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Page 30 Feminist CoUdom v.16,no.l, Fa11 1994
PERIODICAL NOTES
NEW AND NEWLY DISCOVERED PER& new religious movements like Raelians and followers of
ODICALS
CORDOZO WOMENS LAwjoWAL 1994- . 2/yr.
Rajneesh; the Mother Goddess in Hindu religious experience;
Judaism's feminine aspect of God, and looks at
Biblical parallels in the film Affer Dark, My Sweet.
Single copy: $20. ISSN 1074-5785. 55 Fifth Ave., New
York, NY 10003. (Issue examined: v. 1, no.2, 1994)
The sample issue includes two articles: " 'Those
Privileges Long R m w : Tennimtion of Parend
Rights Law, the Family Right to Integrity and the Private
Culture of the Family" (J. Bohl); "African American
Women and the Limits of Law and Society" (Carole
H. Hofstein); a review of For Whose Pmtection? Repmductive
Hazarrls and Exclusionary Policies in the Un ired
States and Britain by Sally J. Kenney (Deirdre Burke);
and an annotated legal bibliography.
GROOTS NEWSLETTER 1993- . Eds.: Jaya
Arumchala~ Sri Vidhya, and Meera Sankaran. c/o
Groots India, No.5 5, Bhimasena Garden Street,
Mylaporte, ~a&'aH3lo 004, India. (Issue -4: v.2,
"0.4, July-August 1994)
This newsletter of Grassroots Organisations Operating
Together In Sisterhood seems geared to developi%
non-govemmend organizations (NGOS) toward such
world gatherin@ as the recent UN Conference on PoPulation
andDevelopment in Cairo and the upcoming 1995
Fourth World Conference on Women tobe held in Beijing.
FAT GIRL 1994-. 4/yr. $20. 2215-R Market st., #193, Female infanticide is the topic of the sample issue's "Pub-
San Francisco, CA 94114. (Issue examined: No. 1,1994) lic Forum."
This 'zine is "for and about Fat Dykes" and seeks to
"create a broad-based dialogue which both challenges HECATE'S LOOM 1986- . Eds.: Collective. 4Iyr.
and informs our notions of Fat-Dyke identity." Inside
the issue are stories, photos, cartoons, interviews and
surveys, and regular columns such as an a&, column,
CDNs11-15 sliding scale (Canada); ~~$13-18 (u.s.);
CDN18-24 (overseas). Single copy: $3.95. Box 5206,
Station B., Victoria, BC V8R 6N4, Canada. (Issue exinformation
swaps, announcements, etc. The sixty pages
include some graphic photographs and images; the masthead
notes that Fat Girl is not to be read by minors.
amined: Lammas 994)
Within its forty-six pages, this "National Pagan
Magazine" of Canada includes regular columns such as
Letters, Fonun, Reviews, Coming Events, and Full Moon
MOM THE FLAMES: A QUARTERLY JOURNAL
OFMBICAL FEMINISM ,G SPIRITUALITY 1991-.
4/yr. Sliding scale for indiv.: f 7-5 25 (UK); f 9-527 Europe
&worldwide (surface mail); f 12-80 (airmail); inst.
Fever, plus articles CWhat Witches DO in and
'''Other' as a Religious Category," for example), news
fiomvarious wid~aganclubsandgatheri~g, arc and
pay top rate. Single copy: f 1.95 (UK); £2.50 @&ope);
£3 (worldwide). 42 Mapperley Rd., Nottingham, NG3
5AS, England. (Issue examined: no. 13, Summer 1994)
The forty pages of this women-only quarterly include
topics such as how therapy can depoliticize women, the
false memory syndrome, one woman's experience with
postnatal depression, and Sonia Johnson's latest book.
There are also poetry, artwork, a substantial letters section,
news of opportunities for activism, and a resource
listing.
GENDER IN WORLD RELIGIONS 1990- . Eds.:
HEY THERE, BARBIE GIRL! 1994- . Ed.: Barbara
Kligman. S21issue. P.O. Box 819, Peter Stuyvesant Station,
New Yo4 NY 10009. (Issues examined: No.1,
W~nter 1994; No.2 Spring 1994; No.3 Summer 1994)
This snickering 'zine look at the overdeveloped
Barbie doll image offers such compelling articles as "Totally
Unemployed Barbie," "Gothic Barbie on Color
Therapy," "Psycho-Babble Barbie: 101," "Our Barbies,
Ourselves," "Origin of Species: Homo Barb-iens," and
"Minimalist Barbie," plus previews of "Barbies to
Come ...." Interesting photos and artwork fill each issue.
Arvhd Sharma, Katherine K. Young, Pamela D. Stewart,
and Paul A. Nathanson. $15. ISSN 1183-3491. Arvind
Sharma, Faculty of Religious Studies, 3520 University
St., McGill University, Montreal, PQ H3A 2A7, Canada.
(Issues examined: v.111, 1992; v.IV, 1993)
Articles in the two sample issues (four essays in each)
cover topics such as Christian theology and feminism,
HIP MAMA: THE PARENTING ZINE 1994- . Ed.:
Ariel Gore. 4/yr. $12-20. Single copy: $3.95. P.O. Box
9097, Oakland, CA 94613. (Issue examined: No.3, Fall
1994)
Dedicated to "celebrating the multiplicity of mothering
experiences everywhere," (p.2) this quarterly in-
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