Brazen Hussy Rag : v.1:no.4(1982)

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VOLUME I,

No.4

OKLAHOMA CITY,OKLA~OHl

A~RIU

1982

Decla ration of In.dep enden ce

Self Love Must Be First Priority of Feminists

by Jana B.
Phyllis Chessler, author of "Women and
The consequence of women's depenMadness", said in her speech to the dency on men, Chessler added, has been
Women and Madness Conference Friday that women are divided against one
March 19, that women need a declara- another. "We have not had women
t ion of independence. Speaking to a goddesses, have not voted for women or
crowd of over 400 people, Chessler supported womens's issues. Feminism
sa i d, "Mental health for women is very must be about changing this, 11 Chessler
differen t if we believe me n will take stated.
care of us. We must believe we can
She said that mo thers have had no
heritage of pride to leave their
t ake of ourselves ."
If you're a feminis t," Chessler daughters, therefor e the daughters
decl ared, "it is necessary to love thy have turned to men as objects of idosi ster as you love yoursel f. This lat~on. Moth~rs are also threatened by
means that you must love yoursel f, their daughters, since men tend to
love yourself against all odds in 1ook to younger and yo.un.ger women as
order t o love an other woman. 11 This sex objects . As a result, mothers are
also includes men, Chessler said. "The set against daughter and the psycho first pr ior ity is the val uation of t he logi cal
pattern of father/d uaghter
self. We must not worsh i p others, ev en incest is created.
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women crave approval from women,
Chessler said, but women withhold this
approval from women they see as a
threat. The object of feminism i~ to
overturn this pattern.
Turning to another area of discussion, Chessler listed what she sees as
the five biases
in psychotherapy.
First, she said, everyone is considered a l~ttle bit crazy. Now, while
everyone is seen as neurotic , men are
viewed as basicall y O.K., but women
are cr azy. The traits women are taught
to develop in this society are labeled
dS
ill, the refore anvthing a woman
does is seen as crazy. Most of us
choose
con fo rmity
over fr eedom,
Chess ler sa id , and in order to be
normal , a "real woman " mus t become a
mother. Once she is a mother , everything is her f ault . 11 Everyone blames
you , t he
pr i est, the psychol ogis t ,
your own mother ... "
Another bias of psychotherapy is t he
concept of illegitamacy
that is,
that a woman or a child is not leg i timate if they are not owned by a man.
"Women want
this, 11 Chess ler sa id,
"they want to be owned in order not to
feel l ike failures . 11
Finally , t.he i·e is a basic human envy
and hatred fo r women. This is true of
women as wel l as men, Chessler said.
Thi ~ will not change in mental health
un t i 1 it is changed in society at
large .
As a resu lt of feminism, Chessler
said, men ha ve become afraid they'll
lose women~ therefor e they are working
harder to keep women in their place
"Men are not close to us, they are
afr.aid of us ... Most sons commit
matricid e, they kill her off psycholoQical ly. This is the primal and
unacknowledged
crime,
Chessler
declared . This murder of the mother is
repeated again and again.
The second consequence of feminism
on the mental health of men has been
that men can now be truly involved
with children , not just experience
children vicariou sly through women or
merely see children as possessions.
Men can now develop true intimacy with
children , Chessler said. In the past,
she said, sons have not known fathers.
Their longing, rage, and grief at this
lack of fatherin g has been turned
against women.
Since -feminism allows men to become
involved with children , mothers will
no longer be seen as the Great Breast
for all children , Chessler said. For
men to take half the job of childrearing will revoluti onize that job.
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1500ATTEND RALLY AGAINST REAGAN
by Jana B.

Hollywood,
irReagan is Racist,• • and
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Reagan, Reagan, he I s our man; if he
A crowd of approximately 1500 can ' t kill us, nobody can!,'' to the
demonstrators gathered on the south beat of tribal drums provided · by
Capitol steps to greet President Native Americ an demonstrato rs.
Reagan on his visit to the Oklahoma A wide variety of groups were
Legisla ture on March 16. The crowd, rep_resented , including Native Ame rithe largest to assemble on the step~ cans demanding treaty rights, workers
sin_ce anti-war days, (and also the protesti ng Reaganomics, women suplargest to gr~et the President on his porting the ERA, gays for gay civil
3-state speaking tour}, didn 1 t get rjghts, blacks, anti-nuc lear actimuch of a chance to make their views vists disabled people and senior
heard by ~he Preside nt,, sinc_e his only, citiz;ns against Social S;curity cuts.
c~nta~t w~th them occurred as
his A group of local feminists performed
limos~ne zipped past the south s~eps guer illa-the atre.
Calling themselves
on his way to the west Capitol ''Ladies Against Women, 11 (LAW), the
entrance.
women waved lace hankies and chanted
The crowd did not dis~ay, however, slogans like ·• •5g Cents · i-s Too Much I r
as they chanted .slogans like ''Reagan,
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Reagan, he ' s no good; send him back to
con•t·on page 3
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NEWS BRIEFS
In the Law

HART WITHDRAWS

POLITICALLY INCORRECT SEX

PHILADELPHIA -- The Rev. B. Samuel NEW YORK -- Lesb
ians who ''pra ctic
Hart has requested that the Reagan
advocate or have fant asie s whice,h
administration withdraw his name from involve 'pol itic
ally inco
t sex'
WISCONSIN
The nati on's firs t· consideration for the Civil Rights have formed the Lesbian rrec
Sex
Mafia
Comm issio n, afte r strin gen t opposition ( LSM) in New York
statewide gay righ ts law went into
.
to his nomination surfaces from gay,
effe ct in Wisconsin on March 3, 1982
The
offe rs programs for its
black, Hispanic and other civi l righ ts membershLSM
The bill outlaws discrimination on the.
ip
twic
e a month. Some progroups.
basis of sexual orie ntat ion in housgrams have included, or will include
ing, employm.ent in both the public and
Rev. Hart, a conservative blac ''Th erap euti c S/M 11 ,
''Ro le Playing:
priv ate sect ors, public acco mmoda- . radio evan geli st from Phil adel phiak, From Butch/Fem
me
to
Mon
vny/Daughter, 11
told repo rters afte r his nomination ''Re crea tion al Drug
tion s,
the National Guard,
and
s
and Sex ,'' and
was announced, that he did not believe
adminis trat ive agency operating proPornography:
How
it
Changed My
cedures.
lesbians and gays have a civi l righ ts L ife.
cause, that he opposed the Equa
Two major dai ly newspapers in Wis
Information is avai labl e from LSM,
consin published edit 0ria ls supporting- Rights Amendment, that he was againstl P.O. Box 2, Vill
age Stat ion, New York
the law, ''Madison Capitol Times''and busing as a means of inte grat ing City , 10014.
1
'M ilwauk.ee
Journal. 11
Widespread schools, and that he agreed with
support from the mainstream relig ious Reagan's proposal to make priv ate
organizations was instrumental in the segregational schools tax-exempt.
Late r, Hart said in a tele visi on
bill 's passage.
interview that he believed homosexuals LESBIAN STUDIES
are sinn ers, but have civi l righ ts.
''Ev ery person has civi l righ ts,•• he HARRISBURG -- Two women college proAUSTIN ORDINANCE
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said .
'But let me say that if Mr. A fess ors are seeking cont ribu tion s to
AUSTIN, TEXAS -- A month afte r voters over here is a liar , he stil l has ''WOMEN IDENTIFIED WOMEN'', an anthosoundly reje cted an anti-gay counter- civi l righ ts. Or, lets 's say he is an logy on lesbian,s , for use in college
adu ltere r; he stil l has civi l righ ts. classrooms. Lesbians from all poli tiprop osal , the Austin city council has
approved an amendment adding lesbians Homosexuality is a moral issu e, not a cal, economic, raci al
and ethnic
backgrounds are encouraged to submit
and gay men to those protected by law civi l righ ts issu e.''
against discrimination in housing.
- Gay Community News desc ript ive, anal ytic and theo retic al
papers to the edit ors, Sandee Pott er
Since it was passed as an emergency
and Trudy Darty.
measure, the amendment cannot be
Pott er says that ther e is
repealed by referendum, and a second
''sca rcit y of easi ly acce ssib le edu-a
init iati ve cannot be held on the same
catio nal material on lesbianism.••
question for two year s. It is unclear
'' W
OMEN IDENTIFIED WOMEN'' will
whet her the city char ter would allow
~Jvided into three major sect ionsbe.
action by in i tiat ive on the enti re
"Id ent ity, " the firs t sect ion, will
ordinance, which proh ibits disc rimi contain arti cles that ''examine the
nat ion in housing on a number of
soci aliz atio n processes involved in
grounds in addit i on to sexual orie nlesbian
iden tity .''
t atio n .
Section
two.
''Op pres sion ~• •
Citiz e~s for
will
focu s
a Unite d Aus t in, a
''so ciet y's systematic discriminati on
group which or ganized oppos it ion to
on
against lesb ians .' ' The las t sect ion ,
the anti-gay ini t i at ive, is seek in g
' ' Cult ure and Commun i ty , •' wil l disdonations to help pay the $15,000 in
cuss
lesbians in t he Uni t ed States as
debts incurred during t he campaign.
a
nat
iona
l community.
Donations may be sent to Citizens for
Manuscripts,
a United Austin, P.O. Box 3301,
typewri t ten
and
double-spaced, may be sent to Sandee
Austin. TX 78764.
Pott er, Ph.D., Department of Sociology,
James
Madison
Univer s ity,
H
ar
r
i
sonb
urg, VA 22807, no late r than
REAGAN BLASTS PRESS
Apr il 21, 1982.
OKLAHOMA CITY -- Pres ident Reagan, in
an in terv i ew with the ''Da ily Oklahoman" blamed the natio nal medi a fo r
cont ribu ti ng psychologica l ly to slow~
THANK YOU
in g down the economy, by dru mm ing a
'' constant downbeat'' in thei r cover'' La Sall e des Femmes'' and the ·
age of his economic programs.
by
·Bra
Jana
zen Hussy Rag would like to thank
B.
Claiming that the networks are
all
the womyn who made the bene fit
OMYN'S COMMUNITY MARCHES ON!
showing a ''lac k of resp ons ibil ity'' OKC W
dinner such a success. We had a lot of
in thei r coverage, Reagan said , ''You
Work on ' 'La Sall e des Femmes'' fun, and we hope all of you did, too.
can 't turn on the evening news without
seeing that they 're going to interview bookstore is progressing well , but it We would like to give special thanks
someone else who has lost his job - or is housed in an old building tha t to all the womyn who brought food, and
that they 're outside the fact ory that needs a lot of work. If you have to the performers who donated thei r
skil ls, tool s, time or energy - WE time and tale nt . Hugs and kisses to DJ
has laid off workers &so fort h.''
When asked if his image had been WANT YOU!! Working hours are Saturday for lending us her place. This should
from 12:00pm to 6:00pm, and on Sunday serve as an example of what womyn
affe cted , Reagan responded,
' ' I I m 1:00pm to 5:00p
m. Now is the time for working together can accomplish.
Scrooge to a lot of people, and if
they only knew it, I'm the soft est all good womyn to come to the aid of BRAZEN HUSSY TO RUN THE MES
thei r Community!
touch they've had for a long time .''
For info , call T.J. at 528-4494.
OKLAHOMA CITY -- The edit oria l col- The Daily Oklahoman
lect ive of the Brazen Hussy Rag
decided to devote our cent erfo ld has
BOOK DRIVE
issu e- and theme-oriented arti cles . to
LESBIAN JUDGE
Next month's topic is monogamy vs.
Spring is here, it's time to clean · non-monoqamy.
SAN FRANCISCO -- Cali forn ia' s Gov. out
However, if you have a
EdmundG. ''Je rry' ' Brown, jr., who we'l those old, dusty bookshelves, and special inte rest you would like to
delights in sett ing tren ds, has ap- your l help by taking those books off writ e about, please feel free .
hands. We can trad e those unpointed the firs t openly lesbian judge
All
uscripts and lett ers to the
want
ed
books for books for the book- edit or man
to the San Francisco Municipal Court.
shou
e. Drop the books by the bookstor e read them, ld be written so we can
She is Mary Morgan, 35, prominent stor
and be submitted to the
(1630 N.W. 19th) during working hours, Brazen
gay righ ts and feminist 1awyer, who or
Huss
y
Rag,
1630 N.W .• 19th.
earned her law degree from New York probcall if you have tran spor tatio nal
All
mate
rial
submitted becomes
lems. For more information, call property of
University.
the
Brazen Hussy Rag,
T.J. at 528-4494.
unless previous arrangements are made.
- from Lavender Morning
A FIRST IN THE NATION

