Big Mama Rag

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Contributed by: Kate Sharp; Eileen Bresnahan; Josie Heath; Kila X; Kim Womantree; Terra;
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Strawn; LNS; Kate Sharp; Julia Robinson; Lisbeth Springer; Tea; Isami Arifuku Waugh;
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Colorado 45°
Elsewhere 55°

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 First Class
Permit No. 1494

Denver, Colo.

BUSINESS REPLY MAIL

First Class Permit No. 1494, Denver, Colo.

postage will be paid by

RACHELE YASEEN DEFENSE FUND

P. O. Box 18628
Denver, Colorado 80218

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 TUESDAY, AUG. 10, 1976

WOMEN UNITE! THIS TIS A CRISIS!

Ginny Yaseen and Pam Keeley are in danger of losing their

daughter. Rachele, six years old, has been living with Pam

and Ginny since 1972. Now Ginny's ex-husband David is taking

her to court in an attempt to win custody of Rachele.

At the time of their divorce, David was fully aware that

Ginny and Pam were lovers. Ginny was awarded custody of Rachele

in an uncontested divorce settlement. Ginny, Pam and Rachele

then lived as a family in the same town in Illinois as David,

who continued to see Rachele. In February of this year, Ginny,
Pam and Rachele moved to Denver.

In June Rachele went to visit her father in Illinois. Her

two week stay was extended to two months at David's request, so

that she could attend summer school. After Pam and Ginny called

several times to find out when Rachele would be coming home,

David told them that he intended to keep her. Ginny immediately

flew to Illinois to rightfully reclaim Rachele. After their

return to Denver, Ginny received a certified letter informing

her that David had won temporary custody and that the formal

hearing for final custody was scheduledone week hence. VWithout

money, a lawyer, or time to prepare a case, Ginny flew to Illinois

to protect her right to keep Rachele. She was held in contempt

of court and jailed until it was proven that she had no knowledge

of the temporary custody ruling at the time she had taken Raçhele
back home. She retained an Illinois attorney and succeeded

in having the temporary custody ruling voided. But the final

custody hearing is only a month away.

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 While in Illinois Ginny realized that David and his wife

Chris are preparing an all-out case against Ginny's fitness as

_ a mother. Their tactics included trying to have her legal rights

denied her, and filing battery charges against her, claiming

that she assaulted Chris when she came to get Rachele. Ginny

was given only a week's notice to prepare a case, while

David and Chris appeared in court with about a dozen "expert

witnesses" willing to. testify on their behalf. It seems

inevitable that David will use the issue of lesbianism to

manipulate the proceedings and to gain support of the court.

Ginny and Pam now have only four weeks to build an

invincible case, find their own expert witnesses, and raise

$4,000 to meet their minimum anticipated costs. Since they

both must work to support themselves «and Rachele, they have to

rely on long distance phone calls to plan their legal strategy.

Ginny and Pam have the legal grounds to build a powerful

and successful case. But it will take money ... your money ..-.

to make it a reality. Without money, there will be no lawyer,

no witnesses, no case. Without money, they will lose Rachele.

You must help ... there is no other way.

Please send what you can afford right away to the Rachele

Yaseen Defense Fund, P.0. Box 18628, Capitol Hill Station,

Denver, Colorado 80218. If you want to claim a tax deduction

for your contribution, make your check payable to the Aton

Foundation, earmarked for the Rachele Yaseen Defense Fund,
and mail it to the same address.

For further information please call (303) 757-5691. This

is a 24-hour emergency hotline.

WOMEN UNITE! TIIS IS A CHISIS!

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Kate Sharp
The continyed existence of the
"Women Everywhere" radio pro-
gram aired every Sunday after-
noon at 2PM on KFML was recent-
1y, and is possibly stiZZ, in
substantial jeopardy. This fact
brought about several weeks of
negotiations and controversy
involving the KFML administra-
tion, the Women Everywhere
Radio Collective, and the NOW
Media Task Force.
For approximately one year
the "Women Everywhere" show
was aired weekly without any
recorded complaint to the sta-
tion management or personnel
and with occasional positive -
comment to both the station and
the radio collective. Suddenly,
in May of this year,members of
the collective "unofficially"
learned that NOW had been app-
roached by KFML with àn offer
to take over the show. The col-
lective was also assured that
NOW was willing to support the
group if it wanted to fight to
keep the show.
At this point, radio collec-
tive member Peg Hickox phoned
KFML to ask program director
Craig Applequist why NOW had
been offered the "Women Every-
where" show, to which the reply
came that NOW had zot been
effered the show. It was rev-
ealed, however, at a subsequent
KFML/radio collective meeting
(originally set up to solidify
the collective's free advertis-
ing contract with KFML) that
Kathy Miller, the station's
news director, had contacted
NOW with the offer because she
felt that the show should have
a "broader scope". It was never
made clear, however, whether
this move had been self-init-
iated by Miller or whether it
had been a "recommendation"
from the station's higher-ups.
_ Both the station manager, Don
Zucker, and the program direc-
tor, Craig Applequist, stated
at this meeting that neither of
them personally had any compla-
ints with the show, but that
all involved had definitely
decided that the Women Every-
where Radio Collective would no
longer be próducing the show.
When asked if the group could
: share the show with NOW, the
answer was negative. When asked
if the group could alternate the
show (preseńtly sponsored by
BMR and Woman to Woman Feminist
Bookcenter) with NOW, the ans-
wer was the same. Collective
Eileen Bresnahan
The Administration of Colorado
General Hospital has decided to ex-
tend the hospital's unique mater-
nity care program, at least through
January 1, 1977. This decision came
in the midst of protests and organ-
izing efforts by nurses associated
with the program, women who had been
and are being served by it, and
other interested women in the Denver
feminist community.
As BMR reported last issue (June/
July, 1976), the program was init-
ially to have been terminated July
1, 1976. The primary reason given
at that time was that there was not
enough money in the hospital budget
to pay for the team-nurse approach
to maternity clinic care. Since,
under this approach, every patient
is assigned to a two-nurse team, one
of whom is called in when the pat-
ient is in labor, it is more expen-
sive to maintain (mainly due to
overtime), but the care given is
much more personal because the woman
knows the nurse who is with her in
the labor room.
The nurses who work in the pro-
gram, however, maintained that the
question was not one of dollars, but
of priorities. They pointed out that
other hospital units such as the
members were told that it was
possible that they might have
the show..back in six months and
were at this meeting given pro-
duction time to work on the
contracted advertising spots
only. (These spots were offered
in return for doing the show
free of charge for a year - an
offer originally made at the
outset of the show but not def-
initely solidified until this
point.) : E
When asked why this decision
had been made, Zucker informed
collective representatives that
the station's license was up
for renewal soon and although
the show fulfilled the "letter
of the FCC law" it was felt
that "the spirit of the FCC law
was not being fulfilled" and
that the station's obligation
photo by Kate Sharp
was, to provide the broadest
appeal possible in women's
programming. When told that the
collective had been informed
that NOW would back the present
show and would not accept the
ted that if that was in fact
the case, the Women Everywhere
Radio Collective would maintain
control of the show.
A subsequent meeting was set
up between one member of the
NOW Media Task Force, Sharon
Leventhal, and Don Zucker
during which Leventhal was told
that if NOW did not accept the
show it would definitely be
given to a third group. (The
League of Housewives was one
possibility allegedly mention-
new burn center and the liver trans-
plant center were amply funded,
while the major money -shortages had
occured in maternity and pediatrics.
Feeling that this represented a pat-
tern of discrimination against women
and children's services, the nurses
had taken their case to two femin-
ist attorneys, who were exploring
the possibility of seeking an in-
junction to block the termination of-
the program, giving them the addit-
ional time that they would need to
bring suit.
These plans have been placed in
temporary limbo by the hospital's
decision to continue the program for
an additional six months, for the
expressed purpose of doing a study
to determine if team nursing makes
a "difference" in maternity care.
"AII the hospital administration
is going to believe are figures
which shòw shorter labors, or de-
creased new-born morbidity and mor-
tality. They couldn't care less
about whether women in the program
are happier, more secure, or just
generally get treated more humanely
iri team-care situations," charged
one woman who was active in the or-
ganizing efforts. As proof of the
satisfaction women feel with the
<.
A
ed.) Leventhal at this time
verbally accepted the show on
behalf of the NOW Media Task
Force and was given a definite
date to begin production.
As soon as this was learned
by the radio collective, a
meeting was set up between the
collective and representatives
from the Media Task Force. At
this meeting, the collective
was informed that the Media.
Task Force had decided to zot
accept the shħow, regardless of
the fact that they had been
given a definite date to begin.
Strategic plans for pressuring
the station into not giving the
show to another group were ar-
ranged -at this meeting. It was
decided that these two groups
and any other interested women
would work as a coalition in
support of the show and would
act under the name of the Den-
ver Feminist Media Coalition.
It was decided that if any
other group accepted the show,
the Coalition would approach
them and make a plea for them
to reject sponsorship of the
show on the grounds of "femin-
ist solidarity" (providing the
group identified itself as fem-
inist). It was further decided
that if such action were taken
by the station, the Coalition
would file a petition to deny
the station licensing. It was
also decided that NOW would
draft a letter to KFML rejec-
ting sponsorship of the shów,
announcing the plans to "file",
and insuring solidarity around
the issue of not allowing fem-
inist harrassment and divisive
tactics to be employed by KFML.
A massive letter writing campa-
iàn was initiated that evening.
Women who were knọwn to be regu.
Tar listeners Oof the show were
asked to send KFML letters urg-
ing that the group of women
presently producing the show be
show.. :
allowed to continue with the
Within approximately a week,
a meeting was arranged between
KFML and the Denver Feminist
Media Coalition. At this meet-
ing women asked to see the letters
of support sent to KFML, a re-
quest which was allowed them,
but which was prefaced by a
statement that some of the let-
ter writers. had gotten the name
and time of the show wrong.
This reporter, however, can .
verify that all letters had the
name of the show correct and
program, the nurses have numerous
letters from women commending them
on the care which was received. :
"It was really strange that the
hospital was suddenly able to come
up with money to continue the pro-
gram, when all along they had been
telling us that there was no more
The Supreme Court, in early July,
handed down two important decisions
on abortion. The new rulings rein-
forced the 1973 landmark decision
forbidding states to prevent abor-
tions during the first three months
of pregnancy, calling such abortions
a matter between a woman and her
doctor.
In a 5-to-4 decision, the court de-
cided that states may not impose
"blanket" restrictions requiring wo-
men under 18 to obtain parental con-
sent for an abortion. And in a 6-to-
3 ruling in the same case, the Court
held that a woman's husband need not
consent to her abortion.
Both rulings were in regard to the
provisions of a 1974 Missouri law.
Ere
one letter had the time of the
show wrong, listing the time as
4:00 pm, the time at which the
show had at one time been aired
Thirty one letters including the
letter from NOW had been recei-
ved by KFML in a matter of a
few days.
At this point, one Women Every-
where Collective Member asked
about the present śtatus of the
show. To this, no definite
answer was immediately given
but the station manager explai-
ned that he had only done what
he had done because he wanted
the best station possible and
feared that the Women Everywhere
Show might be too "limited".
When asked how the show could
possibly be made more diverse
when the group covers such to-
pics as rape, abortion, child
care, employment, health, les-
bianism, psychology, welfare
and food stamp news, prostitu-
tion, forced sterilization, ed-
ucation, women in sports, femin-
ist actions, demonstrations and
conferences, sexual discrimin-
ation cases, legislation affec-
ting women and offers interviews
and stories on a wide variety of
women's organizations in the
ical and reform issues), Zucker
had to admit that he had only
very seldom heard the show. The
group then expressed its initial
and continued desire to aso
provide the most diverse femin-
ist radio show possible. Don
Zucker at this point said the
group could continue to do the
show if it would give him a
list of topics and organiza“.
tions that had been covered and
if he were provided with tapes
of the show two days prior to
airing. When asked if this
meant he would have the option
to edit tapes, he insisted it
did not.
contract verifying its sponsor-
ship and control of the show,
the group was told that KFML
even with its disc jockeys.
Some additional discussion fol-
towed in which KFML representa-
tives apparently felt compelled
to eventually commend Women
Everywhere on the "fairness and
diversity" of the show, -Upon
the group's leaving, Zucker
made a surprising statement,
and one which contradicted a
More on page 14
, money anywhere," said one nurse.
The question now is what happens
January first? Denver women have
vowed that they will not let the
program die without a fight. Only
time, and the hospital administra-
tion, will tell.
The Court also struck down a pro-
vision requiring doctors to use as
much care to preserve the life of an
aborted futus as of a fetus intended
to be born alive and ruled that it
is unconstitutional to ban saline
abortions.
Writing the majority opinion, Judge
Blackmun argued that a state may not
grant a husband the right to prevent
his wife's abortion when "the state
itself lacks that right." And on the
question of parental consent, Black-
mun held that just as husbands have
no constitutional right to prevent
abortions, states have no authority
possibly arbitrary, veto" when an
unmarried mirr requests an abortion.
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 Big Mama Rag Vol.4 No.7

glint goldenly with that "come on"

RED ROCKS CENAER expression I know so we11. I begin
LOUIS, ILLE WOMEN
”

teasing her with a small red rubber

Dear Collective:
Dear Big Mama Rag, ball and, as she bats at it, I yank
We were excited to see the newspaper
As always, when I read your journal it out of her reach. As our excite-
insert on Resources for Denver area
it inspires me to write, to read, and ment mounts, my nose starts to per-
women, but were dismayed to see that
to continue to vocalize, to colonize, spire and Kila X whiskers begin to
the CCD-RR Women's Resource Cneter
love and energize with my sisters. I quiver in abandonment. When we are
was not included. both excited, I begin to stroke her
am a member of Louisville's Lesbian
The Women's Center has been in oper-
H E . m —

