Tape# 119 Maria Manhattan and Betsy Newman take on the politics of fashion. Through this play with in a TV show PTTV pokes fun of the products of choice of the rich and powerful. Manhattan and Newman read between the lines of the pages of “W”, a monthly American fashion magazine. Stark facts about the gold mining and animal rights legislation juxtaposition the breezy language used to push the “drugs” of jewelry and furs to socialite “addicts”. Political policy and corporate profits are entangled with the glossy pages that highlight the excesses of the ruling class. Manhattan is the creator of “The Box Lunch.” Newman is an independent video producer and educator.