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theHERLAND VOICE
July 2004
volume 22, numbe
30th Annual National
Women's Music Festival
July 22-25, 2004, Columbus, OH
What a celebration festival
l:j!tl~~rf this is going to be! Music and
comedy by old favorites and
new discoveries: Cris WilliamMargie Adam, Tret Fure, Alix Olson,
Ember Swift, Pamela Means,
Ubaka Hill, Suzanne Westenhoefer, Vickie
Shaw, Lisa Koch, Zoe and many, many more.
f;
Workshops. Drama. Merchants. Open Mic.
Drag Kings. Friends. Song & Drum Jams.
Women. Step out of your everyday world for
4 days and be your truest self in the company
of fabulous women. As always, it will fill you,
heart and soul. Visit www.wiaonline.org/
nwmf.
Woody Guthrie Festival Not to Be
Missed
Jill Garner
It's that time of year when the sun is
beating down on the scorched Oklahoma
earth, and the music is getting hot in
Okemah at the annual Woody Guthrie
Festival July 14th through the 17th. If
you've never been, now's the time to
take a road trip and head out I-40 to
hear some of the best musicians in the
country right here in small-town Oklahoma. It's about an hour and a half
drive east of Oklahoma City and the only
cost is $5 for parking.
· The festival has been growing steadily the past few
/'/'/_.....
years with more and more
people discovering the quality
of the music in Okemah, the
fun of the Brickstreet Cafe in downtown
Okemah, the beauty of the old Crystal
Theater, and the relaxation of sitting out
under the stars in the field at night on a
blanket or chair while musicians such as
Jimmy Lafave, Kevin Welch, Ellis Paul,
Carrie Newcomer, Audrey Auld, Ario Guthrie, Steve Earle, Slaid Cleaves and many
more play great music and help us forget
how hot it is.
I've written a couple of articles in the
past about a woman named Kris Delmhorst out of Northampton, Massachusetts
who is an incredible songwriter and singer.
Imagine my surprise when I saw her name
on the list of performers for this year's festival! She will be on the pasture stage on
Thursday, July 15th at 7:20. It's hot at
that time of evening so bring a hat, but
she'll be worth the drive. Please, treat
yourself and go hear her. All the performers sell and sign CDs too so bring some
extra money to take home some great new
music and meet the performers.
Just a few other notable performers you
might want to hear at the festival are
Emily Kaitz, Mary Reynolds, Susan Gibson
(formerly of the Groobees), Audrey Auld (I
saw her last year and she's fabulous),
Tracie Merchant (from Dallas), and The
Burns Sisters. Go to
www.woodyguthrie.com for a complete
schedule. You can take food and drinks to
the festival, but you can't have glass and
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you can't haul the whole ice chest into the
pasture for the night concerts. I find making a few trips to the car works just fine.
It's a great time, the music is wonderful,
and it's a unique experience and a festival
that Oklahomans should be proud of.
Oklahoma Women's Football Team
Undefeated
The OKC Lightning women's football team is
the undefeated
2004 Southwest Division
Champions! They will also
be seeded # 1 for the playoffs in the Southern Conference! After a first round
bye on June 26th, the Lightning will play at home on
July 10th against the winner of the Kansas
City/Nashville game. Upon victory in that
game, they will host another home game on
July 17th against a team to be announced (probably either Pensacola, Chattanooga or Asheville). Upon victory in that
game, it's off to Papa John Stadium in Louisville, Kentucky for the 2004 NWFA Championship Game on July 31st against the Northern
Conference Champion. Home games are at
Taft Stadium, NW 27th and May, and start at
7:00 pm. Tickets are $8 for adults
and children under 11 are free. Contact Kim
Mitchell at (405) 524-1509 or visit
www.okclightning.com for more information.
Gay Marriage Debate July 8
"State of the Union: A Deba
on Gay Marriage" will be held
at noon Thursday, July 8, in
Constitution Hall, second floor
of the Nigh University Center, University of
Central Oklahoma. in Edmond.