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CALENDAR
APRIL 12 (Monday)
SPEAKER - SUSAN GUBAR
Nationally
acclaimed
feminist
literary critic Susan Gubar will speak
at 8pm, Monday, April 12, in the 9th
floor lounge of Dale Hall Tower, University of Oklahoma. Gubar co-authored
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The Mad Woman in the Attic' 1 , femi •
nist analysis of 19th century w.omerr
authors, including Charlotte Bronte,
Georges Elliot, and Jane Austin. The
subject of Gubar•s speech will be the
works of H.D. (Hilda Doolittle) a
client of Sigmund Freud, who wrote of
her experience in analysis in a work
titled ''A Tribute To Freud'', 1935.
The speech is sponsored by the University of Oklahoma English Department
and the Women's Studies Student
Association.
APRIL . is (Thursday)
FILM - 11 ROSEY THE RIVE1
/

APRIL 17-19
WIN WITH WOHEI\f WORKSHOP

down, and bring your best buddy with
you. (P.S. - this
is alcohol-free
space.)
This date is tentative, so please
contact Daphne McClellan at the Norman
Women's Resource Center, 364-9424,
before heading out.

Hembers of the Oklahoma Women's
Political Caucus are sponsoring a
11'ilin With Women" worksho:ri as a part
of a national effort to recruit solid wome candidates, encourae;e them
to run, work with their campaigns
and help them with fumd-raising.
The workshop will be held at the
Oklahoma Hispanic cultural Center,
228 Wo Cormnerce, Okc.
Directed by Dr. Ann Carlton, the
aim of the confe:r:-ence is to polish
1·1omen I s political skills and aevelop
new ones.
Featured speakers will be Sen.
Bernice Shedrick, D-Stillwater; Sen.
Gene Stipe, D-Mc.Alester; and Rep.
Helen Arnold, R-~ulsa.
Shedrick will speak at 7 p~m.,
April 17, while Stipe F.I.Ild Arnold
will discuss "The Realities of
Pouer" at 9 a.m •• April 18.
Registration for the workshop
will be $10. Information is available from Earline Carpenter, 399-

APRIL 26 (Monday)
SPEAKER - JUSTICE(~,k~A WILSON
Justice AJma Wilson, newest member
of the Oklahoma State Supreme Court,
will speak at 1:30pm, Monday, April
26, at the Law Center on the OU campus. Wilson's SReech is sponsored by
the OU Panhellenic Association as a
part of Women's Emphasis Week.
GENERAL
LESBIAN ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS meets
every Friday at 7:00pm· at the Metropolitan Community Church (3413 N.
Classen). Also, AA LIVE AND LET LIVE
group meets every Tuesday and Thursday
at 8:00pm, and Saturday at 9:00pm.

The Norman Women's Political Caucus
and the Women's Studies Association of
OU will present the fil~ 1 'Rasey the
Riveter'' at 8pm, Thursday, April 15,
r:A~/.I
in room 128 of Dale Hall. The subject
of the film is the U.S. Government's
WWII propaganda, urging women to first APRIL 23 (Friday)
leave their homes to work in the fac- ARTEMIS HOUSE
tories, producing armaments and 0th er Artemis House, a women's coffeehouse,
war materials at the beginning of the will be held on April 23rd from 7-lOpm
war. At the end of th ~ war, .. th e on the 9th floor of Dale Hall Tower,
government reversed their ~osition, University of Oklahoma, Norman. This
and_urge~ women to leave th eir well- ·.will be the third meeting of the
paying _Jobs and return to th e home, monthly coffeehouse, and response has
and_a ~ife ~entered arou nd mo th erhood. been excellent. Entertainment is proAdmission will be $l.SO at th e door.
vided, along with discussion. Admission is absolutely free, so come on

OKLAHOMANS FOR HUMAN RIGHTS meets the
2nd Sunday of every month at the
Northwest .. Hilton Inn. Social Hour
begins at 6:15pm and the meeting at
7:00pm.
~
LESBIAN SUPPORT & DISCUSSION GROUP
meets every Thursday at 7:30pm. Topics
and locations vary, so please contact
Allison Blanchard
(947-8314), or
Debbie Koller (949-2708) for more
information.

On the Edge

APOLOGY
BY ELAINE BARTON
I'd never felt so de-humanized in
all my life as the day I speht at the
Cap i tol. We were all nameless women
identifiable only by color -- and I
mean red and green. In some small way
it was a racist kind of phenomenon.
Eyes pierced my eyes; presumpt i ans.
formed in faces and even fear. I was
for equal rights for women and believed the (equal rights) amendment
was a fair and safe piece of legislation and for this I did my time in the
gallery in a very suspicious and
judgemental crowd. Well, it was the
first time I was glad the basis for my
oppression, other than being female,
was invisible.
Yet our commonality as womon-bornof-womon was divided by the concerns
of men. The anti-E.R.A. campaign could
not exist without the encouragement
and finances of male interests. For
t he amendment to have fa i 1ed in Ok 1ahoma is to create a travesty of public
op in•ion here .. Anyone who be 1i eves the
dictates of the men in power whe say
the amendment failed
because the
people of Oklahoma believed it to be
anti-church, anti-family, etc., has
bought the lie_. The women who lobbied
at the Capitol
agaist the E.R.A.
bought it from the church fathers who
told them to go if they loved their
children; if they Deeded their husbands, etc. Many of these women were
the puppets of a few men representing
mi nor Protestant denominations. Many.
had never thought for themselves about
what equality is or is not for them in
light of the law, or read the amendment.

We were supporters of the amendment
The Brazen Hussy Rag would like to
we were pro-E.R.A.; they were agains express its sincerest apologies to
it, anti. As the hours wore on i~ Luhra, and to inform our readers that
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close proximity our references to · each "Half a
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and
Into
other became
people in green Starlight,", both of which appeared
people in red progressing to simply in last month's issue, were written by
the reds
and
the greens until we Luhra. Our regrets for the omission.
had
labeled
each
and so separated ourother
mutualsufficiently
experienct _________________....
(at least) as human beings, that we tactic of men's wars to divide and
could believe just about anything we c~nquer. The women of Oklahoma apwished about our opposition. What I peared divided but· if we could onl,.y
mean to say, folks, is the interaction have heard what each other was saying
was absolutely crazy/stereotypica 1.
we would have learned that both side;
h~d families, came from .families and
thought families were okay. If any had
The "people in red" sang hymns in had ears to hear ·we 'would have heard
the Capitol corridors at 6:00 a.m., "people in Green" singing hymns in the
th~ assumption being that the "people corridors, too~ We ~ould have ceased
in green wou 1d not know the words, I blaming the women next to us in the
suppose;
that supporters of the gallery with whom we were equally opamendment are not of God and this pressed and turned all our energy to
posed a severe enough threat to their the men (and woman) on the floor.
interpretation of the Bible to merit
their attention.
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faith was tested ( as they say) who
also believed in the amendment. But to
see us caught in an emotional cyclone
of such a divisive nature as to a
assume one's spiritual life from one's
political, is disturbing indeed. The
New Right would have their order restored by legislating it and ascribing
for people their belief systems out ...
sid•e the reliqious.
The lines were drawn and it would
have taken someone stronger th an I to
break the silence. Of all the fee lings
I came away with from this exper ience,
the most tragic would be barr iers of
distrust between women.
It is - the

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integration - women can move into the
Senate and men can move into the
home. h

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can't from page 1
and ''Hit us Again, Hit us Again;
Harder, Harder!•• One little • protester., a young girl with a pillow
under her blouse as
if pregnant,
stepped forward and declared, ''Keep
Sex Education in the Home. 11
The demonstration as a whole was
high-spirited;
a large variety of
issues were rai sed, and a feeling of
unity prevailed.

UPIN ARMS
[AGAN

A\)MlN'ISlRAnoN
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RACIST

Groups Unite to ROAR at Reagonomics

by Jo
On Tuesday, March 16, an estimated reference be made to gay rights in the
1000-1600 people rallied at the capi- coalition platform. In spite of this,
tol. We stood on the capital steps and the U.S. Peace Council pulled out,
lawn to show opposition to Reagan's stating that they could not work on
policies while the Chief Executive gay issues as those were not their
This was somewhat of an
issues.
addressed the Oklahoma Legislature.
The rally was sponsored by the AFL- embarrassment to the Peace · council's
and many other organizations representative on ROAR's steering
-CIO,
participated. Present were members of committee since she is a lesbian.
The Benedictines for Peace, The ERA However, she is no longer a U.S. Peace
Countdown Campaign, ·The Society of Council member. As a result of all the
Peace turmoii, ROAR was greatly diminished
for
Oklahomans
Friends,
Native Amer ican by the fi r st meeting with the AFL~CIO.
Strategy, several
tribes, the Gay Activist Alliance ; T@ AFL-CIO voted not to accept any
Mothers Against Sons in El Salvador, coalitions as co-sponsors but to work
. . only with individual groups. The
and several more.
That Tuesday we showed a unified AFL-CIO especially had difficulty with
front against ~eagan, which was the marxist groups. Therefore, ROAR
However, broke up and individual groups banded
important.
necessary and
a with the AFL-CIO.
there was
behind the scenes
different story. Prior to the rally, The AFL-CIO tasted a little of the
some 15 organizations banded together lack of unity themselves when the
to form a coalition called ROAR (Rally farmers said that they 'would have
The problems working with the Indi~ns
Organized Against Rea~ano~ics).
purpose of our organization was to because the Indians were seeking
rally at the ~il!le of Reagan's visit "radical" changes . . . such as the
and show a unified front. ROAR lasted right to lands which were granted to
one week. We learned that the AFL-CIO them by the U.S. Government through
which have never been
had a rally already planned. We voted treaties
to present our coalition to the honored.'
Some groups, such as Oklahomans for
AFL-CIO and ask to join them. ROAR did
not really hold together long enough Human Rights were invited repeatedly
in
it was
to do this. Our unity was a farce. Two to join ROAR (when
groups pulled out of ROAR because they existance) and to attend the rally.
did not wish to work with the ~11 They sent no representatives. Perhaps
Peo~l~'s Congr~ss _or a communist they saw the handwriting on the wall,
affiliated organization. O~her groups and chose not to get involved with
pulled out be~ause they did not _w~nt organizations that will not work with
to work with the Gay Activist gays. We'll never know, since they
even represented at the
Alliance, despite the fact that the weren't
Alliance had not asked that a single organizational meeting.
We presented a very unified front at
the capitol, but the interest groups
in this state have a long way to go to
- Photos by
ach ieve true unity. How much can we
get accompl-ished while we sti 11 fight
Jana B.
ourselves?
among

HELP WANTE D
NEEDED IMMEDIATELY: Energe~i~, h~rd working
people to work for ratification of the
EQUAL RIGHTS AMENDMENT.
NO EXPERIENCE NECESSARY. Life ~o~g benefits
and excellent working conditions.
SHIFTS AVAILABLE:
weekends!

