kw@mvp03.att.com (Kathleen M Wilber) (08/01/90)
Ms. magazine has restarted publication in a bi-monthly advertisement-free format. I've received the first issue, and can report that it is a breath of freash air compared to the later years of the advertisement-supported version. The last few years of the commercial Ms. contained a higher and higher ratio of fluff to content, becoming yet another woman's magazine with an occasional feminist slant. If that bothered you, you'll like the new Ms. (The "No Comment" section of the first issue contains some of the trade magazine ads run by Ms. to try and attract advertisers: you've got to see them to believe them.) The new version is hefty (~100 pages), and the first issue has quite a who's who list of contributors (Toni Morrison, Alice Walker, Gloria Steinem, Bella Abzug, Robin Morgan, Adrienne Rich, to name a few). The magazine has much stronger international coverage than it did. I don't believe Ms. is available on newstands. If you're interested in a subscription, the address is: Ms Magazine P. O. Box 57132 Boulder, CO 80322-7132 The rate is $40/year for six (large) issues. (Usual disclaimer: No, I don't work for Ms. and have no monetary interest in getting them subscribers!)
sharon@asylum.SF.CA.US (Sharon Fisher) (08/08/90)
In article <1990Aug1.152526.6318@cbnews.att.com> kw@mvp03.att.com (Kathleen M Wilber) writes: [she's seen the new Ms. and likes it a lot] >I don't believe Ms. is available on newstands. If you're interested >in a subscription, the address is: > > Ms Magazine > P. O. Box 57132 > Boulder, CO 80322-7132 > >The rate is $40/year for six (large) issues. Well, I saw it on a newsstand yesterday...The Naked Eye, at Haight & Fillmore in San Francisco, if anybody's interested. I don't know if it's *widely* available, though.
turpin@cs.utexas.edu (Russell Turpin) (08/08/90)
In article <12555@asylum.SF.CA.US>, sharon@asylum.SF.CA.US (Sharon Fisher) writes: > Well, I saw it on a newsstand yesterday...The Naked Eye, at Haight & > Fillmore in San Francisco, if anybody's interested. I don't know if > it's *widely* available, though. I bought my copy at a BookStop in Austin, which is about as mainstream a bookstore as they come. The article by Steinem on the trials and tribulations of the old Ms in the world of advertising was fascinating. Russell
carlton@mitre.org (David B. Carlton) (08/08/90)
In article <12555@asylum.SF.CA.US> sharon@asylum.SF.CA.US (Sharon Fisher) writes: In article <1990Aug1.152526.6318@cbnews.att.com> kw@mvp03.att.com (Kathleen M Wilber) writes: [she's seen the new Ms. and likes it a lot] >I don't believe Ms. is available on newstands. If you're interested >in a subscription, the address is: > > Ms Magazine > P. O. Box 57132 > Boulder, CO 80322-7132 > >The rate is $40/year for six (large) issues. Well, I saw it on a newsstand yesterday...The Naked Eye, at Haight & Fillmore in San Francisco, if anybody's interested. I don't know if it's *widely* available, though. According to the Globe yesterday (8/7), it should be available at Waldenbooks and B. Dalton's for $4.50. (If you can stand the places...) Which raises another question: $4.50 * 6 = $27. The normal subscription price is $40, and (according to the same article) it is possible to get a subscription for $30 as some sort of introductory offer. What gives? david carlton carlton@linus.mitre.org
rodvan@microsoft.UUCP (Rod VAN MECHELEN) (08/17/90)
The premier issue was widely available in Seattle. Unfortunately, the jocks handling the ordering figured no one would want to read it and most outlets stocked few copies. ARG!!!!! They were sold out the first day!!! (Yes, I missed getting it, but one of the managers here is going to lend me her copy. Yea!) oo \/ Rod