Brazen Hussy Rag : v.1:no.3(1982)
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- en Brazen Hussy Rag : v.1:no.3(1982)
- Description
- The Brazen Hussy Rag was an independent newspaper published in Oklahoma City from 1981-1982 by a local feminist bookstore. This bookstore was the direct ancestor of Herland Sister Resources, an Oklahoma-based non-profit that empowers, supports, and enriches the lives of women and 2SLGBTQ+ individuals in a safe, loving, and inclusive environment.
- Date Issued
- 1982
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- Brazen Hussy Rag
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- Brazen Hussy Collective
- Date
- 2024-11-26T00:00:13Z
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- 2024-11-26T00:00:13Z
- Subject
- Lesbian press
- Women
- Location
- Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States
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VOLUME I,
N_o. .3
OKLAHOMA CITY,OKLAHOHA
MARCH 5, I 9 '.J2
Anti-Reagan Rally Planned by AFL-CIO
bv
Jana
B.
OKLAHOMA CITYA laree rallY to Protest
Pres. Reaeanis economic and
Political Policies is beine
Planned bY the AFL-CIO for the
d a Y of th e s ch e du I e d lt-f·e r. id en tial visit to the Oklahoma
Leeislature March 16th.
Rat I Y oreanizers say the
objective of the protest is to
let Reaean and the Oklahoma
I eeis I atu re know that manY ,
People oPPose 11Reaeonomics,,.
Joe Johnson, local AFL-CIO
leader, said that Reaeonomics is
,rfor the wealthy and not the
workers or the Poor.11
Dr~anizers Pla n t o ho ld
he
ral IY on the s.outh s.tePs. of
the caPitol
simultaneously
wi th Reaeanis speech to the
leeislature, tentatively schedules for 11 am, Tuesda~ March
16.
Several oreanizations have
aPPlied to Join the AFL-CIO
ral IY, includine the American
Aericulture Moveme n t, National
Oreanization of Women, NAACP,
A. Phil liPs Rando l f Institute
Ca Black labor oreanization>•
Am e r i c an Fe de r a t i on o f Te a c :, e rs ,
the Central Indian All i ance,
~~d Disabled American Veterans.
ERA "HELD
while the Tulsa world
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I
calls it buried alive ,
ERA workers he re in OKC refer
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I
t o the ERA as held hostaee
and are askin~ suPPorters
throuehout the state to wear
~reen ribbons
as a r em inder
I
oL the ERA s status in Ok I a
homa.
Ruth Adams, P rojec t Di r ector
of the s.tatewide ERA Countdown CamPaien, said that
I
leeislatorsI are thwartine
the People s wil I, as r-ef lected in Pol ls, bY refusine
I
another vote on ERA.
Dan DraPer, SPeaker of the
House, has repeatedly st a ted
Karen DeCrow and
PhYllis SchlaflY
recently debated
the ERA on the
Richar-d Hof!:ue
we e k d·a Y s P r o eram on OKC ' s
channel 25. The
audience, dressed
in E!reens and
reds, was caueht
UP in the
fierY confrontation.
Photos bY Jana B.
AnYone interested in joinine
in what o reanize rs hope wi I I be
a laree-scale protest are ureed
to <tttend. Oreanizations
wishin~ to join or individuals
ne~dine information should
contact the AFL-CIO office in
'KC.
HOSTAGE"
that he felt there ~as no
Point in brineine the issue
to a vote in the House, in
view of its defeat in the
Senate.
As a result, DraPer
- has refused to brin~ the
issue out of the House Rules
Committee and UP before a
vote of the Chamber at laree.
Techn i ca//y,
the ERA is
alive, since it is stil I in
committee in both the House and
Sen~te, but since ti~ist~t1V~
SUPPort IP'IS diminished. the
chancP.s of the ERA beine
broueht UP for a vote aeain
befcre the June 30 deadline
look slim.
NEWS BRIEFS
LESBIAN LOSES APPEAL
OKLAHOMA CITY --The Oklah oma
SuPre me Court , in a Pr'ece dentsettin e rulin e, refus ed earlY
this month to resto re child
custo dy ri~ht s to a Tulsa
lesbi an
The hiP-h court 's
rulin e estab lishe s homos exual
activ ity as leeiti mate eroun ds
for chane ine child custod Y.
The ~uPre me Court rulin e
uPhol ds Judee David Winsl ows I
decis ion to return the fourYe a r- o I d b o Y to his fathe r
' I
as a resul t of his moth ers
lesbia n relati onsh iP. The court
said Winsl ow was justi fied in
chane ine his earli er child
custo dy order becau se of the
Poten tial IY detrim ental effec ts
th,e mothe r'shrH !losex ual relati on~
shiP could ~ave on her sons
'
emoti onal wel 1-bein f.?.
SUNBELT RETIRES
OKLAHOMA CITY --The Sunb elt
Al I iance retire d this month
after almos t four Years of
anti- nucle ar activ ism. The
A I I i an Ce , W h i Ch W a S f O rm e d
in 1978 to fieht the const ruction of the Black Fox nucle ar
Plant , annou nced their retir ement after an annou nceme nt bY
the Publi c Servi ce Orean izatio n
that const ructio n on Black Fox
had been suspe nded. P.SrO .
cited econo mic Probl ems as
the reaso n for closi ne the
Black Fox Plant1 but sourc es
in the Sunb elt Allia nce claim
that a non-r ecePt ive Polit ical
clima te was a major facto r in
the P.S.O . decis ion.
JUDhE CALLS CHILD ''sFDU CTRE ss''
Lanc aster, Wisc .---Pa rents
are Petiti onin! :! to recal I
Circu it Court JudP.e wit liam
Reine ck, due to remar ks he
.
. .
made du rim! the t ria I of
24 Year· old Raf Ph Snode rass
and h is a I I er. e d ' ' s e du ct res s ' ' ,
a 5 )ear old E!irl.
NEW NEWSPAPER OPENS
COALITION FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE FORMS
NORMAN, OK.-- The Oklah oma
NQ~MAN~ QKLA. ---A new orean iFree Press annou nces their
zatio n has forme d in Norman
first issue March 15. The
with the ~gal Qf Provi din~ an
Free Press wishe s to Provi de
infor matio n resou rce. The
Oklah omans with an alter nate
Coaii tion for Socia l Justi ce
news servi ce which wi 11
curre ntly has Publi catio ns
utiliz e both natio nal news
avail able conce rnine NOW
sourc es and local comm entato rs.
activ ities , femin ist erouP s,
Some issue s of speci al inter est
and Polit ical orean izatio ns.
to the Free Press are civil
This infor matio n can be Picke d
rieht s, human rieht s, the
UP at the VVAW offic e, room
econo my, the envir onme nt, and
304 of El I ison Hal I, Univ ersity
eover nmen t sPend ine. The
of Oklah oma.
I I
Press , wil
I accep t
coPYThe Coali tion is curre ntly
I
readY
artic les, Photo eraPh s,
seeki ne PeoPl e who wil I
and drawi nes.
Leeit imate
volun teer their cars to take
orean izatio ns and speci al
rider s to Oklah ~ma CitY to
inter est erouP s maY subm it a
ereet Presi dent Rea!:!an when
coPY- readY news letter for
he arriv es at the State
free Publi catio n.
If Your
CaPit ol March 16.
artic le is of a contr overs ial
While the or~an iz~tio n is
natur e it must also be factu al
based on the OU camPu s, memb ers
and docum ented.
uree the eener al POPU iace to
For more
infor matio n cal I 329-1 844/
make use of the new facil ity.
329-2 798, or write Oklah oma
AnYone wanti ne furth er infor Free Press , P.O. Box 1262,
matio n, o r wi I I i ne to v o I u nNorma n, Ok. 73070
t e er a car shoul d conta ct Neat
at 364-6 310 or Kathy at 364-5 785
CA LE ND ER
MARCH 6
SHARON RIDDELL CONCERT
Sharo n Ridde l I, a femin ist,
voca list/m usici an/so newr iter
wil I be aPPea rine in Norman
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,
a t O• U• s Da I e Ha I I < rm 211 >
on March 6th at 7:30 P.m ••
The conce rt is beine Produ ced
I I
I
I I
bY
Lets Talk women
and
al I Proce eds wil I eo towar d
I
I I
Oklah oma s
Secon
d Annua l
I I
Music Festi val
to be held
later this Year. Ticke ts are
$5.00 and are avail able from
Barba ra <672- 6459> , Tonia
<528- 4494> , or Roxan na <8483058 >.
MARCH 11
BOOKSTORE~ BHR BENEFIT
The Braze n Hussy Rae and
La Sa I I e des Femmes - a s Pe c i a I
books tore are co-sp onsor ine a
I I
fund- raisin ~
Comin
~ Out
I I
I
Party
at D.J. s Thurs daY,
March 11, from 7-11P .rn.
Live
enter tainm ent will inclu de
''I am satis fied we have
Bonni e Houeh ton, Cate Canno n
1
an unusu al I Y sexua l I Y Perand :Rrett e Baldw in.
' Groe
I I
missi ve Youne ladY, and he
and Grub
will be avail able,
<the defen dant> did not
and the cover chare e wil I be
know enou~ h to refus e''the Jud~e $2.00 .
said. ' ' No way do I belie ve
MARCH 19 & 20
WOMEN & MENTAL HEALTH
Mr. Snod~ rass initia ted
CONFERENCE
sexua l conta ct, ' ' Reine ck state d,
<Uni versit y of Oklah oma>
and ca I I e d the 5 y e·a r o I "d
Orean
ized bY the Wome nis
'"the aeE!r essor • 'in the sexStudi es Proera m and the Wome nis
ual assau lt.
Resou rce Cente r of Norma n,
--- "The Natio nal NOW Time s" spons ored bY a irant from the
Oklah oma Huma nities Coun cil, the
confe rence wil I focus on
wome nis Probl ems in menta l
healt h, with sPeci al emPh asis
on analY sis of the femin ine role
and its effec ts on the menta l
healt h of women.
