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contents I SPRING 11 VOLUME XXI • NUMBER 2 40 5 bell hooks is back—writing, tweeting and talking to Ms. DEPARTMENTS ENVIRONMENT 44 Preserving the Future Indigenous women in the U.S. and Canada are taking on Big Oil— and winning. BY CATHERINE A. TRAYWICK LAW 47 Class Act, Glass Ceiling After 10 years, the Wal-Mart sex- discrimination case finally makes it to the Supreme Court. BY JUSTINE F. ANDRONICI AND DEBRA S. KATZ ESSAY 50 6Women, corn, NAFTA 50 Mujeres de Maíz Want to know how “free trade” affects women in Mexico? Follow the corn. BY MARIA MELENDEZ 55 BOOK REVIEWS Linda-Anne Rebhun on Cynthia Eller’s Gentlemen and Amazons: The Myth of Matriarchal Prehistory 1861-1900; Karen Joy Fowler on Geraldine Brooks’ Caleb’s Crossing; Laura Orlando on Sandra Steingraber’s Raising Elijah: Protecting Our Children in an Age of Environmental Crisis; Lori L. Tharps on Lorene Cary’s If Sons, Then Heirs; Pamela D. Bridgewater on Serena Mayeri’s Reasoning from Race: Feminism, Law and the Civil Rights Revolution 58 BOOKMARKS Great reads for spring 2011 61 DVD WATCH Feminist films available for home viewing BACKTALK 63 Moving Backward The new House majority is trying to reverse progress on all fronts—especially on women’s rights. BY DONNA BRAZILE 64 NO COMMENT www.msmagazine.com SPRING 2011 | 5 LIZA MATTHEW/COURTESY OF SHAMBHALA SUN MAGAZINE