May / June 2001 - The Body Arts & Entertainment Click on a link below to jump to an article: Words: Wonderbra!?             Cuntchat with Inga Muscio             Wasting - A short story of pill popping wedding jitters Books: Woman: An Intimate Geography by Natalie Angier Music: P. J. Harvey's "Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea" Video: "Breasts", a Documentary by Meema Spadola Wonderbra!? - One woman's experience with this popular contraption by Nancy Woods Before getting on with my life, I needed just one thing. I needed to get my hands on a Wonderbra. The year was 1994 and the Wonderbra was hot; it was English and it could create cleavage where none had existed before. In Portland, Oregon the only place you could get a Wonderbra was at Saks Fifth Avenue, where there was a waiting list 200 names long... To finish reading this article, order this issue of NervyGirl! to be delivered to your door! back to top Cuntchat with Inga Muscio by Leah Bobal Interview by Christy Hall "'Cunt' is very arguably the most powerful negative word in the American English language. 'Cunt' is the ultimate one-syllable covert verbal weapon any streetwise six-year-old or passing motorist can use against a woman. 'Cunt' refers almost exclusively to women, and expresses the utmost rancor." So begins Cunt, a womanifesto that urges women to honor all that is cunt and become the "Cuntlovin' Ruler of Her Sexual Universe." This 277-page book is chockfull of cunt-related wisdom from author Inga Muscio's unique perspective. Her bio relates that Muscio's vernacular is "comparable to that of a merchant marine." Hence the title of this, her first book, and the tough-ass, empowering verbage that peppers its pages... To finish reading this article, order this issue of NervyGirl! to be delivered to your door! back to top Wasting - A short story of pill popping wedding jitters by Shanna Germain The pills are expensive. More than she would ever spend on a haircut or having her nails done. More than she would have spent on food, before. But she doesn't mind - the price gives her incentive. Willpower. She will cut herself down until she fits perfectly into his life... To finish reading this article, order this issue of NervyGirl! to be delivered to your door! back to top Woman: An Intimate Geography by Natalie Angier (Houghton Mifflin) Review by Angela Torretta Buried at the back of Natalie Angier's exuberantly written, visceral tome, Woman: An Intimate Geography, lies the author's only mistake. Angier claims she is a pessimist by nature, a claim belied by the previous 400 pages of her glowing tribute to the female body... To finish reading this article, order this issue of NervyGirl! to be delivered to your door! back to top P. J. Harvey's "Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea" (Island Records, 2000) Review by Allison Dubinsky With "Stories", PJ Harvey lets her mantle of angst slip out the window like so much smoke. Which doesn't mean she's let her guard down - she's as angry as ever - but her anger is tempered by hope rather than fueled by despair. The sleek, straight-locked diva peering out from the cover of her latest album is no longer the dark-eyed banshee flailing snake-like strands of hair over her shoulder on 1993's "Rid of Me"... To finish reading this article, order this issue of NervyGirl! to be delivered to your door! back to top "Breasts", a Documentary by Meema Spadola (Elevator Pictures, 1996) Review by Barbara Bader When author/filmmaker Meema Spadola set out to gather women's stories about themselves, she invited a couple dozen females for intimate chats in a nice, warm studio filled with an all-woman film crew. Topic: breasts. Result: straightforward, dynamic conversation about the everyday relationships women have with their breasts... To finish reading this article, order this issue of NervyGirl! to be delivered to your door! back to top Nervy Girl! - P.O.Box 16601 - Portland, OR 97292 - 503-25-NERVY - ISSN 1536-9897 Copyright 2002 by Nervy Girl!, LLC. All rights reserved. Reproduction without permission is prohibited. Web issues contact [email protected]