KeYno te speak er wit I be PhYI lis
Ch e s s I e r , a u t h o r o f , , Women An d
Madn ess"~ Ches sler will speak
at 8 Pm on Frida y March 19,
OCCE Forum at Timb erdale & AsP
in No rm an . 0 t h e r t o P i c s in c I u de :
alcho holis m, older women , 1,:ine liness, sexu ality , stres s, holis tic
hea~t h, ethni c lifes tYles , midlif~ crisi s and lesbia nism.
R2ei strati on is $2 <cove rs
cost of chiJd care for the
confe rence >. Acade mic credi t is
also avail able. For info, cal I
Elain e Barto n., Womenis Studi es
Pro~r am, 325-3 481.
MARCH 26
ARTEMIS HOUSE COFFEEHOUSE
A ~ood turn- out has PromP ted
the retur n eneae ement of Artem is
Coffe e house . The next coffe e
house sched uled is from 7-10P .m.
Frida y, March 26th in the ninth
floor loune e of Date Hal I Tower
at the Univ ersity of Oklah oma.
Amohe sched uled enter tainment are two fiddl ers, a Poet
and a sinee r.
Refre shmen ts
W i I I b e S O f d b Y th e Lo V e I i eh t
Baker Y. The coffe e house is a
co-op erativ e ventu re betwe en
the Norman Wome~s Resou rce
I
Cente r and Wome ns Studi es
DePar tment at o.u. Every one
is welcri 'ile'
Film Review
On Golden Pond
OK - I do love Kate HePburn
and I do respect Henry Fonda
I, it was nice seeine
and wel
I
Janes assets in a skimPY
I
bikini and don t for~et the
Pretty scenery and the jes' folks
attitude of the film and oh,
the SPiashy oPenine, too, but
I stil I wasted four bucks on
somethine that could have
On the bie
flown on TV.
screen it never took off.
Why? Wei I-there was no
Plot and the characters, while
flawlessly acted were Poor
For those
characterizations.
I
of You who don t believe me,
an examPle: Al I throuehout
the movie we hear Chelsea
CJane Fonda> talk of some conr y Fon. d a > .
f I i c t wit h No rm an C Hen
I
We never hearI Normans side I
onlY Chelsea s. We see at the
end of the movie that a simPle
back-f ~iP was al I that was
needed to end the conflict
between them.
The relationshiPs between
Chelsea and I her mother and Norman
and Chelsea s steP-son were
both vacuous.
In fact, a kind
of Pretty vacuity is the hat Imark of this film.
As viewers, we were ass au I te,;f
I I
.
Hof IYthe
with every cheap shot
, I
could
wood Film Machine
Cheap sentimentality
•throw at us.
pretentious realism, affected
romanticism has pervaded most
From technical IY beautiful
scenes.
scenes to
nature
but overused
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'
meanineful
melodra~~tic
I I
t h e f i I m f I o un d-e re d in
mom e n t s
a cesspool of sYruPY-sweet writin~.
In the erandest Hol lYWOOd .
tradition this film wil I Probably
walk off with al I the Academy
Awards.
For those of us who
care about quality in films,
we can onlY hoPe.
-JR
Artemis House Opens to Enthusiastic Crowd
APProximatelY sixty PeoPle
attended the first women's
coffeehouse to be held in the
Oklahoma CitY area. Sponsored bY
the Womenis Resource Center and
the Norman Woments Community,
the coffeehouse was held in
Norman on February 15.
11Res.Ponse was excellent11,
said Johnna Roeers, a member of
the PI annine committee. Entertainment was ~rovided b~th in
th e f o rm o f I iv e mus i c and
Poetry readin~s, and the crowd
seened quite enthused bY
both. SunnY DaY, a local woman
sonewriter and musician, sane
her orie!inal compositions
a caPPella. The result was
surPrisine: an excePtional I Y
w a rm Pe r f o rm an c e b Y a v e r Y
talented ladY. The lack of
accomPaniment was not seen as a
lack at all.
Poetry was Provided bY MYra
Fourwinds and read bY Johnna
.Ro!!ers. Althoueh the lecturehai I atmosPhere of the location
didntt helP in the communication
of Poetic ser.timent, Ms. Roeers
did a verY fine job.
The coffeehouse concept was
first initiated with the Plan of
Providin~ an alcohol-free
atmosphere for women to come
toeether and share ideas,
talents and time. In this
writeris oPinion, the coffeehouse was a success on al I
counts.
Coffeehouse oreanizers are
Plannine to brine a wider. ranee
of entertainers to next
monthts fest, and to Provide a
more- oPen, less rie!id settine.
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SHARON
RIDDELL
DALE HALL
room 211
MARCH 6, 7:30p.m.
Based on our exPerience of the first Artemis
House Coffeehouse, we stronelY uree al I women to
'come to the next one, and to brine their ·friends.
EDITORIALS
Lesbia°!Alcoholic
by Jo
I I
It is a terrifYi nl! feeline
to realize that You have lost
control of Your drinkine .
we tend to try manY thines
to reeain this control- numberi ne
our drinks, drinkine onlY
beer or wine; drinkine onlY
on certain days or durinl!
certain hours, never drinkine
alone, alwaYs drinkinl! alone,
and the list eoes on and on.
The terrible fact is that
thoueh these thines maY work
briefly, once we have reached
this Point our drinkinl! is out
of control. Most of us cannot
count the number of I times
I
Never
that we have ~aid,
t ran Qui I i z e rs to Pu I I us out
of our hane-ov er so that
we can drink aeain.
I think that the problem
of alcoholi sm and drue depend
ency Presents some special
Problems for us a lesbians .
Our subcultu re is verY Party
orientat ed. MenY of us have
no Place to meet each other
except for the bars. when
we do eet I toeether as a
erouP, i t s seldom chel'nical fY
Even some of our literafree.
ture sueeests that we try
exPerien cine certain thines
under the influenc e of alcohol
or under the influenc e of
lalcohol or drues. This
was a E!reat concern to me
when I decided to take some
action concerni ne mY drinkine .
The first A.A. meetine I
attended consiste d lareelY
I
of straieht alcohol ics.
told a wommin that she did
not understa nd mY situatio n.
Drinkine is Part of mY subAfter all, what
culture.
club meetat book
do
I
will
,
If
ines if I don tI drink?
fit
·
never
II
I
I join A.A.;
ae a in.
For several weeks, I v!"'S
deePIY concerne d about bei ~e
alienate d from the commu ~ 1tY
In fact, I have
forever.
found that the OPPOSite is
One out of three
t r rJ e.
!~sbians who drink are alcoholi cs
Wommin who are aware, carin~,
and suPPort ive, unlike manY
<cont. on Pa~e 3)
Jo and
Hi? MY name is
,
I I
Im an alcohol ic.
I find myself saYine those
works alot latelY, and itts somewhat stranee since I sPent
so I one t rYinE! to deny them.
This article wil I not
l!ive an account of the ruin
and destruct ion that alcohol
I never
broueht to mY life.
lost a job because of drinkI was never arrested
inl!.
I did
drivine.
drunk
for
I I
not lose mY child, mY home,
The euilt and
al!ain
friends.
mY credit, or mY
the remorse are terrible ,
I have I ea rn e d , I how eve r,
and mah Y of us fee I u t t e r I Y
I I
I I
nevers
that there aren t anY
I ost before we actual 1-Y seek
I I
I I
.
.
•
Yets
not
onlY
1n my life
he IP.
Al I of the above can haPPen.
For manY wommin the Problem
To make sure that it wil I,
of alcoholi sm is further
I need onlY drink.
complica ted bY the use of
There are manY mYths about
tranqui lizers and other· drues.
mYths
These
alcoholi sm.
ManY doctors have n~t Proeress are unfortun ate because theY
,
ed Past the Point of seeine
Perpetua te the alcohol ics
wommin as anxiety ridden,
herof
e
misunde rstandin
hysteric al beines. These
self and hinder the underdisciPle s of the A.M.A.,
standine of her friends and
which is not known for its
lovers.
over-con cern for wommin,
One does not have to drink
I often eladlY eive us
wil
I I
everYdaY to be an alcohol ic.
e to
a little somethin
I I
I
ManY alcoholi cs do not.
Is it
nerves
our
calm
did not drink every day and
Possible that this is just
manY times I attempte d to
one more means in a fieht
th?t
Proof
use that fact as
to make us sub missive and
I was not a Problem drinker.
dePenden t? ManY of us then
Alcohol i cs are sometime s
become involved in a cYcle
weeks,
for
drY
able to stay
of drinkine and then usine
months or even Years .
Frequen tly she wil I see her
that
drY Periods as evidence
I I
take it
she can in fact
I I
However,
or leave it
bY Ronin
as an alcohol ic, when she
Now that , we are fairlY wel
Picks UP her next drink, she
intu the 80 s we need to be
wil I resume her drinkinf.!
~ivin~ some thoueht about
career rieht where she
UnemPIOY how to survive them.
l eft off.
ment is hiP.h, Prices and interest
Alcohol ics are not con~
rates are outraeeo us; meanstitutio nal I Y weaker than
while Re~an continue s to tri m
Our drinkine
non-alco hol i cs.
the budeet by makin~ the rich
i s not du e to a lack of wil I
richer and the Poor consid e rab l Y
Power or a deficien t charact Poorer. We are not to .worrY
er. We have a disease and
however, I this is al I Part
one of the SYPtoms of our
of Reean s master Dian which
disease is loss of contro l
is beeinnin ~ to look a little
once we beein ~ri n kine. We
like a final solution . Hail!
come from. al I Professi ons,
is warmine uP in the Latin
backerou nds, socioeco nomic
Ame r i can bu I I Pen an tl E I Sa I level~, and educatio nal
vador is cominf.! into the eame
ManY of us are relevels.
as an desi P. nated economic
sponsib le, intellie ent, inUndersta ndably, manY
UPl'ift.
dePende nt, and ere ~.; 1ve
of us are worried about how
PeoPle in al I other asPects
to survive the hard ti mes
of our lives. Just as this is
Promise to be Particu larwhich
true, it is also true that
ly hard on workin~ class lesbian~ .
alcoh _ol can an .jwi ll remove
ManY lesbian commun ities are
a l I of these Positive asPects
usine network in~, barter and
of our Persona lities if
co 11 ective~ to combat the economic
untreate d.
