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Commentary Peters: Backlashes and Bare Asses: Anti-War Dixie Chicks Take Off All Their Clothes

Commentary, May, 15 2003 Cynthia Peters
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What do you do if you are a trio of female country singers, who have spoken

Commentary Peters: Parenting During War-Time

Commentary, April, 13 2003 Cynthia Peters
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"You're right to be concerned" about having your 9-month old in the room with you when you watch the news, reports Barbara Meltz in a Boston Globe "Child Caring" column. "If watching the news makes you tense and anxious, your baby will pick up on ...

Commentary Peters: Christmas 2002

Commentary, December, 26 2002 Cynthia Peters
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You can get a $12 push-up bra for Christmas.

Commentary Peters: G-Strings for Seven-Year-Olds! What's a Parent to Do?

Commentary, November, 04 2002 Cynthia Peters
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Two major media stories last summer offer small windows into how mainstream culture views children, particularly little girls. Alarming stories about sexy summer fashion choices and alarming stories about innocent girls being abducted by sadistic ...

Commentary Peters: On Being A Vigilant Parent

Commentary, September, 10 2002 Cynthia Peters
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The picture in the Boston Globe shows parents hovering over their children while they play in the pool -- watching their every step, never taking their eyes off their offspring. During the summer of high-profile child abductions, the message to pa...

Commentary Peters: Good Dads are Patriarchs

Commentary, August, 25 2002 Cynthia Peters
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The best dads are old-fashioned patriarchs according to a Globe report of a recent study published in the Journal of Marriage and Family. Good fathering is all about stability, says the study, which seems to result from having a wife, a college di...

Commentary Peters: Anniversary 9-11

Commentary, July, 28 2002 Cynthia Peters
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For almost a year now, many of us have been organizing against the "war on terrorism." We see it as nothing of the kind.

Commentary Peters: East Timor Independence Day: May 20, 2002

Commentary, May, 22 2002 Cynthia Peters
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When is hopelessness a reasonable response to a terrible situation?

Commentary Peters: Parenting in a Vulgar Age / Happy Mothers Day

Commentary, May, 13 2002 Cynthia Peters
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Anyone who has even briefly perused the childcare shelves at bookstores knows that there are strategies and then refinements to those strategies on how to be the best possible parent to your fetus.

Commentary Peters: On Going to D.C. and On Going Home

Commentary, April, 12 2002 Cynthia Peters
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The long weekend of April 19-22 in Washington, DC represents an historic opportunity for progressive social change movements. The anti-capitalist globalization movement, the newly forming anti-war movement, the growing mobilization against domesti...

Commentary Peters: Using MLK to Keep You in Your Place

Commentary, March, 27 2002 Cynthia Peters
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There are all sorts of rationalizations people will offer for not envisioning a better future. "It's utopian," some will say. "You're dreaming. The best we can do is make small improvements on what we've got."

Commentary Peters: Guys Have All the Fun

Commentary, March, 02 2002 Cynthia Peters
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There's something cutting edge about the 9 warriors that make up the fellowship in Lord of the Rings. They're not one-dimensional macho fighters who employ only brute strength in the war against evil. They're a dream team of qualities, abilities, ...

Commentary Peters: A Post-Mortem on the Peace Movement?

Commentary, December, 26 2001 Cynthia Peters
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Today a Village Voice reporter called to interview me for a story he is writing. His assignment? To do a post-mortem on the peace movement.

Commentary Peters: Where are the Afghan Women?

Commentary, October, 23 2001 Cynthia Peters
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In my previous commentary, I used Cynthia Enloe's question, "Where are the women?" to explore how gender politics are being used to ignite patriotism on the domestic front. What happens when we apply the same question to the country the U.S. is cu...

Commentary Peters: Women's Patriotic Role

Commentary, October, 11 2001 Cynthia Peters
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Cynthia Enloe, feminist scholar and author of several books and articles about women and the military, suggests that when a country mobilizes for war, it is useful to ask, "Where are the women?"

Commentary Peters: Does Marriage Protect or Control?

Commentary, September, 11 2001 Cynthia Peters
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In a previous commentary I wrote in response to the gay and lesbian rights movement's pursuit of legal marriage: Be careful what you wish for.

