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Men we may love

Dear Editors, Thank you for your review of Girlfriends Magazine in your Winter 1998-9 issue. However, we feel compelled to note a couple of points in the review that need correction. First, Girlfriends is now the "Magazine of Lesbian Enjoyment." Next, the reviewer who went through our "Men We Love" issue described the main feature as "mostly photogenic white men." Apparently, he or she overlooked our coverage of Reggie Miller, Oscar de la Hoya, Jesse Jackson, Sean Sasser, the San Francisco 49ers, and even Mushu the dragon as "Men We Love."

We do appreciate your coverage. Please keep us in mind for any future reviews.

Sincerely,
Nyondo Nadi
Assistant Editor
Girlfriends Magazine
3415 Cesar Chavez, Ste 101
San Francisco, CA 94110

Editor’s note: What I actually said was that the Girlfriends Magazine "Men We Love" issue included "mostly photogenic, rich, white men." I notice that you don't criticize my use of the words "photogenic" or (the magically disappeared word) "rich" to describe your choices, only the word "white." Yet, by my count (even including Mushu the dragon) I remain entirely correct in my assessment. However, to reassure you, I didn't mean to imply in any way that Girlfriends was slighting non-whites in its selections, and I acknowledge that I would have better communicated my major point if I had left out "white." The real message in my comment was that this was a collection of relatively powerful and rich, and thus mostly establishment-oriented males, who happen to also be gay, pro-lesbian or pro-feminist. For those with genuinely alternative or radical values, any list of "Men We Love" you publish that includes political gangsters like Vice President Al Gore and former White House Press Secretary Mike McCurry, or corporate CEOs like Robert Haas of Levi Strauss, will remain, at best, contemptible.

Jason McQuinn

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Updated: 5/6/2000