DYK EWI SE
crunch.
This basical IY boils down
to workine toeether and pooline
our ski I Is and resource s.
I
Lets face i t - 50 of us
workine: toeether have a better
chance o f survivin e than anY
one of us alone. This mieht
mean Po ol ine: our moneY and buYin .
food as a e:rouP to eet cheaper
It mi~ht mean tradine
Prices.
off skil Is like carPentr Y•
mechani cs, Plumbin~ , ect. ~
These ideas have been Put to
e:ood use in other areas and
the Oklahoma CitY lesbians and
E!aY men real I Y need some of
these Proe:ram s.
If anYone is interest ed or
has Question s an/or sue:e:est ions
write in care of the Ra~ and
w,e can a I I ~ e t in t ouch wit h
each other.
Brazen HussY Ra~
1630 N.W. r9th
OKC 73106
LETTERS
COORS RESPONDS
Dear Editor:
A JnnuarY 30 ,,Brazen Hussy
Ra!:!" articl12, crj_ticz-1 of Adolph
Coors ComPanY, demonstr~ted to us
here - some basic miscorcePtions
conce rnin~ o•J r b re\-lP. rY.
Fin,t of al I; Aclo!r.h Coors
Cornr.anvts 1980 contributions amounted
to we! I over $1,000,000 and supported
more than 380 civic ind charitatle
orf!anizations. ManY of the
or~~nizations listed in Your article
have not been SUPPorted bY this
comPanY. vour article claims that
25'r: cf the Moral Majority,~. Private
donations were from thP Coors fa~ilY.
This is absolutely false. ~hile a
nember of the Coors faMilY has
Pri•,ate I Y donated a smal I sum1 j_t
is important tc understand why. She
believes that this ~rouP, like manY
others in this free society, has
a ri~ht to be heard in order for
individuals to make UP their own
minds on ManY 'of the complex issues
facine this ccuntrY todaY.
Adolph Coors ComPanY is the cnlY
major brewer in the United States,
and most Probably one of the onlY
major corporations, tc Prohibit -in writin~ -- discrimination on
the bes is of sex or , ,sexual Preference.,, So states our Policy
re~ardin~ eoual OPPortunitY:
11Cocrs industries wtll Provide
equal OPPortunitY in emPloY~er.t.
tran5fer and Promotion to al I individuals witbout re~ard to race,
creec!, color, sex~ SEXUAL PREFERENCE, a~e, handicap or national
ori~in.,,
Our record and our Posture have
received close scrutiny from eaY
oreanizations and Publications,
includine the Houston Human
Riehts Leaeue, the GaY Political
Caucus of Houston, the national IYcircul ated ttAdvocate,,, ~nd another
San Francisco-based Public~tion, the
-"Castro Times." In each case,
Adolph Coors ComPanY has been eiven
uncomPromisin~ support.
Reeardine Coors, PolicY of nondiscrimination toward eaYs and
l esbians, RaY Hi! I, Executive
Director of the Houston Human Riehts
Leaeue said:
,,our differences Care> settled.
I have been advised bY the leadership of GPC that the statements of
P o I i c Y a d o P t e d b Y Co o rs f o r Pe rs o n.n e I
and advertisine wil I become the
standards for the rest of the
brewery indystrY and notification is
bein~ PrePared to ask that other
brewers adoPt similar statements of
non-discrimination for their
companies . ,,
These state~ents were made in 1978.
I would sueeest that BHR check with
other industries to see if theY
have adoPted similar Proeressive
1 1standards11 which have been se~
bY Coors, now for more than fou.r
Ye a rs.
The , tAdv-ocate,, recoenized Coo.rs,
commitment to equal opportunity
for al I People a Year <11/16/77>
earlier, aeain after extensive
investieation.
1 1 our investieation Produced no
evidence that Coors discriminates
aeainst eaY PeoPle and considerable
evidence it does not. ·
The ,,castro Times,, conducted
its own investi~ation, this time
in 1981. It came awaY with the
$.ame conslusion.
These issues are s~oke screens
which have been used to hide the
truth about Ado!Ph Coors ComPanY
from the Public.
Do Your readers know, or have You
attemPted to tel I them, that:
-- AdolPh Coors ComPanY has one
of the best, if not THE best affirmative action Proerams in the Rocky
Mountain Reeion. Coors has been
certified as an equal opportunity
em P I o Ye r b Y the f e de r a I e o v e rn ment since 1972.
-- AdolPh Coors ComPanY recoenizes
its emPloYees are its most imPo~taht
resource. In an era when qualify of
life is as imPortant to the worker
as a PaYcheck, Coors has developed
sPecial Proerams for emPloYees,
includine athletic Proerams,
flexible work hours, insurance
Proerams, vanPooline, emPIOYee
education Proerams, fu I I Y Paid time
o f-f , an d a f u I I Y e q u i P Pe d We I I n e s s
Center oPen to al I emPloYees and
their families free of charee.
The list could eo on and
one, {sic} but the real ston is
in reco~nizine that Coors is a
fami!Y of 10,000 PeoPle whose
main concern is makin~ the Purest
b e e r in Am e r i c a , a j o b w e d o
without equal.
Our doors are open to anY and al I
who wish to find out the facts
about us for themselves. But
Please donit judee us
on the basis of halftruths and misconceptions.
Sincerely,
JOHN M. MEADOWS
Manaeer, Community
Affairs
Editoral Collective
BHR ~ishes to Point
out to Mr. Meadows
that we imPlicated
the Coors ComPanY
onlY in as far as
the comPanY eenerated
funds, which were
received as Profits
bY the Coors familY.
We went on further
to say the Coors family
eave a Portion of
this income to
various riE!ht-wine
causes or orE!anizations. Both of these
implications are true
and reliably documented.
We have never addressed the Coors
ComPanY hirinE!
Practices.
Our own
research and the
eaY news network
assyres ~s that after
Ye a rs o f P r-e s s u re s an d
boYcotts bY the eaY
community Coors can
final IY be considered
an equal oPPortunitY
emPIOYer.
At this
Point in time we
Personal IY know of
no corporate wronedoine on the Part
of the Coors ComPanY.
We stand bY the statements made about the
Coors familY and would
be deliehted to
Present our documentation to the Public
in an oPen forum.
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Concert
Organizers Call
Dear Sisters:
This I et t er is to I et You
know about an uPcomine event in
the woments communitY. I am
takine the time to write because
WE truly need Your SUPPOrt.
Letts back uP and start from the
beeinnine.
Do You remember the last
National Womens Festival in•
ChamPaien, Illinois? Well, I
went to it. There were wonderful
women artist <music, art and
craft) there from al I over the·
USA. One of the women was Sharon
Rid de 11 from Nash vi I I e, TN.
Others were, GaYle Marie, Gwen
Avery, Mary Watkins, and al I th.e
others of whom You know. I
aPProached GaYle Marie and asked
whY she had never come to
Oklahoma. She was not even
aware there was a community in
Oklahoma. To make a lone story
short, GaYle did come to Oklahoma. The sad thine is that it
was sort of a chance. She was
not wel I known in Oklahoma even
thoueh she was wel I known
outside of Oklahoma.
Wei I weive done it aitain.
we,ve ask Sharon Riddel I to come
to Oklahoma. Wetve eone so far
as to have a Place to have her
concert, Put out flYers, and itot
tickets. I truleY believe that
this woman wil I eive You a
concert worth Your -while.
For!:!et questions like, is she as
!:!ood as Chris, as communicative
as Mee, and whY have I never
heard of her~ Yes she is eood,
and the reason You have never
heard ~f her is the sam~
reason we al I had never heard of
r:,anY of the others until a
couple of Years aeo.
• Sharon Ridde 11 is comine to
Oklahoma and we are havine
trouble ~ettine the word out
(p r obablY because we real IY
dnn t know exactly ~ow>, and
eettine Sisters to buY tir:kets~., ·;. •yes! She has asked a nat _ive
Oklahoma CitY sister to oPen
for her, Beth Richardwon.
Please suPPort our efforts to
keeP womens music comine to
Support
for
o u t s e I I in e t i c-k c·t s a I I t h i s
week, or You can write me
PRONTO, or call <kinda late> and
1,1 I see that You eet Your
tickets.
Thank You,
Barbara Cleveland
and Letts Talk Women
!Jklahoma.
Another note. Have You heard
of ,the new Women ts bookstore?
- w~ 11, Sharon is eoine to auto eraPh Pictures that will be
sold to raise money to helP
the bookstore. A~ain, Please
support our efforts. We wi 11 be
Tomorrow
has
Community
of
Become
by VJ Redick
and heard bY everyone. We need
Tomorrow wil i be too late
to let eovernment know we wil I
unless al I PeoPle unite and
be treated as equals and wil I
stand toeether.
not tolerate sexual discriminWe have been doin~ too
ation in anY of its forms.
.much talkine and not takine
The Graves bil I, a bil I
enoueh action about the state
directed towards denYin~
of our lives. We are allowine
funds to homosexual-oriented
our human riehts to be seared
erouPs, did not Pass. But
from our bodies.
all of us must realize that
I am makinlt a Plea todaY.
the far rif!ht wil I trY to
Now is the time to stand UP
stoP other ~rouPs, namely
and fieht.
leftist Political ~rOUPS,
On March 16 our Illustrious
from meetine and en~aeine
and lmPerial President Rea~an
in anY activities. The far
will bless the Oklahoma State
rieht would like for all of
CaPitol with his Presence.
these erouPs to be declared
Georee Bush wil I be sPeakine
ii lef.!al throuf!h eovernment
at the University of Oklahoma
le~islation which would
in APril.
allow law enforcement offiIn the daYs of the foundine
cers to arrest members on
of our countrY, citizens were
char~es of treason. Treason
wil line to use whatever means
is stil I Punishable bY death.
theY could to defend re•ieious
we can sit back on our eas'
;md moral freedoms.
chairs in our livin~ rooms
The Policies that the state
or we can unite and take
and federal eovernments are
action.
