men are incompatible, which necessitates compulsory heterosexuality. It directly and indirectly exerts control over the sexuality of people within it, again often violently...
None of the above means that the individuals within the institution may not be kind, loving, progressive, even revolutionary, though it does make it a lot narder.
What it does mean is that the institution must be destroyed and people (including lesbians and gay men) enabled to determine for themse ves the relationships they want to have, the situation they want to live in, free from inequalities of between men and women, children and adults, heterosexuals and lesbians and gay men...
History shows very clearly (as the supplement understands) that the form and structure of the family has changed radically over time but that its essential oppressive and exploitative role has not. It must therefore be abolished, it cannot be reformed.
Rebecca Flemming London. SE11. promising start. But film reviews need a great deal of improvement. In my opinion the review of Oliver Stone's 'The Doors' (SO 2) was both shallow and inaccurate.
The tone in which the review was written illustrated Mr Tuney's inability to relate to the era in which the film was set. Is the word 'man' an instant point of ridicule? Contrary to Mr Tunney's opinion (and probably experience) the sixties were the sixties, and people did talk like that. Maybe the reviewer would have preferred the characters to use the street-cred lingo of the nineties?
If Jim Morrison had been portrayed as less sexist and egotistical, a worked-out radical leftie, with his girlfriend (sorry - 'partner') being an assertive worked-out feminist would Mr Tunney have approved?
I would prefer to see something that approximates reality. This was what the film tried to do. Jim Morrison is correctly portrayed in the film as he was. A pretentious, self-obsessed degenerate but also an innovative artist whose music animated a genera tion and continues to have influence today.
If ail film reviews follow this pattern of knee-jerk moralistic leftism (also somewhat dated) they will make for pretty boring reading. The review is also riddled with inaccuracies - too numerous and trivial to pursue. Mr Tunney was perhaps too busy listening to 'New Kids on the Block' on his personal stereo to follow the plot! Anyone who likes the Doors shouldn't be put off by the review.
Rachel Newton Manchester THE FIRST issue of the new paper was well-produced and made for interesting reading.
However I would like to register my concer at aglaring omission in the article on the TGWU elections (SO 1). One would not have gessed from reading the article that race figured as an issue in these elections. Or that racism had been used against Bill Morris in the campaign.
I think some explanation is in order.
Andrew Kennedy London SW9