The papers in this issue explore the interrelationship of gender with the circuits of consumption, distribution, production and reproduction. Consuming Cultures invites a rethinking of the production/distribution/consumption circuit in relation to the regimes of accumulation, power and politics produced by capitalism at the end of the millennium. Consumption Christine Griffin; The Virtual Speculum in the New World Order Donna J. Haraway; Bridging the Gap: Feminism, Fashion, and Consumption Angela McRobbie; Looking Good: The Lesbian Gaze and Fashion Imagery Reina Lewis; Gender, "Race," and Ethnicity in Art Practice in Post-Apartheid South Africa: Penny Siopis and Anna Coombes in Dialogue edited by Anna Coombes; After the Ivory Tower: Gender, Commodification and the "Academic" Joanna de Groot; Reviews