The debate will feature Robert Knight, Director of the Culture and Family Institute an
author of the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act
and Elizabeth Birch, who served as executiv
director of the Human Rights Campaign,
America's largest GLBT (Gay, Lesbian, Bisex
ual, Transexual) civil rights organization.
A question and answer period and a recep
tion will follow. The debate and reception ar
free and open to the public.
Sixteen Women Met for Dinner
H
istoric Guthrie was the site of the
June Herland Supper Club. Sixteen
women met for dinner at Granny
Had One and about a dozen attended Godspell at the Pollard Theatre. Granny's famous homemade buffet was wonderful and
the talented cast of Godspell gave an excellent performance of the 1971 off-Broadway
musical of the gospel according to Matthew.
An added bonus was that the band for Godspell included Miss Brown to You members
Louise Goldberg and Mary Reynolds and The
Sisters of Swing member Elyse Angelo. A
few of us even found time to browse throug
the antique shops and Guthrie's first annual
art and wine festival. Overall it was a very
enjoyable evening.
OUT OK is proud to present The Summer Film
Series.
Thursdays July 8th and 29th at Chapman Hall, University of Tulsa (South Delaware Avenue and East
5th Street). $7:00 or free with valid OUT OK VIP
Pass .
COMING SOON! OUT OK III Pre-film festival
screening Thursday, August 19, 2004. OUT OK III,
The Oklahoma International Film Festival opens October 14-23, 2004. For more information, please
contact Philip Au at 918-682-4654, ext 2 or
pau @out-ok.com
Check Out Our Website of the
Month
GayMarriageWorld .com,
the new gay & lesbian online marriage & wed
ding community! featuring gay & lesbian wed
ding stories and up-to-date news and informa
tion about the topic of gay marriage.
Herland Supper Club
Meet at Herland at 5 pm if you want to carpool to
Jaramillo's in Sherpherd Mall for dinner at 5:15
pm. The post dinner event is the OKC Lightning
football game at Taft Stadium at 7 pm.
Womyn of Color
Womyn of Color group meets the 2nd Sunday of
each month. Please email womynofcolor@cox.net
or call (405) 842-3464 or (405) 947-7691 for more
information.
Scrabble Night at Herland
If you like to play games and would like some fun
and fellowship, just show up at Herland at 6 pm
Saturday .July 24. Each month, about 10 women
gather in 2 or 3 groups for a couple of hours of
mental challenge and snacks ($2.00 contribution).
Iris Schedule
July 4 at Sister's (*women's bar) @ 6:00 indoor or
outside depending on the weather. July 9 at
Scooters and Hooters (*straight bar) @9:00 located NW 63 just west of I-235. July 23 at
TNT's (*anything goes) in Tulsa @9:00. August 13
at Charlie's Last Stand (*straight bar) @9:00 located just East of Meridian just south of Reno.
Peggy Johnson Singing at Deli on the Labyrinth
NW 32nd and Classen in Oklahoma City (there's a
jeep on a pole out front, parking in back) Saturday, July 24th 9 pm until llpm. They have food
and coffee and tea and soft drinks and it's a nice
place to play and listen to music.
Herland is Seeking Yard Help!
Ifyoudon'tmind
mowing and have an hour one or two days a month, Herland
needs you. Mower provided. Call 521-9696 to volunteer.
Don't Forget to Support the Voice!
