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"I think that having a Dale Anthony here in Roanoke will help me," said a Roanoke AIDS activist and pastor.

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The Centers for Disease Control reported the first official case of AIDS in the U.S. in 1981. During the early days, many people shied away from openly addressing the disease as a dangerous public health concern because of its association with homosexuality and drug use.

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Why is it that when women rise to positions of power and display their effectiveness we need to see them falling apart? asks author NAOMI WOLF

Sunday, June 24, 2007

Every year, a high point on my calendar is taking my now 12-year-old daughter to the Glamour Women of the Year awards. Each time, we're more delighted and impressed with the coolness, style and competence of the women honored -- including the inevitable starlets and entertainers.

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Every year, a high point on my calendar is taking my now 12-year-old daughter to the Glamour Women of the Year awards. Each time, we're more delighted and impressed with the coolness, style and competence of the women honored ? including the inevitable starlets and entertainers.

Last year, actress/rapper Queen Latifah brought ranks of New York schoolgirls to their feet, screaming with glee, as she gave a rousing speech about empowerment; actress Anne Hathaway shone an inspiring light on women in the military. These stars reflect the true situation of American women: High levels of competence, idealism and all-around effectiveness are by now pretty much the norm out there in the land of reality.

But this kind of empowered, right-on female role modeling scarcely registers in the pop culture landscape. There, a young woman sobbing helplessly in the back seat of a police car as she's hauled off to jail is the new Miss America ? the new mass icon of popular fascination.

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Every year, a high point on my calendar is taking my now 12-year-old daughter to the Glamour Women of the Year awards.

Each time, we're more delighted and impressed with the coolness, style and competence of the women honored including the inevitable starlets and entertainers.

Last year, actress/rapper Queen Latifah brought ranks of New York schoolgirls to their feet, screaming with glee, as she gave a rousing speech about empowerment; actress Anne Hathaway shone an inspiring light on women in the military.

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Every year, a high point on my calendar is taking my now 12-year-old daughter to the Glamour Women of the Year awards. Each time, we’re more delighted and impressed with the coolness, style and competence of the women honored – including the inevitable starlets and entertainers.

Last year, actress/rapper Queen Latifah brought ranks of New York schoolgirls to their feet, screaming with glee, as she gave a rousing speech about empowerment; actress Anne Hathaway shone an inspiring light on women in the military. These stars reflect the true situation of American women: High levels of competence, idealism and all-around effectiveness are by now pretty much the norm out there in the land of reality.

But this kind of empowered, right-on female role modeling scarcely registers in the pop culture landscape. There, a young woman sobbing helplessly in the back seat of a police car as she’s hauled off to jail is the new Miss America – the new mass icon of popular fascination.

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