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It is certainly un-PC, and while PROOFREADERS we were considering photos for the cover we had people tell us that our choices were porno- Hal Hixson, Catherine Kemp, Scott Puckett, graphic and antithetical to the mission of our magazine. Even among the few people who work Martha Reicks, Gabby Resch, Kristen Schmidt directly with Clamor every day there was disagreement. Are we stooping to the level of Maxim and Hustler' Are we attempting to sell with sex? LAYOUT & DESIGN Jason Kucsma W/hat we're attempting to sell here is a positive sexuality. A worldview where healthy, safe sex is celebrated and encouraged. Open and adventurous sexuality has long been considered ta- TECHNICAL SAVIORS boo, has been deemed pornographic and considered seedy or distasteful. Instead of squirming Derek Hogue and Christopher Tracey uncomfortably in our seats, we choose to accept that people all over this world are having COVER: good sex right at this very moment, that some people enjoy fetishism, erotic films, or sex toys. Photo: Jodeen Vance W/e choose to believe that "sexy" does not equal "pornographic." Technical Assistance: Andrew Stern Hopefully this issue of Clamor does a little bit of work to reclaim some of aspects of sexuality ADVERTISING and gender that have been pushed to the fringes of our cultures or have been otherwise rel- Rates and deadlines available upon request. egated to back alleys and dark adult bookstores. We are not all conservative, heterosexual, Please call 419-353-7035 or visit monogamous people. We know this. Does the American media? We need to affirm that sex is www.clamormagazine.org/advertising.pdt an important and valuable part of our lives, and we want media, starting here with Clamor, to PRINTING: reflect that. Westcan Printing Group, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Also, as we wind up 2002 and enter the holiday season, we will be bombarded by Salvation P: 866-669-9914 Army bell ringers and Thanksgiving Day soup kitchen campaigns. This year we chose Davida Gypsy Breier's article (p. 63), a portrait of a homeless man, to remind us all that those "needy" W/EB DESIGN: people have names, faces, and stories. As social progressives, we recognize that economic Derek Hogue inequality cannot be fixed by holiday giving, and that the larger forces at work need to be CLAMOR is a bi-monthly magazine. Single resisted every day of the year. We ask you to make a commitment in 2003 to positively improve copies are $4 ppd and 6 issue subscriptions your local community, even in the smallest of ways, and not just during the holiday season. are $18 ppd in the US (Outside of the US single issues are $6 and a 6-issue In the next year. 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[SEX AND GENDER] [POLITICS] 9 Perfect Bound 48 Used Fundamentalism Salesman An Interview with Sex Publisher Janet Hardy Knockm' on Doors to Remove Basic Rights Sachie Godwin Joel Wendland 13 Strapping, Packing, and Playing 51 And The Beat Goes On Chantel Guidry The Creation of Earth Democracy 14 93064, 93064, 93832 Megan Tady Mandy Mastrovita 52 Ready, Aim, Misfire 16 Remembering Sylva Rivera The 17th of November Finally Falls Lina Pallotta NickMamatas 17 My Queer Family Matthew Kavanaugh 20 Pornography and Punk [PEOPLE] Michael Calderone 56 Struggle for Land The World's Most Successful Mass Land Movement Michelle Steinberg [MEDIA] 60 Justice for Judi! 26 Revolverlution A Free Speech Victory Public Enemy on the Digital Frontier Catherine Komp An Interview with Chuck D 63 In Memory of Tyrone Douglas Lewis MarkOowding Davida Gypsy Breier 31 Challenging Hollywood Independent Film Changes the Face ot Sexuality and Gender Yolanda Best [CULTURE] 33 Fangirls 68 Hands of Atenco Between Comics Culture and Sexual Harassment Interview by J. McGahan and D. Revueltas Anne Elizabeth Moore 70 The Sexual Politics of Ecodefense Fireweed [ECONOMICS] 71 In Praise of High Achieving Women Ann Dutton 38 The Era of Financial Scandals Pavlito Geshos 74 Ready or Not 42 Humanitarian Criminals An Expectant Father's Reflections on Love The Strange Logic of UN Sanctions Against Iraq Ben Fogelson Brian Hull 44 Women and Children First The Economics of Sex Trafficking On the cover: Jodeen Vance has been doing documentary. fetish and glamour photography in the Seattle area for over 10 Kari Lydersen years. Her website is bellafetish.com and is always a work in progress — when the weather won't lend itself to Above: photo from www.burningangel.com. See story on page 20. motorcycling. Her models are almost always her friends. Please address letters to [email protected] or write us at PO Box 1225 Bowling Green, OH 43402 Letters may be edited for length. Not all letters received will be printed. Your reply to the reader's comments about the cover of Sir Video; productions that blur the line between simply speaking about, not for, these women, and images was re-assuring (Letters, Sep/Oct 2002) — education and porn such as Bend Over Boyfriend.