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Rebelling against slut chic

Gila Stopler (Ramat Gan): Gender Construction and the Limits of Liberal Equality. From Gender & Language, a review of Gender and the Language of Religion. A review of Women on the Civil War Battlefield by Richard Hall and They Fought Like Demons: Women Soldiers in the American Civil War by DeAnne Blanton and Lauren M. Cook. The Women's History Boom: Transforming a profession from the inside. A review of Well-Behaved Women Seldom Make History by Laurel Thatcher Ulrich (and more and more and more). Buying into oppression: If women continue to read magazines that promote misogyny what hope have we of challenging the lads' mags? Fembots have long been known for promoting retrograde sexist ideals: Will the ad and entertainment industries' latest round of robotic women be any different? Are feminists and prudes rebelling against slut chic? An interview with Jessica Valenti, author of Full Frontal Feminism: A Young Woman's Guide to Why Feminism Matters.