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MS.CELLANEOUS
-What?
-Just the Facts
-Word: Bi
-Women to Watch |
Diary
of a Slam Poet
National Poetry Slam champion and outspoken feminist shares
a year of her life on the road. By Alix Olson |
AD
SAVVY
In these two articles, we explore some of the ways ads
affect us.
Hooked on
Advertising
Cultural critic Jean Kilbourne takes on ads offers new
insight into the not-so-obvious messages lurking behind
the luster. By Clea Simon
Consuming Passions
Today's advertising execs and their big- business clients
are betting that consumers will buy products made by companies
that support social causes. Are the ads just talk, or
is there substance behind the slogans? By Dan Bischoff
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| Book Reviews
On the Ms.
bookshelf
Saturday's
Child by Robin Morgan
The
Crimson Edge: Older Women Writing (Volume Two)
by Sondra Zeidenstein
Gun
Women by Mary Zeiss Stange and Carol K. Oyster
Her
Way by Paula Kamen
Feminism
is for Everybody by bell hooks
Black,
White and Jewish by Rebecca Walker
Prodigal
Summer by Barbara Kingsolver
EDITOR'S
PAGE
by Marcia Ann Gillespie
YOUR
HEALTH:
-The Latest on Tamoxifen
-Healthnotes
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NEWS:
-In Poland, Feminism Is the News
-The Right's Stealth Tactics
-Gloria Steinem's Wedding Day
- Newsmaker: Aloisea Inyumba
- What Will Mexico's New Government Mean for Women?
- Opinion: Blaming the Messenger
- Clippings
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UPPITY
WOMEN:
Elouise Cobell Takes on the Feds
FIRST
PERSON:
Aunt Jemima in the Mirror
TECHNO.FEM:
What's a Hacktivist?
SHE
SAYS:
The Body Shop's Anita Roddick
ARTS:
Shirin Neshat Sees Beyond the Veil
COLUMNS
by Daisy Hernandez, Patricia Smith, and Gloria Steinem
NO
COMMENT
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SEX
AND POWER:
Is
the feminist movement stuck in mid-revolution? According
to this well-known lawyer and activist the answer is
yes. Now it's time to move on and harness our power.
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Researchers
in England found more than they were looking
for in a study of how diet affects the health
of new mothers and their babies. Comparing
vegetarians to meat- and fish-eaters, they
discovered that the veggie moms were more
likely to give birth to girls. An extended
study showed that in Britain, for every 100
girls, 106 boys are born; but among the vegetarians
studied, for every 100 girls, only 81.5 boys
were born. Researchers plan to study fathers
next, but meanwhile, "the study has raised
many questions about the woman's role in conception,"
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| The
American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists wants
to make HIV testing as "commonplace as urinalysis" during
prenatal care. It recently launched a "universal testing
with notification" campaign, encouraging doctors to test
all pregnant women unless they refuse. Why the new push?
The old policy was to test only women deemed "high risk,"
but it didn't work-in 1997, more than one third of the
mothers who gave birth to HIV-positive babies either did
not know or did not report that they might be at risk.
In addition, research shows that AZT reduces the risk
of transmission at birth from 25% to less than 8%, and
since doctors began prescribing AZT to pregnant women
in the U.S., the rate of new pediatric AIDS cases has
been cut by almost half. |
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| You've
probably noticed that women's health Web sites are as
common as dandelions in the spring; but like those pretty
weeds, they pop up and then vanish with the wind. Not
the National Women's Health Information Center, www.4women.gov,
which has been around since 1998—a lifetime in the
world of new media. It's bilingual, user-friendly, and
unlike the competition, free of ads or product placement.
"The only thing we're selling is good health," says Carol
Krause of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services,
which runs the site. And if you can't find what you're
looking for, you can call (800) 994-WOMAN and talk to
someone who can. |
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| In
1999, the National Institutes of Health spent only 1.4%
of its AIDS-related research budget on the development
of microbicides-female-controlled substances that could
prevent the transmission of HIV and other STDs. |
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| A
survey conducted by the University of Pennsylvania found
that rape victims who seek care at Catholic hospitals
are not getting the help they need. The survey found that
some Catholic hospitals withhold information about emergency
contraception unless asked about it, and some don't even
allow physicians to prescribe it. The researchers argue
that such restrictive policies undermine patients' rights.
They propose legislation requiring all hospitals to meet
a standard of care. |
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