Issue 37


Issue 37 was published in Summer 1998.

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Table of Contents:

Sizing up the arguments — Debbie Cameron reviews Fat and Proud, a new book about the politics of body size.

Between context and continents — Feminist activists in South Asia are making connections between forms of sexual violence. Liz Kelly reports.

Making a big noise — Magda Ang-Lygate talks to members of the Scottish women’s percussion group, SheBoom.

What the papers say — Hilary McCollum reads between the lines of newspaper coverage of child sexual abuse.

Courtroom dramas — Denise Mina and Jane Scoular examine the rise of false memory stories on the stage and in the courts.

Space: the feminist frontier — As high summer approaches, Dianne Butterworth cruises the science fiction shelves.

Slick Willy and the silent sisters — Andrea Dworkin speaks her mind about Bill Clinton’s exploitation of women.

A navel of one’s own — Meryl Altman has her doubts about the women’s ‘memoir boom’.

Labour pains — Jennifer Marchbanks assesses the new Labour government’s stance on women.

 

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