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From: travis@hudson.cs.columbia.EDU (Travis Lee Winfrey)
Newsgroups: soc.feminism
Subject: Re: Andrea Dworkin's new book?
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Date: 11 Oct 90 16:07:07 GMT
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In article <547.9010101851@subnode.lfcs.ed.ac.uk> jha@lfcs.edinburgh.ac.UK (Jamie Andrews) writes:
>
>	I recently read a review of Andrea Dworkin's new book
>   in which the reviewer said that Dworkin had done a complete
>   about-face, and now supports pornography, prostitution, and
>   S/M sex.  Has anyone seen the book or other reviews?
>
>	It's a work of fiction, and I couldn't tell how serious
>   the reviewer was being, but it seemed pretty straight.  If
>   this is true, it's amazing.

It sounds fake to me -- but you should know that in the early
70's, Andrea Dworkin was very impressed with the socially
liberating powers of pornography, including S&M.  I'm pretty sure
she wrote a very appreciative review of The Story of O.
Unfortunately, I can't remember the details, and she didn't
mention this article in her book on Pornography.

[I think we'll wait on this until a definitive posting comes up --
we could speculate on whether she did or didn't until the cows
come home...Anyone know for sure?  --CLT]

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