SHOCK' AS WELL AS F.L.'S 'FEELING OF BRIGHT HOPEFULNESS'. GIVEN THE 'LIFT', WE CAN MORE EASILY WORK TOWARD THE END OF THE 'FIGHT'. THIS ISN'T 'ESCAPE', IT'S SOUND, BEDROCK PSYCHOLOGY. AND THE ADOLESCENT LESBIAN WHO FACES THIS LIFE WITHOUT BENEFIT OF VIEWING THE GOODNESS THERE, IS AS UNREALISTIC AS SHE WHO KNOWS ONLY THE BEAUTIFUL. (BUT TELL ME, WHERE WOULD YOU FIND ONE WHO DOES KNOW ONLY THE BEAUTIFUL? ON NARS, MAYBE AND IF THERE ARE PEOPLE ON

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MARS, I'M ONE TO SAY I HOPE SO!) FINALLY:

"DON'T CHANGE YOUR POLICY, LADDER. YOU NEVER SERVE US 'SUGARY PAP', AND YOU DO SUBMIT A STRONG-MINDED APPROACH."

F.L., PEACE DALE, R. I.

"| I THINK 'GIRLS AND BASEBALL' BY NANCY SULLAVAN IS GREAT PERHAPS THE BEST PIECE ON LOVE I'VE EVER READ.

"I DON'T LIKE TO FISH BUT SOME OF THE MOST WONDERFUL DAYS OF MY LIFE WERE SPENT FISHING WITH THE ONE I LOVED. I CAUGHT SOME BIG ONES, TOO!

"I HOPE NANCY WILL TELL US NEXT FALL HOW THEY MADE OUT."

D.G., BRICELAND, CALIF.

"AS A NEW SUBSCRIBER TO THE LADDER I AM SURPRISED TO FIND A DISCUSSION UNDER WAY REGARDING USE OF THE WORD LESBIAN'. IT IS A REFINED WORD OF BEAUTIFUL SOUND AND POETIC BACKGROUND. I THINK IT IS TIME THIS SOFT AND ALMOST MUSICAL WORD WAS USED MORE AMONG OURSELVES AND OTHERS.

"I HAVE MANY HETEROSEXUAL FRIENDS WHO ACCEPT ME FOR WHAT | AM, WITHOUT CRITICISM AND WITH DEPTH OF UNDERSTANDING. I HAVE FOUND WITHOUT EXCEPTION THAT THEY ARE PLEASED TO KNOW THE WORD LESBIAN'! PREVIOUSLY THEY HAD NOT USED AN APPROPRIATE AND RESPECTFUL IDENTI-

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