Herland Sister Resources : v.2: no.7(1986)
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- Herland Sister Resources : v.2: no.7(1986)
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- The Herland Sister Resources newsletter is the monthly publication of Herland Sister Resources, a womanist organization with a strong lesbian focus based in Oklahoma City.
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VOLUME 2,
JULY 1986
NUMBER 7
MABEL BASSETT: HOUSE OF HORRORS
by Linda Parks
In today's world of women with courage and vision, there is an area being ignored--the area of
LAW and its effect upon women. In Oklahoma
City, there is a women's prison that is making
its harsh reality a painful experience for women
who have "broken the laws of man."
One must, perhaps, be reminded that our courts,
legal offices and prisons are run by MEN. Even
the prisons for women are staffed and governed
by men. These men take their authority out in
the strictest measure against women--almost as if
they feel that this is their final opportunity to
make their power felt--against helpless women
caught up in their grasp.
In the Mabel Bassett Correctional Center, the
groups of women who are made to suffer the
most are the blacks, the American Indians and
the Mexican Americans. Women who have been
born into any of these groups find that prison
life is their final degradation, as they are
abused, locked away in single solitary cells, forgotten by the outside world, but certainly not
forgotten by their captors, who use them for
sexual pleasu res, illicit profits from drugs and
as slaves for their inhuman desires for pain and
total surrender.
The terrible things that go on behind the walls
of this institution are not known by most "lawabiding, good citizens" of the great State of
Oklahoma, as they feel confident that the courts
are doing their duty and that prisons are merely
places of correction for those who have gone
astray.
Most individuals one talks to about women in
prison shrug and just say, "Well, they must belong there or they would be free." This is not
true. Women without proper attorneys--that cost
money--find themselves victimized by courts,
where prosecuting attorneys with one thing in
BERLAND SISTER RESOURCES, INC.
1630 NW 19, OKLAHOMA CITY, OK 73106
mind, advancement in the legal community, treat
women as they have in the past treated other
men, only with more intolerance for circumstances. They ignore the basic emotional and
spiritual needs of women.
It is a fact that today, more women than men
are being convicted of offenses, and women are
given longer prison terms. These women have
children they must leave behind to be cared for
by family members or the state. . Many times a
woman is convicted of a non-violent crime, a
first offense that a man would be given a parole
for, or placed on probation, and she is given the
longest possible term in prison. And, if she is
black, an Indian or a Mexican, she can count on
the harshest verdict by the all white judge and
jury and court members.
In dealing with individuals rather than general
statistics, I have been working with 15 women
who are in MBCC . Their stories and accounts of
sexual abuse by guards, drugs' being forced upon
them by staff doctors, dirty food, filthy cells
where sewers overflow onto the floors, isolation
cells for years at a time (two young women have
spent three years alone, in segregation cells
without hope of ever getting out), discrimination,
prejudices, out-right harassment by guards are
everyday happenings for these women. I am certain that the people of Oklahoma did not mean
for women to be removed from a society of compassion and justice and placed into a prison
where violence and corruption by staff makes the
true crime the responsibility of every person in
the State of Oklahoma.
Who are the guardians of justice for women in
prison? There is no one, save you and I. I need
your help to let people know the truth about the
prisons, and to get help for our sisters who cry
out for justice and mercy.
For more information, write Linda Parks, Editor,
Woman to Woman, P.O. Box 6755, Lake Charles,
LA 70606.
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
We encourage the exchange of information, personal opinions on issues of concern to the Oklahoma women's community, and your stories and
experiences.
The editor reserves the right to edit and condense letters according to space limitations. Letters should be typed, double-spaced and signed
by the author(s). Include your address and phone
number. If you wish to be published anonymously,
indicate so, but include your name, etc., for our
information, in case the editor has questions.
Mail or deliver your letters to HSR, Inc., 1630
N.W. 19, Okla. City, OK 73106. Deadline is the
15th of each month.
Dear Herland:
For some time I have meant to write and let you
know what a tremendous job I think the Newsletter staff is doing in informing the women's community of what is going on. That all of you wear
a dozen hats as you both create and report
events makes your accomplishments even more
remarkable.
As a former editor I may know some of the frustrations you feel from time to time. 1 hope to
erase some of them by letting you know how
very successful I think Herland Sister Resources,
Inc., is.
When The Oklahoma New Woman, aka Sister
Advocate was alive, I made a half-hearted attempt to provide news of the community, state
and political scene as it related to women, but
primarily I used the newspaper as a forum for
my own viewpoints and those of writers who
helped put it out. Not to minimize either our efforts or our results, of which I will always be
proud, I believe the newspaper was as good as it
could be for a time (1975-81) when the women's
community was much more factionalized and
diverse. We were trying to be all things to all
women, as we saw them.
The Oklahoma New Woman/Sister Advocate was
not associated with any one group because I
believed it should remain independent and serve
all. In retrospect, I believe that was its major
flaw. It did not reflect the feelings and interests
of a cohesive body of women; it, instead, reflected the lack of same.