Feminist Union. We are seeing the from neckbone to tailtip; slowly,

ation on this campus since May, 1975.
results of long months of energy and
serving over one thousand men and wo-
effort, of disappointments, and pol-
men in the Denver Metro area. We
itical differences, of candle vigils
have recently completed a three-week
and letters and visits to Jill (Ray-
workshop on Career Exploration for
mond), and of our own sister's effor-
Women in Non-Traditional Jobs.
ts as a lawyer to get her out and
Our Brown Bag Lunch Programs are
keep her safe, of failure to convince
held each week on campus and have
a local station about the represen-
been an important campus resource for
tation of the Lesbian in the media,
women and the community.
circlig around the base of her ears,
until, with an ear-splitting yow,
tains, and back again, does a double
back flip and collapses on the rug
like a small, damp, throbbing black
dishrag. Then we switch roles.
Admittedly, this is not easy. We
are still in process, not products of
<Kard mi
out with positions of their own in
next month's issues. We realize we
may lose some friends in our own
community. After all, we can now be
placed squarely to the rear of the
"If it feels good, do it" school.
i IR TEOSA

of victory in keeping the pinkclad However, we feel it is worth the risk

Schefly out of Kentucky's earlier
ERA victory, of benefits and final
money to obtain a house we are sup-
porting for our meetings and shelter
and-classes for women, of those tal-
ents called music from our River City
Womin who have given us hours of joy
and dancing and are still evolving to
be better and better and will tour
this next month, of our softball team
called the Matriachs, of our meetings
and long bentbacks over paper legal
hassels and rules to keep us organ-
ized, of pain when a sister and a
sister separate, and a new sister
takes her place with understanding
and it all works out. We have an in-
credible photo journey of these last
months from every activity capturing
a11 transition and all love; hope-
fully will gift ourselves with a book
of them soon. We have a poetry col-
lective and a first published book
called Free Our Sisters, and silk-
screened T-shirts bearing a woman in
chains breaking free...We have it,
sisters. Please visit and write or
come to live with us. We won't all
have the same faces...some leaving
for the summer, some for always, many
of fifty members will be here and
'more...individually evolving, collec-
tively evolving...women loving women.
Good Energy and Love.
Suzy Martin,
“Lesbian Feminist Union, 1259 S. Brook
Street, Louisville, KY
I am enclosing our most recent news-
letter and a copy of our brochure. I
hope you will include us in any fur-
ther resource material from BMR.
me on the neck. However, we believe
- Sincerely,
Josie Heath
Coordinator,
CCD-RR Women's
Resource Center
Editor's Note: We knew we'd end up
missing somebody. Sorry it had to be
you. Thanks for correcting our om-
mission and thanks for your interesit
in BMR.
P&M?
Dear Big Mama Rag,
Inspired by the story of those cou-
rageous women from Philadelphia who
dared to come out of the closet about
their practice of feminist S&M, I de-
cided I can now come out in print as
an animal lover. Yes, me and Kila X*
have had a P&M (Pet-Master) relation-
ship for some time now. I believe
that our relationship is a valuable
political example in our over-coming
of species prejudice and human supre-
macy. Since there will always be
those who will ask, "But what do they
do?" here is an example:
Foreplay or "Petting" Stage:
Kila X sprawls sensuously on the
bed, paws a-dangle, Teaving her soft,
white chest fur open and exposed in
ultimate trust. Her eyes, half-open,
iety. I have not yet reached the pla- if it will help all those dog-kissers.
ce where pain and pleasure comingle. cat-strokers, and guppy breeders ac-
It still hurts when Kila X scratches
rəss the nation feel a little freer
in their expression of feelings.
our differences are cultural and soc- In sisterhood and srtuggle,
ialized, not biological, and can be Kila X and Kim Womantree
overcome in the process of political * Kila X is her freedom name. She
struggle. That is why it is so earth- used to be known as Kim's cat.
shakingly important for other femin-
ists to get in touch with their own THERAPY CON".
P and M feelings.
We are also working on monogamy. We Dear Big Mama Rag People:
have decided to open up our relation- Regrettably, I have decided to can-
cel my subscription to Big Mama Rag.
ship. About a year ago, we included
another human, and are now interview- I say "regrettably", because I grea-
tly enjoyed Big Mama, until a few
ing potential cats. There is one tab-
months ago. I had found Big Mama to
by we both especially like, but all
be very energizing and uplifting. But
she will say when we try to discuss
I had noticed that this journal seem-
our points of unity is "Mao". There-
fore, we think that she is sectarian
other women and less caring. Also,
and possibly tight-assed.
you sometimes don't seem to recognize
Others have dealt with monogamy
that we all go through a process of
growing and developing, each at our
sheepdog has had a primary relation-
own pace - and that every stage of
ship with her P (Person) for almost
that process is necessary, before we
two years now. Others have come and
can go on.
gone, but the primary P and M relat-
The April issue (1976), with the
ionship has remained secure over the
deplorably one-sided coverage of the
years.
Feminist Therapy Conference, finally
I hope that our decision to come
confirmed this for me.
out will have as wide-renging repur-
What I would really like to see is
cussions in the national feminist
community as Barb Lipschutz' piece.
men's Institute of Alternative Psycho-
Already, we understand, five major
feminist papers have been furiously More on page 14
debating our position and will come

INSIDE BMR
News

Women Everywhere Show and KFML CONfliCt.............--.--.--..--. 1

CGH Team Nurse Maternity Program Reinstated...............-.--.-.-.-....-. 1
CCD Secretaries 0rganize...........-........::e+.....:..- -eree reece.. 3
1976 Women's Festival Plans.. .......::.....: +-+.: ee e eee 3
FEN Criticized by Health Center...............:.-...-.--.-. <..." 4
Dyketactics Support Lesbian High School Students.. ......-:...-.-..:..:.-.* 6
Local Witch Wins Creed Discrimination SUit.............--.-.-------.---... 6

Features

Arts .
Olivia Records IntervieW................---....--....¢..---...e.-....... 8-9
Politics of Health--Sexuality........:.......+:.:.-.:--..:-:.-...+.--.... 6

BMR ON CUTtUre.. 2... eeaeee aeiia aae riaa sielie aeeie a ajaisi tieit t 12-13

COLLECTIVE

Local-Regional News Production-Finances

Kate Sharp Eileen Bresnahan
National-International News Advertising
Woodwoman Terra
Member-at-Large Office
Deborah Taylor Tea Schook
CONTRIBUTORS
Susan Binder Barb Coleman Linda Fowler
Peg Hickox Carol Hille Carol Lease
Connie Hoes Cathy Pantzer Vicki Piotter
Julija Robinson Pam Scooros Clare Strawn
Zas Mary Jane Gasdic Chris Lundberg
Pat Murphy Sandra Linstad Pip Springer
Isami Arifuku Waugh Cheryl Peake Mel
Linda
Cover photo by Clare Strawn

