Issue 40 was published in Winter 1999/2000.
Table of Contents:
Speech synthesis — Debbie Cameron takes a critical look at the politics of women’s speech and language
A war of attrition — Liz Kelly reviews current research on rape and sexual assault
Kind words and compromises — Helen Jones on the government’s ‘Living Without Fear’ initiative
Walking with dinosaurs — Linda Regan interviews Monica McWilliams of the Northern Ireland Women’s Coalition
Adding insult to injury — Anne Morris explains how abusive men alienate children from their mothers
Breaking the mould — Joan Scanlon raises the curtain on Clean Break Theatre Company
More than your job’s worth? — Jude Boyles and Ruth Ingram interview Mary MacPherson, a housing support worker who was fired for taking action on pornography
Pre-millennium tensions — The T&S collective debate the meaning of the millennium
100 years of attitude — Radical feminists choose their women of the 20th century
Victorian values — Mary Sullivan says that legalising prostitution has done nothing to help women in Victoria, Australia
Barking Back: Secret Agents — Jane Bond decodes the gibberish talked about ‘women’s agency’