· currently settine are abominations
SPend those sPare Pennies.
to ·t h.e o r i e in a I P r inc i P I es of
Go to the store, buY a maPic
our countryts founders.
marker, some Poster board
A f~w hundred People who
and a few dowels.
spend time on North Lincoln
March on the State CaPitol
Boulevard are dictatine chanees
footsteps when ReaP.an comes to
in Policies and in human riehts
town on March 16.
·that make Bie Brother look like
Cast You Paranoia of Bie
Your nicest next door neiithbor.
Brother aside. we ourseves wil I
Women need to stand UP and
become Sie Brother if we
be coun ted. We need to be seen
remain silent.
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<Jig ht 1{]ants
Glenna turned Past the ereY
cinder-blo ck buildine to enter
the I one a 11 eY. The E!arbaee
cans were overflowin e. Broken
furniture: chairs, table lees,
and even couches 1eaned a~ainst
the fences and wal Is. The
cracked Pav ement was ereasY
with city filth. Broken elass
a nd fast food ~raPPers rotted
I
into PaPer mache sculpture .
as she chanted silently, rYthmic
to h e r b re at h in e , S I en n a ' s. confident stride was familiar with
this Path. She was at home
here. She was a survivor of
urban alienation and demoralization, or so she consi dered
herself, anYwaY.
As her Nike eYm shoes strode
across a Patch of brick showine
throueh the concrete, Glenna
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was barely aware of the al leY s
details: the back Porches, the
clothes flaPPine on lines.
She had studied the view careful lY for such a lone time,
her l:!raPhic recal I was Perfect.
The oranee tomcat that slept
on the tile roof of the third
house, the wooden crate behind
a earaee where street urchins
PlaYed house, or school, or
fort, she knew them wel I.
Turnine abruPtlY, exactlY
five strides after the bricks,
automatica l I Y GI enna ducked
under the saeeine arbor on her
left. Cracked brown Paint on
the back Porch stairs crunched
and chiPPed off under her feet.
Glend felt Proud and confident. She was in her own territo rY.
She was haPPY with herself.
SliPPine quietly in the
back door, Glen!'la smelled curry
cookine as she entered the
kitchen• Settine her lunchPail on toP of the refrieerat or,
Glenna saw the back of the
chunky fi~ure of her lover,
Chula, leanine al:!ainst the doorway, involved in a telePhone
conversat ion. The course
black hair was flYin~ wildlY
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as Chu I a s head shook back and
forth in aPParent aeitation.
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No, I haven t talked to
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her, Ro,
Chula was saYin~,
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but we are suPPosed to be
non-monoe amous, after al I, so
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what can she saY?
Chula had
not rea--tized r,1enna had come
in t o t h e k i t c h e n .
GI·e n n a s u d d e n I Y
felt very nervous, that she
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wa s wh e re s h e was n t s u P Po s e d
to be, overhearin
e somethine
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she wasn t SUPPosed to hear.
Just then Chula turned to stir
the curry, and as her dark eYes
r,1ent across the alley, had
invited Glenna to an open
ho~se at the women's bookmet Glenna ' 5, Chula froze in
store. ManY of Glenna's friends
obvious surprise.
were there. The bookstore colGlenda turned
and walked quicklY out the
lective was showinP films
back door.
d·one bY local women that evenin~. After learninP. this,
Glenna settled herself
calmlY in the chair on the Porch•
Glenna went with Nelda to the
overlookin e the back Yard.
uPstairs Part of her house.
She had rehearsed the scene
Several women lived in the
many times, in her mind.
She
lar~e two - story house.
would be understand in~, suPPortive t-tobodY was ever sure how
unthreaten ed and calm when
manY women lived there, for
she was confronted with the
it was a local eatherin!!.
unexpected news she now anticiPlace for a Part of the
pated hearinl:! momentari lY. But
communitY .
when Chula did not aPPear, throueh
One woman who I ived there,
the door, in five, or even ten
Rochel I e, had been quite
minutes, Glenna bel:!an to feel
a~used with the many and
nervous.
varied women who Passed
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Here it is
, she thou~ht
throueh
her house, or bed,
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to herself,
Purify, let it ~o
whichever the case . Rochel le
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throueh, I won t be caueht un
one day decided to make it
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this time.
Stretchine her
sanctioned , and so opened
lees out to cross her ankles
her ' ' Par l or ' ' on Friday and
with eYm shoes balanced -0n
Saturday niP.hts and SundaY
the brown cracked Paint railine,
afternoon s, in the manner of
Glenna chanted her ~lmine mantra. ·French circles between the
Stil I she felt her heart sPeedine, Great Wars. She had
a P.rand
her throat tiehtenine , her
oPenine with invitation s Pub~
stomach sinkine.
Starin.e: at
lished throu~hou t the communher shoes, she could not hold
itY. Thereafte r, women felt
herself in the chair anY loneer.
tree to ,t ' hanP out t I in
Her feet wantine to run fast and
Rochel le s Parlor.
far, Glenna eriPPed the suPPortWhen Glenna went to Ro1
ine Post holdin~ UP the Porch
· chel le s with Nelda after the
roof. Stil I, Chula did not
films, Rochelle was not
join her.
there. vthen Rochel le did come
Glenna lePt UP and ran across
. in she acted unsociable and
the Yard, throueh the eate and
retired to her room. Rochel I e
into the alleY. Past the earaees,· was an older woman,
left over
into the l:!ate just beyond the
-f rom ~uerril I a street theatre
bedsPrine s leanine UP aeainst
in anti-war daY~. She was
the wal I, Glenna turned left into
reminiscen t of the bohemian
an open chain I ink eate. Runnine
beat sty I e. A Baret usual i Y
down the concrete stairway into
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the basement apartments doorway;· toPPed her wildlY flowin~ shoulGlenna felt ProPel led with emotion. der· I enl:!th chestnut hair.
Roche 11 e was everYwhere at
Exactly what the emotion was,
once, in dark maroon and Purshe did not stoP to analyze just
Ple velor tones.
now. As her hand reached the
Glenna had noticed
do o r knob , t u rn in e , a s c en e
Rochel le ' s entrance and immeoccured to her with clarity.
diate exit, but suPPosea
Last Friday nieht Nelda
who lived in this basement aPartit was one of c cont. on Pa~e S>
HALF A PHOEN IX
There is half a phoenix in the curve
of your mouth, the soft 1111 of your lips,
and eyes that are both cinnamon and Ice
-all promises of pleasure thinned to pain,
down to edges with no centers,
then back to centers with no edges,
turned, and turned again to fall
and rise, and fall again
.
like the hollow and electric light
revealing clocks that move their hands
in attitudes of prayer-and time
conspires to take my place,
but place is not a thing of mii,e
and love is not my word to rhyme.
INTO STARLI GHT
• The silver edge of clouds in summer
is like your open arms, which hold
the orphaned air-and I am searched, apart,
by eyes like flickering crystal rainbows ...
. raining kisses, like handfuls of fresh water
drip down my skin in cool passion, slow,
momentum loosening from soft lips
your tight, hot tongue-a thin wire
stretching taunt into the melting butter
~f my thlghs~slderea l time explodes;
as Lucifer's engines, so thrust we into
. starlight-my hair, a silk-spray of shimmering threads
splays like the wave's spent foam upon the beach
of your curved shoulder, and lingers out desire.
Tight Pants
<cont from Paee 7 >
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Ro c h e I I e s f am o u s s t o rm Y mo o d s .
Nelda was sittine at the table,
Peeline a taneerine .
She looked
uP as Glenna rushed in, Pantine
from runnine. Between easPs
for air Glenna demanded of Nelda
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did YOU know Friday n1e
that Rochel le was with mY lover
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Chu I a?
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Nelda calmlY studied Gl~nna ~
demeanor, for two ciearette
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puffs, and rePIYed
I thoueh.t
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You didn t want to know about
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those thines.
Glenda sat on a red enamel
kitchen chair and shook her
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head , I well, I ve chaneed mYI I
min d , she s a i d ,
h e I I eve rY body else knows al I about every, I
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body elses
thines
, I want
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to know whats eoine on.
TaPPinP- her beer bottle
a~ainst an empty ~la~s on thi
table, Nelda sPoke, ' ' Blessed
Be!'', then stood UP and went
to throw her arms around Glenna in a hu~, exclaimin e,
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"oh, be serious,"G lenna
Pleaded, ''vou find this too amusine sometimes . 1' II admit it,
r'm findin~ out what I can
handle," she cuPPed her hand
ander Nelda's lar~e, soft
breast. Nelda PlaYfullY Pulled
at the hand as if to move it but
did not Put anY effort behind
her motion. ' ' And, ' ' she added,
' ' what I cant
' even suPPose,
~ v en t h o u E! h I ' m h e s i t -a~ t • t o
adrnit it. AnYwaY, I -..,ant to know
if that whore Rochel le is
Alcoholism
<cont.>
alcoholics I find that i
have two strone suPPort erouPsA.A. and mY communitY . There
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are some thin~s I ,-cant do at
th is time.
I cant ~o to the
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bars, and I cant spend a
ereat deal of time around
People who are drinkin~.
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don t believe it will always
be that waY.
I find that ri~ht
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now I don t miss those thines.
If You question whether
or not You are alcoholic ,
there are some questions You
can ask Yourself.
Do I drink
alone? Do I ever drink in
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more serious about mi chica
than anYbodv's lettin~ on.''
''rt haPnens to us al I
sooner or later it seems, mY
friend." Nelda kissed Glenna's
forehead and sat back down with
the Peeled tan~erine .
''Which Part, You witch,''
•
Glenna shook a fist
aj her, ' ' the _
hesitant to admit Part, or
Rochel le ~rabbin~ Your lover?
