On Wed, 6 Apr 2005, heather wrote:

> I agree, Jennifer. The article seems to me to be a genuine, if
> polemical, attempt to give a wake-up call. I don't get the impression we
> are invited to think formula is better.

I agree with both of you... and, if you read any of Florence Williams's
other articles, you will see that she is a pretty staunch
environmentalist.

> I think the photo is probably meant to be artistic, to be honest....I
> don't think we can assume it is the author, either. I don't see the name
> of the baby as 'Emanuelle' is a deliberate attempt to echo those
> soft-porn Emanuelle movies of the 70s. It could just as easily echo
> 'Emanuel', the old Hebrew name meaning 'God is with us' which is used in
> Christian hymns as well as in Old Testament prophesy.  The photo has
> ambiguities in it, even so, but I really don't think it should be taken
> to undermine the article's essentially pro-bf, pro-woman, pro-baby,
> anti-corporate stance.

Well, the caption did say it was a self-portrait... but I suppose it could
have been a self-portrait done by someone other than the author.  ??

Cee

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