Situated at Brown University, this list is useful to scholars studying and teaching women writers. Discussion about theories and research from a women's studies perspective is encouraged. Newsgroups soc.women wavers between subjects of concern to women, and subjects that would be better discussed in another group. More relevant recent topics included a thoughtful and polite dialogue on the financial responsibility of absent fathers, and the ethics of music in which women advocate violence against men. To be honest, although that may once have been true, it looks now like it is receiving duplicate postings from soc.women .
Current debate is centered on abortion, but there are plenty more topics from which to choose.
The National Federation of Press Women is committed to professional excellence, high ethical standards, and equal opportunity for women in the communication fields. The association publishes a newsletter and magazine, runs contests, and offers scholarships. This link lists professional women's organizations . The Berkeley Women and Language Group members are graduate students at Univ. of California Berkeley. An Annotated Bibliography found in Women and Language Vol.