If it was somebody that can be
decent in relations~ iPs, I
could handle it, but Rochelle,
endeared as she is to us al I, is
uP to no ~ood when she's trickin~
this close to home''
<to be continued >'
the mornin~? Do I ev~r
miss work as a result of
drinkine? Do I ever forf'!et·
events or conversati ons that
took Place while I was drinkine? Do I ever sneak extra
drinks? Do I find that I
frequently drink more than I
intended to when I be~an?
However, Your first indication
is Probably the fact that
You are questionin e.
If You have questions or
You know that You have a
Problem, You are not alone.
There are meetines of Alcoholics
An on Ymo u s a I I o v e r t h e s t a t e .
Arnone these are exclusivel Y
~aY and exclusivel Y lesbian
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not haveI to be the end of
anYbodY s life.
It can be
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Its not easY,
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Anti-Reagan Rally Planned by AFL-CIO
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OKLAHOMA CITYA laree rallY to Protest
Pres. Reaeanis economic and
Political Policies is beine
Planned bY the AFL-CIO for the
d a Y of th e s ch e du I e d lt-f·e r. id en tial visit to the Oklahoma
Leeislature March 16th.
Rat I Y oreanizers say the
objective of the protest is to
let Reaean and the Oklahoma
I eeis I atu re know that manY ,
People oPPose 11Reaeonomics,,.
Joe Johnson, local AFL-CIO
leader, said that Reaeonomics is
,rfor the wealthy and not the
workers or the Poor.11
Dr~anizers Pla n t o ho ld
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ral IY on the s.outh s.tePs. of
the caPitol
simultaneously
wi th Reaeanis speech to the
leeislature, tentatively schedules for 11 am, Tuesda~ March
16.
Several oreanizations have
aPPlied to Join the AFL-CIO
ral IY, includine the American
Aericulture Moveme n t, National
Oreanization of Women, NAACP,
A. Phil liPs Rando l f Institute
Ca Black labor oreanization>•
Am e r i c an Fe de r a t i on o f Te a c :, e rs ,
the Central Indian All i ance,
~~d Disabled American Veterans.
ERA "HELD
while the Tulsa world
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ERA workers he re in OKC refer
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and are askin~ suPPorters
throuehout the state to wear
~reen ribbons
as a r em inder
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homa.
Ruth Adams, P rojec t Di r ector
of the s.tatewide ERA Countdown CamPaien, said that
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leeislatorsI are thwartine
the People s wil I, as r-ef lected in Pol ls, bY refusine
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another vote on ERA.
Dan DraPer, SPeaker of the
House, has repeatedly st a ted
Karen DeCrow and
PhYllis SchlaflY
recently debated
the ERA on the
Richar-d Hof!:ue
we e k d·a Y s P r o eram on OKC ' s
channel 25. The
audience, dressed
in E!reens and
reds, was caueht
UP in the
fierY confrontation.
Photos bY Jana B.
AnYone interested in joinine
in what o reanize rs hope wi I I be
a laree-scale protest are ureed
to <tttend. Oreanizations
wishin~ to join or individuals
ne~dine information should
contact the AFL-CIO office in
'KC.
HOSTAGE"
that he felt there ~as no
Point in brineine the issue
to a vote in the House, in
view of its defeat in the
Senate.
As a result, DraPer
- has refused to brin~ the
issue out of the House Rules
Committee and UP before a
vote of the Chamber at laree.
Techn i ca//y,
the ERA is
alive, since it is stil I in
committee in both the House and
Sen~te, but since ti~ist~t1V~
SUPPort IP'IS diminished. the
chancP.s of the ERA beine
broueht UP for a vote aeain
befcre the June 30 deadline
look slim.
NEWS BRIEFS
LESBIAN LOSES APPEAL
OKLAHOMA CITY --The Oklah oma
SuPre me Court , in a Pr'ece dentsettin e rulin e, refus ed earlY
this month to resto re child
custo dy ri~ht s to a Tulsa
lesbi an
The hiP-h court 's
rulin e estab lishe s homos exual
activ ity as leeiti mate eroun ds
for chane ine child custod Y.
The ~uPre me Court rulin e
uPhol ds Judee David Winsl ows I
decis ion to return the fourYe a r- o I d b o Y to his fathe r
' I
as a resul t of his moth ers
lesbia n relati onsh iP. The court
said Winsl ow was justi fied in
chane ine his earli er child
custo dy order becau se of the
Poten tial IY detrim ental effec ts
th,e mothe r'shrH !losex ual relati on~
shiP could ~ave on her sons
'
emoti onal wel 1-bein f.?.
SUNBELT RETIRES
OKLAHOMA CITY --The Sunb elt
Al I iance retire d this month
after almos t four Years of
anti- nucle ar activ ism. The
A I I i an Ce , W h i Ch W a S f O rm e d
in 1978 to fieht the const ruction of the Black Fox nucle ar
Plant , annou nced their retir ement after an annou nceme nt bY
the Publi c Servi ce Orean izatio n
that const ructio n on Black Fox
had been suspe nded. P.SrO .
cited econo mic Probl ems as
the reaso n for closi ne the
Black Fox Plant1 but sourc es
in the Sunb elt Allia nce claim
that a non-r ecePt ive Polit ical
clima te was a major facto r in
the P.S.O . decis ion.
JUDhE CALLS CHILD ''sFDU CTRE ss''
Lanc aster, Wisc .---Pa rents
are Petiti onin! :! to recal I
Circu it Court JudP.e wit liam
Reine ck, due to remar ks he
.
. .
made du rim! the t ria I of
24 Year· old Raf Ph Snode rass
and h is a I I er. e d ' ' s e du ct res s ' ' ,
a 5 )ear old E!irl.
NEW NEWSPAPER OPENS
COALITION FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE FORMS
NORMAN, OK.-- The Oklah oma
NQ~MAN~ QKLA. ---A new orean iFree Press annou nces their
zatio n has forme d in Norman
first issue March 15. The
with the ~gal Qf Provi din~ an
Free Press wishe s to Provi de
infor matio n resou rce. The
Oklah omans with an alter nate
Coaii tion for Socia l Justi ce
news servi ce which wi 11
curre ntly has Publi catio ns
utiliz e both natio nal news
avail able conce rnine NOW
sourc es and local comm entato rs.
activ ities , femin ist erouP s,
Some issue s of speci al inter est
and Polit ical orean izatio ns.
to the Free Press are civil
This infor matio n can be Picke d
rieht s, human rieht s, the
UP at the VVAW offic e, room
econo my, the envir onme nt, and
304 of El I ison Hal I, Univ ersity
eover nmen t sPend ine. The
of Oklah oma.
I I
Press , wil
I accep t
coPYThe Coali tion is curre ntly
I
readY
artic les, Photo eraPh s,
seeki ne PeoPl e who wil I
and drawi nes.
Leeit imate
volun teer their cars to take
orean izatio ns and speci al
rider s to Oklah ~ma CitY to
inter est erouP s maY subm it a
ereet Presi dent Rea!:!an when
coPY- readY news letter for
he arriv es at the State
free Publi catio n.
If Your
CaPit ol March 16.
artic le is of a contr overs ial
While the or~an iz~tio n is
natur e it must also be factu al
based on the OU camPu s, memb ers
and docum ented.
uree the eener al POPU iace to
For more
infor matio n cal I 329-1 844/
make use of the new facil ity.
329-2 798, or write Oklah oma
AnYone wanti ne furth er infor Free Press , P.O. Box 1262,
matio n, o r wi I I i ne to v o I u nNorma n, Ok. 73070
t e er a car shoul d conta ct Neat
at 364-6 310 or Kathy at 364-5 785
CA LE ND ER
MARCH 6
SHARON RIDDELL CONCERT
Sharo n Ridde l I, a femin ist,
voca list/m usici an/so newr iter
wil I be aPPea rine in Norman
I
,
a t O• U• s Da I e Ha I I < rm 211 >
on March 6th at 7:30 P.m ••
The conce rt is beine Produ ced
I I
I
I I
bY
Lets Talk women
and
al I Proce eds wil I eo towar d
I
I I
Oklah oma s
Secon
d Annua l
I I
Music Festi val
to be held
later this Year. Ticke ts are
$5.00 and are avail able from
Barba ra <672- 6459> , Tonia
<528- 4494> , or Roxan na <8483058 >.
MARCH 11
BOOKSTORE~ BHR BENEFIT
The Braze n Hussy Rae and
La Sa I I e des Femmes - a s Pe c i a I
books tore are co-sp onsor ine a
I I
fund- raisin ~
Comin
~ Out
I I
I
Party
at D.J. s Thurs daY,
March 11, from 7-11P .rn.
Live
enter tainm ent will inclu de
''I am satis fied we have
Bonni e Houeh ton, Cate Canno n
1
an unusu al I Y sexua l I Y Perand :Rrett e Baldw in.
' Groe
I I
missi ve Youne ladY, and he
and Grub
will be avail able,
<the defen dant> did not
and the cover chare e wil I be
know enou~ h to refus e''the Jud~e $2.00 .
said. ' ' No way do I belie ve
MARCH 19 & 20
WOMEN & MENTAL HEALTH
Mr. Snod~ rass initia ted
CONFERENCE
sexua l conta ct, ' ' Reine ck state d,
<Uni versit y of Oklah oma>
and ca I I e d the 5 y e·a r o I "d
Orean
ized bY the Wome nis
'"the aeE!r essor • 'in the sexStudi es Proera m and the Wome nis
ual assau lt.
Resou rce Cente r of Norma n,
--- "The Natio nal NOW Time s" spons ored bY a irant from the
Oklah oma Huma nities Coun cil, the
confe rence wil I focus on
wome nis Probl ems in menta l
healt h, with sPeci al emPh asis
on analY sis of the femin ine role
and its effec ts on the menta l
healt h of women.
KeYno te speak er wit I be PhYI lis
Ch e s s I e r , a u t h o r o f , , Women An d
Madn ess"~ Ches sler will speak
at 8 Pm on Frida y March 19,
OCCE Forum at Timb erdale & AsP
in No rm an . 0 t h e r t o P i c s in c I u de :
alcho holis m, older women , 1,:ine liness, sexu ality , stres s, holis tic
hea~t h, ethni c lifes tYles , midlif~ crisi s and lesbia nism.
