Maintain hairstyles for at least six months at a time, so that we can generate enough publicity around each look. In other words, limit the complexity of the performer, and take the bit out of the message. Of course, Ani resists this packaging, and the result is communication, not commerce. The same goes for everyone else in this book, like Holly Near. U. Utah Phillips pointed out to me that in many cultures, the unfortunate symbol of power is the control of the natural resources, and that women are seen as a natural resource.
Women thus serve as the currency of status, like diamonds and real estate.
Hair color, age, and overbite are assessed from the trading floor. When the commercial media get ahold of the hottest commodities, they go crazy. At some point, I picked up the nasty habit of defining myself from the outside in. When I was in college, I didn't think I was a real woman. Or so I thought.