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Growing up in the alcohol environment : part I / Claudia Black ; interviewed by Nancy Delaney.

Claudia Black discusses life as a child of an alcoholic and, now, of her work healing other children of alcoholic family histories. She examines issues of control, sacrifice, low self esteem, promiscuity, inhibiitons, denial, and deception.

In the beginning : a Native American woman's view / Agnes Williams ; interviewed by Nancy Delaney.

Seneca, from the Cataraugus Reservation in New York, discusses how life came to this land, and how life continues for the original people. She explores the impact of classism, sexual oppression, and industrial disregard for natural resources.|IN THE BEGINNING : A NATIVE AMERICAN WOMAN'S VIEW / Agnes Williams| interviewed by Nancy Delaney.

Solstice / produced by Nancy Delaney.

Songs and a poem about the earth during the Winter solstice, and on the meaning of the Winter solstice itself.

CONTENTS: r.1. Blessing song / Marsie Sylverstro -- Like a mountain / Naomi Little Bear Moreno -- Little wheel / Buffie St.

Women of the Arab world / Nawal Al-Saadawl ; produced by Nancy Delaney.

Talk on the impact of religion, economics, and cultural conflict of Euramerican and Arab values upon the Arab woman's effort to develop her own life. Nawal assaults the stereotypes of Arab women and examines the historical development of socialist feminism as a Pan-Arab women's movement.|WOMEN OF THE ARAB WORLD / Nawal Al-Saadawl| produced by Nancy Delaney.

Images of Asian American women / Diane Wong and Elaine Kim ; interviewed by Nancy Delaney.

Discussion of stereotypes of Asian American women, efforts to develop new and realistic role models, and opportunities to build self esteem. Also, explores the economic factors and job limitations facing this group, as well as, the new possibilities being explored.|IMAGES OF ASIAN AMERICAN WOMEN / Diane Wong and Elaine Kim| interviewed by Nancy Delaney.

Sonya Johnson and the Citizen's Party / produced by Nancy Delaney.

Talk by Sonya Johnson on the nature of American patriarchy, and the political climate of the 1980's. She also expresses the needs and means of gender liberation.

Sacrilege in Maoridom / produced by Nancy Delaney.

Two Maori women, Medi and Hinewhare, speak about the protest movement over the display of the exhumed contents of an Ate-oroa, New Zealand, grave.

Arab women's liberation / Nawal Al-Saadawi produced by Nancy Delaney.

Dr. Nawal Al-Saadawi of Egypt speaks on the liberation of Arab women from the forces of poverty, and the attempted domination of the Arab world by Euramerican forces; particularly through its patriarchal perception of religion.

Mad art / Sheila Gilhooly and Persimmon Blackbridge ; produced by the Still Mad Collective.

Two artist, Sheila Gilhooly and Persimmon Blackbridge, discuss their sculpture-written piece based on Sheila's 3 years in a psychiatric institution for being a lesbian. They address her experience of being labeled as "sick," the use of drugs as treatment, electroshock therapy, and the healing power of connecting with other women.

A Debate on affirmative action : Manning Marable vs. Glen Lowry / produced by Frank Eichensehr.

Glen Lowry of Harvard University speaks against affirmative action, and Manning Marable of Rutgers speaks for it at a debate during Black History month at University of California, Berkeley.

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