Through HSR, which provides a women's bookstore, semi-annual retreats to Walden-like ponds,
occasional workshops, periodic big-name women's
music concerts, monthly coffeehouses, a publication, a forum for new musical and literary talent,
and much, much more, a real women's community
is developing. It feels good. You are creating a
space in which women feel comfortable with
themselves and good about their choices. You are
restoring self-confidence and pride in a healthy
atmosphere. You are serving a dignified community with dignity, expanding your followers' consciousness without fear.
I don't know if you ever long for a big tabloid
with original pieces by Alice Walker or Rita Mae
Brown or other prestigious writers, or wish you
could work full-time at your editorial responsibilities, or dream of a full-color press of your own,
or see yourself jetting off to cover an International Women's Year Conference in Copenhagen,
or want an AP teletype machine clattering in the
room as it spits out only women's news--but if
you do, I hope you will all give yourselves a big
pat on the back for doing what you do so very
well.
With the expertise contained in the collective
talents of the members of the HSR troops, there
is no doubt you could explode the women's music
field nationally, or outshine Plexus or Ms, or
create envY in even the San Francisco women's
community in the wealth of feminist offerings in
the art and literary markets. But that would
take a concentrated effort in one solitary direction, and would deprive this delicate community
in its first flower of the variety . that appeals to
every taste.
The Newsletter reports all the news, but it is
merely the vehicle that carries the message of
love, of acceptance. That loving acceptance is
your product, not the brown paper bag in which
it is wrapped, nor the paper on which it is
printed.
As I said before, you are all doing a tremendous
fob, and I am grateful for me and for my daughter, who may never feel the lonely isolation
thanks to Herland Sister Resources, Inc.
In sisterhood,
Peggy J. Durham, OKC
announces
the next meeting of the Collective
Open to the Public
Sunday, July 13, 1986, 6:30 p.m.
1630 N.W. 19, OKC
Publisher:
Editor:
Typesetter:
Advertising:
Circulation:
Herland Sister Resources, Inc.
Elaine Barton
Marian Hulsey
Marian Hulsey, 521-8434
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THE SOUTHERN & BLOOMINGTON FESTIVALS
by Wahru
One of the reasons I have not attended the two
previous Southern Women's Music Festivals is
because I have apprehensions about the South
and what could happen to me, as a black woman
in the South. There was no reason for me to not
believe that the women in the South would be
much like some of the prejudiced women I run
into around OKC, but in Atlanta I never felt so
comfortable.
The drive to Cleveland, Georgia, where the f estival site is, was more like going to Marlow, or
somewhere a little less safe. The South does
have a bad reputation, but in Atlar9ta I visited
the women's bookstore in the area of town
called Little Five Points, and felt very welcome
there. Women were walking hand in hand ... men
with men ... women with men, sort of like a Greenwich Village, lined with specialty bookstores and
two crystcd shops, an African clothing store, a
marvelous food coop. I ate at a place called Eat
Your Vegetables, filled with peace people, everyone was open. I do believe that we lesbians are
peace people. We are angry, but I believe we
are looking for peace so we can all get along.
There were about 1700 women on the land at
the festival--in tents and cabins and RVs--some
with clothes on, some half clothed, some with no
clothes on. That's what usually impresses you at
first, but some women attend to be attending a
women's music festival, and there was one nonlesbian woman there. There was no outreach to
her and she became afraid and left. My feeling
is that we spend a lot of time concentrating on
our being lesbians, rather than on what we can
do for the world.
Rosemary Curb, co-editor of Lesbian Nuns, conducted an impressive workshop on how she felt
in the convent and after she left. Again, she
said she wasn't too happy with what Barbara
Grier did with the rights to the book, but was
diplomatic in saying Grier had done some wonderful things in the community.
it was exhilirating. We sang "We Are the World"
and donated money to the shelters. The state of
Georgia does not support the battered women's
shelters and rape crisis lines, which are dependent on private donations.
About racism in Georgia, I hear the women in
the South saying that if anyone is going to
change the South, it's going to be the women.
At times I found myself in conversations with
women about racism and they asked, over and
over, "What are we going to do about racism?"
They were asking questions that I haven't heard
that many people in Oklahoma ask.
I got to Bloomington, Indiana, for the National
Women's Music Festival early. The whole town
was getting ready, hiring extra people and adding
stock. The town knows this festival is good for
the economy and is very accepting of it.
I'm always impressed by the variety of ages represented here. This year they had a Crone's
Nest, where the women discussed issues for aging lesbians. The Wallflower Order Dance Group
does something called "Dance for Social Change,"
where they create dances around social issues,
such as housework, South Africa and the CIA,
with suits, hats and shades, with songs and comedy. Pat Parker's poem "A Movement in Black"
took the place apart. After the concerts, dance
bands Sensible Pumps, Marathon and the Reel
World String Band played, with the latter attempting to teach over 1000 women to square
dance.
Sue Fink has to be one of the most outrageous
performers around--punk with a message.
She
wants to come to OKC, as does Nancy Day, who
plays keyboards.
