Shouting into the Void Lyz Lenz’s essay
in that same issue asked how many per-
sonal stories women will have to share to
get others to listen. “Answer: it will never be
enough,” tweeted Katy Otto of Philadelphia.
“It shouldn’t take our tears for our voices to
be heard,” tweeted @TaylorMaxw. Robert E.
Smith of Ada, Mich.,
was turned off by the
opening image of Sena-
tor Jeff Flake and an ac-
tivist, which he felt set a
“guilty until proven in-
nocent” tone. But Twit-
ter user @kate_cottle
hailed Lenz for looking
toward a different fu-
ture. “We’re planting
the seeds,” she wrote,
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the new AmericAn Addiction Jamie
Ducharme’s Sept. 30 cover story on the pop-
ularity of Juul e-cigarettes among adoles-
cents was eye- opening for adults. Julie Lori
of Mequon, Wis., was keenly interested, as
she has seen “the
explosion of vap-
ing among students”
at the high school
where she works.
The story got John
Dorgan of Spring
Hill, Fla., think-
ing about why vap-
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people, and he was
left feeling that “the
cool- looking cloud
of vapor it produces”
is key. Alan Remde, a doctor in Asbury, N.J.,
said he thinks that if scientific data proves
Juul can help cigarette smokers quit, it
should be prescription- only for use as part of
an addiction- recovery program —but that if
the stats aren’t there, e-cigarettes should be
“ illegal” because “they cause harm and serve
no value to society.”‘We need
more
federal
regulations,
and ads
should be
limited.’
LINDA J. ROBERTSON,
Richmond, Calif.‘Lyz Lenz’s
essay so
profoundly
brought
home what
it is to be a
woman.’
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Barbie’s New Body
Feb. 8, 2016
Eliana Dockterman’s
feature on Mattel’s
new gender-neutral doll
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In 2016, when Mattel
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