R2ei strati on is $2 <cove rs
cost of chiJd care for the
confe rence >. Acade mic credi t is
also avail able. For info, cal I
Elain e Barto n., Womenis Studi es
Pro~r am, 325-3 481.
MARCH 26
ARTEMIS HOUSE COFFEEHOUSE
A ~ood turn- out has PromP ted
the retur n eneae ement of Artem is
Coffe e house . The next coffe e
house sched uled is from 7-10P .m.
Frida y, March 26th in the ninth
floor loune e of Date Hal I Tower
at the Univ ersity of Oklah oma.
Amohe sched uled enter tainment are two fiddl ers, a Poet
and a sinee r.
Refre shmen ts
W i I I b e S O f d b Y th e Lo V e I i eh t
Baker Y. The coffe e house is a
co-op erativ e ventu re betwe en
the Norman Wome~s Resou rce
I
Cente r and Wome ns Studi es
DePar tment at o.u. Every one
is welcri 'ile'
Film Review
On Golden Pond
OK - I do love Kate HePburn
and I do respect Henry Fonda
I, it was nice seeine
and wel
I
Janes assets in a skimPY
I
bikini and don t for~et the
Pretty scenery and the jes' folks
attitude of the film and oh,
the SPiashy oPenine, too, but
I stil I wasted four bucks on
somethine that could have
On the bie
flown on TV.
screen it never took off.
Why? Wei I-there was no
Plot and the characters, while
flawlessly acted were Poor
For those
characterizations.
I
of You who don t believe me,
an examPle: Al I throuehout
the movie we hear Chelsea
CJane Fonda> talk of some conr y Fon. d a > .
f I i c t wit h No rm an C Hen
I
We never hearI Normans side I
onlY Chelsea s. We see at the
end of the movie that a simPle
back-f ~iP was al I that was
needed to end the conflict
between them.
The relationshiPs between
Chelsea and I her mother and Norman
and Chelsea s steP-son were
both vacuous.
In fact, a kind
of Pretty vacuity is the hat Imark of this film.
As viewers, we were ass au I te,;f
I I
.
Hof IYthe
with every cheap shot
, I
could
wood Film Machine
Cheap sentimentality
•throw at us.
pretentious realism, affected
romanticism has pervaded most
From technical IY beautiful
scenes.
scenes to
nature
but overused
I I
'
meanineful
melodra~~tic
I I
t h e f i I m f I o un d-e re d in
mom e n t s
a cesspool of sYruPY-sweet writin~.
In the erandest Hol lYWOOd .
tradition this film wil I Probably
walk off with al I the Academy
Awards.
For those of us who
care about quality in films,
we can onlY hoPe.
-JR
Artemis House Opens to Enthusiastic Crowd
APProximatelY sixty PeoPle
attended the first women's
coffeehouse to be held in the
Oklahoma CitY area. Sponsored bY
the Womenis Resource Center and
the Norman Woments Community,
the coffeehouse was held in
Norman on February 15.
11Res.Ponse was excellent11,
said Johnna Roeers, a member of
the PI annine committee. Entertainment was ~rovided b~th in
th e f o rm o f I iv e mus i c and
Poetry readin~s, and the crowd
seened quite enthused bY
both. SunnY DaY, a local woman
sonewriter and musician, sane
her orie!inal compositions
a caPPella. The result was
surPrisine: an excePtional I Y
w a rm Pe r f o rm an c e b Y a v e r Y
talented ladY. The lack of
accomPaniment was not seen as a
lack at all.
Poetry was Provided bY MYra
Fourwinds and read bY Johnna
.Ro!!ers. Althoueh the lecturehai I atmosPhere of the location
didntt helP in the communication
of Poetic ser.timent, Ms. Roeers
did a verY fine job.
The coffeehouse concept was
first initiated with the Plan of
Providin~ an alcohol-free
atmosphere for women to come
toeether and share ideas,
talents and time. In this
writeris oPinion, the coffeehouse was a success on al I
counts.
Coffeehouse oreanizers are
Plannine to brine a wider. ranee
of entertainers to next
monthts fest, and to Provide a
more- oPen, less rie!id settine.
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SHARON
RIDDELL
DALE HALL
room 211
MARCH 6, 7:30p.m.
Based on our exPerience of the first Artemis
House Coffeehouse, we stronelY uree al I women to
'come to the next one, and to brine their ·friends.
EDITORIALS
Lesbia°!Alcoholic
by Jo
I I
It is a terrifYi nl! feeline
to realize that You have lost
control of Your drinkine .
we tend to try manY thines
to reeain this control- numberi ne
our drinks, drinkine onlY
beer or wine; drinkine onlY
on certain days or durinl!
certain hours, never drinkine
alone, alwaYs drinkinl! alone,
and the list eoes on and on.
The terrible fact is that
thoueh these thines maY work
briefly, once we have reached
this Point our drinkinl! is out
of control. Most of us cannot
count the number of I times
I
Never
that we have ~aid,
t ran Qui I i z e rs to Pu I I us out
of our hane-ov er so that
we can drink aeain.
I think that the problem
of alcoholi sm and drue depend
ency Presents some special
Problems for us a lesbians .
Our subcultu re is verY Party
orientat ed. MenY of us have
no Place to meet each other
except for the bars. when
we do eet I toeether as a
erouP, i t s seldom chel'nical fY
Even some of our literafree.
ture sueeests that we try
exPerien cine certain thines
under the influenc e of alcohol
or under the influenc e of
lalcohol or drues. This
was a E!reat concern to me
when I decided to take some
action concerni ne mY drinkine .
The first A.A. meetine I
attended consiste d lareelY
I
of straieht alcohol ics.
told a wommin that she did
not understa nd mY situatio n.
Drinkine is Part of mY subAfter all, what
culture.
club meetat book
do
I
will
,
If
ines if I don tI drink?
fit
·
never
II
I
I join A.A.;
ae a in.
For several weeks, I v!"'S
deePIY concerne d about bei ~e
alienate d from the commu ~ 1tY
In fact, I have
forever.
found that the OPPOSite is
One out of three
t r rJ e.
!~sbians who drink are alcoholi cs
Wommin who are aware, carin~,
and suPPort ive, unlike manY
<cont. on Pa~e 3)
Jo and
Hi? MY name is
,
I I
Im an alcohol ic.
I find myself saYine those
works alot latelY, and itts somewhat stranee since I sPent
so I one t rYinE! to deny them.
This article wil I not
l!ive an account of the ruin
and destruct ion that alcohol
I never
broueht to mY life.
lost a job because of drinkI was never arrested
inl!.
I did
drivine.
drunk
for
I I
not lose mY child, mY home,
The euilt and
al!ain
friends.
mY credit, or mY
the remorse are terrible ,
I have I ea rn e d , I how eve r,
and mah Y of us fee I u t t e r I Y
I I
I I
nevers
that there aren t anY
I ost before we actual 1-Y seek
I I
I I
.
.
•
Yets
not
onlY
1n my life
he IP.
Al I of the above can haPPen.
For manY wommin the Problem
To make sure that it wil I,
of alcoholi sm is further
I need onlY drink.
complica ted bY the use of
There are manY mYths about
tranqui lizers and other· drues.
mYths
These
alcoholi sm.
ManY doctors have n~t Proeress are unfortun ate because theY
,
ed Past the Point of seeine
Perpetua te the alcohol ics
wommin as anxiety ridden,
herof
e
misunde rstandin
hysteric al beines. These
self and hinder the underdisciPle s of the A.M.A.,
standine of her friends and
which is not known for its
lovers.
over-con cern for wommin,
One does not have to drink
I often eladlY eive us
wil
I I
everYdaY to be an alcohol ic.
e to
a little somethin
I I
I
ManY alcoholi cs do not.
Is it
nerves
our
calm
did not drink every day and
Possible that this is just
manY times I attempte d to
one more means in a fieht
th?t
Proof
use that fact as
to make us sub missive and
I was not a Problem drinker.
dePenden t? ManY of us then
Alcohol i cs are sometime s
become involved in a cYcle
weeks,
for
drY
able to stay
of drinkine and then usine
months or even Years .
Frequen tly she wil I see her
that
drY Periods as evidence
I I
take it
she can in fact
I I
However,
or leave it
bY Ronin
as an alcohol ic, when she
Now that , we are fairlY wel
Picks UP her next drink, she
intu the 80 s we need to be
wil I resume her drinkinf.!
~ivin~ some thoueht about
career rieht where she
UnemPIOY how to survive them.
l eft off.
ment is hiP.h, Prices and interest
Alcohol ics are not con~
rates are outraeeo us; meanstitutio nal I Y weaker than
while Re~an continue s to tri m
Our drinkine
non-alco hol i cs.
the budeet by makin~ the rich
i s not du e to a lack of wil I
richer and the Poor consid e rab l Y
Power or a deficien t charact Poorer. We are not to .worrY
er. We have a disease and
however, I this is al I Part
one of the SYPtoms of our
of Reean s master Dian which
disease is loss of contro l
is beeinnin ~ to look a little
once we beein ~ri n kine. We
like a final solution . Hail!
come from. al I Professi ons,
is warmine uP in the Latin
backerou nds, socioeco nomic
Ame r i can bu I I Pen an tl E I Sa I level~, and educatio nal
vador is cominf.! into the eame
ManY of us are relevels.
as an desi P. nated economic
sponsib le, intellie ent, inUndersta ndably, manY
UPl'ift.
dePende nt, and ere ~.; 1ve
of us are worried about how
PeoPle in al I other asPects
to survive the hard ti mes
of our lives. Just as this is
Promise to be Particu larwhich
true, it is also true that
ly hard on workin~ class lesbian~ .
alcoh _ol can an .jwi ll remove
ManY lesbian commun ities are
a l I of these Positive asPects
usine network in~, barter and
of our Persona lities if
co 11 ective~ to combat the economic
untreate d.
