Forward Spin

By JANICE CASTRO/

WOMEN'S WORK

Contributions are pouring in to groups that support female candidates. A new Republican organization, WISH List (the acronym spells its purpose: Women in the Senate and House), has raised $100,000 in six weeks. Next: the 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue List.

MR. MOM BLUES

Publishers have discovered a new market -- how-to-books for men coping with household tasks. Joining volumes on how to cook and how to fold and clean clothes is the new First Men's Guide to Ironing. What's next? How to Pick Up Your Socks?

CAMPAIGN CALENDAR

Super Tuesday marks the 116th anniversary of another election-year event: on March 10, 1876, Alexander Graham Bell made the first telephone call. It's a good day to send a message.

ON-LINE, OFF-PLANET

When he isn't fielding calls to his 800 line, Jerry Brown communicates with potential voters on-line, thanks to his new CompuServe computer link. Hmm . . . are the Michelangelo and Friday the 13th viruses political plots?

MODERN ROMANCE

When video dating leads to the altar, hip friends give the happy pair Fighting to Save Your Marriage, a two-part video series that depicts couples battling. Maybe it's better to fight than switch. If not, try Judge Wapner.

TITLE FATIGUE

Hollywood is stuck on sentences as movie titles. Honey, I Shrunk the Kids and Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead have given way to This Is My Life, I Don't Buy Kisses Anymore and Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot. Coming soon: We're Back and Death Becomes Her. Expect overburdened multiplex marquees to resort to alphabet-soup abbreviations.

With reporting by Wendy Cole