Viva January 1975

DEPARTMENTS
6 Habitat: Behind the Scenes at VIVA
8 First Word: At the United Nations, It's Still a Man's World
Kathy Keeton
10 Forum: Reader Mail
24 Tattler: People in the News
36 Books
Annie Gottlieb
37 Films
Molly Haskell
39 Music
Susan Braudy/Timothy Ferris
91 Sexual Fantasies
Dr. Robert Chartham
96 Amorous Astrologer
Martine
106 Company Store
113 Last Word : The Right Dress to Redress Wrongs, or How to Be a Liberated Sex Object
John Simon
FICTION
76 The Death of Precious Only Daughter: All about Adultery and the Fate of Girl Babies in China
Maxine Hong Kingston
FASHION & BEAUTY
72 Woman as Erotic Fantasy: Vivid Offbeat Makeups a la Painter Richard Lindner
Photographs by Art Kane
ARTICLES & FEATURES
28 Women on the Move: "Loudmouth" Tennis Star Rosie Casals Is Sometimes Special, Always Daring
Peter Ross Range
32 The Trouble with Diets: It's Hard to Find One That Really Works, But You Can If You Look
Carol Ann Rinzler
35 Confessions of a Former Woman-Hater
Kathryn Burkhart
44 VIVA Symposium : Masochism, the Last Great Power Play As Viewed by Six Feminist Writers
48 Home-Front Revelations: A Viet Veteran's Wife Tells How She Helped Her Husband Survive the Nightmare of War
Terri Schultz
51 A Glimpse of Gatsby: His Private Life As Played by Our Actor-in-the-Nude
Photographs by Earl Miller
62 VIVA Interview: Helen Reddy and Jeff Wald—The Show Biz Couple Who Think They Have Everything
David Rennin
66 Sound Simplified: The Basics of Buying Stereo
Robert Angus
80 Crotch Watching: The Latest Female Spectator Sport
Photographs by Robin Schwartz