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: Friday. July2: Michael Fracasso & Robert Williams
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: Door 2805 N. McKinley, 9pm, $15
• Saturday, July10: Herland Hike at Martin Nature
•• Park, 5000 W. Memorial, 10 am. Meet at Panera
• Bread on Memorial at 9 am prior to the hike
•• Saturday, July10: Herland Supper Club
: Saturday. Ju ly10: Miss Brown to You at UCO Jazz Lab
• 100 E 5th (Edmond) 8pm $7
: Sunday. July11: Womyn of Color Meeting, call 842• 3464 for details
•• Monday, July12: OGLPC Monthly Meeting at the
: Center, 2135 NW 39th, 7 pm
• Wednesday. July 14: Woody Guthrie Tribute, Crystal
•• Theatre Okemah, $25 tix available at Startickets
• Friday. July16: Mary Reynolds Brick Street Cafe
•• Okemah (Woody Guthrie Festival)
: Saturday. July 17: Herland Video Night-feturing
• "When the Sky Falls" (see details page 4)
: Sunday, July18: Herland Board Meeting, 4 pm, every• one welcome
: Saturday. July24: Herland Scrabble Night-6 pm
• Saturday, July 24: Miss Brown to You at UCO Jazz Lab
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• 100 E 5th (Edmond) 8pm $7
• Saturday, July24: Peggy Johnson at Deli on the Laby•• rinth, 9 pm till 11 pm
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• Tbutsday. August26· 2nd Annual Women's Equality
: Day Block Party, OU Women's Outreach Center• 405-325-4929
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Saint Sybil
Sybil has recently - ok, December of 1995,
maybe a long time to you, but a blink of an
eye to Sybil - received a series of questions
from the smartest woman she knows, and
will answer some of them in this and future
issues.
Dear St. Sybil,
Whenever I find time and energy to
emerge from my self-involved world (not to
demean it - it is hard to make a living and
deal with everything) and look around, I realize I have two questions for you:
1) What are the questions to ask?
2) What are the answers?
Yours,
Easier Under a Rock
Dear Easy,
Thanks for writing. Here are some questions for you:
• Am I even half as loving, fun loving, selfless and faithful as your everyday Golden
Retriever, Poodle, or common mutt on the
street?
• Am I anywhere near as dignified, selfaware and karmicly centered as your runof-the-mill tabby cat?
• Should I possibly be working more on my
novel and less on my computer games
skills?
• Am I letting someone live rent-free in my
head and dictate my every mood and
move - in other words, am I holding a big
old grudge against someone? Why don't
I just sip some cyanide and hope that the
grudgee will writhe in agony? Or... why
don't I just get over it and let go?
• Do I compost? Recycle? Bi-cycle? Do I
support the Southern Poverty Law Center? Am I, in other words, even beginning to live up to my Girl Scout oath to
leave the world a better place than I
found it? If not, how can I use my talents to improve life for my neighbors in
Oklahoma, in New York, in the world?
A question not to ask: "Am I doing
enough?" It is impossible to do enough, so
don't even try, or you will end up depressed
out of your gourd and stay in bed the rest of
a miserable life, watching TV, eating moon
pies, and trying to do The Nation puzzle.
Also be sure to avoid all of the unanswerable questions twelve-year-olds love so
much: If there is a God, who made God?
Heh heh heh. And the corollary, If the world
began with the Big Bang, where did the stuff
for the Big Bang come from? These are
hopeless questions guaranteed to keep you
awake all night, possibly for the rest of your
life. You may never sleep again. Don't ask
them. Tend to the simple questions, the big
ones will take care of themselves.
A question I would like more Americans to
ask themselves: Why didn't I and 51 % of the
country riot in the streets when the 2000
election was stolen as cleanly and sweetly as
any third-world dictator could hope for? And
are we going to let it happen again in 2004?
Now, as to finding the answers - my dear,
there are no answers; you know that. Only
questions.
Love,
Sybil
Good Guys Win Sometimes
Criminal charges have been dismissed
against a small-town New York mayor for
marrying gay couples, saying the state failed
to show it has a legitimate interest in banning
same-sex weddings.
New Paltz Town Court Justice Jonathan Katz
also ruled that prosecutors failed to prove the
law New Paltz Mayor Jason West was charged
with violating was constitutional. West, 27,
faced 19 misdemeanor counts of solemnizing
marriages for couples without a license.
West had faced the possibility of fines or up
to a year in jail for presiding at the weddings
of more than two dozen same-sex couples on
Feb. 27. The weddings drew the Hudson Valle
village of New Paltz into the growing national
debate over gay marriage, and delighted and
inspired millions.
West remains barred from marrying samesex couples under an order issued earlier this
week by another judge. But he and his lawyer
E. Joshua Rosenkranz called Katz's ruling a
major victory for gay rights.
"If history is any guide, this is the beginning
of an unstoppable trend," Rosenkranz said.
Ulster County District Attorney Donald Williams said he disagreed with Katz's ruling and
would appeal. We'll see what happens.
