WEB REVIEWS: ON MEDIA

GameGirlz
Reviews, news, and views on the gaming industry, "by girlz and for girlz," and profiles of women in the industry. Also, home to the infamous Psycho Men Slayers (PMS) gaming clan. (reviewed 2/4/98)

ROCKGRL
This site ("no beauty tips or guilt trips"), devoted to women in the music business, is the online home of the print zine of the same name. You'll find a bunch of stories from each issue (going back three years) to whet your appetite — like a great interview with Meredith Brooks on why she's both a Pollyanna and a bitch. (reviewed 1/28/98)

About-Face
About-Face is the San Francisco group formerly known as the Stop Starvation Imagery Campaign. They've now expanded their mission, and work to combat any negative and distorted images of women — women as junkies, women as sluts, bruised women (see the cover of this month's Harper's Bazaar). You can see the offenders right here on the site, as well as a few ads to be praised for their portrayal of women. A great eye-opener, plus a few hints on what you can do to help. I don't agree with all of their judgements (I love Versace ads, and I appreciate Guess ads for choosing curvy women over waifs). But their commentary on the DKNY ad is genius. (reviewed 5/15/97)

Sissy
Sissy is the last ever issue of old-school Sassy before it got taken over — the issue that never made it into print. There's RuPaul on zits and stomach hair, Veruca Salt on makeup, and Blossom's Mayim Bialik on how to do a mitzvah. And if you want the dirt on the demise of the bought-up evil Sassy, check out ex-Sassy editor Rita Hao's account of the whole sordid affair. (reviewed 4/3/97)

SpiceGirls.com
Alright, so their music is popsicle pink and they vote Conservative, but they're so sincere about Girl Power! And don't you just love the fact that each Spice Girl has her own personality? White limey girls probably can't rap, but they're charmingly refreshing after so much gloomy BritPop. This is their home on the Web (unofficial, of course). And right here, for the bargain price of 25 pounds a year, you can get your own e-mail address at the SpiceGirls.com domain name. Who do you Wannabe? (reviewed 2/27/97)

National Museum of Women in the Arts
I admit that I didn't know there was a National Museum of Women in the Arts, but now there is a Web site, I do. The museum's mission is to spread the word about women artists past and present, so now they can spread the word a little further. The site's worthwhile even if you can't make it to DC (the museum's location) — check out the bios and artwork of women artists from Lavina Fontana to Helen Frankenthaler. (reviewed 2/14/97)

Guerrilla Girls
Speaking of women artists, check out the Guerrilla Girls' home on the Web. Think Robin Hood in drag, they're anonymous do-gooders trying to get equal treatment for women artists and be funny at the same time. (reviewed 2/14/97)

Girls on Film
Chicks, flicks, and politicks — it's more "girls on media." Read about movies, politics, art, and life from four girls who talk like they've known you forever. (reviewed 11/8/96)