Ann Aldrich Indicts DOB and THE LADDER!!

ANN ALDRICH, IN HER LATEST BOOK DEALING WITH LESBIANISM, CAROL IN A THOUSAND CITIES, HAS SEVERELY CRITICIZED THE LADDER AND ITS CONTRIBUTORS. SHE FOUND TIME AND SPACE TO COMMENT, ADVERSELY, ABOUT EVERY STORY THAT APPEARED DURING 1958.

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WE'VE ORDERED COPIES FOR THE DOB BOOK SERVICE SO THAT WE, AND YOU, CAN READ IT RATHER CAREFULLY. COST IS 50 PLUS 10¢ HANDLING. WATCH FOR OUR COMMENTS (DETAILED, THAT IS) IN THE NEXT ISSUE OF THE LADDER! }

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BY THERESA CORELLA

DOES IT OCCUR TO YOU WHAT A PARADOX SEX IS?

IT'S CONSIDERED BOTH BAD AND GOOD,

UGLY AND BEAUTIFUL,

AN INSPIRATION AND A MENACE.

IT'S CENSURED AND PORTRAYED.

IT'S A SUBJECT WE WHISPER AND SING SONGS ABOUT;

A SUBJECT AT ONCE SENSITIVE AND HARD.

IT MAKES US TIMID AND BOLD.

IT IS SMEARED ON CHIPPED WALLS IN PUBLIC PLACES. IT IS USED ON BILLBOARDS TO SELL SOAP.

IT INCITES LAUGHTER AND PROFOUND SERIOUSNESS. JOKES ARE MADE OF IT AND MASTER TRAGEDIES.

IT SUMMONS THE NOBLE AND THE IGNOBLE. BLESSINGS ARE BESTOWED UPON IT AND CURSES,

AND BLESSINGS AND CURSES STEM FROM IT.

WE HAIL ITS FRUITFULNESS AND FEAR ITS PRODUCTIVITY. WE GIVE IT BIRTH AND AT THE SAME TIME TRY TO KILL IT. WE ALLOW ITS FUNCTION AND DENY IT.

LAWS ARE MADE AGAINST IT AND LAWS ARE BROKEN FOR IT. DOES IT OCCUR TO YOU WHAT A PARADOX SEX IS?

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