Big Mama Rag is a feminist periodical published monthly for women by

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to 1724 Gaylord, Denver, Colorado 80206. The deadline for the receipt of
material is the twelfth of each month. Please enclose a stamped self-ad-
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to women in prison and in mental institutions. This publication is on file
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In a country ruled by governmental
and economic bureaucracies the impor-
tance of clerical workers is immense
Without the work of the people who
keep a11 the records and handle all
the communications within and between
the bureaucracies, the economy and
government would collapse.
While bosses may, in most cases,
wield the final decision-making power
the secretaries are the ones who
maintain the flow of money and paper
from day to day. However, though
secretaries are very often aware of
the intricate workings of the burea-
ucracý in which they work, and which
they keep going, seldom are they rec-
ognized for the knowledge that they
have---with the size of their sal-
ary, promotion into administrative
positions,or with the simple acknow-
legement of the importance of their
contribution.
This kind of treatment is linked to
sexist attitudes. At one time being
a clerk or secretary was a beginning
step to learning how a company was
run and led to promotion into an ad-
ministrative position, however, when
that was true secretaries were pro-
mising young men.
There are difficulties in organizing
secretaries to secure better pay,
working conditions and other job-re-
lated benefits.. The nature of the job
is very isolated, even though in many
cases secretaries are jammed as many
Sa TERETE
as possible in one room. Each one has
to pay attention to her own indivi-
dual task. Seldom are there collec-
tive efforts between secretaries.
Another difficulty is that the sec-
retaries who work for only one boss
may have different interests than those
who work in a secretarial pool of
some sort. Secretarial pools empha-
size the interchangeability (and ex-
pendability) of each -individual--
There wil1 be a Third Annual
Colorado Women's Festival, 1976
The all day affair is scheduled
East High School.
By established tradition the
festival celebrates the stren-
gth and spirit of women. It is
a chance to share together,
celebrate together, exchange
ideas and information, and ex-
hibit our products and pro-
women resources. There will be
arsts/crafts and exhibition bo-
oths, refreshments, games,
speakers, workshops, live ent-
ertainment, and more. Child-
care will be available for
The committee has decided in
its initial meetings to divide
the festival proceeds between
en's collectives, 50% each to
Emerging Woman Press and Woman-
Emerging Woman Press
has major responsibility for
the Public Relations and Enter-
tainment Committees. Woman-
a Creative Tea-
photo credit lost by us
organizing among these women is diff-
icult because they know they can be
easily replaced. The one-boss secre-
tary is usually paid more, and often
developes a loyalty to her boss--
mixed with a thankfulness that she is
not working in the secretarial pool.
8 not fair to civil service personnel,
An example of secretaries organizing
themselves in Denver is the classified
Employee's Forum at Community College
of Denver-Auraria Campus. The Forum
began a few years ago with seven Wo-
men who worked at the college. The
impetus of its formation came from
state personnel working for people who
were not state personnel and did not
know the regulations goverńing them.
Conflicts were arising between what
the secretaries were supposed to do
and what their bosses wanted them to
do.
They also were isolated from the ot-
her people at the college--they didn't
seem to fit in with the students, the
faculty, or the administration as far
as having common. job problems and con-
cerns. :
So the people of the Forum began stu-
dying state civil service requireme-
nts and greivance procedures so that
they could know and exercize their
rights. They also worked on setting
their own guidelines for college cam-
pus office procedures, and initialed
in-service training sessions and occ-
asional social events.
ching Collective has been toun-
ded by four local feminists,
Patti Hague, Pauline Laurent,
Ann Morrow, and Pat Murphy.
They are a non-profit, but self
sustaining collective, oriented
toward self-exploration and di-
scovery by exposing women to
alternative ideas, and skills.
Classes will include the art of
stained glass, woodcrafts, body
work, self-health, dance, rad-
ical feminist therapy, and rad-
ical feminist future visions.
Womanquest is available to var-
ious community groups and org-
anizations for consultátion as
well.
The Emerging Woman Press has
formed this summer as a group
of 6 to 12 women of varying de-
grees of commitment. The press
collective plans to raise appr-
oximately $12,000 to buy the
necessary equipment for a well
equiped print shop through per-
sonal donations, fund-raising
projects, and applying for
"seed money" grants. They see
the project as being anti-pro-
fit and having many-fold bene-
fits for the community. :
First they plan to serve the
printing needs of the women's
and political communities of
the Denver area. Money from
his "business end" of the pro-
ject would allow for publica-
tion of local writers, with àn
emphasis on quality but inexpen-
sive small booklets of politi-
cal analysis, research and po-
etry/non-fiction. The third
priority of the press would be
to train women in the printing
trade ańd provide at least sub-
sistance level salaries to wor-
kers.
The Denver community has ex-
pressed need for a press for a
long time, the interest is here
all we need is the money.
The festival committee wel-
comes your input. Share your
suggestions and ideas... What
would you like to see happen
at the festival this year?
Please send your ideas to the
Women's Festival Committee, c/0
BMR, 1724 Gaylord, Denver, Colo
confidence, but several days later thé
The last year has shown the Forum to
woman who had brought the complaint
be continuing its growth-in strength
and numbers. As; example of the atti- (as representative of other secreta-
ries as well as herself) was called
tude they must continually fight is
into the office of the Vice-Presi-
that when the new Auraria campus was
dent and questioned about her compl-
planned and built, no space was set
aside on the whole campus for a sec- aint.
ther greivances brought up had to
retaries lounge and lunch area. They
have, however, secured money for a do with hiring practices which were
physical fitness program once a week
and continued in-service training the number of civil service positions
in relation to the growing faculty,
workshops. They also continue to suc-
died. quests for employees to be reclassi-
Their pride in the job that they do fied. (Reclassification usually means
a raise ih pay.)
has prompted them to reply to the def-
amation of secretaries in Newsweek As Judy Blowers, president of the
CCD-Auraria Classified Employee's
magazine, as well as in the CCD-A
Forum said," The administration and
student newspaper. In the last year
the secretaries from all three CCD faculty often look at the clerical
worker as an employee of lesser im-
campuses have formed am A11-Col11ege
Forum to facilitate communications port, while in reality they too are
an integral and necessary part of any
and increase their bargaining strength.
institution. We must make them aware
One grievance brought up by the A11-
that we are doing essential and comple
College Forum illustrates again the
ex work for which we receive inequit-
problems of secretaries. Until the act
able pay."
ions of the Forum forced its change,
The Forum is an illustration of how
it was standard policy for secreta-
women in the work force are asserting
ries to be graded (and thus paid)
their rights and pride in themselves
according to the rank of their boss.
and the work they do.
This meant although one woman might
actually be doing more work than an-
other, she could be paid less if her
other's. Through meetings with the
Jenver Area Council, which governs the
College, with Ed Taylor, Personnel
Director of CCD, and with the Presi-
dents Staff this unfair rule was
changed.
In another case, a complaint was
brought to Mr. Taylor concerning an
employee who was getting special pri-
vileges from her boss. This matter
was privately discussed, in supposed
Clinic Seeks Nurse Clinician
Women's Health Service Clinic in Through their collective struc-
ture these women work together "to
Colorado Springs faces the possibi-
Tity of drastically reducing and provide high quality medical care
at reasonable prices for all women."
changing the strategy of healthcare
services it offers to Colorado wo- This working environment offers the
men. The clinic's present nurse í opportunity to work with dedicated
clinician is returning to school to | women in a preventative-educational
oriented atmosphere with emphasis
add to her nursing credentials, and
on sharing knowledge with the wo-
as of yet there has been no success `
men served;
in finding another qualified person '
The women of the collective are
to cover in her absence. This will
determined not to close. If no
mean cutting the number of clinic
hours almost in half. Such a cut
new nurse can-be found, they will
back would not only reduce the num- change the emphasis from medical
ber of women who could be medical- treatment aspects to more self-
ly treated but would also greatly
health classes. However, women
from all over Colorado attend the
curtail the income of this totally
self-supported group. .
clinic for its non-oppressive medi-
cal service. These women then have
The person needed to join the WHSC
is a nurse clinician, trained or been introduced, many for the first
time, to the concept of self-health.
experienced in GYN or Family Plan-
Any nurse clinician (or other
ning. The job emphasis is on exam-
inations with proficiency in bi- person) interested in the clinic
manuals and pregnancy screening a can call: (303) 471-9492.
must.
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hey Cannot
The Women's Community Heth Center
collective in Cambridge, Mass., has
issued a position paper strongly cen-
suring the Feminist Economic Network
(FEN). The Health Center collective
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criticizes FEN on the basis of that
corporation's approach to the issue
of power; its handling of the Femin-
ist Women's City Club, and its lack
of accountability to the feminist
movement.
Also under fire from the Cambridge
collective are two institutions whose
leaderships have been closely linked
with FEN'3: the Detroit Feminist
Federal Credit Union and the Downtown
Datroit Women's Feminist Health Cen-
ter.
The position paper charges that
FEN's "structure and concepts...have
seemed dangerously predisposed to tra-
ditional capitalism." It claims that.
by charging a $100 membership fee,
FEN has made it impossible for econo-
from the Feminist Women's City Club.
and that workers at the Club have
been oppressed in’ that they have not
been allowed to maintain control over
their working situation.
"Questioning and’ feedback from other
women: has," stated the Health Center
Collective, "been met with anger and
hostility rather than a sincere de-
sire to clarify misunderstandings or
alter structure where necessary. To
facilitate growth and analysis in the
area of accountability, feminists and
faminist institutions are urged to
come together to share definitions of
accountability and to determine for
what and to whom we are accountable.
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We will bè losing Wood in August, Kate in September, and Eileen in December.
We"ve also been thinking of expanding the collective to seven members. There
are simply too many jobs for five people to do, and not enough hours in the
day to do them. So we want women to come to us and be helpful in any way.
Even if you don't want to become a collective member, we need your input and
energy.
Our vacation was hardly energizing. But here we are, back again, nose to
the grindstone and all that. And aren't you glad to see us?
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The Detroit Feminist Federal Credit
Union is challenged regarding its, ef-
forts (since called off) to extend its
charter to 13 midwestern states (wher-
eby any feminist credit union in those
states would have to be a Detroit
branch). Such an arrangement, accor-
ding to the collective, would amount
to "colonialism". The Cambridge wom-
en also ask that the Credit Union
consider demanding the resignation of
those dfrectors involved in granting
large loans to members of FEN( for the
purchase of the Women's City Club
Building).
The Downtown Detroit Women's Femin-
ist Health Center is censured for its
appropriation of a name similar to
that of the Detroit Feminist Women's
Health Center. The position paper
contends that the founders of the
Downtown Detroit Center chose the
name "in order to build on the good
reputation of women with whom they
were in fundamental disagreement."
The Detroit Center's response to the
charge of racism (levelled at them by
the Downtown Detroit Center), on the
other hand, "reveals much naivete
about...institutional and societal
racism."
The Cambridge collective concludes
that it "cannot support FEN," and
urges all feminists "not to invest in
FEN or FEN businesses, and not to join
The position paper summarized above
is available to be read at the Big
Mama office. For copies and informa-
tion write Women's Community Health
Center, 137 Hampshire St., Cambridge,
MA 02139
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a continuing forum
Just as struggling with racism and class issues are part of feminist aw-
areness, the fight against agesism is also esential to radical conscious-
ness. The subject of ageism, however, is one seldom brought up among fem-
inists--possibly because they associate in groups of women of similar age.
This segregation, which is a reflection of the larger society, has allowed
the avoidance of the problem of ageism. If there are not women of varying
ages working together in the movement we must ask ourselves why, just as
we question the causes of its racial and economic composition.
Ageism is unfair discrimination against people on the basis of their age.
While there are real differences related to different stages in the ageing
process, many differences are exaggerated, created, and/or reinforced by
the present capitalist, consumer society. Attempting to separate real dif-
ferences due to age is like trying to determine the rea] differences be-
tween the sexes. While there are obvious differences of size, mobility,
physical condition, and amount of life experience between people of differ-
ent ages, the contribution of psychological, social, nutritional/activity
and economic variables to the importance of such differences is inseparable
at this point. The most positive and human approach would be to find ways
to compensate for or eliminate the differences that may keep people from
participating in society as they wish and apart from one another, rather
than limiting their life options or isolating them into institutions.
The beliefs and feelings connected with ageing in our society are very
much part of the whole socioeconomic structure. Some reforms are possible
which would improve conditions but a major part of the problem of ageism
has to do with the dependent economic status of children and old people. A
major change of the economic structure will be necessary to really elimin-
ate discriminatory conditions more totally. Fully productive, fully employ-
ed and well paid older and younger people would put the same kind of burden
on our economic system as full employment for women would.
Both ends of the age spectrum are cursed by stereotypes and discrimina-
tion. The stereotype of the cute kid and the kindly grandmother are simi-
lar to the pedestal stereotype of women. Even those of us in the middle of
the age continuum fall prey to stereotypes about how we "should act our age"
and the idea that getting older means becoming more conservative in our
views and politics.. In this column the ageism related to old age will be
the focus. Next month the focus will be on childhood.
Discrimination Against the Elderly
The good luck of living to an old age may be accompanied by physical de-
terioration. Difficulty in performing fast movements can be especially; li-
miting in a fast-paced city. Hearing and seeing difficulties can result in
communications difficulties that may further isolate. people who have already
been isolated by the death or loss of family, friends, and whole ways of
life. Such people often end up in nursing homes where strange unhomelike
rooms and routines, and overworked staffpeople may only contribute to their
loneliness, depression, and bewilderment.
Instead of institutionalization, an organization called the Gray Panthers
has proposed a model for comprehensive community care for those who need it.
The implementation of such a plan would allow most people who are physically
disadvantaged to continue living in a non-institutionalized environment.
Most old people don't end up in nursing homes. Other areas of discrimin-
ation exist for them--employment discrimination, forced retirement, housing
and transportation difficulties. Again, many of these difficulties could
be avoided if living conditions were planned with these people in mind. The
BrObTens of being poor and living on a fixed income plague most old people
also.
The` Gray Panthers
A group dedicated to fighting these problems is the Gray Panthers. It
grew out of the struggles of six older people facing the common problem of
their retirement. They are social-change oriented and have a loose national
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Prove It
Sećretary of Agriculture Earl
Butz, a close fiend of food pro-
cessing corporations, denounced as
"ytter nonsense" a federal law ban-
ning cancer-causing additives from
food. He said that "...poison,
properly used, is good for people."
- New American Movement
Singer Sues
Connie Francis is suing the
Howard Johnson's Motor Lodge chain
for $5 million, after having been
raped in one of their motels. She
‘claims that the -locks on her door
were not sufficient to keep the
rapist out, and that the attack
ruined her entertainment come-
back. Howard Johnson's claims that
a United Parcel strike had delayed
delivery of safety locks intended
Woman Fights Fire With Fire
Lori Lakshas, a former trainee
firefighter, has filed a sex discrim-
ination complaint with the Seattle
Office of Women's Rights and initia-
ted a termination appeal through her
union. She was terminated two months
after beginning training with the
Seattle Fire Department on the grou-
nds that she was not physically cap-
able of performing the duties of.a -
firefighter. Lakshas claims that she
and five other women who started tra-
ining with her were pressured to res-
ign by high-ranking officials in the
Fire Department who intimated that
they would never be able to fulfill
the physical requirements necessary
to fight fires. The five other women
resigned shortly after training began.
Alimony Counts
According to a recent statement by
the American Bankers Association, a
provision in the Equal Credit Oppor-
tunity Act requires creditors to con-
sider alimony, child support, and
maintenance payments in assessing a
woman's creditworthiness.
Mothers and Daughters
Dana Naparsteck is in the process
of developing a syllabus for the.cou-
rse, "Mothers and Daughters," which
will be taught from the Women's Stud-
ies College, SUNY at Buffalo in the
fall. She needs articles, books, pam-
phlets and related materials that wo-
uld be relevant. Issues to be covered
include socializations, guilt, anger,
women's self-hatred, women's strength,
and the mother/daughter relationship
in literature, mythology and tradition
al psychology. Write her at WSC, 108
Winspear Ave., Buffalo, NY
Music Festival
A women's music festival will be
held in Michigan on August 20 thru
22. Among those who have already said
they will perform are Margie Adam,
Meg Christian, Ginni Clemens, Casse
Culver, Kay Gardner, Holly Near, BeBe
K'Roche, Willei Tyson and Andrea
Weltman. Write to We Want the Music
Collective, 1501 Lyons St., Mt. Plea-.
sant, Mi. 48858. The organizers are
asking that women raise funds to en-
able economically disadvånteged sis-
ters in their areas to attend.
Special Symposium
A special two-week symposium on
Perspectives on the Future of Femin-
ism will be held September 2-12 at
the Los Angeles Women's Building. The
purpose of the symposium is to stim-
ulate dialogue on goals, strategies,
proċess and visions of the future of
the women's movement. Participating
will be Gloria Steinem, Judy Chicago,
Sally Gearhart, Barbara Starrett, Na-
omi Weisstein, Heather Booth, Arlene
Raven, Ruth Iskin and Sheila de Bret-
teville. The symposium will be coord-
inated by Susan Rennie and Kirsten
Grimstad, authors of the New Woman's
Survivál Catalog and Sourcebook. Ad-
vance registration fee (non-refund-
able and applied toward $250 tui tion)
is $25, payable before August 12 to
Extension Program at the Woman's
Building, 1727 North Spring Street,
[os Angeles, CA 90012.
Fetus Freed
A pregnant woman had been released
from jail in Camden, N.J., after her
attorney argued that her 8-month-old
fetus is a person who cannot be jail-
ed without having committed a crime.
Lesbian Writers’ Conference
The third Annual Lesbian Writers'
Conference will be held in Chicago
September 17-19 at the Blue Gargoyle,
5655 S. University Avenue. Advance
registration for the entire confer-
ence weekend is $5. For further in-
formation and registration form con-
tact Marie Kuda, Womanpress, Box
59330, Chicago; Ill 59645.
Right-to-Lifers Convene
An estimated 3,000 anti-abortion
activists met in Boston late in June.
While women from the National Organ-
ization for Women and, staff of local
abortion clinic picked outside, work-
shops within included one by Phyllis
Schaffly on "What's wrong with the
ERA". The Boston City Council wel-
comed the conferees, hailing them as
“Jife-loving Americans, striving to
protect those who cannot protect
themselves."
Help Bruis Sexists
The National Organization . Against
Sexism in Media is initiating a na-
tional campaign against Atlantic Re-
cords. (division of Warner Bros.) be-
cause of their advertising campaign
for the Rolling Stones' "Black and
Blue" album, which they say is bla-
tantly sexist and a degrading depic-
tion of women. The ad can be found
in the July 29 issue of RoZling Stone
and the July 12 issue of' Newsweek.
The N.0.A.S.M. is asking feminists
to protest to their local Atlantic
Records representatives, and to ini-
tiate petition drives. The group's
address 1s Helen Duran/Beth Avocado-
Blossom, 1200 W. Alabama, Houston,
TX 77006 s
Healing Conference
Womancraft '76, an all womeńñ health
and healing conference, will take
place on September 4, 5, and 6 in
Woodstock, NY. The purpose of the
conference is to recover and renew,
for all women desiring to heal our-
selves; the traditional approaches,
resource persons and tools needed to
make the vital connections to our own
inner healing powers and to connect
us to each other and overcome our ru-
ral and societal isolation and dis-
ease. For details and preregistra-
tion material, write to Womancraft
176, P.0. Box 609, Woodstock, NY
