Word: feministic
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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DIED. FRANCES LEAR, 73; outspoken feminist and magazine editor; of breast cancer; in New York City. Married for 28 years to TV producer Norman Lear (and believed to be the model for the title character of his sitcom Maude), she used part of her splashy $100 million 1985 divorce settlement to found the short-lived Lear's, a magazine "for the woman who wasn't born yesterday...
Williams praised women for having the gift of conflict resolution and reconciliation needed in war-wrought areas of the world, but referred to the feminist movement in the United States as "a disgrace" and heralded the audience "to stop our gender from being invisible...
...Patti Kenner also cheers the movie's celebration of female camaraderie--and charity. In lieu of accepting birthday gifts, she asked friends to contribute to a women's organization. Peg Yorkin, who used some of her more than $50 million divorce settlement from producer Bud Yorkin to found the Feminist Majority Foundation in 1987, says, "Feminism gives women options they probably didn't have 50 years ago. Women who might not be as fortunate as I am at least can usually do something." Marilyn Kane, for instance, has become a counselor for the Coalition for Family Justice, a New York...
Hollywood wants women to fit these stereotypes (even feminist stereotypes), if only to prove the rules of its game: that films must be tailored to the appetites of young men; that women will go to male-oriented movies but men can't be dragged to women's pictures; that an actress's bloom as a box-office icon (Julia Roberts, Jodie Foster) can soon fade, while the appeal of male stars (Sean Connery, Dustin Hoffman) stays solid for decades...
...Behaving Badly (NBC) Definitely not TV's most feminist-minded sitcom...