ABSTRACT
Turning to the national context, 1990 in Britain, although marked by ongoing attempts to explode ‘the myth of heterosexual AIDS’, also saw some revival of flagging AIDS coverage in popular magazines (Take a Break, 5 May 1990; Hello! 28 April 1990; Cosmopolitan, May 1990; 19, 12 May 1990; Vogue, April 1990; Company, May 1990), a growth in HIV posts with some remit for women, and conferences and meetings on the
topic of women and AIDS. Weary readers of the Evening Standard were greeted in May by the headline ‘AIDS: Women in the Front Line. Diana hears of epidemic’s second wave’ (Evening Standard, 16 May 1990, p. 15), while the following day, The Independent readers mused over ‘Why condoms are a woman’s best friend’ (The Independent, 17 May, 1990, p. 16) and learnt that ‘Women infected with AIDS have doubled in last year’ (The Independent, 17 May 1990, p. 8).
