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Fishbowl Flashback: Ms. Magazine and the Feminists Who Didn't Know How to Spell

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By Rachel

Panopticist Andrew Hearst casts his all-seeing gaze backward, to the May/June 1996 issue of Ms. and what he calls “the most embarrassing copyediting error I’ve ever seen.” He’s talking about the glaring misspelling of “Feminism” in the cover line.

Why are we sharing this with you? Well, for one, you don’t have it: the image is a Panopticist internet exclusive and you can’t even find the issue anymore. But more importantly, it provides a lovely hook by which to mention this:

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