WHEN THE SKY FALLS
Hey all you poets out therel
It falls on July 17th at 7:00 P.M. at Herland!
... in a film starring Joan Allen, a fictionalized
true story about Journalist Veronica Guerin.
Set in present-day Dublin this is, oddly, not a
story about the IRA. It is about one woman's
ground-breaking style of journalism focused on
drug lords and gang criminals and the changes
she both did and did not bring about. There is
also a story about the making of this film
which will be told at the conclusion of the
screening.
Join us to keep the sky from falling! As always there will be free popcorn; also sodas
and bottled water available for a donation to
Herland.
Diversity House Fundraiser at
Herland
Diversity House will be presenting Miss
Brown To You in an outdoor concert on July
31st at Herland Sister Resources, 2313 NW
39th Street. The concert and day's activities
will benefit Diversity House, a non-profit organization that will house homeless gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered young people
between the ages of 18 and 25. These people have been put out of their homes because
of their sexual orientation. It can be a difficult
thing to come out as a GLBT young person
even with the support of your family. Diversity
House wants to be a safe haven for these kids.
The money raised will be used to help give
these kids a chance to get back on their feet
and become productive citizens. Funds will be
used to purchase a house, provide transportation, food and clothes as needed. The afternoon will begin at 4 pm with a water bucket
race, watermelon seed spitting contest, water
balloon tossing, and water balloon run. The
charge for entering each event is 3.00 or all
events for 10.00. At 6:30 enjoy hotdogs, tofu
dogs, hamburgers and veggieburgers cooked
on a grill. The meal is provided for a sliding
scale of 5 to 15 dollars. Bring your pennies to
vote on your choice for Queen of the Sea, King
of the Sea, and Beach Bunny (costumes welcome). The winners will be announced during
the concert at the end of the evening.
Herland is seeking poetry for a special poetry issue of the Voice. We don't know
when that will be-depends
on how fast the entries come
in. Poetry may be submitted
via snail mail or electronic
mail (preferred but not required). Acceptable electronic formats include, email plain text, MS
WORD, and MS Publisher. If you want a by
line published with your poetry, specify this
with your submission and indicate how you
want your name printed. We will not assume you want your name printed and will
not do it without your written permission.
Don't Gamble with Women's Rights ...
Come to Las Vegas for the National NOW
Conference!
The 2004 National NOW Conference will be held
in Las Vegas, the weekend of July 16-18, 2004. Join
NOW members across the country for three days of fun
and friends, fast-paced workshops, great speakers and
entertainers, skill -building sessions, special interest cau
cuses, and, of course, sharing stories about this spring
March for Women's Lives.
Speakers and guests include former Democratic
presidential candidate Carol Moseley Braun; groundbreaking scientist and diversity expert Dr. Donna J.
Nelson; feisty author and radio host Laura Flanders
(her new book, The "W" Factor, is just out); and writer
comedian Wendy Shanker, whose new book is The Fa
Girls Guide to Life. Cris Williamson will be performin
in concert with SONiA (of disappear fear).
A Young Feminist Caucus is being planned by NOW'
new Young Feminist Task Force, and there will be vote
outreach training. If you are ready to translate fem
nist issues into action by participating in workshops
dealing with war and women, marriage equality, emergency contraception, affordable housing, the global
economy, AIDS, drugs, poverty, workers, reproductive
health, a new Violence Against Women Act and
more ... make plans now to spend July 16-18 with your
NOW sisters in the glittery city. Register online today
for the conference or call 202-628-8669, ext. 117.
Then book a flight and call the legendary Riviera Hotel
and casino at 1-800-634-6753 to reserve a room at a
fantastic conference rate of $79. Note, if the conferenc
rate is no longer available, please mention that you are
with NOW so NOW will get credit for your room toward
the cost of our meeting space. And check www.now.org
conference regularly to see new speakers and the grea
array of workshops that are still in formation. See you
Las Vegas!
