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Herstory visitors are probably familiar with Jo Freeman's scholarly work in women's history. But did you know that Jo is also an inveterate political button collector? Right now she is looking for "Carole Mosely Braun for President" button. She'll trade you a "Braun for Senate" or a "Chisholm for President "button. Contact Jo at This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it if you are ready to deal.

Chicago writer Sandi Wisenberg has been blogging about her battle with breast cancer at cancerbitch.blogspot.com . You can also listen to Sandi on Chicago Public Radio. Look HERE for more info.

Sandi is a fine writer with a wry feminist sense of humor. Don't miss the pictures of her tatoos!

No, this is not a headline from The Onion, we really did get an inquiry from ABC-TV to participate in their primetime show "Wife Swap." They were looking for a feminist moms "who are proud to be wearing the pants and ruling their roost."

Wow.

We had just spent a wonderful evening with feminist media critic Jennifer Pozner the night before. We forwarded the ABC-TV email to her the next day...not surprisingly, she was not surprised.

According to ABC," Each week from across the country, two families with very different values are chosen to take part in a two-week long challenge. The wives from these two families exchange husbands, children and lives (but not bedrooms) to discover just what it's like to live another woman's life. "

For the morbidly curious, we have copied their e-mail message:

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