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Archive Number 2491

Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2003 10:57:36 -0500
From: Kathe Wittenberg
Subject: Re: Lysistrata






I've come across this book by Deena Metzger many times, have yet to read
it, however:

Woman Who Slept With Men to Take the War Out of Them.

Just thought I'd throw it into the proverbial pot.

Namaste,

Kathe

>> I just heard, on National Public Radio 1/16/03 PM news show ("All Things
>> Considered"?) about a world-wide reading, by women, of Lysistrata coming up
>> soon. Lysistrata is the ancient Greek "comedy" by Aristophanes in which the
>> women go on a sex strike until the men give up both war and control of a
>> war-based economy. Anyone want to share more about this?
>> Bobby