Weekdays, weeknights, and

If interested, please call the ERA Countdown
campaign, 528-0400, and ask for Karen or
Sigrid.

THUMBS DOWN -

·As opposition to
Reagan administration policies grows', means Qf
exp1:essing it have becomE' as varied· the groups
involved.

WOMEN & MENTAL HEAL TH
Conference Evokes
Strong Reactions

Love Note

by J.R.
The Women and Mental Health Conference, held March 19 and 20 in
Norman, attracted a large, diverse and
opinionated group.
Holistic
Alcoholism,
and
Women
Health, and Les~ian and Mental Health
were among workshops offered at the
held at the Oklahoma
conference,
Center for Continuing Education.
The conference was structured into
eight workshops. Each workshop had one
or more presenters, and one or more
respondents. Some workshops incorporated a panel or audience in their
structure.
The presenter would open the workshop with a paper or informal talk on
the topic, and then give the floor to
the respondent, who would present
another approach or point of view. The
floor would then be opened for general
comments from the audience.
After an initial awkward silence,
feminist process would take over, and
·people would begin to open up and
share their thoughts and stories. In
one workshop, a woman read a poem she
wrote which drew applause from the
audience. As more women spoke a feeling of warmth and comraderie moved
among the participants.
One of the most interestJng workshops offered was on loneliness. Due
to the large crowd it attracted, the
workshop was moved to a larger room.
The presenter, Alexis Walker, of the
Department of Human Development at OU,
opened the workshop with several
selections of women's music. Among
At Seventeen,
them , Janis Ian's
and Holly Near's ''Something About the
Women.
She then spoke of the two types of
separation from loved
loneliness,
ones, and separation from community.
She went on the say that negative
feelings about loneliness might be
alleviated if people would evaluate
their needs and desires. Mary McGraw
of East Central University responded
with a paper discussing loneliness and
solitude in the literary tradition.
Respondent Vera Gatch, of Dept. of
Human Relations of OV, spoke of the
need for honesty in dealing with
interpersonal relationships.
At another workshop, the Lesbian and
Mental Health, feminist process broke
down, and a split was deepened.
The presenter , Joyce Trebilcot, of
Washington University in St. Louis,
unfortunately couldn't be there to
present her paper. Barbara Davis,
chair of the Women's Studies Dept. of
OU, presented the paper to the workshop.
In her paper, Trebilcot spoke of the
lesbian's conscious decision about her
sexuality. She also said that a
sexuality is something that should be
explored and created. And, that all
women, lesbian and non-lesbian. should
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take more responsibility toward their
sexuality.
to say that
Trebilcot went on
lesbians are more _ likely to be strong
individuals. She also stated that the
'coming out'' might better
ritual of
be called a conversion process.
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The respondent, Shirley Hunter, an
OKC counselor, said that perhaps some
non-lesbians are threatened by some
lesbians' independence. She also said
had no
that she thought lesbians
choice in their lesbianism. Hunter
then opened the floor for discussion.
Several comments were made - some,
even by this writer. But, at what
point feminist process broke down, is
vague. Tempers flared, words flew, and
the split deepened. Some lesbians were
accused of insensitivity, while some
straight women were told that what
they perceived was wrong. The workshop
ended with hard feelings and bitter
words.
Although lesbians were not an inteof the conference,
grated part
feminism and feminist process was the
backbone for the workshops.
'It was quite surprising, especially in Oklahoma, for a feminist
viewpoint to be taken for granted in
every workshop, ' 'said Elaine Barton of
the Conference staff.
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The Conference was a joint effort of
the Women's Studies Dept. and the

by S
peelCool tile is at my back .
ing paint above my face. Cold water
. rushes around and over me, falling
from above to carry away the traces.
The traces - the lifeblood - womyn's
blood - a woman's blood.
I am overwhelmed. My solitude is
~ore intense than any I have ever allowed myself. And yet, I am not alone.
My new lover, (oh, but such an Old
Temptress!), floats above me, passes
through me, lifts me and allows me to
drift down again. Have I ever known a
any womyn's
more perfect joy? Has
touch ever aroused in me as perfect or
complete an ecstacy as this? Never.
Many lovers have made me warm .
never cool like this. But, I know what
. the warm is Jo1n1ng the
it is
water from above. Oh, lover, you are
selfish, to want my warmth, too! But
take
You'll
you want everything.
nothing less than complete, faithful
and eternal devotion. Your touch must
never be followed by that of another,
and I comply to your demands, although
no previous lover has ever had such
cooperation from me. But I've not
known anyone for as long as I have
you. I've never wanted anyone so much,
or for as long as I have you. I've
never wanted anyone so much, or for so
long. You have tempted me unendurably.
You have taken others before my eyes you have eluded me when I have wanted
you most, only to make me desire you
more. You have come to me in the dead
of night to wake me from my dreams, or
to join with me in them . . . we have
danced with dragons, and touched in
the fires of hell. The knowledge of
your desire has made my body shudder
and my mind and heart to abandon all
but you.
And now, after so much arousal, we
are spent. You breathe with me and
hold me when my breath comes hard. You
stroke my tortured arms and call me to
your breast. You keep watch with me as
my red turns to pink and swirls about
me. I am joining the water, and I
cascad~ down the whirlpool at my feet
to join the pools below this room. I
flow beneath the rooms of my friends,
(Do they know you, my love? Will they
understand?), that they may drink me,
and bathe in me, and rejoice in our
union. I flow on to the sea, to mingle
wit~ fish~s and mermaids. Next spring,
I will rain on my tomb, and we will
renew our vows.
I am frightened, my love. Hold. me
now, for I am weary and cannot move my
limbs. I have pledged myself to you
alon_e . I fear your will, but I'll
follow where you take me. I have come
so far with you that I cannot go back
- and would not if I could. My joy is
complete. I have loved life, but I
have longed for you more.
_The water runs clear, and I am finished here. Take me home, my love, and
we will see ~hat other games you know.

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EDITORIALS
THE SPLIT
by Kristi Anderson
In a recent conference on women and
mental health, a parallel was suggested in a case where X tried to be
an alcoholic, in order to have a common experience with recovering alcoholics, but was unable to do so. Is
that really such a val i.d analogy to
women who are unproclaimed, or undecided, in taking sides on the 'who's
better of the sexual choice?' issue?
Perhaps this issue could be resolved
by consciousn ess-raising. But again,
as in the case of racism, the priviledged group is usually quite blind as
to the actual position of · the oppressed group . . . a_s they see themselves and percieve their situation.
In most cases, it is much the same
sort of victimizatio n pattern played:
by white women defensive about racism,
by middle-class women defensive about
classism, by monogamous
lovers defending their possessiven ess, by men
in
large women's groups defending
their masculinity, and by non-lesbian
women in groups comprised by a majority of lesbians, when the non-lesbians
are defending their dicks. In each of
these cases, what actually occurs is
sabotage. Rather than quietly listening to something unknown, or uncomfortable, or both,
the priviledged
caste member will divert the subject
and focus all energy and attention on
herself.
This recalls again the story from
Iawasackee Notes, where, one day a
circle was seated where men in the
inner circ1e spoke whi1e women in the
outer circle listened. The next day,
when the women took the speaking
inner-circle position, only one man
stayed in the outer circle of hearers.
It seems that each 1 'side' 1 stands
behind a wall and imagines who is on
the other side. On the side of the
oppressed caste, however, the wall is
a window, while, on the other side,
the wall is a mirror. An oppressed
caste usually intricately understands
the priviledged caste, as
it is
essential to their survival to do so.
And this power position is maintained
by the will of the priviledged caste,
while usually against the consent of
the oppressed caste. This is why it is
so inappropriate to allow the priviledged members to speak extensively
about themselves in groups where they
are in a minority.
An often recurring topic of recent
interest appears in the conversation
between lesbians and non-lesbian s,
about which choice is ideological ly
prefereab le.
SARAH: 11 ! have many friends who are
lesbians whom I feel very close to and
love, but I often . feel excluded on
judgements based on my choice to fuck
dick, and that hurts me.'.'
BUTCH: 1 1 That 1 s your choice, honey. It
ch anges your energy and vibrational
levels; to absorb it from dickdom, and
some of us are trying to tune out that
interference as much as possible in
our own lives and force fields, and
see what ' s really our own. 1 1
SARAH: 1 1 But why can't you respect me
for my choice, as I do you for
yours?'
BUTCH:
' Because you are generating
raw material which dickdom uses to
build war-machine mentality.' '
SARAH: " But my dick isn't like that,
he's qood. H
BUT.CH : (thinks to her serf) 1 1 That I s
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just it, honey,, · you swallowed the
line, and are _hooked right in to a
contributin g positi,~ · •
In the case of alcoholism or nonalcoholism, neither position carries
inherent priviledge/oppressed relationships, although · this may be disputed by alcoholics. Alcoholic groups
are
most
often
dominated
by
non-lesbian white persons who, except
for the problems inherent in alcoholi~m, still are eligible for priviledge by caste-statu s. This, of
course, is excepting minority-causes
alcoholic groups, which already belong
to the· oppressed caste.
In the case of non-lesbians feeling
put-down by lesbians, and so trying to
become lesbians but being unable to
sometring more complex is in interolay,
here.
Years ago, movement _leaders
discovered that the word
'lesbian'
carried so much power in inciting the
patriarchy, that the use or denial of
the word as a label determined how
much resource power would be allowed
accessible to them by the patriarchs'
control. At some points in the women's
movement, 'lesbian' was us-ed affirmatively by lesbians and non-lesbians
to defuse this power from the word.
Asked or accused of lesbianism, women
unanimously said, 'Yes, I am. 11
The era of sisterhood reigned
briefly as lesbian and non-lesbian
lesbians fought
shoulder-to-shoulder
for: abortion, control of one's own
body, protection and assistance in
encounters with male violence in rape
and abuse, health ca~e and child care.

