Next month–pulling teeth? Traumarama is coming on Wednesday nights in November to Club Lower Links on West Newport: “In addition to special guests, each night will include the Trauma Slide Series and a ‘show-us-your-scar’ open mike.”
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Is Weight Watchers a Republican plot? That seems to be Janet Tanaka’s idea, writing in the Chicago-based Christian feminist journal Daughters of Sarah (September/ October 1989): “As long as our inherent power and gifts are tied up in ourselves we present no threat of change. The sexist/weightist wants us to concentrate our energy on losing pounds instead of winning elections. Keep us counting calories, jumping around in front of exercise videos, agonizing over the scale, and we won’t be campaigning to clean up toxic waste. They must divide us against our large-bodied sisters, because united, women will change the world!” Let’s see, if Lynn Martin looked more like Barbara Bush…
The pleasure of your company. According to CUB News (Fall 1989), “By ordering all of Bell’s new gimmicks, ‘custom calling’ features, and inside wire maintenance, a customer can now receive a monthly bill of more than $65 without making a single call.”
Art accompanying story in printed newspaper (not available in this archive): illustration/Carl Kock.
