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- ↑ Renegotiating the Body: Feminist Art in 1970s London -2013 133 "It promoted a view of feminism as a positive and constructive movement. Ann Scott, in an editorial called “Why is your magazine so depressing?” discussed the remit of Spare Rib: The magazine gives women who are involved in Women's ..."
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