Recently,
however, ·1eaders
and
groups who are now more experienced
are finding differing reactions to the
conservative • political
pressure now
growing from the right wing. This may
have much to to with the current
hostility
between
lesbian
and
non-lesbian contingents . And also,
panic from women teetering in the
middle.
''When hard times come, where is
your loyalty?' 1 ask the lesbians of
each other. Lack of privilege means
lack of material security, and patriarchy has no use for females who will
not contribute flesh to the building
of the war machinery. Patriarchs are
actively interested in the extermination of disobedient women who refuse
to participate . So, how can a lesbian
fully trust an
alliance with a
non-lesbian, who is owned by a master
who can, through economic or physical
restraint, tell her, "No, don't support lesbians.'' , and she must not?
Lesbians,
therefore, come to see
non-lesbians as agents of the enemy who may seduce a lesbian with womanly
charms and steal her trust, and then
run home to Dick (dick) when it starts
to rain. The lesbian sister than finds
herself alone, out in the cold.
Confronted, then, by non-lesbians
who percieve this distrust, lesbians
can certainly identify with the feelings of the non-lesbian, but can only
shrug in answer. At this point resolution to this conflict seems 'difficult,
or
impossible.

by Ronin
Christianit y has enjoyed a renaissance in the last few years. People
who were not raised in religious homes
and have no real religious background
are suddenly 'finding' God. Seems like
when times get hard, people get scared
and need something to turn to. Many of
them turn · to .God. This in itself isn't
bad, but women need to be careful that
the cure isn't worse than the disease.
Christianit y
has
traditional ly
degraded women, and placed them in a
subservient position to men. One of
the primal
myths of the JudeoChristian tradition is Man's fall from
grace - a fall supposedly caused by
Woman.
The Bible then goes on to place
special sanctions against women, to
carefully define a woman's submissive
role, and to issue warning against the
inherent weakness and evil of women.
The Bible makes it very clear that a
good woman submits to God and Man, and
a bad woman doesn't. I have heard
Christian women say that God gave the
inspiration , but men wrote the words
of the Bible, and as everyone knows,
men are fallible. Why not go a step,
further, and say maybe men made the
whole thing up for their convenience?
God was created by and for men, and
serves them by keeping women in a
powerless position.
Christian women tell me that they
read the Bible and simply ignore any
negative reference to women or- Gays.
In effect, this means to me that they
are not really Christian, but only
that their religion
is Christianbased. Since most of them were raised
within Christianit y, they consider
Christianit y their only viable spiri- :
tual outlet. However, women's relioions existed before the actvent of

God, and still exist today, despite
merciless persecution by Christians.
It is puzzling to me that a Lesbian
would choose Christianit y, with its
highly negative approach to women,
over a matricarchal religion which
celebrates women's energy.
Another way women try to avoid the
misogyny inherent in Christianit y is
to divorce Christ from his followers.
They say they believe in the teachings
of Christ, but not organized Christianity. How in the hell do they separate the two? Everything Christ did or
said was documented and translated by
CHRISTIANS. If not for his fanatical
followers, Christ would have faded
into obscurity after his death. One
cannot separate Christ from Christianity; if one embraces Christ, one
must also embrace the things done in
Christ's name. For two thousand years,
opportunist s and glory seekers have
used his name in their schemes and
plots. The image of the gentle suffering Christ is somewhat tarnished by
the bloody hands of his Christian
11
soldiers. 11 Ask the women who died
in the inquisition or the Nazi gas
chambers if Christ is a gentle God.
Ask the witches burned at the stake.
When a Lesbian associates herself with
Christianit y, she should be prepared
to accept the negative energy involved
in such a choice. There are other
alternative s to a woman's spiritual
needs, and they are as many and as
varied as the imaginations of women.
Women don't . have to accept a religion
which awards them second-class status;
by dQing so, they degrade themselves.
They can create their own spirituality, they can build their own religions. We can worship ourselves, each
other, or the earth; we can wors hi-f)
. the
Goddess
in
each of us.

FICTION
Tight 1{]ants

bY MYra Fourwin ds

(Con't from last issue . . . )

standing figure when she appeared so me, and get it over with.''
suddenly. Rochelle tossed
Glenna sprang up from her chair to
her long
Nelda sat with elbow propped on the flowing chestnut mane for effect, and pace in the near darkness. Her footkitchen table, a lit cigarett e between broke the stillnes s. 11 Here I am,'' steps echoed through
the silence of
extended fingers. Thoughtfully, she Rochelle
challenged energet ically, the basement. As Glenna paced rapidly,
blew two puffs of smoke into the tense ''talk about me now, to my face. 'That another
footstep s began to be
silence. Glenna caught her breath whore, Rochelle 1 •has arrived so you heard fromsetthe of open
door of the basebriefly, then continued, defensively can discuss her sex life in person. '' ment. As the three heads
turned, only
justifyi ng herself to the cracked and Rochelle posed in an exaggerated fight the outline of a large
woman
could be
stained green plaster wall behtnd stace, facing Glenna.
seen in -the dim light of the doorway.
Nelda's short blond curls.
''Just
Nelda took
up Rochell e's jesting 11 Chula! 11
gasped, and started
shows how non-monogamous I m not?" mood, "Well, Ro, you're in fine humor towards the, Glenna
woman
entering
the baseGlenna asked.
today, is your latest honey a good ment room. The two met in the semiNelda broke into Glenna's monologue, lay?' 1 They all knew Rochelle had been darkness, falling into embrace.
"Listen ,
sweetheart, you've been listenin g to the basement conversation and Rochelle wai~ed anxiously inNelda
the
faithful ly sleeping with me two nights throught the upstairs heating vent.
silence.
a month since we broke up eighteen The su.n was fading fast, leaving the
Rochelle's baratone voice resounded
months ago. When you found your latest basement dimly lit.
loudly, ''Well, now the scene is comflame in su chica raza, Chula, you
Rochelle was quick to reply, point- plete. Let's
began faithful ly sleeping with her ing to Nelda for effect, 11 You know over with.'' all go to bed, and get it
twenty-eight nights a month. Is that she is, because you sleep with her
''Roche lle!'' Nelda exclaimed, ''How
monogamy? Non-monogamy has more to do lover, 11 as her arm moved to implicat
naughty
e
you are!''
with attitude than theoreti cal sex. 11
Glenna.
Rochelle
picked up the deck of cards
''But it 1 s not my business who else
The chestnut head, topped with a on the kitchen table, shoved the tanyou sleep with, Nelda," Glenna said, beret, tossed again.
"Well, don•t gerine peel
aside, and began to
and Chula's free to go out with worry
about Rochelle,••
Rochelle rapidly shuffle and deal four hands.
anyone, if she lets me know three days cajoled sweetly, ''I'm just after
''Anybody for strip poker?'' Rochelle
ahead of time and doesn't bring them Chula's body, I don't want to marry asked gaily.
home to our bed; we agreed on it.''
her. You went in for some of that
''Roche lle!'' Nelda exclaimed again,
"You're a jealous bitch, and you yourse lf," she pointed to Glenna,
11
You are truly incorrig ible.••
know it,
Nelda said,
just like
just a few weeks ago, if I remember
Rochelle flipped on the light hangwhen we were togethe r, and you kept clearly. That was you in my bed, was
ing over the table. 11 No, you must
such close track of me. As you know, I it not?
remember, I am thirty-e ight years old,
couldn t take that. If you smother
You re so naughty, Ro,•
Nelda have given up my two children , have
Chula, you ll lose her. To me, true taunted,
that may be why you g.et in
spent four years in the state penilove is freedom. 11
so much trouble. 11
tentiary , have had innumeralbe lovers,
Glenna agreed, "OK, OK. Maybe I
I m just calling it what it is,
and just can 1 t get ~o excited about
st art to t hink I m not good enough, sweet thing,
Rochelle retorted to
every
thing,''
Rochelle
when Chula gets regular wit h somebody Nelda, ••you sleep with Glenna, Glenna explai ned little
calmly.
"Now,
come
over
else. Gl enna rambl ed on , '' Maybe I' m sleeps with Chula, Chula sleeps wit h here, you t wo,
and
sit
dow
n, ' '
afr ai d she wil l f i nd someth in g she Roc hell e , and Roc hel le , she sleeps
Roc helle ind icated Chula and Glenna,
likes better.' '
wit h anybody . That's t he arrangement.
''l et' s get on wi t h this . 11 Rochelle
They did not hear the footstep s Maybe only fo r this week, 1 1 Rochelle
pointedly delt the last car d, and set
coming down the concrete stairway into continued,
down the deck.
let s all ju st rel ax and
Chula and Gl enn a
the basement . Rochelle emerged into enjoy what fun we can find amoung
obediently pulled up chairs to the
the sun-lit patch, projected onto the ourselve s , in the midst of the opcon I t on page 8
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from the high west window, looking a proper revoluti on.•• Rochelle pulled
A
Siste
r· s Blood
like a star performer stepping into a up a metal folding chair to the table «
«
spotligh t. Nelda and Glenna lapsed between the women.
t
Don t you have t Sister-woman-child into stop-ac tion, staring towards the something to say, Glenna?•' Rochelle f
he has killed you again.
t
t
You
lay lifeless in an open fi eld,
spoke softly, ''Go ahead and yell at
t
t Your breasts
t
t torn from thei r sister-f lesh
EPISTEMOLOG ICAL ONTOLOGY
!
!
and
beaten
wit
h
a
hammer.
t
A
cry
for l i ghtening.
A hymn to sun,
t
Y
our
vagina
cut
out
wit
h
a
knife
t
Ins
i de sandstone cave.
On a ra i ny day.
•t severed from the essence of you. t
Br i nging heartstr uck terror,
How she escapes
t Mother Earth,
t
With a glimpse
My mind's ·grasp.
!
who
knows
we
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the
murder
of
men,
t
Of
landscap
But lingers seductiv ely
es unseen
! regretfu lly recieved your blood. t
On borderland s edge
By mortal gaze
t For thousands of years
t
In generat ion's lifetime s.
Just beyond reach.
! you have died at his hand.
t
! For thousands of years
t
A whisper of breeze
A song to lettuce
t
1
your
sisters
and
mothers
have
t
In
he
11
s
oven
In winter's night .
.
t
seen
you
suffer
his
violence
t
Taunting
With green memories
ly fresh and cool
!
and wept bitterly .
t
Clinging in my teeth
On flesh seared
!
My
soul
cries
out
with
rage
t
Torn to bits
Consumed by flames.
t He has stolen you from youth and life. t
By incisors cutting
Slowly eaten away
t
You, who have given him existenc e
t
Chlorophyl veins.
Bone turned to ash.
! and nurtured him in love :
t He has killed you again.
t
A drop of dew
Calling to a lover
t
We
sha
11
never
know
t
In desert sauna.
When she is gone.
t your beauty and goodness,
t
Mouth parche~ _dry
Not carved in wood
t
which
was
extingui
shed
:
Nor sculpted in stone.
Longing for that drink.
t
in a timeless fashion.
t
Nothing I can hold
Mirage across the dunes
!
~ut
we
sha
11
know
the
pain
of
the
war
:
In my empty hands.
Tempting each cell
t which has been waged against you. t
So what am I missing?
Remaining beyond reach.
t No men's jury will give us justice fort
t
the milli_on.s of times you have died t
A poem for a muse.
A gesture of ritual
t
this
horrible death.
«
Is she there
Striving to become
tWho
will
judge
his
society,
t
Behind yon tree?
Absorbed into cosmos
:t· which has created this intolera ble
Or sitting straddle d
Bridging the abyss
t monster?
«
Moss~covered, in brook?
Imagination at the reins.
:vet,
we
will
live
to
see
another
day;
!
I see her most clearly
Galloping wildly through night
«and we will live to see _you die aqain.;
When my eyes are closed.
Approaching impossi bility.
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table, and each picked up a pile of
cards.
The four women played quietly for
some time, concentrating on the card
game. Rochelle's full
house/eights
high, took the pot, and she gathered
the pile of clothing from the table.
Glenna stripped off her fatigue-green
tee-shi rt, and tossed it to the middle
of the table.
Rochelle patted Glenna gently on her
bare shoulder, and began, ''First, you
felt put-down be~ause I would choose
to be regular with Chula and only
occassional .with you. Second , you are ,
as you sa1d when I came in tonight
a~raid Chula will find something sh;
l1kes better. 11 Rochelle continued
I I
an d s he may, you know, she is a,
young thing yet, you should expect it.
However, it won't be this Rochelle you
need to worry about stealing her from
you. Rochelle is shockingly honest.
She will tell you exactly what she is
up to. Glenna, you are lucky it is
only Rochelle who is after your la
raza honey, this time. 11
11
Rochelle will also tell you just
what -she wants you to hear. 11 Nelda
taunted.
Glenna delt herself an ace of
hearts, face-up, and all four women
stared. 11 Anything else, fff9-. an a1y-

ti cal overview?'' Glenna asked sarcastica lly, as she collecte d her teeshirt back from the middle of the
table, along with Chula's big lacy
black bra, Rochelle's crimson velvet
vest, and Nelda's braided leather
belt.
''Answer
that
for yourse lf,'' .
Rochelle replied briefly. Turning to
the brown woman on her left, she
asked, 11 how are you feeling, Chula? 11
Chula began to speak, quietly, for
the first time that evening. 11 I 1 ve
been dreading this, I'm not calm,
that's for sure. 11
The phone upstairs could be heard
ringing through the heating vent. A
woman's voice
upstairs
answered
'11• He 11 o, ' '
then through the vent,
Hey, Ro, it's Daniella , you gonna
answer?'•
Rochelle stood and went to directly
oelow the vent, and in a normal tone,
began to speak to the ce i 1i ng. • 1 He 11
no, I've gotten myself into enough
trouble for one day down here, don• t
you think?' 1
The
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OKLAHOMA CITY,OKLA~OHl