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theHERLAND VOICE
July 2004
volume 22, numbe
30th Annual National
Women's Music Festival
July 22-25, 2004, Columbus, OH
What a celebration festival
l:j!tl~~rf this is going to be! Music and
comedy by old favorites and
new discoveries: Cris WilliamMargie Adam, Tret Fure, Alix Olson,
Ember Swift, Pamela Means,
Ubaka Hill, Suzanne Westenhoefer, Vickie
Shaw, Lisa Koch, Zoe and many, many more.
f;
Workshops. Drama. Merchants. Open Mic.
Drag Kings. Friends. Song & Drum Jams.
Women. Step out of your everyday world for
4 days and be your truest self in the company
of fabulous women. As always, it will fill you,
heart and soul. Visit www.wiaonline.org/
nwmf.
Woody Guthrie Festival Not to Be
Missed
Jill Garner
It's that time of year when the sun is
beating down on the scorched Oklahoma
earth, and the music is getting hot in
Okemah at the annual Woody Guthrie
Festival July 14th through the 17th. If
you've never been, now's the time to
take a road trip and head out I-40 to
hear some of the best musicians in the
country right here in small-town Oklahoma. It's about an hour and a half
drive east of Oklahoma City and the only
cost is $5 for parking.
· The festival has been growing steadily the past few
/'/'/_.....
years with more and more
people discovering the quality
of the music in Okemah, the
fun of the Brickstreet Cafe in downtown
Okemah, the beauty of the old Crystal
Theater, and the relaxation of sitting out
under the stars in the field at night on a
blanket or chair while musicians such as
Jimmy Lafave, Kevin Welch, Ellis Paul,
Carrie Newcomer, Audrey Auld, Ario Guthrie, Steve Earle, Slaid Cleaves and many
more play great music and help us forget
how hot it is.
I've written a couple of articles in the
past about a woman named Kris Delmhorst out of Northampton, Massachusetts
who is an incredible songwriter and singer.
Imagine my surprise when I saw her name
on the list of performers for this year's festival! She will be on the pasture stage on
Thursday, July 15th at 7:20. It's hot at
that time of evening so bring a hat, but
she'll be worth the drive. Please, treat
yourself and go hear her. All the performers sell and sign CDs too so bring some
extra money to take home some great new
music and meet the performers.
Just a few other notable performers you
might want to hear at the festival are
Emily Kaitz, Mary Reynolds, Susan Gibson
(formerly of the Groobees), Audrey Auld (I
saw her last year and she's fabulous),
Tracie Merchant (from Dallas), and The
Burns Sisters. Go to
www.woodyguthrie.com for a complete
schedule. You can take food and drinks to
the festival, but you can't have glass and
(Continued on page 2
www.herlandsisters.org
herland sister resources, 2312 nw 39th, oklahoma city, ok 73112
(405) 521-96
email: herlandsisters@cox.net
bookstore hours: saturdays 1-5 pm
(Continued from page 1)
you can't haul the whole ice chest into the
pasture for the night concerts. I find making a few trips to the car works just fine.
It's a great time, the music is wonderful,
and it's a unique experience and a festival
that Oklahomans should be proud of.
Oklahoma Women's Football Team
Undefeated
The OKC Lightning women's football team is
the undefeated
2004 Southwest Division
Champions! They will also
be seeded # 1 for the playoffs in the Southern Conference! After a first round
bye on June 26th, the Lightning will play at home on
July 10th against the winner of the Kansas
City/Nashville game. Upon victory in that
game, they will host another home game on
July 17th against a team to be announced (probably either Pensacola, Chattanooga or Asheville). Upon victory in that
game, it's off to Papa John Stadium in Louisville, Kentucky for the 2004 NWFA Championship Game on July 31st against the Northern
Conference Champion. Home games are at
Taft Stadium, NW 27th and May, and start at
7:00 pm. Tickets are $8 for adults
and children under 11 are free. Contact Kim
Mitchell at (405) 524-1509 or visit
www.okclightning.com for more information.
Gay Marriage Debate July 8
"State of the Union: A Deba
on Gay Marriage" will be held
at noon Thursday, July 8, in
Constitution Hall, second floor
of the Nigh University Center, University of
Central Oklahoma. in Edmond.