A word to our local musicians: I do believe and
have always believed that our local musicians are
as good as any other. I'd like to figure a way to
sponsor them to one of these festivals, first for
a coffeehouse, then a day stage spot, and then,
of course, onto the night stage.
I love Bloomington because you can walk "out"!
Eleanor Smeal always looks so shy, but when she
stands up to talk, she really says what it is we
need to do.
Holly Near has the ability to go into a festival
and start talking about rural issues and peace
and all kinds of things, and by the time she's
through with you, you're ready to go out and
become a missionary for peace. There she was,
singing for our lives and I'm standing there by a
woman with a Dixie flag on her hat. They used
to wrap my ancestors in that flag and hang them
or burn them.
On the day of Hands Across America, we all
joined hands around a lake and when we touched,
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For Information, Call
Bette Kelley, M.Ed., CADC
(Certified Alcohol Drug Counselor)
405-949-2301
WOMEN'S PRESS OPENS IN OKC
ADOLESCENT CRISIS TELEPHONE
Red Dirt Press, Inc., is a new women's publishing
company, founded to provide women writers, particularly from Oklahoma and the south central
region, an opportunity to publish with a womanowned and operated business. Red Dirt is special
because the women of Red Dirt are committed to
providing individual editorial assistance, quality
production and broad distribution to encourage
feminist writing.
More than 1100 young people have received help
during the first six months of the Oklahoma Adolescent Crisis Telephone (OK ACT), according to
training coordinator Candy Camhi.
Piecework, a magazine of women's poetry, is the
press' first quarterly publication. They are accepting submissions through August 1 for the
autumn issue, to be published Oct. 15, 1986.
Piecework is named for a kind of women's work,
a precision with hands and eye for detail. It is
about economic survival and usefulness, preservation and beauty. Whether your concept of work
by the piece originates from the home or the
factory, is taking in mending or ironing, manufacturing the piece for the part for the machine, or
piecing the years of scraps from a family's worn
clothing into the quilt pattern which will warm
you again, the publishers hope that you, as poets
and readers of poems, will make this collection
of words a tradition.
Subscriptions to Piecework are $12 for one year.
The magazine will be published in October, January, April and July. Send your submissions and
subscriptions to Piecework, Red Dirt Press, Inc.,
7610 N.W. 36, Bethany, OK 73008, or write for
more information.
The hot line is a service of the Adolescent
Health Project, a joint activity of the departments of pediatrics, psychiatry and behavioral
sciences at the University of Oklahoma Health
Sciences Center.
The hot line number is 271-TEEN and is staffed
from noon to midnight.
Camhi said the project's mission is to address
the health care needs of adolescents and young
adults throughout the state, especially in pregnancy, substance abuse and suicide. The program
has provided in-service meetings on such topics
as incest and sexual abuse, the grief process,
eating disorders and homosexuality.
On issues concerning gay and lesbian youth,
Cambi believes OK ACT is as good a place to
call as the gay helpline.
"We can't answer the technical questions on
AIDS or that kind of thing," said Camhi, "but
our people are trained well and informed on the
subjects of interest to gay and lesbian youth.
"Around mid-September we will sponsor another
training session for volunteers and would very
much like to be represented by every segment of
the community," Cambi continued.
More information is available by calling 271-3539.
COMPTON ANNOUNCES CANDIDACY
Donna Compton has announced her candidacy for
the U.S. House of Representatives seat from District 5, currently held by Mickey Edwards.
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She is the former managing editor of Midtown
an Oklahoma City community newspaper
which focused on neighborhoods and the impact
of state, national and global events on local
community life. She is a native Oklahoman, born
in Ada and raised in the farming community of
Lindsay. Compton is a single parent of four children, one a 1986 graduate of, and the others all
attending OKC public schools.
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For more information, write Compton for Congress, P.O. Box 61310, Oklahoma City, OK 73146.
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RAFFINATE TO BE USED ON FARMLAND
The Oklahoma Possible Society is sponsoring a
one day celebrational event, "Learning to Live
the Ordinary Life in an Extraordinary Way ... ,"
Saturday, August 2, at the Christian Camp in
Guthrie.
Native Americans for a Clean Environment have
added another issue to their struggle: to stop
the spraying of treated nuclear waste on farmland. In 1982, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission
gave Kerr McGee a permit to test treated waste,
called raffinate, for use as fertilizer, as long as
they used it on their own property.
Program for the event includes mind/body work,
high play, personal growth, music and dance, networking and exercises.
Cost, which includes an evening meal, is $25 for
adults and $10 for children (separate program).
The facility is accessible to the handicapped.
Mail registration to Possible Society, 1721 N.W.
20, Oklahoma City, OK 73106.
For more information, call Nancy at 525-5691, or
Pierre at 943-7432.
OKLAHOMA GAY COMMUNITY SETS RETREATS
Retreats for women and men 18 or older who are
interested in imr roving the quality of their lives
and the lives of gay men and lesbians all across
Oklahoma are being planned.