12498
Hold On To Your Foreign Objects
The folks at McDonald's recently
issued a confidential memo to workers
regarding customers who find "foreign
objects" in their hamburgers. The
memo urges workers to "attempt to se-
cure the 'foreign object'." Employees
are asked to explain to the customer
that taking the foreign object "would
be helpful in attempting te trace
down the means by which it could have
been found in the food. It will sat-
isfy the customer that there is a
sincere concern and effort on your
part to see that such an 'incident'
does not happen again." The memo
goes on to state that seizing the
foreign object also "removes 'evi-
dence' that may subsequently be exhib-
ited to all the customer's friends
and end up with a lawyer in order to
seek damages."
Women’s Center Burglarized
Early in April, the offices of the
Center for Women's Studies and Ser-
vices in San Diego was systematically
burglarized. The thief took referral
and mailing information, mailing 1a-
bels and lists, and files containing
communications. The CWSS is trying
to piece together its communi cations
network, and is asking anyone who is
or knows a member of CWSS or a sub-
scriber to their Bu/Zetin to please
put them in touch with the Center im-
mediately, and to pass this informa-
tion on to their friends.
Women’s Land
Another Dimention is 70 acres of
wi11 be held near Helena, Montana.
land near Tishomingo, Okla., avail-
able for women to camp or live yea -
Sponsored by the Helena Women's Cen-
ter and Artemis Productions, the fes-
round. The land is 3 miles from a
tival will aim to provide an oppor-
wildlife refuge and offers a river,
horses, a community garden and a
tunity for Montana women to discuss
road-front outlet store for crafts.
needs, goals, plans, and to set up a
communications network. Write to Ar-
Fee is $5 monthly. Money is currently
temis Productions, c/o Linda Whedbee,
being raised to pay for the land., All
6390 Highway 12 W., #B, Helena, Mī,
donations are tax-exempt. Send to
59601.
Sisters of Diana, Inc., P.0. Box 2863
Norman, Oklahoma 73070.
ERA Activities
The National Organization for Wo-
men has organized a national ERA
vigil at the White House, scheduled
to last July 5-August 28. The vigil
will end with a "Shoulder to Shoulder"
march around the White House and a
rally. August 26, the anniversary of
the day women won the right to vote,
will see ERA rallies and other activ-
ities in several other cities, in-
cluding Seattle, Louisville, New York.,
San Francisco, Chicago, San Diego and
Richmond, Va. A meeting to be held on
August 12 at 7pm, 460 Pontiac, will
plan a similar Denver action.
Activist Faces Jail
Lureida Torres, a member of the
Puerto. Rican Socialist Party, was
granted immunity and held in contempt
For refusing to testify before a fed-
eral grand jury investigating the
1975 bombings of Fraunces Tavern and
several banks and insurance companies.
Another Puerto Rican group claimed
responsibility for the bombings and
,PSP disclaimed any connection with
them. Letters and telegrams of sup-
port for Lureida Torres should be sent
to Judge Thurgood Marshall, US Supr-
eme Court, Washington, D.C. For fur-
ther information write to the Grand
Jury Project, 853 Broadway, Room 1415,
New York, N.Y. 10003.
State Protects Business
The Washington State Industrial Wel-
fare Committee, which is supposed to
protect workers' interests, passed
new regulations in May which ignored
the guarantee of an 8-hour workday
without forced overtime, and lacked
any provisons for rest breaks, weight-
lifting limitations, or standards for
an humane work environment. Adoption
of the standauds would leave workers,
most of whom are women and minorities,
virtually unprotected. The Coalition
for Protective Legislation, an alli-
ance of feminist, labor, and commun-
ity groups, is appealing the adoption
of the regulations.
Who Needs Greyhound?
The Magic Ferry (alias "Dykes Ex-
press") is a 55-passenger schoolbus
which some women in Oklahoma have
converted into a "self-contained ama-
zon environment", and which they in-
tend to use to travel cross-country,
transporting women along the way. All
travellers will pay a $5 lifetime
membership fee and will automatically
become part of an "ever-evolving col-
lective" which will share all respon-
sibilities on the trip, including ex-
penses. The Magic Ferry is planning a
trial run to the Women's Music Festi-
val at Mt. Pleasant, Michigan, at the
end of August to get a better idea of
operating costs. After that, the
Ferry will travel west, covering
western, northwestern, and midwest-
ern states before returning home in
September. Write to Sisters of Diana,
Inc., Magic Ferry, P.0. Box 2863,
Norman, Oklahoma 73070.
Gay Health Workers Meet
Over 200 gay health workers, about
half of them women, met in San Fran-
cisco during March to discuss common
experiences and problems in their
field of work. The conference inclu-
ded an evening of music and films and
a day of wo 'shops. Many participants
expressed interest in continuing pro-
jects, including the production of
a gay health workers' newsletter and
a series of workshops to pursue top-
ics raised during the conference.
Write to Gay Health Workers, P.0. Box
42242, San Francisco, CA 94142
; Montana Festival
On August 27-29, a Women's Festival
Victims Now Credible
The Washington DC Court of Appeals
ruled in May that a woman's testimony
that she has been raped need not by
supported by eyewitnesses or by medi-
cal evidence that she was forced to
submit to her attacker. The ruling
is binding on all DC Superior Court
Judges, and means that a rapist can
be convicted on the evidence of his
victim alone. A similar ruling by a
Bronx Supreme Court Justice in April
convicted a rapist entirely on the
word of his victim.
Women in Economy Course
T he Goddard-Cambridge Feminist
Studies program is offering a 12-
month course on Women in the Eco -
nomy, granting an MA degree. Con -
tact Goddard-Cambridge Feminist
Studies Program, 5 Upland Rd.,
Cambridge, Ma. 02140.
New Hookers’ Group
A Miami student majoring in
social work has established a group
called Health and Happiness of
Women, after working in a parti-
cipent-observation study with pros-
titutes. Evelyn Young says that the
group's major goal is the decrim-
inalization of prostitution, but
she also teaches classes on health
and body care, rape awareness and
vocational training. She aims to
make hookers "realize that street-
walking is a short-lived career."
Women Attack Jaycees
Women Who Are Women „a feminist
group, protested at the Miss Texas
beauty pageant in Dallas. The page-
ant, which is sponsored by Dallas
Jaycees, is a preliminary to the Miss
America contest. The group distrib-
uted leaflets entitled "Sex Sells...
And the Jaycees Know It" and threw
a piece of meat onto the stage, sho-
uting that the pageant was "parading
people as meat." The leaflet poin-
ted out that women were being judged
on nothing other than their (male-
defin ) beauty, despite the Jaycees'
vague assurances that intelligence
counted as well. Women Who Are Wom-
en are selling hot pink t-shirts that
say"Myth America 1975" for $5.75.
Write Southern Resource Center, P.0.
Box 5593, Dallas, TX 75202
Banking Bias
A May 31, report by the Senate Ban-
king Committee reveals that race and
sex discrimination in money-lending
is still "widespread" despite the
fact that such discrimination is il-
legal in home-mortgage loans. The re-
port blames federal regulatqng agen-
cies - the Federal Deposit Insurance
Corp., the Federal Reserve, the con-
troller of the currency; and the Fed-
eral Home Loan Bank Board.
Artists’ Publication
The Women's History Research Center
had published Female Artists Past and
Present and its companion book, In-
ternational Women's Year Supplement
-- annotated directory/bibliography
which women in the arts can use to
communicate with each other. Write
to the Women's History Research Cen-
ter, 2325 0ak St., Berkeley, CA
94708.
Women on the Beat
A federal judge in Montgomery, Ala-
bama, has ruled that its Police De-
partment is guilty of sex discrimina-
tion, and has ordered police to open
all job categories, including patrol
work, to women. The Department was
ordered to "assign, promote and com-
pensate all female police officers
on an equal basis with male officers."
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6 Big Mama Rag Vo1.4 No.7
POLITICS OF HEALTH
Deborah Taylor
The Kinsey Report, Masters and Jo-
hnson, and a new study in 1972 all
report that 15% of women never exper-
ience orgasm, and that 70% of single
and 47% of married women do not have
orgasms consistently in their sexual
relationships. The corresponding fig-
ures for men are much smaller; only
about 8% of men are impotent.
The differences between men and
women reflect the effect of our sex-
ist culture on women; as an oppressed
class we are taught to hate our bod-
ies and to direct our sexuality to-
wards meeting men's needs rather than
our own. We are afraid of loving our-
selves too much and of giving oursel-
ves pleasure. We are mystified about
our sexuality, but we can counteract
these myths with correct information,
and learn to love and reclaim our
bodies.
Women have a much greater sexual
capacity than men, but this capacity
has been subjugated and stiffed:by
a sexist society (Mary Jane Sherfey,
The Nature anå Evolution of Female
Sexuality, 1972). We have multi-
orgasmic potential; women have been
known to kave as many as several hun-
dred orgasms in four hour periods of
study. We are rarely physically sat-
iated when we have sex, although we
may be emotionally satisfied and ex-
hausted. Men are limited physio10g-
ically in ways women are not, for
example, the amount of blood conges-
tion in their pelvic areas is smaller
Men satiate themselves quickly and
are rarely multi-orgasmic.
Inevitably, when men brought women
under their control over a period of
8,000 years, they subjugated our sex-
uality as well. Today men define how
women can express their sexual drive
with laws and cultural taboos. Pat-
riarchal heterosexuality, prolonged
adolescent abstinence, and monogamy
are not suited to female sexuality,
and consequently women are usually
not aware of their sexual potential.
People in power create cultural
values and myths and laws to assure
that their needs are met. Sexist
values and myths are integral to the
ideology of our country. Some exam-
ples are: It is okay for men to be
selfish in bed. Women do not have
sexual needs of their own; their bod-
ies beZong to men and their only need
is to please those men. Men know how.
irls Hıgh
he Righ
LNS
A Philadelphia lesbian group
held an all day demonstration
on May 24 outside a city high
school where students and alum-
ni have suffered harrassment
and discrimination.
The action, aimed at educatinç
the student body and demystify-
ing lesbianism and homosexual-
ity, was staged by Dyketactics,
the group that initiated public
actions against the anti-woman
movie "Snuff". About 20 Dyke-
tactics members talked with stu-
dents during breaks, at lunch,
and after school. They passed
out flyers, and raised issues
that they felt concerned all
students - determination of
one's own sexuality and the
right tö control one's own body.
Two events sparked the action,
according to Philadelphia's
Weekly Gazette. One involved
Katherine Day, a lesbian stud-
ent at the academically selec-
tive high school of 1700 stud-
ents. Day was picked up by her
female lover each afternoon
after school. Girls High School
adminstration members called her
into the office and told her
that further display of her les-
bianism was forbidden, and that
her lover would be arrested for
trespassing if she came again.
No such threat was ever made to
heterosexual students.
The second incident involved
Katherine Day and Judy Belton,
another open lesbian at Girls
r
to "do it"; women learn all they need
to know about sex from their men who
"give" them orgasms. Only married sex
is legitimate. Women are objects of
consumption and men buyers; if you
are ravishing, you deserve to be rav-
ished (or raped). If a man has an
erection, women are responsible. Rape
is just normal male sexuality. Etc.,
ad nauseum. :
We often believe these myths and
accept these sexist values because
they are so pervasive, and because
there is a societal taboo on discus-
sion about sexual experience. Any-
thing sexual is surrounded with myst-
ery, guilt, fear, and anxiety (inclu-
ding miscarriage, abortions, etc.).
Most women remain ignorant and asham-
ed about their bodies and sexuality
all their lives. Robin Morgan writes
in Cirle One, 1975,
"Qur bodies have literally been
taken from us, mined for their nat-
ural resources (sex and children)
and deliberately mystified...Andro-
centric medicine in the service of
the patriarchal colonizer had re-
searched more efficient means of
comfort, nurturance, or even sur-
vival...of those resources. This = i
should hardly surprise us; our ig- E L
norance about our own primary ter- SG
rain - our bodies - is in the self- —Z
interest of the patriarchy."
In order to reclaim ourselves we
must learn to know and love our bod-
ies. Most of us are barely moving and
breathing; we can change this with
yoga, self-defense, sports, and good
sex. We can go to self-health work-
shops and learn to use a speculum and
see our genitals for the first time.
We can challenge our hatred and dis-
trust of our bodies when we can see
ourselves as beautiful, well construc-
ted, strong sexual being.
Masturbation can be an important
sexually liberating experience for wo-
men because when we masturbate, we
Tove ourselves directly rather than
vicariously through a partner. We ta-
ke our sexual power into our own
hands, literally. Studies show that
women reach orgasm more dependably, .
rapidly, and intensly through mastur-
bation than any other sexual activity.
(The next most effective method is
manipulation by a partner and Zast
In Su ort
udents
High. Both wanted to attend the
Senior Prom with female part-
ners. Since Girls High activit-
ies are normally open to all
graduates, they invited several
lesbian alumni to join them at
the prom as support. Schoo! ad-
ministrators promptly closed
the prom to graduates when they
heard of the plans.
Dyketactics demanded lesbian
reading material in the library,
discussion of homosexuality as
a viable form of sexuality in
health classes, and respect for
lesbianism and homosexuality in
the classrooms. Their flyers
also included a lesbian and gay
bibliograpy in history, health,
and literature, and listed gay
bookstores, organizations and
media resources.
"The finale to the demonstra-
tion was incredible," reported
Sheri Cohen, a Dyketactics de-
monstrator and graduate of the:
school. After school, 75 to 100:
students approached the demon-
strators, many with their boy-
friends from nearby Central
High. Although they were at fir-
st hostile to the demonstrators.
their attitude changed after
The demonstration ended, ac-
cording to Cohen, with women
students proposing action in
Te action proved to be a "big
step", she said, for building
an understanding of lesbianism
and homosexuality.
-
is intercourse.)
Only 63% of American women mastur-
bate compared to 92% of American men.
The percentage of women has been ris-
ing, but half the women who mastur-
bate feel guilty about it. Patriar-
chal religious doctrine and cultural
ideology say that we are not supposed
to masturbation. Masturbation reput-
edly causes warts and hair to grow on
your hands, sterility, blindness, psy-
chosis, etc., ad nauseum.
The myth that if women masturbate
they won't have sexual energy for
their partners is unfounded. In fact,
studies show that there is no rela-
tion between the frequency of sex
with a partner and masturbation. The
more orgasms you have by any means,
,
F
From Women: a Journal of Liberation
the more sexually responsive you are
likely to become. Masturbation teach-
es us what we like and makes us feel
good about ourselves physically. It
enables us to relate to others from
a position of abundance rather than
neediness. Getting sexual nourishment
is like eating; sometimes we're hun-
gry when our friend isn't around. We
might prefer to eat with her, but we
wouldn't consider starving just so
we could eat together. i
The different ages at which women
and men reach their sexual peaks is
due to social roles as well as phys-
iology. Heterosexual women often be-
come most responsive in their late
thirties and early forties. This phe-
nomenon is due to the fact that they
are no longer overburdened and tired
with child rearing. They are less
Kate Sharp
In May, 1976 BMR published
the story of Kathy Estes' dis-
crimination suit against the
Brown Palace Hotel. Estes is
a self-proclaimed witch and
claimed she had been discharged
from her position as cashier at
the Brown Palace because of her
creed, witchcraft. The case,
which was heard by Judge Pen-
field Tate on March 26, was
decided upon in Estes' favor on
July 15th.
Tate ruled that Kathy Estes
was "illegally discharged" by
the hotel and cited laws pro-
hibiting dismissal of "any
qualified person because of
creed."
In his decision, Tate ordered
that the Brown Pàålace immedi-
ately "cease and desist from
any and all discriminatory and
unfair employment practices,"
"be offered rein:
statement ih the same or simi-
Tar job...from which she was
illegally discharged" and that
such reinstatement "must in-
clude all seniority, rights,
benifits and privileges that
would have been accrued had
she been continually employed."
Tate ` further ordered that
Estes be awarded a cash settle-
ment in the amount equivalent
to the salary she would have
accrued had she been continual-
1y employed, less any money
afraid of getting pregnant and have
mastered birth control. They know
their bodies better after years of
experience, and their husbands/lovers
are slower in getting an erection so
they allow more foreplay.
Men ‘reach their peak at a much ear-
lier age (19) because they have more
cultural approval and encouragement
to master their sexuality and develop
their bodies. Their sexua! needs
are recognised and respected and in
play sports and take pride in their
bodies. Human sexuality is learned,
not instinctive. It takes self love
and practice to learn how to have or-
gasms. Women are taught to hate them
selves and to not practice, to be pas-
sive and depend on their partners.
Sex can be a power game; we taîik
of being "screwed" or "fucked over"
when we lose in a power struggle. It
is humiliating and frustrating to
know we are going to lose. We can be-
and in frustration, we turn off our
feelings until we experience no sex-
ual feelings at all.. This numbness
can end, however. If a woman has a
gradually discover that we do have
sexual feelings and coax them to the
surface again.
The focus of our physical self-
hatred has been the features of our
bodies which distinguish us from our
oppressors: large breasts, body fat
and different genitals. All women
have these characteristics; all wo-
men are oppressed. For example, we
are taught our genitals are dirty and
As a child, I was given a separate
washcloth for that "unmentionable"
other place, whereas my brothers
bols of power.
boasted about their penises as sym-
In fact, our vaginas are cleaner
than the insides of our mouths. Our
vulvas are extraordinary and each one
is different. They vary in color,
shape, pattern and sensitivity:
brown, pink, purple, heart shaped,
oval, triangular, wrinkled, smooth,
Tong, dangly, tight etc. Every woman
is different in terms of the number
and type of nerve endings in different
areas of her genitals. The clitoris,
š) More on page 14
earned by other employment
since the time and any applic-
able deductions required by law
In making his decision Tate
had to rule on what he felt
were the three major issues
arising from the dispute. The
issues were: 1. Whether Estes
was discharged and had not, in
fact, quit; 2. Whether she
was discharged because of her
creed; and 3. Whether witch-
craft is a creed under Colorado
Estes. Tate answered each
issue in the affirmative. :
The Brown Palace has 30 days
to appeal the decision.
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 Let Tham Eat Cake
Eighty percent of the world's pop-
ulation lives in housing inferior to
that of the average farm animal in
the United States.
--LNS
Racism Conference
The National Black Feminist Organ-
jzation and Sagaris Institute are
sponsoring a conference on Racism and
Sexi3m from August 21 - 23. The
confe,snce will be held at Riverside
Church, 91 Claremont Ave., New York,
N.Y. 212. Registration fee: $10.00.
For more information, call: Joy
Barnes 687-5870.
Denver Cus ody Battie
A Denver lesbian mother has tem-
porarily lost custody of her 6-year-
old daughter. Her ex-husband, who .
lives in Illinois, has charged that
she neglected the child's education
and that his own home provides a more
suitable environment than hers. The
mother is fighting the temporary .
custody order through the Illinois
court system.
Oh,Yeah? -
Publicity for Birch Bayh's presi-
dential campaign has included a but-
ton that-says "Susan B. Anthony
would vote for Birch Bayh."
Ẹáster Bunny vs. Sants
A California labor department of-
ficial rejected sex discrimination
charges by female San Jose department
store "Easter Bunnies" who walked off
the job because they were getting
$2.10 an hour while male Santas earn-
ed $3.06. The state ruled that Santa
"worked harder," had to talk to more
children, and sold twice as many
snapshots with kiddies on his lap.
N.M. Football Victory
. When the New Mexico Activities As-
sociation barred Sally Gutierrez. fron
playing on the Quemado varsity team
Tast fall, Sally, her parents and
Quemado's principal and football co-
ach went to court and won a tempor-
ary restraining order allowing her
to play in the last three games of
the season. As a result, the NMAA
has dropped its rule prohibiting
girls' participation on boys' teams
in contact sports, at least for now.
The State Department of Education,
whose rule 73-1 forbids sex discrim-
ination in noncontact sports, is con-
sidering a new rule on contact sports
Peer Perspective,
Washington, DC
in The Blood
Recent statistics indicate that
cases of leukemia run three times
higher among rubber workers than a-
mong the general population.
LNS
Studies Fidðdled
Dr. Sidney Wolfe, a member Uf the
Health Research Group, claims thàt
there is "increasing evidence of
toxicity" in the pesticide DDVP,
which is found in the Shell "No-Pest
Strip" and in pet flea còllars. Dr.
Wolfe is one of twelve. present and
former Environmental Protection Ag-
ency scientists who have challenged
the reliability of, pesticide studies
done by the Agency, claiming that
statistics have been manipulated and
tests terminated prematurely to make
the results appear favorable for the
pesticides.
--LNS.
as
Rape Alert
A woman who was helping the Big
Mama staff with production of this
issue on Saturday, July 31, barely
escaped. being raped while hitching
home that night. She was picked up
on Colfax and Pennsylvania by a big.
beefy man with wavy brown hair and
bristtly sideburns. He was driving
a dark green pickup with a white
camper, and told her he worked at
Giambrocco Produce Wholesalers, 3555
Wazee. When he reached the woman's
neighborhood, he refused on Wazee St.
to stop. She jumped out at a stop-
light and ran down the freeway, with
the would-be raptst in hot pursuit.
She finally escaped, but not before
he had grabbed her breasts and ripped
off her shirt.
Surprise, Surprise
Here are the figures to prove what