DYK EWI SE
crunch.
This basical IY boils down
to workine toeether and pooline
our ski I Is and resource s.
I
Lets face i t - 50 of us
workine: toeether have a better
chance o f survivin e than anY
one of us alone. This mieht
mean Po ol ine: our moneY and buYin .
food as a e:rouP to eet cheaper
It mi~ht mean tradine
Prices.
off skil Is like carPentr Y•
mechani cs, Plumbin~ , ect. ~
These ideas have been Put to
e:ood use in other areas and
the Oklahoma CitY lesbians and
E!aY men real I Y need some of
these Proe:ram s.
If anYone is interest ed or
has Question s an/or sue:e:est ions
write in care of the Ra~ and
w,e can a I I ~ e t in t ouch wit h
each other.
Brazen HussY Ra~
1630 N.W. r9th
OKC 73106
LETTERS
COORS RESPONDS
Dear Editor:
A JnnuarY 30 ,,Brazen Hussy
Ra!:!" articl12, crj_ticz-1 of Adolph
Coors ComPanY, demonstr~ted to us
here - some basic miscorcePtions
conce rnin~ o•J r b re\-lP. rY.
Fin,t of al I; Aclo!r.h Coors
Cornr.anvts 1980 contributions amounted
to we! I over $1,000,000 and supported
more than 380 civic ind charitatle
orf!anizations. ManY of the
or~~nizations listed in Your article
have not been SUPPorted bY this
comPanY. vour article claims that
25'r: cf the Moral Majority,~. Private
donations were from thP Coors fa~ilY.
This is absolutely false. ~hile a
nember of the Coors faMilY has
Pri•,ate I Y donated a smal I sum1 j_t
is important tc understand why. She
believes that this ~rouP, like manY
others in this free society, has
a ri~ht to be heard in order for
individuals to make UP their own
minds on ManY 'of the complex issues
facine this ccuntrY todaY.
Adolph Coors ComPanY is the cnlY
major brewer in the United States,
and most Probably one of the onlY
major corporations, tc Prohibit -in writin~ -- discrimination on
the bes is of sex or , ,sexual Preference.,, So states our Policy
re~ardin~ eoual OPPortunitY:
11Cocrs industries wtll Provide
equal OPPortunitY in emPloY~er.t.
tran5fer and Promotion to al I individuals witbout re~ard to race,
creec!, color, sex~ SEXUAL PREFERENCE, a~e, handicap or national
ori~in.,,
Our record and our Posture have
received close scrutiny from eaY
oreanizations and Publications,
includine the Houston Human
Riehts Leaeue, the GaY Political
Caucus of Houston, the national IYcircul ated ttAdvocate,,, ~nd another
San Francisco-based Public~tion, the
-"Castro Times." In each case,
Adolph Coors ComPanY has been eiven
uncomPromisin~ support.
Reeardine Coors, PolicY of nondiscrimination toward eaYs and
l esbians, RaY Hi! I, Executive
Director of the Houston Human Riehts
Leaeue said:
,,our differences Care> settled.
I have been advised bY the leadership of GPC that the statements of
P o I i c Y a d o P t e d b Y Co o rs f o r Pe rs o n.n e I
and advertisine wil I become the
standards for the rest of the
brewery indystrY and notification is
bein~ PrePared to ask that other
brewers adoPt similar statements of
non-discrimination for their
companies . ,,
These state~ents were made in 1978.
I would sueeest that BHR check with
other industries to see if theY
have adoPted similar Proeressive
1 1standards11 which have been se~
bY Coors, now for more than fou.r
Ye a rs.
The , tAdv-ocate,, recoenized Coo.rs,
commitment to equal opportunity
for al I People a Year <11/16/77>
earlier, aeain after extensive
investieation.
1 1 our investieation Produced no
evidence that Coors discriminates
aeainst eaY PeoPle and considerable
evidence it does not. ·
The ,,castro Times,, conducted
its own investi~ation, this time
in 1981. It came awaY with the
$.ame conslusion.
These issues are s~oke screens
which have been used to hide the
truth about Ado!Ph Coors ComPanY
from the Public.
Do Your readers know, or have You
attemPted to tel I them, that:
-- AdolPh Coors ComPanY has one
of the best, if not THE best affirmative action Proerams in the Rocky
Mountain Reeion. Coors has been
certified as an equal opportunity
em P I o Ye r b Y the f e de r a I e o v e rn ment since 1972.
-- AdolPh Coors ComPanY recoenizes
its emPloYees are its most imPo~taht
resource. In an era when qualify of
life is as imPortant to the worker
as a PaYcheck, Coors has developed
sPecial Proerams for emPloYees,
includine athletic Proerams,
flexible work hours, insurance
Proerams, vanPooline, emPIOYee
education Proerams, fu I I Y Paid time
o f-f , an d a f u I I Y e q u i P Pe d We I I n e s s
Center oPen to al I emPloYees and
their families free of charee.
The list could eo on and
one, {sic} but the real ston is
in reco~nizine that Coors is a
fami!Y of 10,000 PeoPle whose
main concern is makin~ the Purest
b e e r in Am e r i c a , a j o b w e d o
without equal.
Our doors are open to anY and al I
who wish to find out the facts
about us for themselves. But
Please donit judee us
on the basis of halftruths and misconceptions.
Sincerely,
JOHN M. MEADOWS
Manaeer, Community
Affairs
Editoral Collective
BHR ~ishes to Point
out to Mr. Meadows
that we imPlicated
the Coors ComPanY
onlY in as far as
the comPanY eenerated
funds, which were
received as Profits
bY the Coors familY.
We went on further
to say the Coors family
eave a Portion of
this income to
various riE!ht-wine
causes or orE!anizations. Both of these
implications are true
and reliably documented.
We have never addressed the Coors
ComPanY hirinE!
Practices.
Our own
research and the
eaY news network
assyres ~s that after
Ye a rs o f P r-e s s u re s an d
boYcotts bY the eaY
community Coors can
final IY be considered
an equal oPPortunitY
emPIOYer.
At this
Point in time we
Personal IY know of
no corporate wronedoine on the Part
of the Coors ComPanY.
We stand bY the statements made about the
Coors familY and would
be deliehted to
Present our documentation to the Public
in an oPen forum.
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Concert
Organizers Call
Dear Sisters:
This I et t er is to I et You
know about an uPcomine event in
the woments communitY. I am
takine the time to write because
WE truly need Your SUPPOrt.
Letts back uP and start from the
beeinnine.
Do You remember the last
National Womens Festival in•
ChamPaien, Illinois? Well, I
went to it. There were wonderful
women artist <music, art and
craft) there from al I over the·
USA. One of the women was Sharon
Rid de 11 from Nash vi I I e, TN.
Others were, GaYle Marie, Gwen
Avery, Mary Watkins, and al I th.e
others of whom You know. I
aPProached GaYle Marie and asked
whY she had never come to
Oklahoma. She was not even
aware there was a community in
Oklahoma. To make a lone story
short, GaYle did come to Oklahoma. The sad thine is that it
was sort of a chance. She was
not wel I known in Oklahoma even
thoueh she was wel I known
outside of Oklahoma.
Wei I weive done it aitain.
we,ve ask Sharon Riddel I to come
to Oklahoma. Wetve eone so far
as to have a Place to have her
concert, Put out flYers, and itot
tickets. I truleY believe that
this woman wil I eive You a
concert worth Your -while.
For!:!et questions like, is she as
!:!ood as Chris, as communicative
as Mee, and whY have I never
heard of her~ Yes she is eood,
and the reason You have never
heard ~f her is the sam~
reason we al I had never heard of
r:,anY of the others until a
couple of Years aeo.
• Sharon Ridde 11 is comine to
Oklahoma and we are havine
trouble ~ettine the word out
(p r obablY because we real IY
dnn t know exactly ~ow>, and
eettine Sisters to buY tir:kets~., ·;. •yes! She has asked a nat _ive
Oklahoma CitY sister to oPen
for her, Beth Richardwon.
Please suPPort our efforts to
keeP womens music comine to
Support
for
o u t s e I I in e t i c-k c·t s a I I t h i s
week, or You can write me
PRONTO, or call <kinda late> and
1,1 I see that You eet Your
tickets.
Thank You,
Barbara Cleveland
and Letts Talk Women
!Jklahoma.
Another note. Have You heard
of ,the new Women ts bookstore?
- w~ 11, Sharon is eoine to auto eraPh Pictures that will be
sold to raise money to helP
the bookstore. A~ain, Please
support our efforts. We wi 11 be
Tomorrow
has
Community
of
Become
by VJ Redick
and heard bY everyone. We need
Tomorrow wil i be too late
to let eovernment know we wil I
unless al I PeoPle unite and
be treated as equals and wil I
stand toeether.
not tolerate sexual discriminWe have been doin~ too
ation in anY of its forms.
.much talkine and not takine
The Graves bil I, a bil I
enoueh action about the state
directed towards denYin~
of our lives. We are allowine
funds to homosexual-oriented
our human riehts to be seared
erouPs, did not Pass. But
from our bodies.
all of us must realize that
I am makinlt a Plea todaY.
the far rif!ht wil I trY to
Now is the time to stand UP
stoP other ~rouPs, namely
and fieht.
leftist Political ~rOUPS,
On March 16 our Illustrious
from meetine and en~aeine
and lmPerial President Rea~an
in anY activities. The far
will bless the Oklahoma State
rieht would like for all of
CaPitol with his Presence.
these erouPs to be declared
Georee Bush wil I be sPeakine
ii lef.!al throuf!h eovernment
at the University of Oklahoma
le~islation which would
in APril.
allow law enforcement offiIn the daYs of the foundine
cers to arrest members on
of our countrY, citizens were
char~es of treason. Treason
wil line to use whatever means
is stil I Punishable bY death.
theY could to defend re•ieious
we can sit back on our eas'
;md moral freedoms.
chairs in our livin~ rooms
The Policies that the state
or we can unite and take
and federal eovernments are
action.