They will be held July 19-20 and September 1314. Registration is $25 which includes four nutritious meals, housing in rustic cabins and use
of a lodge with fireplace and kitchen. Registration is accepted until July 21 for the Sept. session. (Registration is already closed for the first
retreat, but you might contact them in case
there are cancellations.) Send $25 per person
with name, address and phone to OGCR, P.O.
Box 4805, Tulsa, OK 74159.
Activities will include group discussons and quiet
times to get more in touch with attitudes and
feelings; workshops that address self-image, selfesteem, relationships and communicating our true
selves in an atmosphere of fun and relaxation.
The sponsoring group consists of former retreat
participants. The retreats were started by members and leaders of various gay organizations in
Oklahoma, but are totally independent of all organizations.
Kerr McGee has bought thousands of acres of
farmland in the tri-county area (Sequoyah,
Haskell and Muskogee Counties where the facility sits) at a reported 80% tax write-off, to spray
the "slightly" radioactive waste containing 18
heavy metals.
Write for a list and petitions to help stop this
ultimate in cheap waste disposal, to NACE, Rt.
2, Box 51-B, Vian, OK 74962, or call 917-7738184.
The League of Women Voters of Oklahoma has
released the Oklahoma Hazardous Waste Kit,
which is available for $1.50 by writing to them
at 400 N.W. 23, OKC, OK 73103.
VICTIM ADVOCACY TRAINING
Victim Advocacy Training on domestic violence
and sexual assault will be held July 21-25, 8-5
daily at Geiger Center, lf219, Oklahoma Baptist
University in Shawnee.
Topics include the role of advocates, crisis intervention techniques, police response to domestic
violence and sexual assault, victims and the legal
system, protective orders, victim compensation,
follow-up services, starting rape crisis programs,
hot lines and providing community awareness
training.
Tuition is $150 and carries 2 hours credit. For
more information, contact James Farthing, Behavioral and Social Sciences, OBU, Shawnee, OK
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A LETTER HOME, WHILE ON VACATION
GAMES
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(To Whom It May Concern)
San Francisco's nice, the girls here are wild!
I go out every night, to concerts or dances.
The weather is cool. groceries are cheaper.
My schedule is filled, you'd think I'm in Nirvana.
Went to seea Laurie Anderson movie,
Went to hear Judy Grahn read poetry;
Visited the ocean; had dinner with friends.
Let me tell you what I did today:
Went to the women's clinic, they had news for me-I've brought a souvenir from home.
I'm thinking of you now, and what we have shared-Sisterhood and friends have a lot to give.
This is one thing I wish someone had kept
To herself. I don't even know exactly
Who. Whoever it is, this letter is to you.
And everyone else involved. Pull out your
Microscopes, warm up your speculums. We've
Got a problem and there's no guessing how far
It has spread by now. What I'm trying to tell you
Is that we are all cL.1tagious.
come play
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Will Rogers P<.trk, OKC
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POTLUCK
Satmday, July 19, 1986
4:00 p.m.
Oh lesbian culture's so kind and generous! We
Switch partners with each other to surpass
Outdated themes such as monogamy and possession.
Oh, sisterhood and sharing! We passed around more
Than just ourselves, without even knowing. And each
Of you has been with at least two others that I
Am aware of, spreading a microbe from vagina to vagina,
Rapidly it multiplies from three women to a dozen.
I'm feeling irritated in more ways than one. How I
Can blame you like this, if you didn't know.
I have no answer. Makes me think I need a testtube and
Slide for every woman before I consider kissing
Her. But you see the figures and understand
The implications. Lesbian lifestyle has its limitations.
I'm having a nice time here on vacation. There
Are so many lesbians around, it's overwhelming. But
Even if I were tempted, even if someone looked
Inviting, I have to abstain, to retain integrity.
I won't give someone else the present I got from
You. Be fair, make a list of everyone you've
Been with. Let them know, symptoms don't have to
Show. Do some cultural work, stop this culture
From spreading. We like to think we are immune,
So safe, we only sleep with women we know. But
I got some news today. Someone I know has given
Me something that's literally a pain. No thanks
To whoever you are. Now I'm an agent, and
So are each of you, and everyone you've been with too.
There's theater and film here, a women's bookstore,
My schedule is full and my life is happy.
Just one thing distresses me.
Somebody gave me something I don't want.
Now, do your part and spread the word to
Anyone who needs to know. Gardnerella is going
Around, to what extent, I'm not even guessing. But
Spread this news, no thanks to whomever, and prevent
Further contagion. I've done my part, now, sent
A letter home. Tell your friends we share something
More than sisterhood. Pull out your speculums and
Take necessary action. Where it started, I don't
Know, my concern now is a happy ending.
Anonymous
JOHNSON
PEGGY
in concert
Will Rogers Amphitheatre
7:00 p.m.
TALENT
SHOW
hosted by
My friends, the women in my life, let me address
Health matters. I'm feeling irritated in more
Ways than one. Remember that weekend the three
Of us were all together, for a friendly time?
Well, one of you, or both by now, had lasting impact.
