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The Internet for Women by RYE SENJEN & JANE GUTHREY Price: $29.95 (Australian dollars), $36.95 (NZ dollars), $16.95 (US dollars) $29.95 (Canadian dollars) £12.95 (UK pounds) Photo by Gundi Sallowsky ©

The authors set out to demystify the Internet and put it into a context that makes it relevant and accessible to as many women as possible. It is for women who are just starting to explore the possibilities of the Internet, as well as seasoned users.

. . . it is presented with a feminist point of view in a readable and clear format. This is the best all-round book for women yet. . .The Internet for Women is the most straightforward and solid resource for women going on line.

- Jenny Ruby, Off Our Backs

Technological explanations have been kept to a minimum as they are rarely necessary in order to use a particular Internet service successfully. The book contains "how to" advice on using the most common Internet services, as well as information you will need to get Internet access.

I would recommend this as one [of] the best general introductions to the internet I have come across, whatever your gender.

- Steve Harrison, Daily Post

The book also covers topics not covered in more general books on the Internet: gender issues, pornography, sexual harassment, anonymity, privacy and security. To put the Internet into a more women-centred perspective the authors have included a chapter that introduces our computing foremothers and describes how some women have already begun to make the Internet an integral part of their lives.

Finally they have compiled a collection of Internet resources of special interest to women. Internet addresses are still relatively unstable and will change without warning. Visit the web-page for new and updated addresses as well as updates on Internet technology and happenings.

Also...

Read the abstracts from thePolitics of Cyberfeminism Conference at which Rye Senjen and Jane Guthrey and other Spinifex authors, Susan Hawthorne, Renate Klein, Dale Spender, Beryl Fletcher and Suniti Namjoshi were speakers.

ISBN 1875559523 Australia August 1996 large format paperback Territories:World All Rights:Spinifex Press