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Conference turris::womannotes-v2

Title:ARCHIVE-- Topics of Interest to Women, Volume 2 --ARCHIVE
Notice:V2 is closed. TURRIS::WOMANNOTES-V5 is open.
Moderator:REGENT::BROOMHEAD
Created:Thu Jan 30 1986
Last Modified:Fri Jun 30 1995
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
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538.0. "As the Globe turns...?" by GEMVAX::KOTTLER () Tue Apr 11 1989 10:18

On page 1 of yesterday's Boston Globe (April 10), there were two articles 
about the women's march for abortion rights in Washington, and an accompanying 
photo.

On page 2 of the same issue, there was an article about and photo of a new
woman minister, openly a lesbian, at the Arlington Street Unitarian 
Universalist Church.

Question: is the appearance of the articles on these two topics
cheek-by-jowl, so to speak, mere coincidence? 

Or is the Globe delivering us a subtle messge here?

Also, did anyone notice that on some (not all) copies of yesterday's Globe, the 
photo of the march on page 1 came out very dark, almost black, so that
individuals' features were completely obscured? 

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538.1GERBIL::IRLBACHERA middle class bag ladyTue Apr 11 1989 11:3925
    I remember seeing a sign being held by a march-watcher which read
    [I may not have the *exact* wording, but close, very close]
    
    NOW gave us-
    divorces
    abortions
    lesbians
    
    I, too, have wondered if there is any subtle connection or insinuation
    being suggested.  Probably...God knows, there is always someone
    who can find symbolism and connections in the most unrelated things.
    
    What I was struck by was the lack of [for a better word] intense
    coverage of the march by the media, at least what we saw on TV in
    Baltimore on Sunday evening and Monday morning.  We saw approx.
    8 min. of news on late local in Baltimore on Sun. but the Mon.
    Baltimore Sun had less than rabid interest in the issue. 
    
    I have this yuck/hate relationship with our local town newspaper,
    and since a # of women from the YW community and local NOW women
    were at the march, I am looking forward to seeing what it has to
    say about what occurred.  
    

    M    
538.2HANDY::MALLETTBarking Spider IndustriesTue Apr 11 1989 11:4610
    I suspect the darkness of the photo on the front page was
    a printing process problem; with most newspapers I've read 
    over time I've occasionally seen the "contrast" out of whack.
    
    As for the page 2 question, I'd offer a counter question - how
    might we find out?  I'd guess that many have an opinion, but 
    is there anyone here who knows someone on the Globe editing staff?
    
    Steve
    
538.4NATASH::MOOREReality is just a collective hunch.Tue Apr 11 1989 22:0011
    I'd be one of the last to defend the objectivity off the Boston Glob,
    but if the march was held on Sunday, and Kim Crawford Harvie was
    elected(right term?) as minister of the Arlington St Church on Sunday,
    then coverage in Monday's paper doesn't seem anything but timely.
    
    The photos are another story, though, since the quality of the p. 1
    photo is very different from that of the photo on the front of the Metro
    section of the opposing march in Needham.
    
    Susan
    
538.5BUSY::KLEINBERGERDisic Vita Lux HominumWed Apr 12 1989 08:1120
    My hairdresser is quite open about his being gay.  He had invited
    me to go to the indoctrination of Kim in Arlington.  She is quite
    respected in the UU church in P'Town where she had been an assistant
    minister (? -  not sure of her *official* title). She has also done 
    a LOT of work in Africa as a missionary.
    
    I would have suspected that if the March had not been on Sunday,
    that Kim would have been on the front page, instead of page two.
    Her being elected was a *big* deal to the UU's in Boston and its'
    surrounding areas.
    
    There was quite a celebration going on about this.  I have not heard
    her speak, but I want to, I understand it is worth hearing her speak
    at least once in your lifetime.
    
    I'm glad she got page two coverage...  But if all my hairdresser
    has told me (I even took a trip to P'town to hear her speak, but
    missed her) is true, she deserve front page coverage.
    
    Gale