Tell your partners, tell your friends, Gardnerella
Is going around. And no thanks to whoever donated
The culture. Where is my honor? I thought friends
Would be safe. I've no excuse and neither do you.
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(Editor's Note: After some research (talking to nurses and
looking in medical dictionaries) the exact nature of
gardnerella remains a mystery to this editor back home.
Maybe it's West Coast slang for a yeast or nonspecific
bacteria. If any readers know, drop us a line.)
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features include affordability, handicapped accessibility, restroom facilities, telephone and temperature control. Donated space has not been
forthcoming and other acceptable space option
has been cost-prohibitive. Based on thase circumstances, another option is being exptored, that of
private corporation land purchase.
The proposed corporation would obtain financial
backing through the sale of stock at a cost of
fifty (50) dollars per share. The purpose of the
corporation would be to purchase and hold real
estate for investment purposes and to make the
real estate available for Berland and other
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VOLUME 2,
JULY 1986
NUMBER 7
MABEL BASSETT: HOUSE OF HORRORS
by Linda Parks
In today's world of women with courage and vision, there is an area being ignored--the area of
LAW and its effect upon women. In Oklahoma
City, there is a women's prison that is making
its harsh reality a painful experience for women
who have "broken the laws of man."
One must, perhaps, be reminded that our courts,
legal offices and prisons are run by MEN. Even
the prisons for women are staffed and governed
by men. These men take their authority out in
the strictest measure against women--almost as if
they feel that this is their final opportunity to
make their power felt--against helpless women
caught up in their grasp.
In the Mabel Bassett Correctional Center, the
groups of women who are made to suffer the
most are the blacks, the American Indians and
the Mexican Americans. Women who have been
born into any of these groups find that prison
life is their final degradation, as they are
abused, locked away in single solitary cells, forgotten by the outside world, but certainly not
forgotten by their captors, who use them for
sexual pleasu res, illicit profits from drugs and
as slaves for their inhuman desires for pain and
total surrender.
The terrible things that go on behind the walls
of this institution are not known by most "lawabiding, good citizens" of the great State of
Oklahoma, as they feel confident that the courts
are doing their duty and that prisons are merely
places of correction for those who have gone
astray.
Most individuals one talks to about women in
prison shrug and just say, "Well, they must belong there or they would be free." This is not
true. Women without proper attorneys--that cost
money--find themselves victimized by courts,
where prosecuting attorneys with one thing in
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mind, advancement in the legal community, treat
women as they have in the past treated other
men, only with more intolerance for circumstances. They ignore the basic emotional and
spiritual needs of women.
It is a fact that today, more women than men
are being convicted of offenses, and women are
given longer prison terms. These women have
children they must leave behind to be cared for
by family members or the state. . Many times a
woman is convicted of a non-violent crime, a
first offense that a man would be given a parole
for, or placed on probation, and she is given the
longest possible term in prison. And, if she is
black, an Indian or a Mexican, she can count on
the harshest verdict by the all white judge and
jury and court members.
In dealing with individuals rather than general
statistics, I have been working with 15 women
who are in MBCC . Their stories and accounts of
sexual abuse by guards, drugs' being forced upon
them by staff doctors, dirty food, filthy cells
where sewers overflow onto the floors, isolation
cells for years at a time (two young women have
spent three years alone, in segregation cells
without hope of ever getting out), discrimination,
prejudices, out-right harassment by guards are
everyday happenings for these women. I am certain that the people of Oklahoma did not mean
for women to be removed from a society of compassion and justice and placed into a prison
where violence and corruption by staff makes the
true crime the responsibility of every person in
the State of Oklahoma.
Who are the guardians of justice for women in
prison? There is no one, save you and I. I need
your help to let people know the truth about the
prisons, and to get help for our sisters who cry
out for justice and mercy.
For more information, write Linda Parks, Editor,
Woman to Woman, P.O. Box 6755, Lake Charles,
LA 70606.
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
We encourage the exchange of information, personal opinions on issues of concern to the Oklahoma women's community, and your stories and
experiences.
The editor reserves the right to edit and condense letters according to space limitations. Letters should be typed, double-spaced and signed
by the author(s). Include your address and phone
number. If you wish to be published anonymously,
indicate so, but include your name, etc., for our
information, in case the editor has questions.
Mail or deliver your letters to HSR, Inc., 1630
N.W. 19, Okla. City, OK 73106. Deadline is the
15th of each month.
Dear Herland:
For some time I have meant to write and let you
know what a tremendous job I think the Newsletter staff is doing in informing the women's community of what is going on. That all of you wear
a dozen hats as you both create and report
events makes your accomplishments even more
remarkable.
As a former editor I may know some of the frustrations you feel from time to time. 1 hope to
erase some of them by letting you know how
very successful I think Herland Sister Resources,
Inc., is.
When The Oklahoma New Woman, aka Sister
Advocate was alive, I made a half-hearted attempt to provide news of the community, state
and political scene as it related to women, but
primarily I used the newspaper as a forum for
my own viewpoints and those of writers who
helped put it out. Not to minimize either our efforts or our results, of which I will always be
proud, I believe the newspaper was as good as it
could be for a time (1975-81) when the women's
community was much more factionalized and
diverse. We were trying to be all things to all
women, as we saw them.