The debate will feature Robert Knight, Director of the Culture and Family Institute an
author of the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act
and Elizabeth Birch, who served as executiv
director of the Human Rights Campaign,
America's largest GLBT (Gay, Lesbian, Bisex
ual, Transexual) civil rights organization.
A question and answer period and a recep
tion will follow. The debate and reception ar
free and open to the public.
Sixteen Women Met for Dinner
H
istoric Guthrie was the site of the
June Herland Supper Club. Sixteen
women met for dinner at Granny
Had One and about a dozen attended Godspell at the Pollard Theatre. Granny's famous homemade buffet was wonderful and
the talented cast of Godspell gave an excellent performance of the 1971 off-Broadway
musical of the gospel according to Matthew.
An added bonus was that the band for Godspell included Miss Brown to You members
Louise Goldberg and Mary Reynolds and The
Sisters of Swing member Elyse Angelo. A
few of us even found time to browse throug
the antique shops and Guthrie's first annual
art and wine festival. Overall it was a very
enjoyable evening.
OUT OK is proud to present The Summer Film
Series.
Thursdays July 8th and 29th at Chapman Hall, University of Tulsa (South Delaware Avenue and East
5th Street). $7:00 or free with valid OUT OK VIP
Pass .
COMING SOON! OUT OK III Pre-film festival
screening Thursday, August 19, 2004. OUT OK III,
The Oklahoma International Film Festival opens October 14-23, 2004. For more information, please
contact Philip Au at 918-682-4654, ext 2 or
pau @out-ok.com
Check Out Our Website of the
Month
GayMarriageWorld .com,
the new gay & lesbian online marriage & wed
ding community! featuring gay & lesbian wed
ding stories and up-to-date news and informa
tion about the topic of gay marriage.
Herland Supper Club
Meet at Herland at 5 pm if you want to carpool to
Jaramillo's in Sherpherd Mall for dinner at 5:15
pm. The post dinner event is the OKC Lightning
football game at Taft Stadium at 7 pm.
Womyn of Color
Womyn of Color group meets the 2nd Sunday of
each month. Please email womynofcolor@cox.net
or call (405) 842-3464 or (405) 947-7691 for more
information.
Scrabble Night at Herland
If you like to play games and would like some fun
and fellowship, just show up at Herland at 6 pm
Saturday .July 24. Each month, about 10 women
gather in 2 or 3 groups for a couple of hours of
mental challenge and snacks ($2.00 contribution).
Iris Schedule
July 4 at Sister's (*women's bar) @ 6:00 indoor or
outside depending on the weather. July 9 at
Scooters and Hooters (*straight bar) @9:00 located NW 63 just west of I-235. July 23 at
TNT's (*anything goes) in Tulsa @9:00. August 13
at Charlie's Last Stand (*straight bar) @9:00 located just East of Meridian just south of Reno.
Peggy Johnson Singing at Deli on the Labyrinth
NW 32nd and Classen in Oklahoma City (there's a
jeep on a pole out front, parking in back) Saturday, July 24th 9 pm until llpm. They have food
and coffee and tea and soft drinks and it's a nice
place to play and listen to music.
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• Saturday, July10: Herland Hike at Martin Nature
•• Park, 5000 W. Memorial, 10 am. Meet at Panera
• Bread on Memorial at 9 am prior to the hike
•• Saturday, July10: Herland Supper Club
: Saturday. Ju ly10: Miss Brown to You at UCO Jazz Lab
• 100 E 5th (Edmond) 8pm $7
: Sunday. July11: Womyn of Color Meeting, call 842• 3464 for details
•• Monday, July12: OGLPC Monthly Meeting at the
: Center, 2135 NW 39th, 7 pm
• Wednesday. July 14: Woody Guthrie Tribute, Crystal
•• Theatre Okemah, $25 tix available at Startickets
• Friday. July16: Mary Reynolds Brick Street Cafe
•• Okemah (Woody Guthrie Festival)
: Saturday. July 17: Herland Video Night-feturing
• "When the Sky Falls" (see details page 4)
: Sunday, July18: Herland Board Meeting, 4 pm, every• one welcome
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Saint Sybil
Sybil has recently - ok, December of 1995,
maybe a long time to you, but a blink of an
eye to Sybil - received a series of questions
from the smartest woman she knows, and
will answer some of them in this and future
issues.