A~RIU

1982

Decla ration of In.dep enden ce

Self Love Must Be First Priority of Feminists

by Jana B.
Phyllis Chessler, author of "Women and
The consequence of women's depenMadness", said in her speech to the dency on men, Chessler added, has been
Women and Madness Conference Friday that women are divided against one
March 19, that women need a declara- another. "We have not had women
t ion of independence. Speaking to a goddesses, have not voted for women or
crowd of over 400 people, Chessler supported womens's issues. Feminism
sa i d, "Mental health for women is very must be about changing this, 11 Chessler
differen t if we believe me n will take stated.
care of us. We must believe we can
She said that mo thers have had no
heritage of pride to leave their
t ake of ourselves ."
If you're a feminis t," Chessler daughters, therefor e the daughters
decl ared, "it is necessary to love thy have turned to men as objects of idosi ster as you love yoursel f. This lat~on. Moth~rs are also threatened by
means that you must love yoursel f, their daughters, since men tend to
love yourself against all odds in 1ook to younger and yo.un.ger women as
order t o love an other woman. 11 This sex objects . As a result, mothers are
also includes men, Chessler said. "The set against daughter and the psycho first pr ior ity is the val uation of t he logi cal
pattern of father/d uaghter
self. We must not worsh i p others, ev en incest is created.
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women crave approval from women,
Chessler said, but women withhold this
approval from women they see as a
threat. The object of feminism i~ to
overturn this pattern.
Turning to another area of discussion, Chessler listed what she sees as
the five biases
in psychotherapy.
First, she said, everyone is considered a l~ttle bit crazy. Now, while
everyone is seen as neurotic , men are
viewed as basicall y O.K., but women
are cr azy. The traits women are taught
to develop in this society are labeled
dS
ill, the refore anvthing a woman
does is seen as crazy. Most of us
choose
con fo rmity
over fr eedom,
Chess ler sa id , and in order to be
normal , a "real woman " mus t become a
mother. Once she is a mother , everything is her f ault . 11 Everyone blames
you , t he
pr i est, the psychol ogis t ,
your own mother ... "
Another bias of psychotherapy is t he
concept of illegitamacy
that is,
that a woman or a child is not leg i timate if they are not owned by a man.
"Women want
this, 11 Chess ler sa id,
"they want to be owned in order not to
feel l ike failures . 11
Finally , t.he i·e is a basic human envy
and hatred fo r women. This is true of
women as wel l as men, Chessler said.
Thi ~ will not change in mental health
un t i 1 it is changed in society at
large .
As a resu lt of feminism, Chessler
said, men ha ve become afraid they'll
lose women~ therefor e they are working
harder to keep women in their place
"Men are not close to us, they are
afr.aid of us ... Most sons commit
matricid e, they kill her off psycholoQical ly. This is the primal and
unacknowledged
crime,
Chessler
declared . This murder of the mother is
repeated again and again.
The second consequence of feminism
on the mental health of men has been
that men can now be truly involved
with children , not just experience
children vicariou sly through women or
merely see children as possessions.
Men can now develop true intimacy with
children , Chessler said. In the past,
she said, sons have not known fathers.
Their longing, rage, and grief at this
lack of fatherin g has been turned
against women.
Since -feminism allows men to become
involved with children , mothers will
no longer be seen as the Great Breast
for all children , Chessler said. For
men to take half the job of childrearing will revoluti onize that job.
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c_on I t on pa_ge •3
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1500ATTEND RALLY AGAINST REAGAN
by Jana B.

Hollywood,
irReagan is Racist,• • and
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Reagan, Reagan, he I s our man; if he
A crowd of approximately 1500 can ' t kill us, nobody can!,'' to the
demonstrators gathered on the south beat of tribal drums provided · by
Capitol steps to greet President Native Americ an demonstrato rs.
Reagan on his visit to the Oklahoma A wide variety of groups were
Legisla ture on March 16. The crowd, rep_resented , including Native Ame rithe largest to assemble on the step~ cans demanding treaty rights, workers
sin_ce anti-war days, (and also the protesti ng Reaganomics, women suplargest to gr~et the President on his porting the ERA, gays for gay civil
3-state speaking tour}, didn 1 t get rjghts, blacks, anti-nuc lear actimuch of a chance to make their views vists disabled people and senior
heard by ~he Preside nt,, sinc_e his only, citiz;ns against Social S;curity cuts.
c~nta~t w~th them occurred as
his A group of local feminists performed
limos~ne zipped past the south s~eps guer illa-the atre.
Calling themselves
on his way to the west Capitol ''Ladies Against Women, 11 (LAW), the
entrance.
women waved lace hankies and chanted
The crowd did not dis~ay, however, slogans like ·• •5g Cents · i-s Too Much I r
as they chanted .slogans like ''Reagan,
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Reagan, he ' s no good; send him back to
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NEWS BRIEFS
In the Law

HART WITHDRAWS

POLITICALLY INCORRECT SEX

PHILADELPHIA -- The Rev. B. Samuel NEW YORK -- Lesb
ians who ''pra ctic
Hart has requested that the Reagan
advocate or have fant asie s whice,h
administration withdraw his name from involve 'pol itic
ally inco
t sex'
WISCONSIN
The nati on's firs t· consideration for the Civil Rights have formed the Lesbian rrec
Sex
Mafia
Comm issio n, afte r strin gen t opposition ( LSM) in New York
statewide gay righ ts law went into
.
to his nomination surfaces from gay,
effe ct in Wisconsin on March 3, 1982
The
offe rs programs for its
black, Hispanic and other civi l righ ts membershLSM
The bill outlaws discrimination on the.
ip
twic
e a month. Some progroups.
basis of sexual orie ntat ion in housgrams have included, or will include
ing, employm.ent in both the public and
Rev. Hart, a conservative blac ''Th erap euti c S/M 11 ,
''Ro le Playing:
priv ate sect ors, public acco mmoda- . radio evan geli st from Phil adel phiak, From Butch/Fem
me
to
Mon
vny/Daughter, 11
told repo rters afte r his nomination ''Re crea tion al Drug
tion s,
the National Guard,
and
s
and Sex ,'' and
was announced, that he did not believe
adminis trat ive agency operating proPornography:
How
it
Changed My
cedures.
lesbians and gays have a civi l righ ts L ife.
cause, that he opposed the Equa
Two major dai ly newspapers in Wis
Information is avai labl e from LSM,
consin published edit 0ria ls supporting- Rights Amendment, that he was againstl P.O. Box 2, Vill
age Stat ion, New York
the law, ''Madison Capitol Times''and busing as a means of inte grat ing City , 10014.
1
'M ilwauk.ee
Journal. 11
Widespread schools, and that he agreed with
support from the mainstream relig ious Reagan's proposal to make priv ate
organizations was instrumental in the segregational schools tax-exempt.
Late r, Hart said in a tele visi on
bill 's passage.
interview that he believed homosexuals LESBIAN STUDIES
are sinn ers, but have civi l righ ts.
''Ev ery person has civi l righ ts,•• he HARRISBURG -- Two women college proAUSTIN ORDINANCE
1
said .
'But let me say that if Mr. A fess ors are seeking cont ribu tion s to
AUSTIN, TEXAS -- A month afte r voters over here is a liar , he stil l has ''WOMEN IDENTIFIED WOMEN'', an anthosoundly reje cted an anti-gay counter- civi l righ ts. Or, lets 's say he is an logy on lesbian,s , for use in college
adu ltere r; he stil l has civi l righ ts. classrooms. Lesbians from all poli tiprop osal , the Austin city council has
approved an amendment adding lesbians Homosexuality is a moral issu e, not a cal, economic, raci al
and ethnic
backgrounds are encouraged to submit
and gay men to those protected by law civi l righ ts issu e.''
against discrimination in housing.
- Gay Community News desc ript ive, anal ytic and theo retic al
papers to the edit ors, Sandee Pott er
Since it was passed as an emergency
and Trudy Darty.
measure, the amendment cannot be
Pott er says that ther e is
repealed by referendum, and a second
''sca rcit y of easi ly acce ssib le edu-a
init iati ve cannot be held on the same
catio nal material on lesbianism.••
question for two year s. It is unclear
'' W
OMEN IDENTIFIED WOMEN'' will
whet her the city char ter would allow
~Jvided into three major sect ionsbe.
action by in i tiat ive on the enti re
"Id ent ity, " the firs t sect ion, will
ordinance, which proh ibits disc rimi contain arti cles that ''examine the
nat ion in housing on a number of
soci aliz atio n processes involved in
grounds in addit i on to sexual orie nlesbian
iden tity .''
t atio n .
Section
two.
''Op pres sion ~• •
Citiz e~s for
will
focu s
a Unite d Aus t in, a
''so ciet y's systematic discriminati on
group which or ganized oppos it ion to
on
against lesb ians .' ' The las t sect ion ,
the anti-gay ini t i at ive, is seek in g
' ' Cult ure and Commun i ty , •' wil l disdonations to help pay the $15,000 in
cuss
lesbians in t he Uni t ed States as
debts incurred during t he campaign.
a
nat
iona
l community.
Donations may be sent to Citizens for
Manuscripts,
a United Austin, P.O. Box 3301,
typewri t ten
and
double-spaced, may be sent to Sandee
Austin. TX 78764.
Pott er, Ph.D., Department of Sociology,
James
Madison
Univer s ity,
H
ar
r
i
sonb
urg, VA 22807, no late r than
REAGAN BLASTS PRESS
Apr il 21, 1982.
OKLAHOMA CITY -- Pres ident Reagan, in
an in terv i ew with the ''Da ily Oklahoman" blamed the natio nal medi a fo r
cont ribu ti ng psychologica l ly to slow~
THANK YOU
in g down the economy, by dru mm ing a
'' constant downbeat'' in thei r cover'' La Sall e des Femmes'' and the ·
age of his economic programs.
by
·Bra
Jana
zen Hussy Rag would like to thank
B.
Claiming that the networks are
all
the womyn who made the bene fit
OMYN'S COMMUNITY MARCHES ON!
showing a ''lac k of resp ons ibil ity'' OKC W
dinner such a success. We had a lot of
in thei r coverage, Reagan said , ''You
Work on ' 'La Sall e des Femmes'' fun, and we hope all of you did, too.
can 't turn on the evening news without
seeing that they 're going to interview bookstore is progressing well , but it We would like to give special thanks
someone else who has lost his job - or is housed in an old building tha t to all the womyn who brought food, and
that they 're outside the fact ory that needs a lot of work. If you have to the performers who donated thei r
skil ls, tool s, time or energy - WE time and tale nt . Hugs and kisses to DJ
has laid off workers &so fort h.''
When asked if his image had been WANT YOU!! Working hours are Saturday for lending us her place. This should
from 12:00pm to 6:00pm, and on Sunday serve as an example of what womyn
affe cted , Reagan responded,
' ' I I m 1:00pm to 5:00p
m. Now is the time for working together can accomplish.
Scrooge to a lot of people, and if
they only knew it, I'm the soft est all good womyn to come to the aid of BRAZEN HUSSY TO RUN THE MES
thei r Community!
touch they've had for a long time .''
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lect ive of the Brazen Hussy Rag
decided to devote our cent erfo ld has
BOOK DRIVE
issu e- and theme-oriented arti cles . to
LESBIAN JUDGE
Next month's topic is monogamy vs.
Spring is here, it's time to clean · non-monoqamy.
SAN FRANCISCO -- Cali forn ia' s Gov. out
However, if you have a
EdmundG. ''Je rry' ' Brown, jr., who we'l those old, dusty bookshelves, and special inte rest you would like to
delights in sett ing tren ds, has ap- your l help by taking those books off writ e about, please feel free .
hands. We can trad e those unpointed the firs t openly lesbian judge
All
uscripts and lett ers to the
want
ed
books for books for the book- edit or man
to the San Francisco Municipal Court.
shou
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She is Mary Morgan, 35, prominent stor
and be submitted to the
(1630 N.W. 19th) during working hours, Brazen
gay righ ts and feminist 1awyer, who or
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CALENDAR
APRIL 12 (Monday)
SPEAKER - SUSAN GUBAR
Nationally
acclaimed
feminist
literary critic Susan Gubar will speak
at 8pm, Monday, April 12, in the 9th
floor lounge of Dale Hall Tower, University of Oklahoma. Gubar co-authored
1
'
The Mad Woman in the Attic' 1 , femi •
nist analysis of 19th century w.omerr
authors, including Charlotte Bronte,
Georges Elliot, and Jane Austin. The
subject of Gubar•s speech will be the
works of H.D. (Hilda Doolittle) a
client of Sigmund Freud, who wrote of
her experience in analysis in a work
titled ''A Tribute To Freud'', 1935.
The speech is sponsored by the University of Oklahoma English Department
and the Women's Studies Student
Association.
APRIL . is (Thursday)
FILM - 11 ROSEY THE RIVE1
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APRIL 17-19
WIN WITH WOHEI\f WORKSHOP

