actually looking forward to it. The sea sponge is a woman's friend and should not be feared or scorned. Sea sponges . ... try 'em, you'll like 'em! Sea Sponges can be purchased at most any community co-op for around $1.50 and will be your friend for approximately one year. For more information contact: Luna Sponges P.O. Box 33585 San Diego, CA 92103 I SELF-HELP ~ Possum Living, Dolly Freed, 1978, $3.95 from: Universe Books 381 Park Avenue South New York, NY 10016 Yep, another "how to live on practically nothing" book, but a fine one full of ~ood sense and outrageous spunk. It's written by a 19-year-old school dropout about the life she and her father have been living outside Philadelphia for the last five years. One of the best sections is on dealing with the law and lawyers and legal harassment ... on ways to get the game out of their ballpark and into one where justice, not legality, is the bottom line. You may not agree with the methods suggested, but as Dolly says,"... in legal hassles you're going to get your adrenalin stirred up one way or another anyhow, so you might as well choose your own time and place rather than have the clerk of court appoint it for you." -TB For Her Own Good: 150 Years ofthe Experts' Advice to Women, Barbara Ehrenreich and Deirdre English, 369 pp., 1979, $3.95 from: Anchor Books Anchor Press/Doubleday Garden City, NY 11530 The Industrial Revolution in American history was a leading factor towards developing a mechanized, categorical society. In its infancy, few people quesThe Simplified Guide to Personal Bankruptcy, John Slavicek and Robert Burger, 1975, $5.95 from: Crown Publishers Inc. 419 Park Avenue South New York, NY 10016 What happens when you give small folks the same breaks as big corpora- ~ions? When you tell them their rights m regard to bankruptcy, all hell breaks loose. When Herb Denenberg (then special advisor on Consumer Affairs to t_he Gov_er~or of Pennsylvania) published his Shopper's Guide to Bank- ~uptcy," it was denounced by editorials m Fortune and the Wall Street Journal. Ba?kers were outraged, and legislators objected strongly. Bankruptcy is okay for sophisticated business people but not for the rest of us. Our whole credit system would come apart. Hmmm ... ! I haven't been able to track down the "Shopper's Guide" other than an article in the April 1977 Caveat Emptor ($8/ yr from 620 Freeman St., Orange, NJ 07050). But the Simplified Guide ... tioned what this age of industrialization would do to the women of America. But as the traditional female role began to be disrupted with sewing, food preparation and medicinal treatments moving out of the warmth of a woman's kitchen and into the geometric structure of gray cement, the Woman Question began to arise: What was a woman's true nature? What was a woman to do in this new industrialized world? And how could women continue to be controlled in a habitually patriarchal order, :iow ' that the home was not necessarily the place for her to be? For Her Own Good presents the "scientific answer to the Woman Question as elaborated over the las.t 100 years by a new class of expertsphysicians, psychologists, domestic scientists, child-raising experts." Ironic_ally, these predominantly male profess10nals were to be chief examiners in the dilemma faced by the progressive 20th century woman. Probing the origin, rise and fall of the relationship between male professionals and women, For Her Own Good is an informative and sympathetic analysis of the "experts'" advice to women. Any woman who has sat within the four walls of a crowded magazine-ridden room, waiting to spe~k to a man about a female-related problem will identify with many of the insights being provided on these pages. DW covers the area well, laying out how to do it, when and why it might be advisable, and the different protection various states give you under their bankruptcy laws. -TB Making It Legal, Marion Davidson and Martha Blue, 1979, 235 pp., $8.95 from: McGraw-Hill 1221 Avenue of the Americas New York, NY 10020 It feels good to see attorneys sharing the knowledge of their profession. This manual is directed to the writer, artist and craftsperson wanting a basic understa~ding of the legal issues which impact their work. Although knowing the info_rmation provided does not mean you will never need a lawyer, it will help you decide when one is necessary. Business structure, contracts, taxes, and copyright and patent laws are among the topics covered. Interwoven throughout the book is the story of the legal and illegal activities of Alice the Craftsmaiden, keeping what is usually a dry subject interesting. -PC November 1979 RAIN Page 13
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