· currently settine are abominations
SPend those sPare Pennies.
to ·t h.e o r i e in a I P r inc i P I es of
Go to the store, buY a maPic
our countryts founders.
marker, some Poster board
A f~w hundred People who
and a few dowels.
spend time on North Lincoln
March on the State CaPitol
Boulevard are dictatine chanees
footsteps when ReaP.an comes to
in Policies and in human riehts
town on March 16.
·that make Bie Brother look like
Cast You Paranoia of Bie
Your nicest next door neiithbor.
Brother aside. we ourseves wil I
Women need to stand UP and
become Sie Brother if we
be coun ted. We need to be seen
remain silent.
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by MYra Fourwinds
<Jig ht 1{]ants
Glenna turned Past the ereY
cinder-blo ck buildine to enter
the I one a 11 eY. The E!arbaee
cans were overflowin e. Broken
furniture: chairs, table lees,
and even couches 1eaned a~ainst
the fences and wal Is. The
cracked Pav ement was ereasY
with city filth. Broken elass
a nd fast food ~raPPers rotted
I
into PaPer mache sculpture .
as she chanted silently, rYthmic
to h e r b re at h in e , S I en n a ' s. confident stride was familiar with
this Path. She was at home
here. She was a survivor of
urban alienation and demoralization, or so she consi dered
herself, anYwaY.
As her Nike eYm shoes strode
across a Patch of brick showine
throueh the concrete, Glenna
I
was barely aware of the al leY s
details: the back Porches, the
clothes flaPPine on lines.
She had studied the view careful lY for such a lone time,
her l:!raPhic recal I was Perfect.
The oranee tomcat that slept
on the tile roof of the third
house, the wooden crate behind
a earaee where street urchins
PlaYed house, or school, or
fort, she knew them wel I.
Turnine abruPtlY, exactlY
five strides after the bricks,
automatica l I Y GI enna ducked
under the saeeine arbor on her
left. Cracked brown Paint on
the back Porch stairs crunched
and chiPPed off under her feet.
Glend felt Proud and confident. She was in her own territo rY.
She was haPPY with herself.
SliPPine quietly in the
back door, Glen!'la smelled curry
cookine as she entered the
kitchen• Settine her lunchPail on toP of the refrieerat or,
Glenna saw the back of the
chunky fi~ure of her lover,
Chula, leanine al:!ainst the doorway, involved in a telePhone
conversat ion. The course
black hair was flYin~ wildlY
I
as Chu I a s head shook back and
forth in aPParent aeitation.
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No, I haven t talked to
I I
her, Ro,
Chula was saYin~,
I ·I
but we are suPPosed to be
non-monoe amous, after al I, so
I I
what can she saY?
Chula had
not rea--tized r,1enna had come
in t o t h e k i t c h e n .
GI·e n n a s u d d e n I Y
felt very nervous, that she
I
wa s wh e re s h e was n t s u P Po s e d
to be, overhearin
e somethine
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she wasn t SUPPosed to hear.
Just then Chula turned to stir
the curry, and as her dark eYes
r,1ent across the alley, had
invited Glenna to an open
ho~se at the women's bookmet Glenna ' 5, Chula froze in
store. ManY of Glenna's friends
obvious surprise.
were there. The bookstore colGlenda turned
and walked quicklY out the
lective was showinP films
back door.
d·one bY local women that evenin~. After learninP. this,
Glenna settled herself
calmlY in the chair on the Porch•
Glenna went with Nelda to the
overlookin e the back Yard.
uPstairs Part of her house.
She had rehearsed the scene
Several women lived in the
many times, in her mind.
She
lar~e two - story house.
would be understand in~, suPPortive t-tobodY was ever sure how
unthreaten ed and calm when
manY women lived there, for
she was confronted with the
it was a local eatherin!!.
unexpected news she now anticiPlace for a Part of the
pated hearinl:! momentari lY. But
communitY .
when Chula did not aPPear, throueh
One woman who I ived there,
the door, in five, or even ten
Rochel I e, had been quite
minutes, Glenna bel:!an to feel
a~used with the many and
nervous.
varied women who Passed
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Here it is
, she thou~ht
throueh
her house, or bed,
I I
to herself,
Purify, let it ~o
whichever the case . Rochel le
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throueh, I won t be caueht un
one day decided to make it
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this time.
Stretchine her
sanctioned , and so opened
lees out to cross her ankles
her ' ' Par l or ' ' on Friday and
with eYm shoes balanced -0n
Saturday niP.hts and SundaY
the brown cracked Paint railine,
afternoon s, in the manner of
Glenna chanted her ~lmine mantra. ·French circles between the
Stil I she felt her heart sPeedine, Great Wars. She had
a P.rand
her throat tiehtenine , her
oPenine with invitation s Pub~
stomach sinkine.
Starin.e: at
lished throu~hou t the communher shoes, she could not hold
itY. Thereafte r, women felt
herself in the chair anY loneer.
tree to ,t ' hanP out t I in
Her feet wantine to run fast and
Rochel le s Parlor.
far, Glenna eriPPed the suPPortWhen Glenna went to Ro1
ine Post holdin~ UP the Porch
· chel le s with Nelda after the
roof. Stil I, Chula did not
films, Rochelle was not
join her.
there. vthen Rochel le did come
Glenna lePt UP and ran across
. in she acted unsociable and
the Yard, throueh the eate and
retired to her room. Rochel I e
into the alleY. Past the earaees,· was an older woman,
left over
into the l:!ate just beyond the
-f rom ~uerril I a street theatre
bedsPrine s leanine UP aeainst
in anti-war daY~. She was
the wal I, Glenna turned left into
reminiscen t of the bohemian
an open chain I ink eate. Runnine
beat sty I e. A Baret usual i Y
down the concrete stairway into
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the basement apartments doorway;· toPPed her wildlY flowin~ shoulGlenna felt ProPel led with emotion. der· I enl:!th chestnut hair.
Roche 11 e was everYwhere at
Exactly what the emotion was,
once, in dark maroon and Purshe did not stoP to analyze just
Ple velor tones.
now. As her hand reached the
Glenna had noticed
do o r knob , t u rn in e , a s c en e
Rochel le ' s entrance and immeoccured to her with clarity.
diate exit, but suPPosea
Last Friday nieht Nelda
who lived in this basement aPartit was one of c cont. on Pa~e S>
HALF A PHOEN IX
There is half a phoenix in the curve
of your mouth, the soft 1111 of your lips,
and eyes that are both cinnamon and Ice
-all promises of pleasure thinned to pain,
down to edges with no centers,
then back to centers with no edges,
turned, and turned again to fall
and rise, and fall again
.
like the hollow and electric light
revealing clocks that move their hands
in attitudes of prayer-and time
conspires to take my place,
but place is not a thing of mii,e
and love is not my word to rhyme.
INTO STARLI GHT
• The silver edge of clouds in summer
is like your open arms, which hold
the orphaned air-and I am searched, apart,
by eyes like flickering crystal rainbows ...
. raining kisses, like handfuls of fresh water
drip down my skin in cool passion, slow,
momentum loosening from soft lips
your tight, hot tongue-a thin wire
stretching taunt into the melting butter
~f my thlghs~slderea l time explodes;
as Lucifer's engines, so thrust we into
. starlight-my hair, a silk-spray of shimmering threads
splays like the wave's spent foam upon the beach
of your curved shoulder, and lingers out desire.
Tight Pants
<cont from Paee 7 >
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Ro c h e I I e s f am o u s s t o rm Y mo o d s .
Nelda was sittine at the table,
Peeline a taneerine .
She looked
uP as Glenna rushed in, Pantine
from runnine. Between easPs
for air Glenna demanded of Nelda
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did YOU know Friday n1e
that Rochel le was with mY lover
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Chu I a?
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Nelda calmlY studied Gl~nna ~
demeanor, for two ciearette
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puffs, and rePIYed
I thoueh.t
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You didn t want to know about
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those thines.
Glenda sat on a red enamel
kitchen chair and shook her
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head , I well, I ve chaneed mYI I
min d , she s a i d ,
h e I I eve rY body else knows al I about every, I
I I
body elses
thines
, I want
I
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to know whats eoine on.
TaPPinP- her beer bottle
a~ainst an empty ~la~s on thi
table, Nelda sPoke, ' ' Blessed
Be!'', then stood UP and went
to throw her arms around Glenna in a hu~, exclaimin e,
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"oh, be serious,"G lenna
Pleaded, ''vou find this too amusine sometimes . 1' II admit it,
r'm findin~ out what I can
handle," she cuPPed her hand
ander Nelda's lar~e, soft
breast. Nelda PlaYfullY Pulled
at the hand as if to move it but
did not Put anY effort behind
her motion. ' ' And, ' ' she added,
' ' what I cant
' even suPPose,
~ v en t h o u E! h I ' m h e s i t -a~ t • t o
adrnit it. AnYwaY, I -..,ant to know
if that whore Rochel le is
Alcoholism
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alcoholics I find that i
have two strone suPPort erouPsA.A. and mY communitY . There
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are some thin~s I ,-cant do at
th is time.
I cant ~o to the
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bars, and I cant spend a
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People who are drinkin~.
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be that waY.
I find that ri~ht
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or not You are alcoholic ,
there are some questions You
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more serious about mi chica
than anYbodv's lettin~ on.''
''rt haPnens to us al I
sooner or later it seems, mY
friend." Nelda kissed Glenna's
forehead and sat back down with
the Peeled tan~erine .
''Which Part, You witch,''
•
Glenna shook a fist
aj her, ' ' the _
hesitant to admit Part, or
Rochel le ~rabbin~ Your lover?
If it was somebody that can be
decent in relations~ iPs, I
could handle it, but Rochelle,
endeared as she is to us al I, is
uP to no ~ood when she's trickin~
this close to home''
<to be continued >'
the mornin~? Do I ev~r
miss work as a result of
drinkine? Do I ever forf'!et·
events or conversati ons that
took Place while I was drinkine? Do I ever sneak extra
drinks? Do I find that I
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