At 08:21 AM 1/10/97 GMT, you wrote:
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>i have bought steinem's critique of _the people vs. larry flynt_ and i
>will not be seeing it, though milos forman is a director i admire. to
>paraphrase her, no one makes an elevating, feel-good film about nazis
>marching in skokie, or david duke, and if they did, out-cry would on-go,
>public-wise. we are so desensitized to the exploitation of women that we
>shrug, chortle, whisper about fanaticism, and gape when someone suggests
>that hustler and its ilk should be curtailed. not censored, mind.
>curtailed.

Yes-right on sister! My sentiments exactly regarding Hollywood's heroic
portrayal of a misogynist who capitalizes on expoliting women. Whenever I
feel like women have taken a step forward in society, this kind of shit
takes us 2 steps back. Images in Huster and the like are not only damaging
because they de-value women but it is widely known that they perpetuate acts
of sexual violence against women. Thanks Larry and sexist Hollywood, but if
I must- I'll fight my own free speech battles!