Commentary Peters: An S30 Victory Six Weeks in Advance

Commentary, August, 16 2001 Cynthia Peters
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In a joint statement released on August 14, 2001, the IMF/World Bank reported that their annual meeting, originally scheduled to run for two weeks, would be reduced to two days. (The normal two-week meeting had previously been shortened to one wee...

Commentary Peters: Treating Teens Contemptuously: The Retail Squeeze

Commentary, August, 04 2001 Cynthia Peters
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Type "teen jobs" in the findinfo.com search engine, and a good portion of what it turns up will have something to do with teens and blow jobs. The few actual links to job listings talk in glorified terms about "career planning" or lighthearted sl...

Commentary Peters: The Howling Inhospitable Wilderness of...the Marketplace?

Commentary, June, 24 2001 Cynthia Peters
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ItÕs instructive that the heroics of early 20th century explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton are being mined by businesspeople for how-to pointers regarding increasing the bottom line, maintaining employee loyalty, nurturing creativity among managers, a...

Commentary Peters: MotherÕs Day, 2001

Commentary, May, 12 2001 Cynthia Peters
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The problem with MotherÕs Day rituals is that they reinforce what I call the telescope effect on Moms and their kids. Most days of the year, disproportionate blame is leveled at Moms for their kidsÕ shortcomings. On MotherÕs Day, they are privatel...

Commentary Peters: Mother’s Day, 2001

Commentary, May, 12 2001 Cynthia Peters
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The problem with Mother’s Day rituals is that they reinforce what I call the telescope effect on Moms and their kids. Most days of the year, disproportionate blame is leveled at Moms for their kids’ shortcomings. On Mother’...

Commentary Peters: The Hand that Rocks the Cradle Generates the Statistics

Commentary, May, 06 2001 Cynthia Peters
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Once again, a lot of very smart scientists with significant institutional backing have spent a lot of time and a lot of money coming up with brainless conclusions and age-old solutions.

Commentary Peters: Purchasing for your Poodle: Consumerism Unleashed

Commentary, April, 24 2001 Cynthia Peters
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A refugee from the Sudan is in a grocery store in Fargo, North Dakota. Orphaned by war, traumatized by loss and violence, and having survived most his life on minimal rations, this young man, Peter, is understandably amazed by the endless of aisle...

Commentary Peters: Solidarity with East Timor: New Challenges, New Opportunities

Commentary, April, 08 2001 Cynthia Peters
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U.S. activists' contribution to the effort to end Indonesia's brutal 25-year occupation of East Timor paid off. In August 1999 a vast majority of East Timorese - after years of immense suffering and patient organizing -- courageously voted for ind...

Commentary Peters: Punishing and Prescribing Sexuality

Commentary, March, 13 2001 Cynthia Peters
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ItÕs practically clichŽ to say that the marketplace uses sex to sell. Not only do the commercials feature attractive female hands caressing gear shifts, but the shows themselves feature instant sexual gratification, without so much as a nod toward...

Commentary Peters: Sex in Service of the Marketplace

Commentary, February, 25 2001 Cynthia Peters
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LetÕs see. Where was I? Oh yesÉlamenting the shallow, voyeuristic, mystified, moralistic ways we talk about sex.

Commentary Peters: Jesse, You Should Have Used a Condom

Commentary, February, 09 2001 Cynthia Peters
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Jesse Jackson has begged our forgiveness for his extra-marital affair, which produced a child born about 20 months ago. But itÕs none of our business who Jesse sleeps with (assuming his relationships are consensual). If the public has anything to ...

Commentary Peters: Trivializing Teens

Commentary, January, 27 2001 Cynthia Peters
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The good news is: It takes a constant bombardment of advertising, articles, and advice to convince teens that they ARE their skin-exfoliators, hair de-frizzers, and lip moisturizers.

Commentary Peters: On Breakfast, Kids and Common Sense

Commentary, December, 11 2000 Cynthia Peters
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Ivy League institutions, major hospitals, and corporate money teamed up recently to make the startling revelation: kids should eat breakfast. You may be forgiven for thinking that you already knew eating in the morning was a good idea for kids, a...

Commentary Peters: Children's Museums A Rant

Commentary, November, 25 2000 Cynthia Peters
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Question: What do you get when you cross "generous funding" from bloated financial institutions with a culture that picks on parents? Answer: Children's Museums.

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