Dear St. Sybil,
Whenever I find time and energy to
emerge from my self-involved world (not to
demean it - it is hard to make a living and
deal with everything) and look around, I realize I have two questions for you:
1) What are the questions to ask?
2) What are the answers?
Yours,
Easier Under a Rock
Dear Easy,
Thanks for writing. Here are some questions for you:
• Am I even half as loving, fun loving, selfless and faithful as your everyday Golden
Retriever, Poodle, or common mutt on the
street?
• Am I anywhere near as dignified, selfaware and karmicly centered as your runof-the-mill tabby cat?
• Should I possibly be working more on my
novel and less on my computer games
skills?
• Am I letting someone live rent-free in my
head and dictate my every mood and
move - in other words, am I holding a big
old grudge against someone? Why don't
I just sip some cyanide and hope that the
grudgee will writhe in agony? Or... why
don't I just get over it and let go?
• Do I compost? Recycle? Bi-cycle? Do I
support the Southern Poverty Law Center? Am I, in other words, even beginning to live up to my Girl Scout oath to
leave the world a better place than I
found it? If not, how can I use my talents to improve life for my neighbors in
Oklahoma, in New York, in the world?
A question not to ask: "Am I doing
enough?" It is impossible to do enough, so
don't even try, or you will end up depressed
out of your gourd and stay in bed the rest of
a miserable life, watching TV, eating moon
pies, and trying to do The Nation puzzle.
Also be sure to avoid all of the unanswerable questions twelve-year-olds love so
much: If there is a God, who made God?
Heh heh heh. And the corollary, If the world
began with the Big Bang, where did the stuff
for the Big Bang come from? These are
hopeless questions guaranteed to keep you
awake all night, possibly for the rest of your
life. You may never sleep again. Don't ask
them. Tend to the simple questions, the big
ones will take care of themselves.
A question I would like more Americans to
ask themselves: Why didn't I and 51 % of the
country riot in the streets when the 2000
election was stolen as cleanly and sweetly as
any third-world dictator could hope for? And
are we going to let it happen again in 2004?
Now, as to finding the answers - my dear,
there are no answers; you know that. Only
questions.
Love,
Sybil
Good Guys Win Sometimes
Criminal charges have been dismissed
against a small-town New York mayor for
marrying gay couples, saying the state failed
to show it has a legitimate interest in banning
same-sex weddings.
New Paltz Town Court Justice Jonathan Katz
also ruled that prosecutors failed to prove the
law New Paltz Mayor Jason West was charged
with violating was constitutional. West, 27,
faced 19 misdemeanor counts of solemnizing
marriages for couples without a license.
West had faced the possibility of fines or up
to a year in jail for presiding at the weddings
of more than two dozen same-sex couples on
Feb. 27. The weddings drew the Hudson Valle
village of New Paltz into the growing national
debate over gay marriage, and delighted and
inspired millions.
West remains barred from marrying samesex couples under an order issued earlier this
week by another judge. But he and his lawyer
E. Joshua Rosenkranz called Katz's ruling a
major victory for gay rights.
"If history is any guide, this is the beginning
of an unstoppable trend," Rosenkranz said.
Ulster County District Attorney Donald Williams said he disagreed with Katz's ruling and
would appeal. We'll see what happens.
WHEN THE SKY FALLS
Hey all you poets out therel
It falls on July 17th at 7:00 P.M. at Herland!
... in a film starring Joan Allen, a fictionalized
true story about Journalist Veronica Guerin.
Set in present-day Dublin this is, oddly, not a
story about the IRA. It is about one woman's
ground-breaking style of journalism focused on
drug lords and gang criminals and the changes
she both did and did not bring about. There is
also a story about the making of this film
which will be told at the conclusion of the
screening.
Join us to keep the sky from falling! As always there will be free popcorn; also sodas
and bottled water available for a donation to
Herland.