down, and bring your best buddy with
you. (P.S. - this
is alcohol-free
space.)
This date is tentative, so please
contact Daphne McClellan at the Norman
Women's Resource Center, 364-9424,
before heading out.

Hembers of the Oklahoma Women's
Political Caucus are sponsoring a
11'ilin With Women" worksho:ri as a part
of a national effort to recruit solid wome candidates, encourae;e them
to run, work with their campaigns
and help them with fumd-raising.
The workshop will be held at the
Oklahoma Hispanic cultural Center,
228 Wo Cormnerce, Okc.
Directed by Dr. Ann Carlton, the
aim of the confe:r:-ence is to polish
1·1omen I s political skills and aevelop
new ones.
Featured speakers will be Sen.
Bernice Shedrick, D-Stillwater; Sen.
Gene Stipe, D-Mc.Alester; and Rep.
Helen Arnold, R-~ulsa.
Shedrick will speak at 7 p~m.,
April 17, while Stipe F.I.Ild Arnold
will discuss "The Realities of
Pouer" at 9 a.m •• April 18.
Registration for the workshop
will be $10. Information is available from Earline Carpenter, 399-

APRIL 26 (Monday)
SPEAKER - JUSTICE(~,k~A WILSON
Justice AJma Wilson, newest member
of the Oklahoma State Supreme Court,
will speak at 1:30pm, Monday, April
26, at the Law Center on the OU campus. Wilson's SReech is sponsored by
the OU Panhellenic Association as a
part of Women's Emphasis Week.
GENERAL
LESBIAN ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS meets
every Friday at 7:00pm· at the Metropolitan Community Church (3413 N.
Classen). Also, AA LIVE AND LET LIVE
group meets every Tuesday and Thursday
at 8:00pm, and Saturday at 9:00pm.

The Norman Women's Political Caucus
and the Women's Studies Association of
OU will present the fil~ 1 'Rasey the
Riveter'' at 8pm, Thursday, April 15,
r:A~/.I
in room 128 of Dale Hall. The subject
of the film is the U.S. Government's
WWII propaganda, urging women to first APRIL 23 (Friday)
leave their homes to work in the fac- ARTEMIS HOUSE
tories, producing armaments and 0th er Artemis House, a women's coffeehouse,
war materials at the beginning of the will be held on April 23rd from 7-lOpm
war. At the end of th ~ war, .. th e on the 9th floor of Dale Hall Tower,
government reversed their ~osition, University of Oklahoma, Norman. This
and_urge~ women to leave th eir well- ·.will be the third meeting of the
paying _Jobs and return to th e home, monthly coffeehouse, and response has
and_a ~ife ~entered arou nd mo th erhood. been excellent. Entertainment is proAdmission will be $l.SO at th e door.
vided, along with discussion. Admission is absolutely free, so come on

OKLAHOMANS FOR HUMAN RIGHTS meets the
2nd Sunday of every month at the
Northwest .. Hilton Inn. Social Hour
begins at 6:15pm and the meeting at
7:00pm.
~
LESBIAN SUPPORT & DISCUSSION GROUP
meets every Thursday at 7:30pm. Topics
and locations vary, so please contact
Allison Blanchard
(947-8314), or
Debbie Koller (949-2708) for more
information.

On the Edge

APOLOGY
BY ELAINE BARTON
I'd never felt so de-humanized in
all my life as the day I speht at the
Cap i tol. We were all nameless women
identifiable only by color -- and I
mean red and green. In some small way
it was a racist kind of phenomenon.
Eyes pierced my eyes; presumpt i ans.
formed in faces and even fear. I was
for equal rights for women and believed the (equal rights) amendment
was a fair and safe piece of legislation and for this I did my time in the
gallery in a very suspicious and
judgemental crowd. Well, it was the
first time I was glad the basis for my
oppression, other than being female,
was invisible.
Yet our commonality as womon-bornof-womon was divided by the concerns
of men. The anti-E.R.A. campaign could
not exist without the encouragement
and finances of male interests. For
t he amendment to have fa i 1ed in Ok 1ahoma is to create a travesty of public
op in•ion here .. Anyone who be 1i eves the
dictates of the men in power whe say
the amendment failed
because the
people of Oklahoma believed it to be
anti-church, anti-family, etc., has
bought the lie_. The women who lobbied
at the Capitol
agaist the E.R.A.
bought it from the church fathers who
told them to go if they loved their
children; if they Deeded their husbands, etc. Many of these women were
the puppets of a few men representing
mi nor Protestant denominations. Many.
had never thought for themselves about
what equality is or is not for them in
light of the law, or read the amendment.

We were supporters of the amendment
The Brazen Hussy Rag would like to
we were pro-E.R.A.; they were agains express its sincerest apologies to
it, anti. As the hours wore on i~ Luhra, and to inform our readers that
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close proximity our references to · each "Half a
Phoenix 11
and
Into
other became
people in green Starlight,", both of which appeared
people in red progressing to simply in last month's issue, were written by
the reds
and
the greens until we Luhra. Our regrets for the omission.
had
labeled
each
and so separated ourother
mutualsufficiently
experienct _________________....
(at least) as human beings, that we tactic of men's wars to divide and
could believe just about anything we c~nquer. The women of Oklahoma apwished about our opposition. What I peared divided but· if we could onl,.y
mean to say, folks, is the interaction have heard what each other was saying
was absolutely crazy/stereotypica 1.
we would have learned that both side;
h~d families, came from .families and
thought families were okay. If any had
The "people in red" sang hymns in had ears to hear ·we 'would have heard
the Capitol corridors at 6:00 a.m., "people in Green" singing hymns in the
th~ assumption being that the "people corridors, too~ We ~ould have ceased
in green wou 1d not know the words, I blaming the women next to us in the
suppose;
that supporters of the gallery with whom we were equally opamendment are not of God and this pressed and turned all our energy to
posed a severe enough threat to their the men (and woman) on the floor.
interpretation of the Bible to merit
their attention.
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faith was tested ( as they say) who
also believed in the amendment. But to
see us caught in an emotional cyclone
of such a divisive nature as to a
assume one's spiritual life from one's
political, is disturbing indeed. The
New Right would have their order restored by legislating it and ascribing
for people their belief systems out ...
sid•e the reliqious.
The lines were drawn and it would
have taken someone stronger th an I to
break the silence. Of all the fee lings
I came away with from this exper ience,
the most tragic would be barr iers of
distrust between women.
It is - the

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integration - women can move into the
Senate and men can move into the
home. h

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can't from page 1
and ''Hit us Again, Hit us Again;
Harder, Harder!•• One little • protester., a young girl with a pillow
under her blouse as
if pregnant,
stepped forward and declared, ''Keep
Sex Education in the Home. 11
The demonstration as a whole was
high-spirited;
a large variety of
issues were rai sed, and a feeling of
unity prevailed.

UPIN ARMS
[AGAN

A\)MlN'ISlRAnoN
15

RACIST

Groups Unite to ROAR at Reagonomics

by Jo
On Tuesday, March 16, an estimated reference be made to gay rights in the
1000-1600 people rallied at the capi- coalition platform. In spite of this,
tol. We stood on the capital steps and the U.S. Peace Council pulled out,
lawn to show opposition to Reagan's stating that they could not work on
policies while the Chief Executive gay issues as those were not their
This was somewhat of an
issues.
addressed the Oklahoma Legislature.
The rally was sponsored by the AFL- embarrassment to the Peace · council's
and many other organizations representative on ROAR's steering
-CIO,
participated. Present were members of committee since she is a lesbian.
The Benedictines for Peace, The ERA However, she is no longer a U.S. Peace
Countdown Campaign, ·The Society of Council member. As a result of all the
Peace turmoii, ROAR was greatly diminished
for
Oklahomans
Friends,
Native Amer ican by the fi r st meeting with the AFL~CIO.
Strategy, several
tribes, the Gay Activist Alliance ; T@ AFL-CIO voted not to accept any
Mothers Against Sons in El Salvador, coalitions as co-sponsors but to work
. . only with individual groups. The
and several more.
That Tuesday we showed a unified AFL-CIO especially had difficulty with
front against ~eagan, which was the marxist groups. Therefore, ROAR
However, broke up and individual groups banded
important.
necessary and
a with the AFL-CIO.
there was
behind the scenes
different story. Prior to the rally, The AFL-CIO tasted a little of the
some 15 organizations banded together lack of unity themselves when the
to form a coalition called ROAR (Rally farmers said that they 'would have
The problems working with the Indi~ns
Organized Against Rea~ano~ics).
purpose of our organization was to because the Indians were seeking
rally at the ~il!le of Reagan's visit "radical" changes . . . such as the
and show a unified front. ROAR lasted right to lands which were granted to
one week. We learned that the AFL-CIO them by the U.S. Government through
which have never been
had a rally already planned. We voted treaties
to present our coalition to the honored.'
Some groups, such as Oklahomans for
AFL-CIO and ask to join them. ROAR did
not really hold together long enough Human Rights were invited repeatedly
in
it was
to do this. Our unity was a farce. Two to join ROAR (when
groups pulled out of ROAR because they existance) and to attend the rally.
did not wish to work with the ~11 They sent no representatives. Perhaps
Peo~l~'s Congr~ss _or a communist they saw the handwriting on the wall,
affiliated organization. O~her groups and chose not to get involved with
pulled out be~ause they did not _w~nt organizations that will not work with
to work with the Gay Activist gays. We'll never know, since they
even represented at the
Alliance, despite the fact that the weren't
Alliance had not asked that a single organizational meeting.
We presented a very unified front at
the capitol, but the interest groups
in this state have a long way to go to
- Photos by
ach ieve true unity. How much can we
get accompl-ished while we sti 11 fight
Jana B.
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WOMEN & MENTAL HEAL TH
Conference Evokes
Strong Reactions

