someone else says. So I set forth various ideas that come to me. Elaborate upon them, work out a con-. clusion and then make this into an editorial with the hope for all, that there are sufficient among the read- ers who will read and then think to make it worth while. Whether you think positively or negatively about what I say isn't important, but that you think at all, is. As I said, in the beginning I am sorry for those that regard these editorials as preaching since it is obvious that they are not going to be stimulated to cultivate ideas nor develop further ideas of their own. I am glad we do not have too many of these amongst us. For them there are numbers of pages of stories, articles and his- tories in TVia and I am hopeful that these please them, but the three or four pages of each issue that are used by Virgin Views column and occasionally by an article. outside of this column together with a few pages given over to Susanna for her observations, will continue to be used for this seed planting operation for the benefit of those people who like to think, and who appreciate the stimulation of new ideas. Those who think will gradually develop self understanding, self acceptance and peace of mind, those who do not will continue in locked rooms, if not physically, then mentally. They will never really develop a femme self as they will re- main in the realm of erotic fetishism and guilty and secret expression of something which they will always feel ashamed of and guilty about.

While some are so conditioned to the fear, guilt and shame routine that they can't believe there is any other way to live with TVism (some even masochistic- ally enjoy these feelings) a good many others have grown in understanding, acceptance and finally to true enjoyment of their femmeselves. This has occurred because of the presentation of new interpretations, new experiences and the development of a new awareness of and appreciation for the feminine role in like. I am pleased and happy in the realization that in the lives of many of those in whom this growth has taken place, my "preaching" teaching or seed planting, call it what you will, has played a part.

Virginia.