To Carrie McLaren, the Bob Guccione Jr. of Carrboro:
Some of us who giggled and grooved over Stay Free! in the past were baffled and disappointed to see the headline, "Supporting the Militant Black Lesbian Community of Carrboro Since 1992" under your logo (December 1993). Many of us and lots of the people we hang with are lesbians, blacks and militants of one stripe or another. How shocked we were when Stay Free! seemed to be guffawing over the possibility that any of its readers might be that "out there." Sure it was a joke and one we've seen in other places -- the Duke Review comes to mind -- but we hope that in the future Stay Free! will consider more carefully the crucial question, "which side are you laughing at?" In the mean time, we'd like to make a peace offering of a nice hot plate of crow.
Lynn St. Clair
Durham, NC