everyone has been saying--women and
third world workers have suffered
most from New York C1ty's massive
budget cuts.
According to a report from the ci-
ty's Commission on Human Rights re-
leased April 15, whites represented
67% of the city agencies' work force
counted for onîy 52% of the 46, 435
"separations."
By contrast, third world workers
accounted for 43% of tne layoffs al-
though they made up only 42% of th:
city work force.
Similarly, te report says, women
accounted for 33% of the job losses,
although they represented only 28%
of the work force. Men made up 71%
losses. :
of the work force and 53% of the job
Particularly hard nit by layoffs,
the Commission reports. are Hispanic
workers, whose numbers were reduced
by 51.2%. Black workers lost 35% of
their jobs.
heavily represented--paraprofession-
als, clerical and service/mainten-
offs. :
ance--made up 52.6% of the city work
force, but sustained 73% of the lay-
--LNS
TV Antilesbian
The National Gay Task Force (NGTF)
is protesting the CBS television
program, "Cannon", which on February
8 depicted the inurder of a woman by
her former lesbian lover. Numerous
other TV programs in the past two
years, including two segments of
NBC's "Policewoman" and ABC's "Mar-
cus Welby, M.D." have depicted les-
bians as murderers and child moles-
ters.
NGTF urges people to write letters
demanding a moratorium on programs
showing lesbians as murderers, vil-
Jains, and sick people until network
TV stations provide frequent and
regular positive images of gay peo-
ple on their programs.
Address leiters to Tom Swafford,
Vick Prasident. Program Practices;
CBS, 51 W. 52nd St., New York, NY
10019
And Classist
The real bias on TV news in not
a political bias, it's a class bias.
For example, when I found out that
the government was about to raise
tlie cost of Medicare premiums, I
couldn't get the story on the air.
The Cronkite crowd couldn't have
cared less. Twenty million people
were affected, and the Westport
crowd didn't care."
-Daniel Schorr, journalist recently
suspended by CBS for releasing the
secret House report on the CIA, in-
terviewed by Harrison Salisbury in
March, 1976.
-LNS
-Scraps From Mama’s Table
Chocolate Waters
Even if it isn't it is--A satiric lesbian film by Jan Oxenberg called A Ëom-
edy in Six Unnatural Acts was recently banned at a woman's bar in Province-
town, Mass. When Oxenberg called the P-town police department and offered
to show them the film, they said that even if the film wasn't obscene, "the
title made it sound like it would be." ( Lesbian Tide, July/August.)
No Comment--(The following excerpts are from an article in Cosmopolitan en-
titled "The Classic Bitch") "...Angela is decolleteed almost to the point of
nudity...As she circulates through a party, she methodically flirts with all
the men, treating each one as if he were the sexiest, wittiest, most impor-
tant man in the world, and condescends outrageously to all the women, talking
down as if to a mentally retarded crippêe...Pretty soon she gets what she
wants--a tete-a-tete with one or two male admirers, and no feminine competi-
tion..." And from the same article: "...The ability to manipulate is almost
inherent inthe female. Between the ages of three and six, little girls
blossom out with a full complement of 'feminine wiles'. To get something
they want they will flirt, cajole, wheedle, flatter, threaten, throw tantrums
and use several lines of contradictořrýy arguments all at once..." Cosmo exam-
ple of a "classic bitch"; Carol Matthau's.husband, Walter "was indulging in
a flirtation with another woman and happened to ask the lady, 'How old are
you, dear?' Quickly, Carol suggested, 'Why don't you just cut off one of her
Tegs and count the number of rings?'" ("The Classic Bitch" by Junius Adams,
Cosmopolitan, August.)
Horses Hairy Rear End of the Month Award--Goes to Dr. Ivor Mills, professor
of medicine and director of fertility research at Cambridge University. In
an article entitled, "Aggressive Women's Libbers Risk Both Infertility and
Early Menopause" Millsie offered the following remarks: "The women go thro-
ugh a personality change and become very aggressive, like the male, with an
increase in testosterone (the male hormone) and a decrease in estrogen (the
female hormone)...This imbalance attacks the ovaries, stopping the production
of female eggs--thus making the women unable to have children...The higher
up the ladder of Women's Lib that they have reached, then their potential for
raproduction is reduced,..(sic, seems Ivor has trouble talking right--proba-
bly due to a hormone imbalance)...very, very many of these women's libbers `
grow an excess of hair, both on their chest and on their face, and it is not
unusual for them to shave with dissolvents every day. If they did not get
Aa
uly Si
. R hair, they would have beards..." (The National Enquirer,
This Isn't Even Funny or It Could Only Happen to Me--I was standing at the
lingerie counter at May D&F when an older woman came over and asked the
clerk if they still carried rubber inserts for bras (i.e. "falsies"). 0n",
I remarked casually, "Nobody wears żŻose anymore." "Well." she snapped, "You
do if you've had both your breasts cut off." "Aggghh," I screamed, grabbing
for my pectoralis majors and running off to hide my head unobtrusively in the
underwear department.
Boys will be men and Women Will Be Girls--1t is refreshing to see how much
more coverage of the women's Olympic events in Montreal there are this year.
The sexism seems slightly minimised even though the commėntators- constantly
refer to the boy competitors as "young men" and to all the women competitors
as "girls". ....One comentator, reporting on Princess Ann2's fa11 (from her
horse) and subsequent recovery noted that, "Princess Anne is a gritty little
princess." :
P.S.--"In real love you want the other person's good. In romantic love you
want the other person...Don't be afraid of a tragic ending. Romantic love is
a tragedy to begin with...Freedom is the only bond that could ever utterly
bind me to another human being." Margaret Anderson, (1893-1973) editor of
the Zittle Review.
P.P. S.--"A woman- is only a woman, but a good cigar is a smoke (imprinted on
an ashtray advertised by the Nat Sherman company.)
And Ageist and Looksist
The Denver Post has reported in a
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copyrighted story that the Nippon
Television Network has been ordered
by a Tokyo jùdge to put 39-year-old
Setsuko Murakami back on camera de-
FOLALOAE
spite its contention that she is too
old and too plump for the job.
Ms. Murakami, hired as an announ-
CENTER
cer 17 years ago, was transferred in
May to a script-editing job on the
ground that she was no longer photo-
genic. The court upheld her argu-
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Clare Strawn and Tea Schook
Ginny Berson and Meg Christian Of
Olivia Records were in town the Week-
end of May 22. During that time,
Meg gave a concert for an enthusias-
tic crowd of women in the Unitarian
Church. Sunday afternoon, they con-
ducted a workshop on the Politics of
Music in Woman to Woman Center. The
following interview contains excerpts
from that workshop along with the in-
terview they granted over Sunday
breakfast.
BMR: Will you go into just a little
bit of the philosphy of Olivia and
the background?
GINNY: Olivia started out of two
needs, well, actually out of one
need--power. We started basically
with the idea in mind that we were
going to do something that had to do
with money. We feel real strongly
the need for an economy that support:
women, a totally separate women's e-
conomy, that takes care of all our
survival needs--not only our records
and our books, but our food, and our
clothing and our housing, and every-
thing. Because we feel that separa-
tism--economic, political, cultural,
all kinds of separatism--is a real
important part of gaining power for
women. We feel that is especially
true in terms of money.
What I'm talking about specifical-
ly in terms of Olivia--alright, I'm
talking about basically separating
women from men. Men have power; wom-
en do not have power. Women are go-
ing to get power by with-drawing all
the support that they put into the
male system, pulling it out and put-
ting it all into women and building
institutions and whatever it takes
to meet òur own needs.
So we started out thinking that we
were putting tremendous amounts of
time and eneegy into these stupid
jobs that we had, that we had to
have because we have rent to pay,
you know. Also, we knew that as
true as that was for us it was even
more true for women with less priv-
ilege. The women with the least a-
mount of privilege were least likely
to have the time and energy to put
into feminism or lesbianism. And
that it wasn't even an option for a
lot of women who couldn't get a job,
nad six kids, what is she going to
do, what are the chances that she is
going to leave her husband? So we
started Olivia with that in mind,
with the idea in mind of giving jobs
to women, to start giving them al-
ternatives and to start withdrawing
that support from the male economic
system.
Considerably later, about three
months later, we got the idea to do
records. We did that because we
knew that, whatever it was, we want-
ed this business to be something
that would reach a lot of women, so
we knew that it wasn't going to be
a restaurant, for example. Some of
us had done newspapers before, and
didn't want to do that again. We
also knew that we wanted it to be
something that would be useful to
women, so that we knew it wasn't
going to be, you know, dishes with
Ms on them or something, cigarette
cases or whatever. We ended up with
records because, actually it was
by a quirk although we might have
arrived at it anyhow.
We knew how Meg's music was affect
ing women, she was working in night-
clubs at the time and it was obvious
that women were having their minds
blown by the stuff she was doing,
but we didn't make the connection
until Chris Williamson came to town
and we did a radio interview with
her. We asked her why she didn't
have a record contract or what was
going on and she said you ought to
start a woman's record company.
Truly light bulbs went off in our
heads. We did, and that's why we
BMR: Meg, you were talking a little
bit at the concert about the trials
of playing in nightclubs and trying
also to get your political message
across, and you apparently, from
what Ginny just said, were singing
in clubs until you were working
with Olivia?
MEG: Well, actually, stopped.
working in clubs a little bit be-
fore I started working with Olivia.
They were really not the same deci-
sion at the same time. I was work-
ing with Ginny and she was helping
me get gigs doing concerts of--we
were calling it women's music be-
cause we didn't know what else to
call it. We were trying to get more
and more opportunities to play for
women.
The more I did that, the less re-
alistic or bearable it seemed to
stay in nightclubs, because al-
though I was reaching women who
hadn't, who wouldn't come to the
women's center in Washington-it was
such a drain on my friends who had
to come to that nightclub and put
out all this money and sit there
and behave, surrounded by all these
straight men who were not getting
what was going on at all and very
frequently get very drunk and make
real cute comments about the situa-
tion. I mean, it was just gross.
So I just decided to take the
Women were having their minds
blown by the stuff she was do-
ing
plunge, get out of it, and put all
my musical energies into concerts
for women. Trying to do that, tak-
ing the risk of doing that, and the
response to that decision, the num-
ber.of women who-I mean it was real
clear we made the right choice and
that there were hundreds and hundreds
of women who were finding that music
just incredibly meaningful to them.
That was certainly a consideration
when we were trying to think of what
to do with Olivia, of seeing the
growing numbers of women whó were
responding to the music.
BMR: What part do you feel women's
culture plays in feminist revolu-
tion?
Meg: 1I think that the culture part
of our revolution is aboslutely es-
sential. Especially, (I can comment
on the music part) I think that mus-
ic does have the power to communi-
cate feelings, thoughts, and mess-
ages in a way that no other form of
communication can, I've seen music
reach and move women where nothing
else would.
This is one reason why we started
Olivia, because we felt it was real
important to get that music out to
those women who weren't already a
part of the women's community. Be-
cause we're not going to have the
strength or the power to make any
real changes until we have more wo-
men joining us. That is a real im-
portant point because I think that
my music is for women. It comes our
of mu sapca as a woman and I make it
for women. It had nothing to do with
men. I have no interest in trying to
reach men with my music. I think
that it's very, very important for
women to ahve their owr space where
they can get together away from the
oppressor and experience our own
kinds of emotional, political, and
intellectual bonds, without having
to hassle with men again and again.
That brings wp the whole question
of when do you insist on that space
which is just for women, versus when
you try to do outreach to bring in
women who are not yet part of the
community and might be either very
photo by Barbara Coleman
threatened by the thought of going
to a women-only situation, which
many women are, or if they think
it's irrelevant. And this is another
thing that we've run up against. A
lot of women who have not been
really involved in feminist politics
sometimes tend to think that if it's
for women only it doesn't have some
kind of validity, that it's not as
important because it doesn't have
male particiaption. So it's always
a dilemma for me to try to figure
out when it's the time to do an óut-
reach situation - in which I will do
an open concert and bring in those
women who, hopefully, will exper-
ience that incredible sensation of
being together with all those women,
and come back the next time to an
all-women concert - versus the need
to come in and create a space where
women can be together without men
and experience this music which is
our lives, and which, as I said be-
fore, to me has nothing to do with
men.
BMR: One of the important things,
I think, about women's music is that
it's more than just a one-way com-
munication. How do you go about get-
ting feedback from the women that
you play music for and make it more
of a total learning experience for
everybody?
MEG: Well, the first step to me is
within the concert situation, trying
to create a kind of atmosphere where
it's not just me spouting out this
stuff to these faceless bodies; I
think that a real important part of
women's music is that atmosphere of
sharing, of exchange, of respect,
and appreciation from me to every
woman who's there. It's important
to me. because I work with Olivia
and because I want to present my mu-
sic in the context of my work with
Big Mama Rag Vol.4 No.7
Olivia, that the concert be a part
of a larger sharing experience.
When Ginny and I travel around
it's real important to us to know
what women think, not only about my
music, but about the work that Olivia
does. To try to find out what women
in different communities are think-
ing about, and to try to share our
political perspective with them, so
as often as possible we try to do
workshops, which are really sort of
open-ended opportunities for us to
sit down with women in a community
and talk about whatever aspect of
women's music or Olivia, or our pol-
itics, our business; I mean there
are so many things to talk about,
but I see the workshops and the con-
certs balancing each other in real `
important ways.
GINNY: We feel real strongly about
our accountability to the feminist
community: that's where our support
comes from, that's where our $30,000
that we've raised in donations comes
from, that's where our record sales
come from, that's where all the poli-
tical and emotional support that we
get comes from. We try to be ac-
countable to that support. We pub-
lish our financial statements yearly,
and in fact, we're going to be doing
our '75 statement soon and we're prob
ably maybe sending it to Big Mama.
We ask for feedback on our record
jackets, and we get it and we respond
to it.
We have learned a tremendous a-
mount; our focus has changed a lot in
the past few months as we've met with
different groups of women who have
had real good critisms to make of the
kinds of things that we've been do-
ing. That part is real important to
us because Olivia is not a female
Warner Bros., we are a feminist bus-
iness and that means that our struc-
ture is set up in ways that we are
trying to make be feminist ways.
We operate as a collective; when
we hire women, we immediately sit
down and figure out what a woman's
financial needs are, we don't have
a--you start out at, you know, $1.50
an hour and in two years you work up
to $1.75 and you start out scrubbing
floors and pretty soon you'11 be va-
cuuming rugs. Our whole structure
is set up so we can build something
that women will want to work in and
can be a model for other feminist
businesses and other feminist groups,
and we can't do all that by our-
selves, we don't have all the ideas
in the world. This is a new inven-
tion, there hasn't been anything
like this before. We need the
thoughts of women who have--thoughts.
It's real important for us to know
what other women are thinking about
what we're doing. :
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 I have spent the past few years
doing so many different kinds of con-
certs for so many different kinds of
groups of women. Some of them could
hear that word with all its dire im-
plications real easily and some of
them, if I'd said that dreaded word
within the context of the concert
would not have heard one other thing
I said. So I have always juggled
loaded words like that very ċareful-
ly. Anyway, those women were tel-
ling me that I should take more risk
risks, and I really agreed with them.
s] I made a conscious political deci-
sion around this tour to be a les-
bian, to be as upfront about it as I
could be. I picked my songs to make
it clear that they were for women,
and they were about love and caring
for women.
USIC
The reviews almost always said,
"Cris and Margie's music was real
nice, Holly was the political one
and Meg was the lesbian." And I
thought "WAIT, I don't think you got
it". What I realized was, while it
may have been a real political is-
sue before I did it--going out there
and being a lesbian--wel1, all of a
sudden it wasn't political anymore.
It was a hard lesson to learn be-
cause it made me understand where a
lot of women's heads were about the
whole concept of lesbianism as a po-
litical issue. It's made a great
deal of difference to me since then,
how I have presented my songs and
what I've tried to say, because I
realized that I had to start explain-
ing why lesbianism was political to
a lot of women. y
MR: In one of the reviews of the
omen on Wheels concerts, which you
recently did, a male reporter refer-
red to your stage presence as being
"locker room lesbian". Would you
like to comment on that?
We feel strongly about our
accountability to the femin-
ist community: that’s where
Our support comes from
MEG: Well, I have very little to
say about what any man thought of
the concert because its' irrelevant
to me and I don't expect them to get
it at all. It was of great concern
to me to see how the women's press
had reviewed the concert, because I
had made a conscious decision--well,
in the months before that tour, I
had had some real good political dis-
cussions with some women in Los An-
geles, whose politics I respected a
lot, about how up-front I was being
about being a lesbian. They were
saying that I should take more risks
around. tiat, that it was politically
important to do that.
... € real important part oì <
women’s music is that atmo-
sphere of sharing, of exchange,
One of the hardest things that
we're doing is that we see Olivia as
is just a piece of that, and really
a drop in the bucket of what needs
to.be done. For example, I just
heard the other day that there are
60,000 NOW members, now we have sold
about 15,000 albums of Meg's music.
Now that seemed like a lot of albums
to me, wow 15,000, that's a lot of `
albums. We haven't even sold albums
to all the NOW members, yet, never-
mind everybody who's not even a NOW
member. We really do see it as just
a piece of what has to happen, and
that gives us a whole different kind
of perspective on decision-making,
because we have to make decisions
with the best interests of Olivia,
the business in mind, and the best
interests of our long-term strategies
in mind, and they're sometimes dif-
ferent.
MEG: We've talked with a lot of wo-
men who have been involved in a lot
of project groups and the main dif-
ference that we`see between Olivia
and other groups is that we know of
very very few other groups that were
started on a political basis. That
started out having a foùndation of
common politics, and then built a
project on top of that. That's why
we couldn't exist, not only on the
Tevel of being able to do what we're
dling successfully, but we couldn't
exist and feel like we were doing
something that had meaning and poten-
tial, if we didn't have that politi-
cal foundation.
cal :
I realized I had to start explain-
ing why lesbianism was politi-
BMR: Can you please go into more
specifically what you mean by work-
ing collectively?
Meg: Working collectively means a
whole lot of things; it means that
accountable to each other for our
work, we each have sort of different
areas that we work in and that sort
of fell naturally according to what
our interests were and what needed
to be done. We consult on all deci-
sions and we decide basic business
decisions together. Do you want to
go into this more?
GINNY: One of the things that being
a collective has enabled us to do
has been to learn skills and teach
each other skills at the same time
that we're learning them. It's so
hard to define or describe how a col-
lective works, because it's all
based on trust. Any you can't de-
fine that. There are five women on
the collective now-we have just
hired a woman named Theresa Tre11,
who is a musician from New York, as
a worker and we are also going to be
hiring two other women with the
thought that they will become mem-
bers of the collective. That's go-
ing to be real interesting; we don't
know how that's going to happen,
yet. We are all, the five members
of the collective and the three wo-
men who are hopefully going to be
members of the collective, are go-
ing to figure out, as soon as we get
home, going to sit down and try to
structure the process of coming from
not-member of the collective to mem-
ber of the collective. That's going
to be real important to us because
we don't want to have labor-manage-
ment kinds of splits.
We hope that every woman who be-
comes a worker at Olivia will be-
come an owner, become a member of
the collective. It's very hard to
do that because the five of us have
put in three very hard years, which
included packing up everything, our
whole lives and moving to Los Angel-
es because that was the best thing
for Olivia. We have nade trememdous
committments to Olivia, and I'm not
going to qive up control real easi-
ly. So we have to be real sure a-
bout these women coming in, and we
have to put down, we would like to
put down, be able to put down on
