Journalism and Gender
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CAMPBELL DOUGLAS JOURNALISM & GENDER ASSIGNMENT 3 - PEACE MAY 2003 IPPY won't give her real name because of the outstanding arrest warrants and besides, why should she trust a journalist after being "done over" by the press at Greenham Common women's peace camp? She finally agrees to be interviewed and quoted in her own words after conceding that some good may come from the exercise. Years after she and her sisters were dismissed in the media as dykes in dungarees or woolly-minded liberals who should have been at home looking after the children, she's still wary of how she will be portrayed. "I first visited the camp in 1984 and I was involved until the bitter end," she says. "I grew up in the 70s and 80s and I was aware of nuclear weapons being such an important issue. Sitting at home watching TV, I saw all these crazy women and thought, 'I want...