The Oklahoma New Woman/Sister Advocate was
not associated with any one group because I
believed it should remain independent and serve
all. In retrospect, I believe that was its major
flaw. It did not reflect the feelings and interests
of a cohesive body of women; it, instead, reflected the lack of same.
Through HSR, which provides a women's bookstore, semi-annual retreats to Walden-like ponds,
occasional workshops, periodic big-name women's
music concerts, monthly coffeehouses, a publication, a forum for new musical and literary talent,
and much, much more, a real women's community
is developing. It feels good. You are creating a
space in which women feel comfortable with
themselves and good about their choices. You are
restoring self-confidence and pride in a healthy
atmosphere. You are serving a dignified community with dignity, expanding your followers' consciousness without fear.
I don't know if you ever long for a big tabloid
with original pieces by Alice Walker or Rita Mae
Brown or other prestigious writers, or wish you
could work full-time at your editorial responsibilities, or dream of a full-color press of your own,
or see yourself jetting off to cover an International Women's Year Conference in Copenhagen,
or want an AP teletype machine clattering in the
room as it spits out only women's news--but if
you do, I hope you will all give yourselves a big
pat on the back for doing what you do so very
well.
With the expertise contained in the collective
talents of the members of the HSR troops, there
is no doubt you could explode the women's music
field nationally, or outshine Plexus or Ms, or
create envY in even the San Francisco women's
community in the wealth of feminist offerings in
the art and literary markets. But that would
take a concentrated effort in one solitary direction, and would deprive this delicate community
in its first flower of the variety . that appeals to
every taste.
The Newsletter reports all the news, but it is
merely the vehicle that carries the message of
love, of acceptance. That loving acceptance is
your product, not the brown paper bag in which
it is wrapped, nor the paper on which it is
printed.
As I said before, you are all doing a tremendous
fob, and I am grateful for me and for my daughter, who may never feel the lonely isolation
thanks to Herland Sister Resources, Inc.
In sisterhood,
Peggy J. Durham, OKC
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Open to the Public
Sunday, July 13, 1986, 6:30 p.m.
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THE SOUTHERN & BLOOMINGTON FESTIVALS
by Wahru
One of the reasons I have not attended the two
previous Southern Women's Music Festivals is
because I have apprehensions about the South
and what could happen to me, as a black woman
in the South. There was no reason for me to not
believe that the women in the South would be
much like some of the prejudiced women I run
into around OKC, but in Atlanta I never felt so
comfortable.
The drive to Cleveland, Georgia, where the f estival site is, was more like going to Marlow, or
somewhere a little less safe. The South does
have a bad reputation, but in Atlar9ta I visited
the women's bookstore in the area of town
called Little Five Points, and felt very welcome
there. Women were walking hand in hand ... men
with men ... women with men, sort of like a Greenwich Village, lined with specialty bookstores and
two crystcd shops, an African clothing store, a
marvelous food coop. I ate at a place called Eat
Your Vegetables, filled with peace people, everyone was open. I do believe that we lesbians are
peace people. We are angry, but I believe we
are looking for peace so we can all get along.
There were about 1700 women on the land at
the festival--in tents and cabins and RVs--some
with clothes on, some half clothed, some with no
clothes on. That's what usually impresses you at
first, but some women attend to be attending a
women's music festival, and there was one nonlesbian woman there. There was no outreach to
her and she became afraid and left. My feeling
is that we spend a lot of time concentrating on
our being lesbians, rather than on what we can
do for the world.
Rosemary Curb, co-editor of Lesbian Nuns, conducted an impressive workshop on how she felt
in the convent and after she left. Again, she
said she wasn't too happy with what Barbara
Grier did with the rights to the book, but was
diplomatic in saying Grier had done some wonderful things in the community.
it was exhilirating. We sang "We Are the World"
and donated money to the shelters. The state of
Georgia does not support the battered women's
shelters and rape crisis lines, which are dependent on private donations.
About racism in Georgia, I hear the women in
the South saying that if anyone is going to
change the South, it's going to be the women.
At times I found myself in conversations with
women about racism and they asked, over and
over, "What are we going to do about racism?"
They were asking questions that I haven't heard
that many people in Oklahoma ask.
I got to Bloomington, Indiana, for the National
Women's Music Festival early. The whole town
was getting ready, hiring extra people and adding
stock. The town knows this festival is good for
the economy and is very accepting of it.
I'm always impressed by the variety of ages represented here. This year they had a Crone's
Nest, where the women discussed issues for aging lesbians. The Wallflower Order Dance Group
does something called "Dance for Social Change,"
where they create dances around social issues,
such as housework, South Africa and the CIA,
with suits, hats and shades, with songs and comedy. Pat Parker's poem "A Movement in Black"
took the place apart. After the concerts, dance
bands Sensible Pumps, Marathon and the Reel
World String Band played, with the latter attempting to teach over 1000 women to square
dance.