paper, what we expect of them.
What they expect of us, so that at
thę end of a certain amount of time
we can say to them and they can say
to us this isn't working our for
these reasons and so that nobody
will be surprised when it doesn't
work out and it won't be bad feel-
ings, there will be an understand-
ing that for these political rea-
sons it won't work.
We're just beginning to do that
and I don't know how that's qoing
to work, hopefully, what's go1ng to
happen, is that, and I expect what's
going to happen is that we're going
to want all three of them to be on
the collective, and they're going
to want to be on the collective.
We're trying to do things like women,
we're hiring three so that there's
some kind of an out if they have
need to talk because there are going
to be power imbalances, so that they
have somebody to talk to about it
who's not us. So we're trying to
set it up so that it will work. Be-
cause it has to work, it if doesn't
work then Olivia's got problems.
we were putting tremendous a
mounts of time and energy into
these stupid joos that we had
MEG: We spent months honing the pol-
itics, trying to get a sense of how,
in what kind of business ways we
could express our common politics be-
bore we ever thought about the de-
tails of what do you charge for a
record or how do you make a record
even. And that made it possible for
us to do things like if a question
would come up about what do you
charge for a record, we have enough,
because we have common politics, we
have mutual trust that everybody's
decision is coming from the same
place. If Ginny says to me I think
we ought to chard $7 for a record,
I'm not going to say well where the
fuck is she coming from? Does she
want to get rich? I don't question
politically why she makes that deci-
sion, I know that she made it on the
same political basis that I did.,
It's so hard for any women's group
to survive, particularly if they
have to work within or beside or make
some use of the male industry of the
male world, the male business world,
in any way. You've got to have some
kind of bond to keep you able to sur-
vive that and also keep your perspec-
tive. We had a conversation recently
with a woman about how much you
should charge for a concert of wo-
men's music. Whay she was saying
to us was "well, Laura Nyro gets
blank and so you ought to get at
Teast blank." And we were saying
"wait wait, no no no, wrong perspec-
tive," but you can get into that,
it's so easy if you don't have, not
only this political trust but also
fur us it's working collectively,
it's knowing that not one of us know
knows the right answer because not
one of us has ever done anything
like this before. There are no an-
swers and there are no models.
The Olivia Collective
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Olivia on Olivia
From a letter accompanying Meg
Christian's Album, I Know You Know:
With this country's abundance of
radios, record players, tape decks,
and televisions, music has become
an integral part of most people's
lives. Unfortunately, most music re-
corded by the industry does not re-
flect the reality of women's lives.
Women are portrayed in a limited
variety of roles and are usually de-
fined by their relationships with
men. The music depicts women as
either the sweet young thing, the
hard loving bitch, the masochist who
will put up with anything for him,
or the mother who made it all pos-
sible. It is clear that women must
begin to control and define their
owm music.
There is tremendous demand among
wanen for high-quality music that
concerns itself with how women view
themselves, what they think about,
what their real fears, dreams and
joys are. Sad, to say, much of the
music that comes from and speaks to
women is heard only at local gath-
erings, by people who have heard
about a local musician by word of
mouth or local advertising. Natur-
ally, this means of communication
severely limits who hears the music
and which musicians get heard.
With these problems in mind, Oliv-
ia Records was formed...We have sev-
eral major goals in mind: to pro-
vide recording opportunities for
women with talent, denied access to
the recording industry; to create an
atmosphere where musicians have con-
trol over their music product; to
provide jobs for women technicians
and engineers as well as to train
women in the technical aspects of
recording; and to create jobs and
have working conditions which are
non-oppressive and allow the members
of the company to share in decision-
making process. To sum it up we
want to create an alternative way
for women to gain their economic in-
dependence from the present sexist
corporate structure, and to provide
all women, whether directly involved
in the company or not, musical alter-
natives to the bulk of popular
music.
YES
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Women workers have been on strike
at Vernon Graphics in South Sån Fran-
cisco since July 17. They are fight-
ing for their first union contract
after having voted to join Office
and Professional Employees Union,
Local 3
Vernon Graphics is a nationwide
data processing corporation which has
exclusive contracts with the Pacific
Telephone Company and their counter-
parts throughout the country.
The strike was called when the em-
ployer refused demands for a union
security clause, a workable senior-
ity system, and cost of living clause.
The workers, who are data entry op-
erators, mailing and logging clerks,
and computer operators, have had no
job security and suffer from gross
inequality in wage rates. Employees
with two or three years service are
paid less than newly hired workers.
EARTH NEWS--In Sweden's iron ore mines
a serious controversy has developed
over the job rights of women versus
potentially serious health hazards.
The Swedish Mine Workers Federation
has just turned down a proposal from
the country's Labor Market Board to
allow women to work underground in
Sweden's mines. But the union says
the capability of women to do mining
work is not an issue in its decision.
The Miner's Union says the question
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Promotions, demotions, and dischar-
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ployer. New workers have been-kept
on temporary status for more than
a year, earning no vacation time.
Wages range from $2.75 per hour to
$3.50 per hour.
The 50 to 60 strikers, almost all
of them women, are determined to hold
out for a union contract. As one
member of the negotiating committee
said, "The Vernon Graphics lawyer
told us we were a bunch of naive
girls. We're out to prove ourselves.
We won't accept a 'kiss ass' system.
We want union security, seniority,
and a decent living wage."
The sisters need support for their
picket lines, 6:30am - 10pm at Vernon
Graphics, 226 Miller Avenune, South
San Francisco. For further informa-
tion call 777-3444, OPEU office.
repri wec from Union A.G.E.
is not so much a matter of difficult
physical work, because technical pro-
gress hàs eliminated the worst of the
manual labor. Instead, the union
says its objection is the possibility
of genetic danger, which women might
be exposed to underground. The union
says that not enough is known about
the affects such gases as radon could
have on children which women miners
might bear in the future.
The union says it will not be will-
ing to híre wamen miners úntil medi-
ca] experts guarantee there is no dan-
ger of deformed children being born
in Swedish mining communities as a
result.
The issue is complicated by the fact
that, in many mining communities,
there are no other job opportunities
for women, and the companies fear the)
will lose their male employees if wo-
men cannot find some kind of work. A
further question, as yet unanswered,
is the extent to which exposure to
er's genetic input into children:
Although the issue is an increasing-
ly complicated one, some women alread-
y are working in underground mess
halls and canteens at various Swedish
iron ore mines. The union says it
wants to hire more women, but it's
standing firm in its position that
all new female employees should stay
above ground for health reasons.
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EARTH NEWS--A series of break-ins,
closely resembling the FBI's infamous
black bag jobs, have hit two west
coast feminist organizations over the
past few months. :
In San Diego, the Center for Women's
ken into over the weekend of April
7th. CWSS, which publishes a national
news-journal called the Feminist Bul-
Zetin, had its mailing lists, mailing
labels and membership files stolen.
Although the center housed valuable
office equipment and money,none was
stolen. According to the center's
spokeswoman, Lisa Cobbs, the robbers
were obviously "interested in informa-
tion on the feminist community." Who-
ever broke into the center, she added
Chris Lundberg
The invitation said, "...on behalf
of the President I would like to in-
vite you or your representative to
the White House at which time the
President will accept the final re-
port of the National Commission on
the 0bservance of International Wo-
men's Year." I was only a represent-
ative, one among hundreds in Jacque-
line Kennedy's garden on July 1st.
There were a few men present, a few
minority women, and a few from the
armed forces - including 3 women in
the Marine band that played.
Waiting in the hot sum to get
clearance to enter (thought for sure
I'd be stopped right there), I over-
heard one woman say, "I'd feel like
a snob if I didn't accept, but I
wouldn't be missed, either." Most
women were in their summer dresses,
a few of us ventured forth in pants,
I saw a couple of women carrying
gloves, and several women without
nylons - have we come a long way?
I was upset at the political oyver-
tones, a lot of women wearing "Women
for Ford" buttons, or "Keep Betty in
the White House"; one woman wore a
T-shirt with "I'm for Ford" (of
course shé was interviewed on tele-
vision).
Jill Rukelhaus, the outgoing Pres-
iding Officer of the Commission,
appointed by Ford in April, 1975,
presented the report, with 115 recom- *
mendations to the President, the re-
port is titled, "To form a more
perfect union, justice for American
women". The President in his speech
mispronounced the name of Elizabeth
Athanasahos, the new Presidinç Off-
icer, but did ask the black wcnan
who is the new second in commaad to
come to the platform. He used the
occasion to announce that just that
ed the Attorney General to! review
the- US Code to see what sections
for the ERA. He talked about remov-
ing injustices for all, būt not as
charity; taxes and economic discrim-
ination against women being the ma-
jor two items, and he bragged about
the legislation he signed concerning
education and credit for women. He
apologized for Betty not being pre-
sent (tired’ from being on the cam-
Big Mama Rag Vol.4 No.7
knew what they were doing, because
they simply removed a pane of glass,
and went directly to the correct file:
and rolidexes.
In Los Angeles, the offices of Sis-
ter, the west coast feminist. newspa-
per, were vandalized in mid-June.
Just before an issue of Sister was to
be mailed, someone broke into the
newppaper's office, tore down stacks
of old papers, threw around toilet
paper, and dumped the newspaper's
mailing list onto the floor. Some
mailing labels were later found mis-
sing. What's more, The Women's Center
where Sister is housed, was vandali>
zed a week before the newspaper's off-
ice was trashed.
paign trail). but said that she wari-
ted the group to be allowed to visit
the ground and state floors of the
White House after the cookies and
lemonade reception on the South Lawn
The report itself is 382 pages
long, divided into 7 parts. Part II
"Today's Realities" contains 15 pa-
rts, ranging from Full Partnership
for the Homemaker to Mass Media.
Part III: "The Future", is results
Oof a 1975 poll of 1,522 women in the
U.S. with some interesting results:
for example, 53% have heard of the
ERA but only 20% felt informed en-
ough to have an opinion; 43% are in
the labor force, Ms, Was not in -
cluded in their top 10 magazines.
Occupational categories differ as to
marital status; increased education
does not increase proportions in
management--1/2 of the 12% in pro-
fessional category are nurses or
teachers; 37% have no income of the
their own. Only 44% divorced op
separated receive child support,
and 2/3.had to resort to legal means
to collect; and 57% have positive
feelings about the women's movement.
Part IV deals with the history and
membership of the Commission. - Part
„V are the recommendations of the Com-
mittees and Interdepartmental Task
Force. The committees were: Arts
and Humanities; Child Development;
Entorcement of Laws;.ERA; Government
Organizational Structure; Homemaker;
Internal Interdependence; Internatio-
nal Conventions for Women; Media;
Rape; Reproductive Freedom; Special
Problems of Women--no mention of les-
bians; Women in Employment; and Women
in Power.
information, but contains: What You
Should Know About Women(comparative
statistics with men); Where Women
are Now; Federal Laws Prohibiting
Sexual Discrimination;.World Plan of
Action; Who Sha] Speak for our Na-
tion's Women; 5 Lives Who Have Touch-
ed Mine; Public Law 94-167; ERA; Sup-
plemental Reading Material; The Sec-
retariat; and the -IWY Bird---designed
by Valerie Pettis to illustrate the
theme of IWY--Equality, Development
and Peace--the mathematical symbol
„for equality, the feminine symbol,
and the dove of peace.
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Clare Strawn
The New Mexico solstice celebra-
tion varies in atmosphere from year
to year, but at the same time retains
the ritual familiarity of à meeting
ground for old friends and new, a
centering for traveling dykes and a
change-over of cycles. Solstice '76
was in keeping with these traditions.
Fewer women showed up this year,
“probably owing to rumors of the "kil-
ler plague" and a false report that
the campground was closed because of
a large forest fire near by. The
campground was reșerved for a shor-
+
ter period than previously, only a
few days before and after the 21st,
because the forest service asked for
a fee which was collected from the
campers in the form'of a $2.00 dona-
tion. It is unfortunate that many
of us, myself included, have to func-
tion according to the man-made week
rather than the earth's cycles and
had to leave Sunday before the real
celebration on Monday night. There
was plenty of opportunity for gath-
danger ruled out bonfires except in
the central commons area.
Crystal, a 12 year old, started
her first period on Saturday and we
were honored to create with her a
ritual, welcoming the element of
Some twenty ex-mental patients
walked into California Governor
Jerry Brown's office - and were
still there three weeks later.
The sit-in was organized by the
Network Against Psychiatric Assault
(NAPA) and Women Againsț Psychiatric
Assault (WAPA) to protest forced
work in mental hospitals and to de-
mand the right to refuse treatment.
The sit-in beyan as a one-day action
but once there, the group of women
and men decided to remain in the
governor's Sacramento office until
they won a response to their de-
ESRA di mands.
"First," explains NAPA, "all men-
tal patients must be given the ri-
ght to refuse treatment. The most
tion; each patient should have the
absolute right to refuse prescribed
drugs such as Thorazine, Stellazine,
Prolixin, Quide, and Haldol.
"Secondly, no patient should be
Forced to work under the guise of
therapy. Throughout California's
State Hospital system more than one
million hours of slave labor is done
by incarcerated patients annually.
This includes cleaning toilets,
scrubbing floors, and grounds-keep-
ing.
"Thirdly, any patient who chooses
to work should be paid the minimum
wage."
On July 6, the California Secre-
tary of Health and Walfare held a
press conference to announce the
The Denver Socialist Workers
Party Headquarters at 1381 Kalamath
St. has undergone its second attack
within the past few months. In
April of this year the building
housing the SWP campaign head-
quarters and SWP's Militant Book-
store was the victim of a rifle
shooting which injured no one but
which brought about.considerable
property damage to the Socialist
Workers Party.
In July, SWP was’ victim to a
burglary involving the theft of
leaflets, correspondences, member-
Alicia’s
About 50-women circled around a bon-
fire, forming a symbolic menstrual
hut, while her friends drew from the
Navajo and women's heritage for the
ceremony. We then celebrated the
forination of a task force to inves-
tigate the activists' three demands
- but reporters from Madness Network
News, the NAPA newspaper, were not
ałlowed to attend the press brief-
ing.
NAPA sees two possible routes to-
wards the ultimate abolition of for-
ced drugging and forced work in men-
tal institutions. One is the intro-
duction of a bill to that effect in
the California state legislature -
already written by the Coalition
Against Forced Treatment, which in-
cludes the ACLU, the NAPA Legal Pro-
ject, the National Organization for
Women, and others. The Coalition has
collected over 10,000 signatures
aupporting such a bill, but it can-
not find a legislator to sponsor it.
NAPA hopes that the ġovernor will
either help to sponsor such legis-
Tation or order his Director of
Health to issue new regulations for
all public and private mental hospi-
tals in the state, which the health
adminstrator has refused to do for
over a year. So far there is no in-
dication that Brown- will support
either move.
NAPA urges people to send letters
to Governor Brown showing support
for its three demands. Send messages
to Governor Jerry Brown, State Cap-
itol Building, Sacramento, CA,
95814.
For more information about NAPA,
write to them at 2150 Market Street,
ship lists and financial budgets.
None of the expensive office
machinery such, as the-electric type-
writer, the mimeo machine, or the
tape recorder were stolen or tam-
pered with, however.
An alleged FBI informer and
ex-SWP member, Tim Redfearn, volun-
‘tarily came forward with tne
files which were returned to the
party on July 16th. The Socialist
Workers Party has filed suit
against the FBI, asking for damages
up to $37 million.
e Appearance
who had to leave, but according to a
friend, it was disrupted by panic
surrounding the arrival of a truck
of men in the lower driveway.. Women
talked of whistle alarms- and self
defense and finally sent a delega-
tion to talk with them. Although
drinking, they were not drunk as was
assumed and they reportedly had no
intentions of disturbing the camp.
Later, they left, the rutual procee-
ded, and those perturbed by the ad-
venture kept vigil watch.. Question:
Are a handful of men really that
threatening to us or were the women
looking for a vent for their own
hostilities?
Many women left Monday so only a-
bout 50 women participated in the
main solstice celebration which fea-
tured fire dancing and drums.
In spite of the many hassles, I
(and I'm sure many others) had the
rejuvenating and growing experience
we had come for. Along with thanks
to the Albuquerque women for making
arrangements, we might add the sug-
gestion that the location be moved
next year to try to avoid similar
hassles with men. I find the pil-
grimage, the tradition of ritual and
regrouping of friends and love at
solstice very reinforcing; maybe
I'11 meet you: there next year.
Plath Play to
The first ever Women-Artists Direc-
August 14, 1976 at 7pm at 1400 Laf-
ayette St. A one-act play on poet
Sylvia Plath will be presented, and
several local women poets and music--
ians will perform. Examples of wom-
en's sculpture and visual art will be
on display, and refreshments will be
provided.. Cost: $1.50. Proceeds
will go towards printing and distri-
bution of a free, bilingual Colorado
Women's Resource Directory, scheduled
to come out in mid-September. If
you are interested in participating
in the benefit, or in working on the
Directory, please contact Kim Woman-
tree at 333-6758, Katy Phelps at
861-7692, or Marilyn Auer at 778-0690
Messages may also be left at Woman
to Woman Center, 320-5972.
PLY
Steinem
Protested
Women from the Woman to Woman :
School class, "Feminist Revolution"
and other interested women participa-
ted in a protest against the appear-
ance of Gloria Steinem at the Univer-
sity of Colorado on June 18th. The
women set up a table in the hallway
adjacent to where Steinem was speak-
ing and passed out leaflets, discuss-
ed their viewpoint with passersby
and had other literature regarding
both Ms. magazine and Gloria Steinem
available at the table. The leaflet,
which was drafted by members of the
class, reads in part as follows:
IS THIS LIBERATION?
Gloria Steinem is here today
as a media-created "leader" of the
Women's Liberation Movement. We as
radical feminists have serious
questions about where she, and MS.
magazine are leading us. As President
editor and founder of Ms., we hold
Gloria Steinem accoùÀntable for the
polities of the magazine. Therefore
this is not a personal criticism of
Ms. Steinem but of Ms. style feminist
pplitics:
1. Class Bias-Ms. caters to middle
and upper class women. Ads, feature
stories, covers, and news are geared
almost exclusively towards liberal,
educated, professional, white, heter-
osexual women. Ms. takes upper-class
privilege and values for granted.
But the majority of women in this
country are not corporation execs,
professionals, lawyers, doctors, or
artists. Most women work at boring,
underpaid jobs or work as housewives
for no pay at all.
2. Ms. America or the myth of the
"Liberated woman"- Ms. holds up a
mirage of the "Liberated voman", as
a goal for feminists to třy to be.
It is not possible for any woman in
this society to be liberated, but a
few tokens may get a few choice jobs
in management or government as a re-
sult of this myth of the Individual
Solution, the Personal Solution,
rather than fighting together with
other women, as a solution to Sexism.
3. Who's got the power here? Ms. says
that women are oppressed by "sex role
s!" or "society". This vagueness com-
fortabley avoids the whole issue of
power. Men don't rape, kill, beat,
unđderpay, lie to and exploit women--
they're just victims of their sex
roles--"equally oppressed," the line
goes, and the logical conclusion to
draw is that men will just give up
the power and male privilege when
they see the light. This is wishful
thinking. We as women have had to
fight for every single right and re-
“form of the past 100 years, and will
have to struggle --together-- for
whatever we hope to gain in the fut-
ure,
4. Over-emphasis on electoral poli-
tics- We do not believe women's needs
can be met through the ballot boz.
just to get the vote. After that, its
Zot, and in this, the Year of the
Woman, the ERA may still be repealed.
Therefore we have little faith in the
vote as a means of change, and more
faith in grassroots organizing of
women's groups around local issues
in their ordinary lives.
5. Unanswered questions- This refers
both to Ms. Steinem and to Ms....
Redstockings, a New York- radical
feminist group, did research that
suggests Steinem may have worked
closely with the CIA in the past.
Questions also were raised about the
funding of Ms. Steinem has not repli-
satisfaction.
ed directly to these questions to our
"Peminist Revolution" study
group
In her speech, Gloria Steinem
made no mention of the activities of
the protesters.
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 Big Mama Rag Vol.4 No.7

