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Thrupkaew: A Letter from Cuba, Part II: Cuban Women, Beyond Prostitution
Commentary, August, 07 2001
Noy Thrupkaew
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I recently traveled to Cuba as part of a U.S. women's delegation, sponsored by the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, Sojourner, a feminist newspaper, and Hermanas, an organization dedicated to building solidarity between U.S. and...
Thrupkaew: A Letter from Cuba
Commentary, May, 22 2001
Noy Thrupkaew
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I recently traveled to Cuba as part of a U.S. women's delegation, sponsored by the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, Sojourner, and Hermanas, an organization dedicated to building solidarity between U.S. and Caribbean women. Away...
Thrupkaew: Going Geisha
Commentary, April, 14 2001
Noy Thrupkaew
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After returning from Japan a few years ago, I was surprised to see that the States was in a lather over "geisha chic"-which persists to this day. Chopsticks were stuck in heads fair and dark. Madonna, that fashion chameleon, appeared in a red viny...
Thrupkaew: The New Face of Tobacco
Commentary, February, 14 2001
Noy Thrupkaew
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While the Marlboro Man surveys the great Eastern frontier from posters, walls, and cigarette stands all over Vietnam, young ÒMarlboro cowgirlsÓ offer free cigarettes to pedestrians and beckon young people into company-sponsored events such as ÒHol...
Thrupkaew: Marketing "Woman" to Women Online
Commentary, December, 29 2000
Noy Thrupkaew
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I just couldnÕt do it. I was shuddering at the thought of becoming a member of women.com, one of a rapidly proliferating group of "womenÕs websites," for the purposes of research for this piece. After spending just a few days surfing women.com and...