Sue Fink has to be one of the most outrageous
performers around--punk with a message.
She
wants to come to OKC, as does Nancy Day, who
plays keyboards.
A word to our local musicians: I do believe and
have always believed that our local musicians are
as good as any other. I'd like to figure a way to
sponsor them to one of these festivals, first for
a coffeehouse, then a day stage spot, and then,
of course, onto the night stage.
I love Bloomington because you can walk "out"!
Eleanor Smeal always looks so shy, but when she
stands up to talk, she really says what it is we
need to do.
Holly Near has the ability to go into a festival
and start talking about rural issues and peace
and all kinds of things, and by the time she's
through with you, you're ready to go out and
become a missionary for peace. There she was,
singing for our lives and I'm standing there by a
woman with a Dixie flag on her hat. They used
to wrap my ancestors in that flag and hang them
or burn them.
On the day of Hands Across America, we all
joined hands around a lake and when we touched,
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WOMEN'S PRESS OPENS IN OKC
ADOLESCENT CRISIS TELEPHONE
Red Dirt Press, Inc., is a new women's publishing
company, founded to provide women writers, particularly from Oklahoma and the south central
region, an opportunity to publish with a womanowned and operated business. Red Dirt is special
because the women of Red Dirt are committed to
providing individual editorial assistance, quality
production and broad distribution to encourage
feminist writing.
More than 1100 young people have received help
during the first six months of the Oklahoma Adolescent Crisis Telephone (OK ACT), according to
training coordinator Candy Camhi.
Piecework, a magazine of women's poetry, is the
press' first quarterly publication. They are accepting submissions through August 1 for the
autumn issue, to be published Oct. 15, 1986.
Piecework is named for a kind of women's work,
a precision with hands and eye for detail. It is
about economic survival and usefulness, preservation and beauty. Whether your concept of work
by the piece originates from the home or the
factory, is taking in mending or ironing, manufacturing the piece for the part for the machine, or
piecing the years of scraps from a family's worn
clothing into the quilt pattern which will warm
you again, the publishers hope that you, as poets
and readers of poems, will make this collection
of words a tradition.
Subscriptions to Piecework are $12 for one year.
The magazine will be published in October, January, April and July. Send your submissions and
subscriptions to Piecework, Red Dirt Press, Inc.,
7610 N.W. 36, Bethany, OK 73008, or write for
more information.
The hot line is a service of the Adolescent
Health Project, a joint activity of the departments of pediatrics, psychiatry and behavioral
sciences at the University of Oklahoma Health
Sciences Center.
The hot line number is 271-TEEN and is staffed
from noon to midnight.
Camhi said the project's mission is to address
the health care needs of adolescents and young
adults throughout the state, especially in pregnancy, substance abuse and suicide. The program
has provided in-service meetings on such topics
as incest and sexual abuse, the grief process,
eating disorders and homosexuality.
On issues concerning gay and lesbian youth,
Cambi believes OK ACT is as good a place to
call as the gay helpline.
"We can't answer the technical questions on
AIDS or that kind of thing," said Camhi, "but
our people are trained well and informed on the
subjects of interest to gay and lesbian youth.
"Around mid-September we will sponsor another
training session for volunteers and would very
much like to be represented by every segment of
the community," Cambi continued.
More information is available by calling 271-3539.
COMPTON ANNOUNCES CANDIDACY
Donna Compton has announced her candidacy for
the U.S. House of Representatives seat from District 5, currently held by Mickey Edwards.
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an Oklahoma City community newspaper
which focused on neighborhoods and the impact
of state, national and global events on local
community life. She is a native Oklahoman, born
in Ada and raised in the farming community of
Lindsay. Compton is a single parent of four children, one a 1986 graduate of, and the others all
attending OKC public schools.
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The Oklahoma Possible Society is sponsoring a
one day celebrational event, "Learning to Live
the Ordinary Life in an Extraordinary Way ... ,"
Saturday, August 2, at the Christian Camp in
Guthrie.
Native Americans for a Clean Environment have
added another issue to their struggle: to stop
the spraying of treated nuclear waste on farmland. In 1982, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission
gave Kerr McGee a permit to test treated waste,
called raffinate, for use as fertilizer, as long as
they used it on their own property.
Program for the event includes mind/body work,
high play, personal growth, music and dance, networking and exercises.
Cost, which includes an evening meal, is $25 for
adults and $10 for children (separate program).
The facility is accessible to the handicapped.
Mail registration to Possible Society, 1721 N.W.
20, Oklahoma City, OK 73106.
For more information, call Nancy at 525-5691, or
Pierre at 943-7432.
OKLAHOMA GAY COMMUNITY SETS RETREATS
Retreats for women and men 18 or older who are
interested in imr roving the quality of their lives
and the lives of gay men and lesbians all across
Oklahoma are being planned.
They will be held July 19-20 and September 1314. Registration is $25 which includes four nutritious meals, housing in rustic cabins and use
of a lodge with fireplace and kitchen. Registration is accepted until July 21 for the Sept. session. (Registration is already closed for the first
retreat, but you might contact them in case
there are cancellations.) Send $25 per person
with name, address and phone to OGCR, P.O.