Love Note

by J.R.
The Women and Mental Health Conference, held March 19 and 20 in
Norman, attracted a large, diverse and
opinionated group.
Holistic
Alcoholism,
and
Women
Health, and Les~ian and Mental Health
were among workshops offered at the
held at the Oklahoma
conference,
Center for Continuing Education.
The conference was structured into
eight workshops. Each workshop had one
or more presenters, and one or more
respondents. Some workshops incorporated a panel or audience in their
structure.
The presenter would open the workshop with a paper or informal talk on
the topic, and then give the floor to
the respondent, who would present
another approach or point of view. The
floor would then be opened for general
comments from the audience.
After an initial awkward silence,
feminist process would take over, and
·people would begin to open up and
share their thoughts and stories. In
one workshop, a woman read a poem she
wrote which drew applause from the
audience. As more women spoke a feeling of warmth and comraderie moved
among the participants.
One of the most interestJng workshops offered was on loneliness. Due
to the large crowd it attracted, the
workshop was moved to a larger room.
The presenter, Alexis Walker, of the
Department of Human Development at OU,
opened the workshop with several
selections of women's music. Among
At Seventeen,
them , Janis Ian's
and Holly Near's ''Something About the
Women.
She then spoke of the two types of
separation from loved
loneliness,
ones, and separation from community.
She went on the say that negative
feelings about loneliness might be
alleviated if people would evaluate
their needs and desires. Mary McGraw
of East Central University responded
with a paper discussing loneliness and
solitude in the literary tradition.
Respondent Vera Gatch, of Dept. of
Human Relations of OV, spoke of the
need for honesty in dealing with
interpersonal relationships.
At another workshop, the Lesbian and
Mental Health, feminist process broke
down, and a split was deepened.
The presenter , Joyce Trebilcot, of
Washington University in St. Louis,
unfortunately couldn't be there to
present her paper. Barbara Davis,
chair of the Women's Studies Dept. of
OU, presented the paper to the workshop.
In her paper, Trebilcot spoke of the
lesbian's conscious decision about her
sexuality. She also said that a
sexuality is something that should be
explored and created. And, that all
women, lesbian and non-lesbian. should
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take more responsibility toward their
sexuality.
to say that
Trebilcot went on
lesbians are more _ likely to be strong
individuals. She also stated that the
'coming out'' might better
ritual of
be called a conversion process.
1

The respondent, Shirley Hunter, an
OKC counselor, said that perhaps some
non-lesbians are threatened by some
lesbians' independence. She also said
had no
that she thought lesbians
choice in their lesbianism. Hunter
then opened the floor for discussion.
Several comments were made - some,
even by this writer. But, at what
point feminist process broke down, is
vague. Tempers flared, words flew, and
the split deepened. Some lesbians were
accused of insensitivity, while some
straight women were told that what
they perceived was wrong. The workshop
ended with hard feelings and bitter
words.
Although lesbians were not an inteof the conference,
grated part
feminism and feminist process was the
backbone for the workshops.
'It was quite surprising, especially in Oklahoma, for a feminist
viewpoint to be taken for granted in
every workshop, ' 'said Elaine Barton of
the Conference staff.
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The Conference was a joint effort of
the Women's Studies Dept. and the

by S
peelCool tile is at my back .
ing paint above my face. Cold water
. rushes around and over me, falling
from above to carry away the traces.
The traces - the lifeblood - womyn's
blood - a woman's blood.
I am overwhelmed. My solitude is
~ore intense than any I have ever allowed myself. And yet, I am not alone.
My new lover, (oh, but such an Old
Temptress!), floats above me, passes
through me, lifts me and allows me to
drift down again. Have I ever known a
any womyn's
more perfect joy? Has
touch ever aroused in me as perfect or
complete an ecstacy as this? Never.
Many lovers have made me warm .
never cool like this. But, I know what
. the warm is Jo1n1ng the
it is
water from above. Oh, lover, you are
selfish, to want my warmth, too! But
take
You'll
you want everything.
nothing less than complete, faithful
and eternal devotion. Your touch must
never be followed by that of another,
and I comply to your demands, although
no previous lover has ever had such
cooperation from me. But I've not
known anyone for as long as I have
you. I've never wanted anyone so much,
or for as long as I have you. I've
never wanted anyone so much, or for so
long. You have tempted me unendurably.
You have taken others before my eyes you have eluded me when I have wanted
you most, only to make me desire you
more. You have come to me in the dead
of night to wake me from my dreams, or
to join with me in them . . . we have
danced with dragons, and touched in
the fires of hell. The knowledge of
your desire has made my body shudder
and my mind and heart to abandon all
but you.
And now, after so much arousal, we
are spent. You breathe with me and
hold me when my breath comes hard. You
stroke my tortured arms and call me to
your breast. You keep watch with me as
my red turns to pink and swirls about
me. I am joining the water, and I
cascad~ down the whirlpool at my feet
to join the pools below this room. I
flow beneath the rooms of my friends,
(Do they know you, my love? Will they
understand?), that they may drink me,
and bathe in me, and rejoice in our
union. I flow on to the sea, to mingle
wit~ fish~s and mermaids. Next spring,
I will rain on my tomb, and we will
renew our vows.
I am frightened, my love. Hold. me
now, for I am weary and cannot move my
limbs. I have pledged myself to you
alon_e . I fear your will, but I'll
follow where you take me. I have come
so far with you that I cannot go back
- and would not if I could. My joy is
complete. I have loved life, but I
have longed for you more.
_The water runs clear, and I am finished here. Take me home, my love, and
we will see ~hat other games you know.

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EDITORIALS
THE SPLIT
by Kristi Anderson
In a recent conference on women and
mental health, a parallel was suggested in a case where X tried to be
an alcoholic, in order to have a common experience with recovering alcoholics, but was unable to do so. Is
that really such a val i.d analogy to
women who are unproclaimed, or undecided, in taking sides on the 'who's
better of the sexual choice?' issue?
Perhaps this issue could be resolved
by consciousn ess-raising. But again,
as in the case of racism, the priviledged group is usually quite blind as
to the actual position of · the oppressed group . . . a_s they see themselves and percieve their situation.
In most cases, it is much the same
sort of victimizatio n pattern played:
by white women defensive about racism,
by middle-class women defensive about
classism, by monogamous
lovers defending their possessiven ess, by men
in
large women's groups defending
their masculinity, and by non-lesbian
women in groups comprised by a majority of lesbians, when the non-lesbians
are defending their dicks. In each of
these cases, what actually occurs is
sabotage. Rather than quietly listening to something unknown, or uncomfortable, or both,
the priviledged
caste member will divert the subject
and focus all energy and attention on
herself.
This recalls again the story from
Iawasackee Notes, where, one day a
circle was seated where men in the
inner circ1e spoke whi1e women in the
outer circle listened. The next day,
when the women took the speaking
inner-circle position, only one man
stayed in the outer circle of hearers.
It seems that each 1 'side' 1 stands
behind a wall and imagines who is on
the other side. On the side of the
oppressed caste, however, the wall is
a window, while, on the other side,
the wall is a mirror. An oppressed
caste usually intricately understands
the priviledged caste, as
it is
essential to their survival to do so.
And this power position is maintained
by the will of the priviledged caste,
while usually against the consent of
the oppressed caste. This is why it is
so inappropriate to allow the priviledged members to speak extensively
about themselves in groups where they
are in a minority.
An often recurring topic of recent
interest appears in the conversation
between lesbians and non-lesbian s,
about which choice is ideological ly
prefereab le.
SARAH: 11 ! have many friends who are
lesbians whom I feel very close to and
love, but I often . feel excluded on
judgements based on my choice to fuck
dick, and that hurts me.'.'
BUTCH: 1 1 That 1 s your choice, honey. It
ch anges your energy and vibrational
levels; to absorb it from dickdom, and
some of us are trying to tune out that
interference as much as possible in
our own lives and force fields, and
see what ' s really our own. 1 1
SARAH: 1 1 But why can't you respect me
for my choice, as I do you for
yours?'
BUTCH:
' Because you are generating
raw material which dickdom uses to
build war-machine mentality.' '
SARAH: " But my dick isn't like that,
he's qood. H
BUT.CH : (thinks to her serf) 1 1 That I s
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just it, honey,, · you swallowed the
line, and are _hooked right in to a
contributin g positi,~ · •
In the case of alcoholism or nonalcoholism, neither position carries
inherent priviledge/oppressed relationships, although · this may be disputed by alcoholics. Alcoholic groups
are
most
often
dominated
by
non-lesbian white persons who, except
for the problems inherent in alcoholi~m, still are eligible for priviledge by caste-statu s. This, of
course, is excepting minority-causes
alcoholic groups, which already belong
to the· oppressed caste.
In the case of non-lesbians feeling
put-down by lesbians, and so trying to
become lesbians but being unable to
sometring more complex is in interolay,
here.
Years ago, movement _leaders
discovered that the word
'lesbian'
carried so much power in inciting the
patriarchy, that the use or denial of
the word as a label determined how
much resource power would be allowed
accessible to them by the patriarchs'
control. At some points in the women's
movement, 'lesbian' was us-ed affirmatively by lesbians and non-lesbians
to defuse this power from the word.
Asked or accused of lesbianism, women
unanimously said, 'Yes, I am. 11
The era of sisterhood reigned
briefly as lesbian and non-lesbian
lesbians fought
shoulder-to-shoulder
for: abortion, control of one's own
body, protection and assistance in
encounters with male violence in rape
and abuse, health ca~e and child care.

Recently,
however, ·1eaders
and
groups who are now more experienced
are finding differing reactions to the
conservative • political
pressure now
growing from the right wing. This may
have much to to with the current
hostility
between
lesbian
and
non-lesbian contingents . And also,
panic from women teetering in the
middle.
''When hard times come, where is
your loyalty?' 1 ask the lesbians of
each other. Lack of privilege means
lack of material security, and patriarchy has no use for females who will
not contribute flesh to the building
of the war machinery. Patriarchs are
actively interested in the extermination of disobedient women who refuse
to participate . So, how can a lesbian
fully trust an
alliance with a
non-lesbian, who is owned by a master
who can, through economic or physical
restraint, tell her, "No, don't support lesbians.'' , and she must not?
Lesbians,
therefore, come to see
non-lesbians as agents of the enemy who may seduce a lesbian with womanly
charms and steal her trust, and then
run home to Dick (dick) when it starts
to rain. The lesbian sister than finds
herself alone, out in the cold.
Confronted, then, by non-lesbians
who percieve this distrust, lesbians
can certainly identify with the feelings of the non-lesbian, but can only
shrug in answer. At this point resolution to this conflict seems 'difficult,
or
impossible.

by Ronin
Christianit y has enjoyed a renaissance in the last few years. People
who were not raised in religious homes
and have no real religious background
are suddenly 'finding' God. Seems like
when times get hard, people get scared
and need something to turn to. Many of
them turn · to .God. This in itself isn't
bad, but women need to be careful that
the cure isn't worse than the disease.
Christianit y
has
traditional ly
degraded women, and placed them in a
subservient position to men. One of
the primal
myths of the JudeoChristian tradition is Man's fall from
grace - a fall supposedly caused by
Woman.
The Bible then goes on to place
special sanctions against women, to
carefully define a woman's submissive
role, and to issue warning against the
inherent weakness and evil of women.
The Bible makes it very clear that a
good woman submits to God and Man, and
a bad woman doesn't. I have heard
Christian women say that God gave the
inspiration , but men wrote the words
of the Bible, and as everyone knows,
men are fallible. Why not go a step,
further, and say maybe men made the
whole thing up for their convenience?
God was created by and for men, and
serves them by keeping women in a
powerless position.
Christian women tell me that they
read the Bible and simply ignore any
negative reference to women or- Gays.
In effect, this means to me that they
are not really Christian, but only
that their religion
is Christianbased. Since most of them were raised
within Christianit y, they consider
Christianit y their only viable spiri- :
tual outlet. However, women's relioions existed before the actvent of

God, and still exist today, despite
merciless persecution by Christians.
It is puzzling to me that a Lesbian
would choose Christianit y, with its
highly negative approach to women,
over a matricarchal religion which
celebrates women's energy.
Another way women try to avoid the
misogyny inherent in Christianit y is
to divorce Christ from his followers.
They say they believe in the teachings
of Christ, but not organized Christianity. How in the hell do they separate the two? Everything Christ did or
said was documented and translated by
CHRISTIANS. If not for his fanatical
followers, Christ would have faded
into obscurity after his death. One
cannot separate Christ from Christianity; if one embraces Christ, one
must also embrace the things done in
Christ's name. For two thousand years,
opportunist s and glory seekers have
used his name in their schemes and
plots. The image of the gentle suffering Christ is somewhat tarnished by
the bloody hands of his Christian
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soldiers. 11 Ask the women who died
in the inquisition or the Nazi gas
chambers if Christ is a gentle God.
Ask the witches burned at the stake.
When a Lesbian associates herself with
Christianit y, she should be prepared
to accept the negative energy involved
in such a choice. There are other
alternative s to a woman's spiritual
needs, and they are as many and as
varied as the imaginations of women.
Women don't . have to accept a religion
which awards them second-class status;
by dQing so, they degrade themselves.
They can create their own spirituality, they can build their own religions. We can worship ourselves, each
other, or the earth; we can wors hi-f)
. the
Goddess
in
each of us.

