phallopolitics, Russian style/ Judy Chicago in Russia

[Charles Brown]

I saw a news report that there is a news show in Russia now where the newscasters, who are women, strip while they report the news and weather.
It did not seem to be any kind of joke.

CB


>>> Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com> 02/03/00 11:49AM >>>
[from Johnson's Russia List]

From: Matt Taibbi <exile.taibbi at matrix.ru>
Subject: Yuri Luzhkov's Phallic conflict
Date: Thu, 3 Feb 2000

the eXile
Yuri Luzhkov's Phallic Conflict
By Dr. N.I. Kimmelman

Less than a year ago Yury Luzhkov seemed the most likely presidential
candidate. Now, his chances are so slim that he is not even daring to run.
What has happened in the public psyche to cause such a dramatic decline of
popularity?