of cartoons reaches and conveys those emotions and experiences. The auto- , biography of a Japanese boy who was 7 years old when we dropped an atomic bomb on his city of Hiroshima, it has been serialized in Japanese weekly comic magazines since the late '60s. This first volume to be translated deing-the hardships of civilian life in wartime Japan, the Sl,:lffering of those who spoke out against the war, and the coercion and hysteria perpetrated by the government. Jn a time when'technologies allow us to remain insulated from the effects of our actions, we ' scribes the days leading up to the bombneed powerful reminders such as these as to what the effects really are. -TB iHER['s NO-nilNG Wt CAN. l>OAlnJ"f\1~. WE WILL JOST SAY 1HA1 ~ MIT wlTH AN M:ID~NT rnD DIED 1-t)N()RAl[y DORING TRAINING. • ~Gf UE ME ~NAM/ ~ mg c TAKE ..,OU 8f(l<JiOHE, l'D HAVE DONE IT~IS kJOULD HIWEN, PlE1'E FORGWE Mt, HANADA/ o,_l. __ roES EVER)t)NE lffl.RSTANO? ~l¥CIDENTAU.Y, HEDIEDn~i~ . OOR COUNTRY, ~ THE EMPEROR. ~AA1 1 HE ~AA. ~S-HNiADA i~-~ THfN HE ACTS (IKE ~THING HAPPENED/ IS THIS ™E WAY JAPANESE IMPERIAL • ERS ARE SED TO BE? 'ANE Ccx-1PLHELY (NSANE/ from Barefoot·Gen January 1979 RAIN Page 19 HEALTH Ourselves and Our Children, Boston Women's Health Book Collective, 1978, $6.95 from: Random House 201 E. 50th Street New York, NY 10022 The women who put out one of the first comprehensive books on women's health have now done one on parenting. Some of the sections include "Considering Parenting," "Sharing Parenthood/' "Society's Impact on Families," and "Being Parents of Grown-Ups." It is full 'of the same supportive common sense and personal accounts that characterized the first book. I'm finding it warmly helpful as a prospective parent. I'm sure it would be encouraging for experienced parents as w~ll. -LdeM MEDIA The 6th International Video Exchange Directory, Satellite Video Exchange Society; 1978, not for sale, contact: Satellite Video Exchange Society 261 Powell St. , Vancouver, BC, CANADA V6A 1G3 If you are a non-commercial video producer interested in exchanging tapes and ideas, here is a directory for you. The editor explains the philosophy behind the directory by restating ideas from The Videosphere, a book by Gene Youngblood, "the mass media in all its forms (print, radio, TV) is responsible for how a society develops because of the way it presents reality to the people. If people are only given bits of information about some things and none at all about others, how can they make intelligent, informed decisions?" Because the mass media controls such a large portion of the information presented, it is essential to have altemative image makers. Video provides such a tool. It allows people·to create their own images of themselves and how they view the world. Names, addresses, 'available equipment and interest areas are listed. - PC •
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