FICTION
Tight 1{]ants

bY MYra Fourwin ds

(Con't from last issue . . . )

standing figure when she appeared so me, and get it over with.''
suddenly. Rochelle tossed
Glenna sprang up from her chair to
her long
Nelda sat with elbow propped on the flowing chestnut mane for effect, and pace in the near darkness. Her footkitchen table, a lit cigarett e between broke the stillnes s. 11 Here I am,'' steps echoed through
the silence of
extended fingers. Thoughtfully, she Rochelle
challenged energet ically, the basement. As Glenna paced rapidly,
blew two puffs of smoke into the tense ''talk about me now, to my face. 'That another
footstep s began to be
silence. Glenna caught her breath whore, Rochelle 1 •has arrived so you heard fromsetthe of open
door of the basebriefly, then continued, defensively can discuss her sex life in person. '' ment. As the three heads
turned, only
justifyi ng herself to the cracked and Rochelle posed in an exaggerated fight the outline of a large
woman
could be
stained green plaster wall behtnd stace, facing Glenna.
seen in -the dim light of the doorway.
Nelda's short blond curls.
''Just
Nelda took
up Rochell e's jesting 11 Chula! 11
gasped, and started
shows how non-monogamous I m not?" mood, "Well, Ro, you're in fine humor towards the, Glenna
woman
entering
the baseGlenna asked.
today, is your latest honey a good ment room. The two met in the semiNelda broke into Glenna's monologue, lay?' 1 They all knew Rochelle had been darkness, falling into embrace.
"Listen ,
sweetheart, you've been listenin g to the basement conversation and Rochelle wai~ed anxiously inNelda
the
faithful ly sleeping with me two nights throught the upstairs heating vent.
silence.
a month since we broke up eighteen The su.n was fading fast, leaving the
Rochelle's baratone voice resounded
months ago. When you found your latest basement dimly lit.
loudly, ''Well, now the scene is comflame in su chica raza, Chula, you
Rochelle was quick to reply, point- plete. Let's
began faithful ly sleeping with her ing to Nelda for effect, 11 You know over with.'' all go to bed, and get it
twenty-eight nights a month. Is that she is, because you sleep with her
''Roche lle!'' Nelda exclaimed, ''How
monogamy? Non-monogamy has more to do lover, 11 as her arm moved to implicat
naughty
e
you are!''
with attitude than theoreti cal sex. 11
Glenna.
Rochelle
picked up the deck of cards
''But it 1 s not my business who else
The chestnut head, topped with a on the kitchen table, shoved the tanyou sleep with, Nelda," Glenna said, beret, tossed again.
"Well, don•t gerine peel
aside, and began to
and Chula's free to go out with worry
about Rochelle,••
Rochelle rapidly shuffle and deal four hands.
anyone, if she lets me know three days cajoled sweetly, ''I'm just after
''Anybody for strip poker?'' Rochelle
ahead of time and doesn't bring them Chula's body, I don't want to marry asked gaily.
home to our bed; we agreed on it.''
her. You went in for some of that
''Roche lle!'' Nelda exclaimed again,
"You're a jealous bitch, and you yourse lf," she pointed to Glenna,
11
You are truly incorrig ible.••
know it,
Nelda said,
just like
just a few weeks ago, if I remember
Rochelle flipped on the light hangwhen we were togethe r, and you kept clearly. That was you in my bed, was
ing over the table. 11 No, you must
such close track of me. As you know, I it not?
remember, I am thirty-e ight years old,
couldn t take that. If you smother
You re so naughty, Ro,•
Nelda have given up my two children , have
Chula, you ll lose her. To me, true taunted,
that may be why you g.et in
spent four years in the state penilove is freedom. 11
so much trouble. 11
tentiary , have had innumeralbe lovers,
Glenna agreed, "OK, OK. Maybe I
I m just calling it what it is,
and just can 1 t get ~o excited about
st art to t hink I m not good enough, sweet thing,
Rochelle retorted to
every
thing,''
Rochelle
when Chula gets regular wit h somebody Nelda, ••you sleep with Glenna, Glenna explai ned little
calmly.
"Now,
come
over
else. Gl enna rambl ed on , '' Maybe I' m sleeps with Chula, Chula sleeps wit h here, you t wo,
and
sit
dow
n, ' '
afr ai d she wil l f i nd someth in g she Roc hell e , and Roc hel le , she sleeps
Roc helle ind icated Chula and Glenna,
likes better.' '
wit h anybody . That's t he arrangement.
''l et' s get on wi t h this . 11 Rochelle
They did not hear the footstep s Maybe only fo r this week, 1 1 Rochelle
pointedly delt the last car d, and set
coming down the concrete stairway into continued,
down the deck.
let s all ju st rel ax and
Chula and Gl enn a
the basement . Rochelle emerged into enjoy what fun we can find amoung
obediently pulled up chairs to the
the sun-lit patch, projected onto the ourselve s , in the midst of the opcon I t on page 8
grey painted concrete basement floor pression of patriarc hal rule, and plan ****************
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from the high west window, looking a proper revoluti on.•• Rochelle pulled
A
Siste
r· s Blood
like a star performer stepping into a up a metal folding chair to the table «
«
spotligh t. Nelda and Glenna lapsed between the women.
t
Don t you have t Sister-woman-child into stop-ac tion, staring towards the something to say, Glenna?•' Rochelle f
he has killed you again.
t
t
You
lay lifeless in an open fi eld,
spoke softly, ''Go ahead and yell at
t
t Your breasts
t
t torn from thei r sister-f lesh
EPISTEMOLOG ICAL ONTOLOGY
!
!
and
beaten
wit
h
a
hammer.
t
A
cry
for l i ghtening.
A hymn to sun,
t
Y
our
vagina
cut
out
wit
h
a
knife
t
Ins
i de sandstone cave.
On a ra i ny day.
•t severed from the essence of you. t
Br i nging heartstr uck terror,
How she escapes
t Mother Earth,
t
With a glimpse
My mind's ·grasp.
!
who
knows
we
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the
murder
of
men,
t
Of
landscap
But lingers seductiv ely
es unseen
! regretfu lly recieved your blood. t
On borderland s edge
By mortal gaze
t For thousands of years
t
In generat ion's lifetime s.
Just beyond reach.
! you have died at his hand.
t
! For thousands of years
t
A whisper of breeze
A song to lettuce
t
1
your
sisters
and
mothers
have
t
In
he
11
s
oven
In winter's night .
.
t
seen
you
suffer
his
violence
t
Taunting
With green memories
ly fresh and cool
!
and wept bitterly .
t
Clinging in my teeth
On flesh seared
!
My
soul
cries
out
with
rage
t
Torn to bits
Consumed by flames.
t He has stolen you from youth and life. t
By incisors cutting
Slowly eaten away
t
You, who have given him existenc e
t
Chlorophyl veins.
Bone turned to ash.
! and nurtured him in love :
t He has killed you again.
t
A drop of dew
Calling to a lover
t
We
sha
11
never
know
t
In desert sauna.
When she is gone.
t your beauty and goodness,
t
Mouth parche~ _dry
Not carved in wood
t
which
was
extingui
shed
:
Nor sculpted in stone.
Longing for that drink.
t
in a timeless fashion.
t
Nothing I can hold
Mirage across the dunes
!
~ut
we
sha
11
know
the
pain
of
the
war
:
In my empty hands.
Tempting each cell
t which has been waged against you. t
So what am I missing?
Remaining beyond reach.
t No men's jury will give us justice fort
t
the milli_on.s of times you have died t
A poem for a muse.
A gesture of ritual
t
this
horrible death.
«
Is she there
Striving to become
tWho
will
judge
his
society,
t
Behind yon tree?
Absorbed into cosmos
:t· which has created this intolera ble
Or sitting straddle d
Bridging the abyss
t monster?
«
Moss~covered, in brook?
Imagination at the reins.
:vet,
we
will
live
to
see
another
day;
!
I see her most clearly
Galloping wildly through night
«and we will live to see _you die aqain.;
When my eyes are closed.
Approaching impossi bility.
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table, and each picked up a pile of
cards.
The four women played quietly for
some time, concentrating on the card
game. Rochelle's full
house/eights
high, took the pot, and she gathered
the pile of clothing from the table.
Glenna stripped off her fatigue-green
tee-shi rt, and tossed it to the middle
of the table.
Rochelle patted Glenna gently on her
bare shoulder, and began, ''First, you
felt put-down be~ause I would choose
to be regular with Chula and only
occassional .with you. Second , you are ,
as you sa1d when I came in tonight
a~raid Chula will find something sh;
l1kes better. 11 Rochelle continued
I I
an d s he may, you know, she is a,
young thing yet, you should expect it.
However, it won't be this Rochelle you
need to worry about stealing her from
you. Rochelle is shockingly honest.
She will tell you exactly what she is
up to. Glenna, you are lucky it is
only Rochelle who is after your la
raza honey, this time. 11
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Rochelle will also tell you just
what -she wants you to hear. 11 Nelda
taunted.
Glenna delt herself an ace of
hearts, face-up, and all four women
stared. 11 Anything else, fff9-. an a1y-

ti cal overview?'' Glenna asked sarcastica lly, as she collecte d her teeshirt back from the middle of the
table, along with Chula's big lacy
black bra, Rochelle's crimson velvet
vest, and Nelda's braided leather
belt.
''Answer
that
for yourse lf,'' .
Rochelle replied briefly. Turning to
the brown woman on her left, she
asked, 11 how are you feeling, Chula? 11
Chula began to speak, quietly, for
the first time that evening. 11 I 1 ve
been dreading this, I'm not calm,
that's for sure. 11
The phone upstairs could be heard
ringing through the heating vent. A
woman's voice
upstairs
answered
'11• He 11 o, ' '
then through the vent,
Hey, Ro, it's Daniella , you gonna
answer?'•
Rochelle stood and went to directly
oelow the vent, and in a normal tone,
began to speak to the ce i 1i ng. • 1 He 11
no, I've gotten myself into enough
trouble for one day down here, don• t
you think?' 1
The
upstairs
voice
answered,
'That s for sure. I' 11 te 11 her
you' 11 call back, OK?''
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