Box 4805, Tulsa, OK 74159.
Activities will include group discussons and quiet
times to get more in touch with attitudes and
feelings; workshops that address self-image, selfesteem, relationships and communicating our true
selves in an atmosphere of fun and relaxation.
The sponsoring group consists of former retreat
participants. The retreats were started by members and leaders of various gay organizations in
Oklahoma, but are totally independent of all organizations.
Kerr McGee has bought thousands of acres of
farmland in the tri-county area (Sequoyah,
Haskell and Muskogee Counties where the facility sits) at a reported 80% tax write-off, to spray
the "slightly" radioactive waste containing 18
heavy metals.
Write for a list and petitions to help stop this
ultimate in cheap waste disposal, to NACE, Rt.
2, Box 51-B, Vian, OK 74962, or call 917-7738184.
The League of Women Voters of Oklahoma has
released the Oklahoma Hazardous Waste Kit,
which is available for $1.50 by writing to them
at 400 N.W. 23, OKC, OK 73103.
VICTIM ADVOCACY TRAINING
Victim Advocacy Training on domestic violence
and sexual assault will be held July 21-25, 8-5
daily at Geiger Center, lf219, Oklahoma Baptist
University in Shawnee.
Topics include the role of advocates, crisis intervention techniques, police response to domestic
violence and sexual assault, victims and the legal
system, protective orders, victim compensation,
follow-up services, starting rape crisis programs,
hot lines and providing community awareness
training.
Tuition is $150 and carries 2 hours credit. For
more information, contact James Farthing, Behavioral and Social Sciences, OBU, Shawnee, OK
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A LETTER HOME, WHILE ON VACATION
GAMES
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(To Whom It May Concern)
San Francisco's nice, the girls here are wild!
I go out every night, to concerts or dances.
The weather is cool. groceries are cheaper.
My schedule is filled, you'd think I'm in Nirvana.
Went to seea Laurie Anderson movie,
Went to hear Judy Grahn read poetry;
Visited the ocean; had dinner with friends.
Let me tell you what I did today:
Went to the women's clinic, they had news for me-I've brought a souvenir from home.
I'm thinking of you now, and what we have shared-Sisterhood and friends have a lot to give.
This is one thing I wish someone had kept
To herself. I don't even know exactly
Who. Whoever it is, this letter is to you.
And everyone else involved. Pull out your
Microscopes, warm up your speculums. We've
Got a problem and there's no guessing how far
It has spread by now. What I'm trying to tell you
Is that we are all cL.1tagious.
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Will Rogers P<.trk, OKC
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POTLUCK
Satmday, July 19, 1986
4:00 p.m.
Oh lesbian culture's so kind and generous! We
Switch partners with each other to surpass
Outdated themes such as monogamy and possession.
Oh, sisterhood and sharing! We passed around more
Than just ourselves, without even knowing. And each
Of you has been with at least two others that I
Am aware of, spreading a microbe from vagina to vagina,
Rapidly it multiplies from three women to a dozen.
I'm feeling irritated in more ways than one. How I
Can blame you like this, if you didn't know.
I have no answer. Makes me think I need a testtube and
Slide for every woman before I consider kissing
Her. But you see the figures and understand
The implications. Lesbian lifestyle has its limitations.
I'm having a nice time here on vacation. There
Are so many lesbians around, it's overwhelming. But
Even if I were tempted, even if someone looked
Inviting, I have to abstain, to retain integrity.
I won't give someone else the present I got from
You. Be fair, make a list of everyone you've
Been with. Let them know, symptoms don't have to
Show. Do some cultural work, stop this culture
From spreading. We like to think we are immune,
So safe, we only sleep with women we know. But
I got some news today. Someone I know has given
Me something that's literally a pain. No thanks
To whoever you are. Now I'm an agent, and
So are each of you, and everyone you've been with too.
There's theater and film here, a women's bookstore,
My schedule is full and my life is happy.
Just one thing distresses me.
Somebody gave me something I don't want.
Now, do your part and spread the word to
Anyone who needs to know. Gardnerella is going
Around, to what extent, I'm not even guessing. But
Spread this news, no thanks to whomever, and prevent
Further contagion. I've done my part, now, sent
A letter home. Tell your friends we share something
More than sisterhood. Pull out your speculums and
Take necessary action. Where it started, I don't
Know, my concern now is a happy ending.
Anonymous
JOHNSON
PEGGY
in concert
Will Rogers Amphitheatre
7:00 p.m.
TALENT
SHOW
hosted by
My friends, the women in my life, let me address
Health matters. I'm feeling irritated in more
Ways than one. Remember that weekend the three
Of us were all together, for a friendly time?
Well, one of you, or both by now, had lasting impact.
Tell your partners, tell your friends, Gardnerella
Is going around. And no thanks to whoever donated
The culture. Where is my honor? I thought friends
Would be safe. I've no excuse and neither do you.
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(Editor's Note: After some research (talking to nurses and
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