A former member of the New Zealand Parliament, Marilyn Waring is a farmer, development consultant, writer
and senior lecturer at Massey Universtiy in Auckland. She is the author of If Women Counted: ĘThe New
Feminist Economics (1989) which is the basis of a National Film Board production entitled "Who's
Counting?" Her latest book is Three Masquerades: Equality, Work and Human Rights (1996).
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Xena has helped me define some urges and images I have that the
ordinary world doesn't allow. She made me realize what "my type" is:
the tough femme.
Xena Links:
Hothead was too intense for me when I first started reading
the comic (by Diane DiMassa) at age 19, but after years upon years of standing at
the magazine rack reading her adventures, I found myself clinging to images and lessons
I learned (or re-learned) through Hothead. It particularly helps to magically make a
bullseye (like a dart board) appear on the back of the guy on the street who just started
calling you nasty things for not responding to his leering commentary. "Whatsamatta
honey?" (Bullseye.) Trust me, it helps me stay sane.
Thank you DiMassa:
this page last updated: 4 October, 1999
Fictional Role Model: Xena!
Another Fictional Role Model: Hothead Paisan!
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