Always A Lady > * mer

Rosalie Sorrels
Philo Records

Kate Sharp
with her right claw and concludes that
To anyone who knows and loves the "trial marriage, or companionate marr-
music of Rosalie Sorrels,this album iage ar plain old American variety
is certainly the best she has offer- seven days a week, three meals a day
ed us yet. It's a sampling of a with no Thursdays off marriage..." is
great many of those songs so many of nothing but a "curse" and is something
us go to her concerts expressly hop- she certainly wants nothing more to do
ing to hear. "Mehitabel's Theme" is with.

here. So is "Apple of My Eye" and Rosalie sings about the unfortunately

"Did I Knock?".
But for the women who are not fa-
miliar with Rosalie or her work, she
needs a bit of an introduction. She
forever jokes in concerts that she's
tired of being billed "The Singing
Grandmother From Utah." Whatever her
age, she has acquired both a sober
wisdom and wit about children, love,
and life. All these things are
Rosalie's themes on this album, and
her philosophy is that women should
enjoy and not be oppressed by any of
them. She realizes this is not easy,
and doles out some pretty sound ad-
vice. Although in her political life
Rosalie is a very active abortion ad-
vocate, she seems to see great value
in living with children while always
keeping the experience in perspec-
tive.
She knows what it's like when "...
it's 5:30 in the morning. That kid
has not quit howling now for six ho-
urs. You're getting sort of desper-
ate, breaking out in a cold sweat
because you know all those other kids
are going to get up in about another
half hour and they're going to demand
cereal and peanut butter sandwiches
and milk. And you forgot to get milk
...Things are getting awful bad and
you have need of something...Every
Scoundrel Time
Lillian Hellman
culture's got one, it's the hostile
baby rocking song. You can't keep
that stuff bottled-up inside, you
gotta let it out somehow...So you ta-
ke that baby and you rock it firmly,
smile sweetly and you sing the hosti-
le baby rocking song." Then Rosalie
sings, "This is the day we give bab-
ies away, with a half a pound of tea
But Rosalie's incredible love for
her children continuously comes thro-
ugh on this album. "Apple of My Eye"
is the story of the age old conflict
of wanting to save children from ne-
edless pain but knowing they cannot
blossom if they're over-protected.
She sings, "What can I say, but that
it's not easy? I cannot lift the sto-
Watch on the Rhine).
It was no surprise that she would
common phenomenon of loving someone
she knows it's better she should not
myself coming in once more...Then I'd
be bound...I'd never leave the ground
nes out of your way. And I can't cry
your bitter tears for you. I would if
I could - what can I say?"
One of Rosalie's favorits concert
renditions, which also appears on
this album, has long been "Mehita-
bell's Theme". It's a song about "the
subject of, you should pardon the ex-
pression, marriage." Rosalie, as Me-
hitabel, the cat, says, "It has been
my experience that marriage just me-
ans one damn litter after another."
But Mehitabel tries it because she
will "try anything once." "Well I was
wrong," she says, the upshot was that
I rustled for grub for that low-1ife
bum for about three months and when
the kittens came, he left." But Mahit-
abel ends up removing his left eye
Women On Television: CAMEO `
Lisbeth Springer and Tea
Tove in "Did I Knock?". She sings,
"If you opened the door, I might find
...and I'd never find the way to fly:'
She sings about taking risks in life
"This song is for the reckless ones
who walk around. on the èdges, with par
ticular affection for those whe ave
slipped and fallen." The song is about
a moth who wants to see "the secret
heart of a flame" and flies to its
death to see it. The moth's philoso-
phy is that, "We moths would rather
know beauty once and then just cease
to be, than never know beauty at all
and live an eternity." Substitute free
dom for beauty if you like, the mess-
age is the same.
Rosalie's philosophies, advice and
perceptions are ones that should make
any woman sit up, take account of her
life, demand what she needs and wants
from life, and begin taking all those
risks that make life worth living.
historical background onthe role
of women pioneers in, Colorado.
Their information was interesting;
particularly their comments on the

Little, Brown, & Co., Boston,
Ż976 |
Hardbound; $7.95
Julia Robinson
Scoundrel Time,Lillian Helman's la-
test book of memoirs, is about her
personal ordeal through the McCarthy
era. Although it offers no political
analysis, she shares some interesting
reflections the feminist movement
should consider.
She contends the seeds of Watergate
lay in Nixon's cooperation with and
exposure to McCarthy tactics. Nixon
simply elevated the stakes of politi-
cal opportunism to the granddaddy of
them all, the White House.
Hellman maintains that nothing in
the United States can last more than
ten years, and the downfall of McCar-
thy resulted from the public's bore-
dom, not outrage. Nixon's subsequent
election to the presidency resulted
inevitably be called as a witness by-
the Un-American Activities Committee.
But her appearance and legal strategy
were to become a turning point in the
heretofore unchecked vigilantism of
the committee.
Hellman refused to bow to the para-
noia of the times and would not plead
the Fifth Amendment. She agreed to
answer any questions about herself
and her own activities, but refused to
answer any questions about others--
friends, colleagues or strangers. The
entricasies of how she became a suc-
cessful test case are exciting to any
reader who fantasizes about "beating
the system."
I usually dislike any formal book
introduction of more than two paqes
written by anyone other than the`au-
thor. Teasers, vaiue judgments and
untimely secrets usually spoil the
freshness of the work itself. Scoun-
drel Time's introduction is the ex-
ception. Pertinent historical infor-
Every Sunday a group of dykes get
together for an informal softball ga-
me in Cheesman Park. On July 4th, they
were playing their usual game, when
they noticed that people whom they did
not know were taking movies of the ga-
me. One of the more bold asked the
group why they were taking these pic-
tures of a simple dyke game. The an-
swer was that a new television show,
to be called "Cameo", was starting
the next Sunday. It was to be a show
about women in Denyer and Colorado.
And our game was going to be on TV.
They continued taking pictures of
all the activities of the women pres-
ent - including the women who were
"making out" on a blanket.
That next Sunday there was no soft-
ball game. One woman had a television
set, so.all the players were at her
house, waiting to see themselves on
the telly. And that is the story of
how we came to watch "Cameo", a show
west. : zE
success of women's suffrage in the
Moving into more recent times, the
discussion was based mainly on gener-
al impressions rather than facts. Un-
fortunately, few of these impressions
were anything more than a superficial
examination of the issue. The discus-
sion centered around women expanding
into the traditional male workforce.
One woman talked about being a lawyer
in terms of how she could now have a
career in additicn to a family. She `
spoke only of the changes in her per-
sonal life and didnot seem to see
women entering the legal profession
as a political strategy.
This lack of analysis was evident
throughout. There was very little
depth to most comments. The general
tone seemed to imply that all problems
could be solved through legal reforms
and women joining the workforce. We
would like to have seen more analysis

from the prevailing attitude that "it
is considered unhealthy in America to
remember mistakes, neurotic to think
about them, and psychotic to dwell
upon them."
Her personal history of the 50's is
annotated through intertwining vig-
nettes about the people and places of
her life. Prominent among them is the
influence of her lover of several de-
cades, Dashiel Hammett, -a self-avowed
radical and probable member of the
Communist party. His appearance be-
fore the House on UnAmerican Activi-
"mation by Garry Wills sets a neces-
sary stage for Hellman's easily read-
able, often humorous ard almost folk-
sy approach to a subject she readily
admits she will never recover from.
Far from perfect, she never confro-
nts her classism; she defines the
loss of her middle-class security
during her blacklisting days in terms
of a $100,000 annual income. Nor
does she relate even obtusely to any
feminist connectors or issues.
But the inherent joys of reading
the memoirs of a self-assertive woman
warning. :
that had no publicity and no advance
"Cameo" is a monthly production of
Channel 7 at 1:30pm. The moderator of
this first show, which was run in a
talk-show format, was Cynthia Small.
Each show is to be a spotlight on
specific topics pertinent to women.
Some shows are to be single-guest
with a woman or man who is in a non-
traditional job. Some shows, of cour-
se, will have men on them, giving
their views. This first show, fortun-
ately, did not have any men in front
of why the present conditions exist
and the different strategies women
are using to change them.
The purpósę of having more than one
guest is to invite interaction among
this show, the guests answered Small':s
questions and really had nothing to
say to each other. This lack of in-
teraction made for a dull show.
Hopefully, "Cameo" can be a forum
for feminist groups and-issues of im-
portance to the community. The pos-
sibilities are wide open within the

ties Committee and subsequent jail
sentence, IRS income attachments, and
blacklisting provide a forum for Hell-
man to ascertain her own ideology.
It boils down to the liberal vs. rad-
ical conflict, with the added twist
that she has to reject both. Disillu-
still concerned by what she will wear
inthe courtroom in the midst of cha-
Tlanging the tyranny of our political
system, conveys a trust only felt for
someone who actively struggles to
keep herself honestly in perspective.
of the camera.
The theme of this first show was
"the changing role of women". Dotty
Jacobus of the Hidden Faces Project
and Sue Armitage, associate professor
of history at CU, Boulder, presented
theme alone. There is a potential to.
make this program different and more
responsive to the women's community.
As a side note, there were no dykes
-playing softball on that television
show, either.
maa

the
sionment with liberals and intellec-
tuals has left her in the painful (a
823 14 st
direct quote) place of substituting
a non-political stance she calls de-
cency, since she views radicalism as
"too many people acting in strange
lesbian PLACE
carry out:534-1202

and aimless violence." SOLD

No political lightweight in her time
she actively campaigned for the 1948
Progressive Party presidential cam-
paign of Henry Wallace, visited Rus-
sia as an emmisary in 1944, fraterni- HOME-MADE
zed with and attended Communist meet-
THE TIDE COLLECTIVE, 1005 Ocean Ave.
ings in the 30's, and tackled polit- . #B, Santa Monica, Calif. 90403
ical issues in her plays (facism in (213) 839-7254
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 13

