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Next month Mother Jones, one of the country's last bastions of crusading left-wing journalism, will introduce a dramatic redesign aimed at attracting new readers. Earlier this year Ms. magazine, feminism's longtime standard- bearer, revamped itself in an attempt to broaden its appeal. Both magazines have turned in part to a sure-fire formula: celebrity journalism. The current cover of Ms. features a moody photo of Meryl Streep, while Mother Jones inaugurates its new look with seductive Susan Sarandon...
Founded in the early and mid-'70s, Ms. and Mother Jones were committed to popularizing then radical causes such as equal rights for women, environmentalism and corporate responsibility. Unlike political-opinion magazines that are content to reach a small but influential audience, Ms. and Mother Jones always aimed for a broad readership. But over time, they found themselves increasingly pigeonholed as vestiges of a bygone era. "People had a mistaken impression about what the magazine was doing," says Mother Jones editor Douglas Foster. Ms. editor Anne Summers, who took over from founder Gloria Steinem last year, was also worried about...
...simply considering the names of the the "top positions" and concluding that women are not represented in leadership roles at PBHA, Ms. Glasser displays a narrow view of leadership. Leaders are not merely those who meet with the deans, whose names are on the letterhead and who have the longest resumes. Jill Cunningham '88, PBHA Steering Committee Terri Gerstein '90, PBHA Steering Committee Silchen Ng '89, PBHA Fundraiser Marjorie S. Rosenthal '89, PBHA Events Coordinator Maria Salas '90, PBHA Steering Committee Nhan Truong '90, PBHA Steering Committee
After turning over their tickets, the students were stopped by a Harvard police officer. The officer cited a rule which prohibits any political materials "other than pins" from being displayed at the stadium. Mr. Morris then proceeded to leave the stadium with the signs. When Ms. Rottenberg tried to re-enter the stadium, the same officer stopped her again and told her that she could not enter the stadium with the bag of t-shirts she had. When she told him that she wasn't going to do anything with them in the stadium and that she didn't have...
...retreating from the Women's Movement, conceding to the demands of the business world and mistakenly thinking that because "we are everywhere" there is no need to press on, the new, woman-owned Ms. magazine does itself and its readers a disservice...