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Dectmbtr/Janaary 1980 Vol. 4, no. IS
Congratulations on your growth, on your
past several issues and especially congratulations on the November 1979 Breakthrough.
I usually leaf through the issue after it
comes in the mail, . . . browse about and
usually find myself content with the
growth and maturity the paper and the
feminist community is seeing.
However, this issue was something else.
The articles on rape, pornography, the
Pope and the doctor had me reading
almost every printed word. It was excellent. PHYLLIS FRYE
Your October election issue prompted me
to renew my Breakthrough subscription
for the coming year. I thought your coverage of the candidates was exceptional.
Their answers to your questions were a
tremendous aid in solving my dilemma of
who to vote for. In fact, being a lucky recipient of two October issues, my boyfriend and I sat down that Monday night
to read and compare observations.
SUSAN A.SPEERT
Thank you so much, for the election issue
especially, and for all those others before.
JUDITH ANN EMERSON
I am writing in reference to the cover
picture of the November 1979 issue of
Breakthrough. When this painting was
first done, I had objected to it and had
asked the City Legal Department to investigate to see if we might find some ordinance that was violated. I was told that
CONTENTS
FEATURES
8 Who Were You 10 Years Ago?
16 Houstonians examine a decade
of their lives
16 1970: a year violence roared
by David Crossley
20 Liberty Hall: an interview with
co-founder Ryan Trimble
by Janice Blue
24 Nuclear soldier
by Niami Hanson
it was within all City ordinances.
I do not feel that this type of art is a
credit to women or to the community.
However, in this as in many other instances, there is an inherent conflict between
Constitutional guarantees of free speech,
press, etc. and the rights of individuals to
be protected against violence and slander.
LOUIS MACEY
I thought you might be interested in
printing these statements made to me
during job interviews not long ago.
Statements by Prospective Employers
or
Why secretaries go to night school
"What I need is an unencumbered
Girl Friday."
"Wefl, no, I can't say there are really
any opportunities for growth or promotion from this secretarial position,
but then my job as senior vice president will be the same five years from
now, too."
"I want someone who's good looking
for a permanent job. My last secretary
stayed only five years."
"Before your interview, we'd like you
to take our typing test and dictation
tests. Then, there's the spelling and the
verbal ability tests and, finally, a little
test of logic."
"You have a husband. Why do you
want to work?"
PENNY BELL
P. S. I did not work for any of the above.
DEPARTMENTS
2 Letters
4 Revelations: from the editors
by Gabrielle Cosgriff
5 Local Color
articles by Diane Brown,
Nikki Van Hightower, and
Sandy Long
26 Music review: ALIVE!
1 by Astrid Sheil
28 Helton from London
29 Network
edited by Lynne Mutchler
ADVERTISING
Shirley Bryson
ART
David Crossley; and Impulse Design
CIRCULATION
Kathy Altobelli, Missy Hauge
Judy Hopkinson, Debra Thornton
COPY EDITORS
Janice Blue, Gabrielle Cosgriff
David Crossley, Lynne Mutchler,
Virginia Myers, Susan Vogelfang
EDITORS
Janice Blue, Gabrielle Cosgriff
David Crossley
OFFICE
Betty Adam, Janice Blue,
Shirley Bryson, Theresa Di Menno
PHOTOGRAPHERS
Janice Blue, Twiss Butler,
David Crossley, Bill Dennis
Gary Allison Morey
Jeanne Ann Whittington
PRODUCTION
Janice Blue, Gabrielle Cosgriff
David Crossley, Gary Allison Morey
Impulsive Design
PROOFREADERS
Gabrielle Cosgriff
RADIO SHOW
Nancy Lane Fleming , Rita Saylors,
(Hosts on KPFT-FM) and
Blanca Balderas, Gertrude Barnstone
Scott Cluthie, Jack Drake
Stella Fleming, Marge Glaser
Karen Saylors, Jerry Sherman
Jan Taylor - (Production)
TYPESETTERS
Lynne Mutchler, Virgnia Myers
Gary Allison Morey
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/January) by the Breakthrough Publishing
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