35 Years Later

Isami Arifuku Waugh

Former prosecution witnesses in the

"Tokyo Rose" trial have recently ad-
mitted to a Chicago Tribune Reporter
that in 1949 they were coerced into
testifying against Iva Toguri and
were coached two hours a day for a
month before the trial. They now
state that she did nothing treasonous
as Toguri has maintained all these
years.
If anything, "Tokyo Rose" was the
personification of fantasies which
Allied soldiers had regarding Asian
women during World War II. The leg-
end is that a seductive-voiced woman
broadcast over Radio Tokyo, mingling
the newest American popular records
with accurate predictions of Allied
movements and imploring the Allied
soldiers to give up fighting, telling
them that their women were cheating
on them, and creating feelings of
homesickness and demoralization. De-
pending on the listener, she spoke
with a British accent, Japanese ac-
cent, American accent, or a combina-
tion of languages and accents. Belie-
vers in the "Tokyo Rose" legend str-
who could identify the voice of Iva
Toguri should immediately contact
their local FBI office. Toguri was
arrested again in 1948 and shipped to
San Francisco, a center of anti-Jap-
anese activities, to stand trial.
She was tried and convicted by an
all-white jury in the summer of 1949
upon the testimony of two turncoats
who had renounced their own U.S. cit-
izenship, and for whom she had worked
at Radio Tokyo. Ten years in prison
and $10,000 was her sentence, plus
automatic loss of the U.S. citizen-
ship she had previously refused to
renounce. Upon release from Alderson
Federal Prison in January 1956 she
was served with a deportatioin notice
For two years, Toguri was harrassed
by the goverenment until it'was deci-
ded that she could not be deported
since she'd claimed U.S. citizenship;
if she had not been a citizen, she
could not have been tried for treason
Her status now is that of a stateless
person. Her husband resides in Japan
while here to testify in Toguri's
trial, he was forced to sign a state-
Nancy Lee Hall
Daughters, Inc., Plainfield, Vermont
1974
Cheryl Peake
To all my children who lovingly
and patiently raised me and all my
sistern who still suffer.
--Nancy Lee Hall
This excellent book is about a wom- a childhood dream of greatness with
an who tries to kill the pain of her her, which surfaces from time to time
existance with alcohol. -It is about
to remind her of her potential and
a woman who marries not only a man, to inspire her.
but also the navy. Nancy Lee Hall's Nancy's story ends with her batt-
fictionalized autobiography is a sto- ling her way to freedom and assuming
ry which would not be heard without the responsibility for her life, and
a feminist press. It speaks for all the lives which she has brought into
women who camè of age during WWI and
the world. Her analysis of her sit-
of tneir lives which were all too uation is powerful and stunning, made
often given over entirely to babies more so by the unrhetorical nature
and men, particuiarly to men in uni-
uf the book. The power of this book
form: "men who deserved everything! lies in its complete honesty and in
In the straightforward language of its "real life" events.
this book, the reader travels with
Nancy through constant moving, child-
birth, fights, lack of money, and in-

essed the propagandistic intent of
her broadcasts. Speculation about
the nationality and appearance of the
legendary "Tokyo Rose" was part of .
ment saying he would never re-enter
the U.S.
Time has affirmed Toguri's claim to
innocence. -The charges now appear to
RHNRU
adequate government housing. Nancy,
without psychoanalyzing, tells of
her efforts to be a good mother and
wife (Each time that they moved, she

Pacific. : :
the experience of fighting in the be vague and inconsequential; the ev- knew that things would be all right

Iva Toguri did in fact broadcast
over Radio Tokyo to soldiers in the
Pacific. However, coached by and
idence and witnesses presented at the
trial unreliable. Reporters covering
the trial were convinced she would be
acquitted. The prisoners of war who
STORY
this time if only....); and her in-
credible suffering and guilt over not
attaining that image. This is a pow-
erful book in the depth of Nancy's

reading scripts written by Allied
prisoners of war, she was convinced
that she was in fact entertaining
Allied troops in the Pacific, and
aiding in the war against Japan.
wrote her scripts were cleared by the
military of any wrongdoing. Now, pro-
secution witnesses state they were
coerced to testify against her. It
raises questions about the origins of
J
struggle--and the extremes to which
she goes before being able to effec-
tively fight back. I think many of
us can empathize with the desire to
escape a painful reality, whatever
our differing escape routes may be.

Born and raised as very American in
Southern California, Iva Toguri was
the daughter of Japanese immigrants.
the legend of "Tokyo Rose", why the
legend persists today, and how Iva
Toguri intersects with it.
DAVAEI
This book is also about the lives
of her six children, and how they
managed to bring up each other and

She was sent to Japan in July 1941 at
age 25 to help care foY an ailing
maternal aunt, though she did not
speak Japanese. i
After war broke out between Japan
and the U.S., she was constantly har-
One can speculate about the rela-
tionship of the case to world or nat-
ional events. However, it is as an
Asian woman that she has been perse-
cuted. It is the image of Asian women
which predisposed Allied soldiers to
IEE
their mother. One of the most
frúghtening scenes in the book is
when one of Nancy's children, Mary,
complains that her father put his
hand between her legs and she is

but stubbornly maintained that she
was an American and would remain so.
As a result, she was denied a food
believe the legend of Tokyo Rose, and
Ted some to testify against Toguri in
convinced of Toguri's innocence, but
IHINYI HA
scared of him. Nancy is basically
powerless to defend her children.
In her heroic battle against her en-
emy, the bottle, Nancy still carries

ratio card, and her finances depleted
She secured part-time jobs which pro-
vided an inadequate income on which
to-live. =
She finally found employment as a
clerk at Radio Tokyo where she became
acquainted with Allied prisoners- of
war forced to broadcast on the radio.
When a woman announcer was needed on
the Zero Hour, the POW's specifically
asked for Iva Toguri to broadcast
strong pro-Americanism. At first
refusing, Toguri was threatened by
authorities and talked into partici-
pating by the POWs who convinced her
they were subverting the propaganda
intent of the program. She first
broadcast in November of 1943; Allied
troops already referred to a "Tokyo
Rose" in December of 1941. It should
be pointed out that there were many
women and men broadcasting from Radio
Tokyo, many ef whom were U.S. citi-
zens.
With the end of the war, journal-
others. :
the legend is still alive in the
As an Asian woman, Toguri's case
was affected by almost a century of
anti-Asian feelings and stereotypes
which exist to this day. Her exper-
iences coincided with one of the
peaks of those feelings.
Chinese-Americans were victims of
anti-Asiañ sentiments even as the
West coast was being developed. At
the turn of the century, the image of
Japanese became that of potential
spies for Japan, a result of increas-
ing Japanese population in the U.S.
and Japan's empire building efforts.
Stories in the San Francisco. #xaminer
(Jan. 1 & 10, 1907) even indicated
that Japanese imigrants were Japanese
soldiers in disguise. Behind such
stories is a racist assumption that
Third World people cannot be assimil-
ated into Western societies; even
American-born Japanese supposedly
could not escape their innate loyalty
to the emperor of Japan.
dovetails neatly with more general
views of Japanese-Americans in the
1930's and 1940's as being potential-
ly disloyal to the U.S. The basis for
the herding of over 117,000 Japanese-
Americans into concentration camps in
1942 was that one could not distin-
guish the loyal ones from the poten-
tially disloyal. The fact that this
was acceptable to the whole country
is indicated in the very few protests
made at the time. The National Opin-
ion Research Center found in August
of 1946 that two-thirds of all Amer-
icans believed that Japanese-Americans
had spied for Japan, and only 13%
thought that they had no part in aid-
ing the enemy. After World War II,
comic strips such as "Steve Canyon"
and "Terry and the Pirates" as well
as comic books reinforced these
images. In addition, movies depicting
the war years oftentimes had their
version of a "Tokyo Rose" spouting
propaganda to the troops.
erally, and of Asian women specific-
ally, as being potentially subersive
was. characteristic of those times.
Unfortunately, a woman, Iva Toguri,
suffered long-lasting consequences
of being a victim of the fantasies of
white Americans.
The comic strips and movies are
still in circulation today. They con-
tribute now as they did then to the
maintenance of the legend of Tokyo
Rose, and the continued belief that
Iva Toguri was, in fact, the mythical
figure. The destructive and tragic
consequences of stereotypes can be
clearly seen in her case.
A movement to secure Iva Toguri a
presidential pardon and subsequent
return of the U.S. citizenship that
she refused to renounce during World
War II is underway. Letters of support
for this movement are needed. For
Committee for Iva Toguri, JACL, 1765
Sutter St., San Francisco, CA 94115.

ists descended on Tokyo seeking the
legendary Tokyo Rose only to find
that there was no such person. Each
found a woman to interview claiming
this was "The Tokyo Rose". The rea-
sons why are not clear, but Iva Tog-
uri became most closely associated
with the legend. She was arrested by
the U.S. Occupation Forces and -incar-
vestigation. During her year in pri-
son, she was allowed visitors for
only 20 minutes a month, and no legal
counsel. When the Dept. of Justice
concluded in 1946 that there was no
case against her, she was released.
Not having seen her family since
1941, and wanting her baby born in
the U.S., Iva Toguri attempted to re-
turn to the U.S. in 1947. When news
of her application to return was re-
leased, various groups launched a
Vigorous protest to prevent her ret-
Wyn. The State Department could do
nothing, it said, to prevent her re-
turn since she had been cleared by
the Army and Dept. of Justice of any
wrongdoing. The opposition to her
return resulted in a new effort to
prosecute Toguri of treason.. The FBI
issued a press release to major news-
papers in the country that any person
As Japan's imperialistic ventures In summary, an image of Asians gen-
continued in the 1930's, stereotypes
of -Asian women evolved, culminating
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POLITICS OF HEALTH..
STRUGGLE... From page 6'
From page
whose only function is to give us
federation of local groups which exist: pleasure, is surrounded by pubic hair
"To encourage the development of a new and positive awareness in
our culture of the total life span of all persons as a continuing
the knees.
process in maturity, self-fulfillment and social responsibility. Ë
A woman who has done a lot to help
To strive for alternative life-styles and opportunites for older us see our genitals is Betty Dodson.
and younger people which will challenge and help eliminate in our Author of Liberating Masturbation and
institutions and elsewhere, all forms of paternalism, discrimina- leader of sex therapy groups in New
York, she was one of the first women
tion, segregation and oppression based solely on aqe-which makes
ageism, like racism and sexism, a socially destructive force. to draw beautiful, detailed pictures
of women's vulvas. She calls looking
To act as advocates for those who are powerless to throw off at our genitals "pure healing": most
discrimination and oppression because of age. women fear they are deformed or un-
worthy of being looked at. In her
To build a new power base in coalition with other movements to groups Ms. Dodson encourages women to
bring about needed change in order to achieve social justice, use a vibrator because it is a source
human dignity, and self-fulfillment for all people regradless of of stimulation that does not take ef-
age, sex, race or economic status. fort and energy and will not get
"tired or bored". She treats mastur-
To reinforce and support each other in our quest for liberation bation as a "meditation in self-love"
and to celebrate our shared humanity." and she herself meditates every day
using the mantra, "The Mother and I
The Denver chapter of the Gray Panthers has about 400 members, after be- are One."
ginning in April 1974 with 10 people. They've been. heavily involved in Sex therapy groups for preorgasmic
such projects as alternatives to nursing homes and investigating nursing women enable women to focus their
homes in the Denver area. Testifying before government committees, run- consciousness on their sexuality and
ning workshops, and making public appearances are important parts of their give each other support. These groups
fight against ageism. They have also joined in coalitions with other area have started all over the country (see
groups on issues such as opposing Denver City budget cuts on social ser- the New Women's Survival Sourcebook
vices, and food stamp actions. available at women's bookstores).
One concrete example of what they have done is to get longer stoplight One serious drawback to such groups is
time for pedestrians to cross busy streets. The problem of being able to that they are mostly geared to middle
get safely across the street is a basic one for both old and younger peo- class women in orientation and cost.
ple. They have also been instrumental in getting favorable legislation Studies show that working class wo-
passed on subjects especially relevant to old people. LETTERS..
Aaqesism/Sexism Connections From page 2
Ageism may have multiplied effect for women due to its interaction with
sexism. Women get fewer of the already few rewards available to them in a therapy that you publish their (the
sexist, ageist value system as they age: the characteristics associated institute's) experience of the con-
ference in BMR. I would also like to
with rewardablèe femininity are incompetence, passivity, and youthful good
looks, all of which do not usually improve with time. Women's role as wife see you express an apology (to be
published) to WIAP for neglecting
and mother diminishes with age, too--as wife because ageist social standard
their participation in the April is-
for sexual desirability may lower her sexual value; and as mother because
because there is less chance she would be heavily involved in actively be- sue; and also apologize that all the
ing a mother the older she gets. Such a woman inevitably feels useless at articles published were so negative.
I believe this would help to restore
this point in her life. At a time when a woman could have more options be-
cause her "wife and mother" expectations are diminished, ageism works to BMR's credibility with me, and res-
tore my faith in this women's journal
lessen her options. Woman experience double jeopardy as they get older,
which can be a very important one. ;
the discrimination and stereotyping they experience as women is compounded
by those same elements of ageism. What appeared to me to be happening
Sex among the aged, as for children, is also a taboo topic. The stand- was "trashing" or "character assass-
ination" of the Institute and- ēlso of
ards of sexual availability tend to be both ageist and sexist. Desirabil- Anne Schaef - also known as "heads we
ity in a woman is more related to her body than it is for a man. A woman's
looks are her resume--and the less wrinkled the better her recommendatien, win, tails you lose." The person or
according to the standards of the youth-oriented culture. Such standards group doesn't have a chance because
are in operation not only in sexual relationships but also in getting a you're not really dealing with tisir
. job, in many cases. behavior Or an issue, but with th2ir
Effects On Us All :
As long as we live, there is an older age before us. Negative feelings ab- children. Instead of saying, "I don't
out thé elderly teach us to avoid seeing ourselves in the future and to hate Tike your behavior right now.", the
ourselves as the inevitable aging process changes our bodies. kid is told, "You're a bad girl!"
The isolation of age groups from one another not only cuts us off from and is threatened with withdrawal of
one another, but also from history. Just as we have learned that the personal Tove and support - very manipulative.
is political, so is it historically relevant. By keeping the older from the (Perhaps something similar was going
ycunger we lose the personal perspective of recent history and are left only on at the conference - WIAPwas shown
with the accounts of historians--even about World War II. We lose the heri- nonsupport for being bad.) The arti-
tage of women's radicalism, hard work, and capability that has been here but cles used tactics of blaming, one-
left out of the books by bourgeous, male chauvanist historians. up-"man"-ship, self-righteousness,
The elimination of ageism is another part of the liberation of all people. superiority - all destructive, non-
communicative, white-male-like-tac-
tics - instead of being responsible,
in the sense of "having the ability
to respond,"(and not in the sense of
being "accountable").
Until fairly recently, "the system"
has not had much luck in destroying
the Women's Movement. But now there
seems to be a new development of "the
U= mO Ux>N-<
system" infiltrating women's organi-
zations - especially ones which are
really effective in reaching large
numbers of women and in actually hel-
ping to get some valuable things done
for women (like BMR).
The main thing I got in touch with,
was that the articles on the Feminist
Therapists' Conference were very
draining of my energy, rather than
uplifting and energizing (some kinds
of anger can be mobilizing). I just
don't need that, especially from a
THE LESBIANFEMINIST journal that is meant to be for women
SATIRE MAGAZENE news-v1Ews- It makes me feel sad and angry.
I hope that you can hear what I've
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men masturbate less than upper class
women; they have less time, encourage-
ment and privacy to seek pleasure for
themselves.
Also, most groups and the literature
on female sexuality is heterosexually
biased. Very little has been written
about lesbians who make up at least
10% of the female population. In my
experience, lesbians have similar
problems learning to know and love
our bodies, but a woman lover is us-
ually more supportive than a man.
Many sex therapists see a woman's
sexual problems as her personal strug-
gle rather than in the political con-
text of a sexist, capitalist society.
They charge $10-20 a session. None-
theless, consciousness focusing groups
are a tool of education and support tc
make us expect and demand more plea-
sure, helping us move through anger
self determination in our sexual
lives.
Múch of the material for this arti-
cle came from the books For Yourself
for Lonnie Barback a Signet paperback.
1975, and CircZe One, available from
Know Inc P.0.Box 86031, Pittsburgh,
Pa. and Liberating Masturbation by
Betty Dodson, available for Body Sex
Designs, Box 1933, NY., N.Y. 10001.
tried to say.
In sisterhood,
Danna, Daughter
of Virginia
Editor's note:
1) We agree that each of us goes
through a process of growing and
developing, and that that process
does not end until we do. At the
same time, however, we hold certain
beliefs and have certain values
which we call our politics. When a
woman or group of women puts to-
gether a conference and calls that
conference "feminist", we, in turn,
expect that conference to be femin-
ist - which implies a certain level
of political development. On a very
basic level, we expect the confer-
ence to be non-raċist and non-class-
ist- the Feminist Therapy Confer-
ence failed in both those catego-
ries. We expect the women organizing
the conference to be accountable for
their actions - the women of WIAP
were not.
2) We were most certainly dealing
with the behavior of the conference
organizers and the issues raised by
the women at the, conference. We were
non-supportive of WIAP, not because
we thought the women themselves are
bad, but because we disagree with
their political ananyses and their
handling of very valid issues which
were raised.
3) If to have values and beliefs
which you care wmough about to de-
fend is "white male", we shudder
for the future of women's revolu-
tion.
4) Yes, anger can be mobilizing.
We left the WIAP conference angry
enough to spend long hours writing
the articles in question.
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