Issue 30 | Fall 2005
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Fun & Games

Stand-Up Ladies, Chauvinist Pigs, Rollergirls, and Game Geeks. Plus: Our First Comic!

Columns

||| On The Page—Cornering the market: Damali Ayo on the business of race
||| On Maternity—Alpha mom, omega journalism
||| On Wheels—Holy rollers: Is roller derby the new burlesque?
||| On The Field—Out of bounds: Do transsexual athletes throw like girls?

Features

||| L in a Handbasket—Kate Clinton's politics of funny
||| I'm Not a Terrorist—An original comic about homeland insecurity
||| Beyond the Valley of the Geeks—Notes on gender and gaming
||| Laughing all the Way to the Polls—Do female politicians need a new punch line?
||| Hog Heaven—Ariel Levy on female chauvinist pigs and the rise of raunch culture
||| She's Got Game—From Pac-Man to polo, six writers explore the games of our lives
||| The Nan Show—How nannies rewrote the rules on TV parenting