READERS RESPOND

"YOUR APRIL ISSUE OF THE LADDER WAS APPALLING. WHAT PARTICULARLY NAUSEATED AND CAUSED ME TO BLUSH FOR MY FELLOW-READERS WERE THE REFERENCES TO LESBIANS AS "LEZ'S', 'BUTCHES' ('OFFICE BUTCH'), AND THE LIKE, SUCH THINGS AS 'LESBIAN LOVE-CRUSH' SMACK OF LOWBROW HETEROSEXUAL BAR-TALK.

"IT WAS A TREAT WATCHING THEM HUG EACH OTHER IN THEIR NIGHTGOWNS' SOUNDS LIKE SOMETHING THAT SHOULD BE CONFINED TO THE PSYCHIATRIST'S COUCH. IF NOTHING ELSE, EXPRESSIONS SUCH AS '...LOCAL LEZDOM WAB OUT IN FULL FORCE TO SEE THIS...LESFILM' ARE JUST PLAIN BAD TASTE.

"SO WHAT IF SOMEONE'S BREASTS ARE BRIEFLY REVEALED; WHAT DOES THIS MEAN? IS THAT WHAT YOU LOOK FOR IN A MOVIE?

"ADDENDUM BY Z. NEWALL WAS WELL-WRITTEN AND HANDLED NICELY HOW ABOUT MORE?

"MANY PEOPLE, IRRESPECTIVE OF THEIR SEXUALITY, ENJOY READING INTELLIGENTLY WRITTEN MAGAZINES,

"DO YOU WANT THE LADDER TO GROW' LADDER TO GROW AND BE ACCEPTED? DO YOU WANT TO ACT OUT THE STEROTYPE IN THE MIND OF JOHN Q. PUBLIC? IT IS UP TO YOU – AND ME."

"P.S.

AN ANONYMOUS SISTER

REMEMBER THIS: WE ARE WOMEN AND WILL REMAIN WOMEN SO LONG AS WE WALK THIS EARTH. I CAN'T FATHOM WHY ANY WOMAN WOULD WANT TO BE CALLED 'BUTCH'. WHY DO WE PREFER WOMEN? | SUPPOSE IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH FEMININITY. THERE ARE REAL MEN WHO ARE MORE FEM|— NINE THAN YOU PRETEND NCT TO BE. GO ON PLAYING YOUR ROLES AND YOUR 'MAMA-PAPA' GAMES AND NOT ONLY SOCIETY WILL RISE UP IN REBELLION AGAINST US, BUT WE'LL BE REBELLING AGAINST OURSELVES, AND MORE AND MORE OF US WILL WITHDRAW IN DESPAIR FROM THE ONLY KIND OF LIFE WE CAN LIVE FOR WE ARE WORN AND WEARY OF BEING SHOVED INTO THE |MFCSSIBLE MOLDS WE HAVE MADE FOR OURSELVES; WE LOSE OUR IDENTITY,

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