasing Wanda the trendy feminist. But Wanda has become a lot smarter. For one thing, the column worked better that way. Each of them could express sharper opinions and then get corrected or put down or yelled at by the other. Also, as my two teen-age daughters grew older, they began complaining that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Letter From The Publisher: Apr. 9, 1984 | 4/9/1984 | See Source »

...committed feminist, I have hashed and rehashed (now ardently, now reluctantly) the relative merits of a he she construction. Ms vs Miss, who should hold what doors, etc. Is it a)always, b)usually, c)sometimes, or d) never appropriate to use "girl" instead of "woman" when referring to a female college student? So in a sense, it was helpful to come across a crude stark reminder of just what sexism...

Author: By Holly A. Idelson, | Title: Behind Closed Doors | 4/4/1984 | See Source »

...concept of fashion as social or political statement is as dubious as that of "sartorial individualism," because clothing is an unreliable barometer of ideological sincerity. Why shouldn't a Marxist wear a three-piece suit? Or a feminist, spiked heels and false eyelashes? Would dressing like a Prole or a Libber automatically authenticate their convictions? And, aside from the shock value, what was really so meaningful during the sixties about hippies wearing United States flags on their bottoms? The professional anti-Establishmentarian Abbie Hoffman--who did precisely that--held as archaic a view of women, for example, as any flannel...

Author: By Margaret Y. Han, | Title: Outside In | 3/17/1984 | See Source »

...cutoff of aid to El Salvador unless its leaders put a stop to quasiofficial political murder of civilians. Domestically, Hart says, "I see Government as a problem solver." For him that includes aggressive efforts by Washington to remedy racial and sexual inequities. He has even endorsed the problematic feminist principle of equal pay for comparable work...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Man Who Wears No Label | 3/12/1984 | See Source »

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