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When any oppressed
group breaks free of their shackles, there must be a 'drunk' period - a time for celebration, sloppiness, loudness,
even open abrasiveness through which centuries of brutally enforced modesty and subvervience are shaken off. Before
the question "What am I without these shackles?" is posited there must be a time for the answer "I
am NOT these shackles." In this issue we examine the way women artists have approached this celebration,
including exercising their right to "not celebrate" at all. The issue features Asia
Argento, a gifted Italian actress whose impressive directorial debut Scarlet Diva fearlessly examines these issues,
as well as startling contributions from some of the most insightful young women writers on the planet dealing with issues
like Meg Ryan's fake orgasms, early 60s surfer girls, the shady 3rd waves of Mandy Moore, and
Virginia Madsen! - Erich Kuersten, Ed. 2004
SPECIAL
FEATURE:
ASIA ARGENTO
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| c. Asia Argento 2004 |
Scarlet Diva
Revisited:
Her Body, Her Ashtray
by Erich Kuersten
Those That Screw and Those That Don't:
The Fake Orgasms of Meg Ryan
by Karina Longworth
Sex, Rock & Roll, and Tradtional Values
in Gidget
and Beach Party
by Catharine Erway
Rebecca
Romjin
by Jaime Mastromonica 
Kissing Jessica Stein:
Lesbian
Love Story or Heterosexual Propaganda?
by Samantha Charlip
Mandy Moore:
Post-Wave
Feminist Icon
by Rebecca Onion
Death
Driving Ms. Henstridge
by Erich Kuersten
Virginia Madsen: An Appreciation
by Catherine Erway
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