Body image.
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The Velvet Sledgehammer: December 7, 1983 (Part 1 only)
The Velvet Sledgehammer for December 7, 1983, hosted by Judy Pasternak. The program begins with a performance by and interview with comedian Jane Anderson (by Judy Pasternak), and a performance and interview with comedy writers and performers Deah Schwartz and Anne Wilford, by Ash Corea. They discuss their new piece “Leftovers: the ups and downs…
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Fat as a feminist issue / Myrna Lamb.
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The Tattoo trip / produced by Jeff Mishlove.
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The image of women in art / Linda Nochlin (Episode 3)
Dr. Linda Nochlin is a professor of Art History at Vasser, visiting professor at Hunter College, author of Realism (Penguin), and she is currently working on a study of the image of the “fallen women” in art and literature. Her talk tonight is on the subject of the image of women in art. This lecture…
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Fat is a feminist issue / Carol Munter and Susie Orbach ; interviewed by Ann Snitow.
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Fear of fat : the politics of body size / produced by Santiago Casal and Laura Finkler.
This program examines the existing medical perspective on body size, the ideology of individualism/self-control, the weight and diet foods industry, and the powerful feeling that fatness arouses in us. The program includes interviews with fat and thin people, some of whom are authors and leaders in the new movement which challenges our myths about fat.…