Socialist Organiser

The weekly of the fused Workers Socialist League, July 1981 to April 1984

fighting in the Labour movement for lesbian

Socialist Organiser no. 145, 8 September 1983 · scan pp. 4–5 · about 184 words

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To join or affiliate, write to Chris Richardson, 21 Devonshire Promenade, Lenton, Nottingham NG7 2DS. £5 for individuals, or for affiliated organisations, per 1000 members. £2 for low-waged indivi• quais. du tor unwagea. Add sup lt you want tne Crisis Centre. It aims to show woman, so journalists are even how insensitive reporting more inclined to use occuoffends women. It also suggests pations as a form of identity. how we, as journalists, might Some occupations, however, change our approach to rid once again imply guilt on the ourselves of the outdated news part of the victim. This is true values of a repressed Victorian when we speak of 'barmaids' society. All the descriptions 'waitresses or Nobody who is raped should we have used are taken from have any guilt at all; all the recent newspapers.

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