Diversity House Fundraiser at
Herland
Diversity House will be presenting Miss
Brown To You in an outdoor concert on July
31st at Herland Sister Resources, 2313 NW
39th Street. The concert and day's activities
will benefit Diversity House, a non-profit organization that will house homeless gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered young people
between the ages of 18 and 25. These people have been put out of their homes because
of their sexual orientation. It can be a difficult
thing to come out as a GLBT young person
even with the support of your family. Diversity
House wants to be a safe haven for these kids.
The money raised will be used to help give
these kids a chance to get back on their feet
and become productive citizens. Funds will be
used to purchase a house, provide transportation, food and clothes as needed. The afternoon will begin at 4 pm with a water bucket
race, watermelon seed spitting contest, water
balloon tossing, and water balloon run. The
charge for entering each event is 3.00 or all
events for 10.00. At 6:30 enjoy hotdogs, tofu
dogs, hamburgers and veggieburgers cooked
on a grill. The meal is provided for a sliding
scale of 5 to 15 dollars. Bring your pennies to
vote on your choice for Queen of the Sea, King
of the Sea, and Beach Bunny (costumes welcome). The winners will be announced during
the concert at the end of the evening.
Herland is seeking poetry for a special poetry issue of the Voice. We don't know
when that will be-depends
on how fast the entries come
in. Poetry may be submitted
via snail mail or electronic
mail (preferred but not required). Acceptable electronic formats include, email plain text, MS
WORD, and MS Publisher. If you want a by
line published with your poetry, specify this
with your submission and indicate how you
want your name printed. We will not assume you want your name printed and will
not do it without your written permission.
Don't Gamble with Women's Rights ...
Come to Las Vegas for the National NOW
Conference!
The 2004 National NOW Conference will be held
in Las Vegas, the weekend of July 16-18, 2004. Join
NOW members across the country for three days of fun
and friends, fast-paced workshops, great speakers and
entertainers, skill -building sessions, special interest cau
cuses, and, of course, sharing stories about this spring
March for Women's Lives.
Speakers and guests include former Democratic
presidential candidate Carol Moseley Braun; groundbreaking scientist and diversity expert Dr. Donna J.
Nelson; feisty author and radio host Laura Flanders
(her new book, The "W" Factor, is just out); and writer
comedian Wendy Shanker, whose new book is The Fa
Girls Guide to Life. Cris Williamson will be performin
in concert with SONiA (of disappear fear).
A Young Feminist Caucus is being planned by NOW'
new Young Feminist Task Force, and there will be vote
outreach training. If you are ready to translate fem
nist issues into action by participating in workshops
dealing with war and women, marriage equality, emergency contraception, affordable housing, the global
economy, AIDS, drugs, poverty, workers, reproductive
health, a new Violence Against Women Act and
more ... make plans now to spend July 16-18 with your
NOW sisters in the glittery city. Register online today
for the conference or call 202-628-8669, ext. 117.
Then book a flight and call the legendary Riviera Hotel
and casino at 1-800-634-6753 to reserve a room at a
fantastic conference rate of $79. Note, if the conferenc
rate is no longer available, please mention that you are
with NOW so NOW will get credit for your room toward
the cost of our meeting space. And check www.now.org
conference regularly to see new speakers and the grea
array of workshops that are still in formation. See you
Las Vegas!
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July 2004
volume 22, numbe
30th Annual National
Women's Music Festival
July 22-25, 2004, Columbus, OH
What a celebration festival
l:j!tl~~rf this is going to be! Music and
comedy by old favorites and
new discoveries: Cris WilliamMargie Adam, Tret Fure, Alix Olson,
Ember Swift, Pamela Means,
Ubaka Hill, Suzanne Westenhoefer, Vickie
Shaw, Lisa Koch, Zoe and many, many more.
f;
Workshops. Drama. Merchants. Open Mic.
Drag Kings. Friends. Song & Drum Jams.
Women. Step out of your everyday world for
4 days and be your truest self in the company
of fabulous women. As always, it will fill you,
heart and soul. Visit www.wiaonline.org/
nwmf.
Woody Guthrie Festival Not to Be
Missed
Jill Garner
It's that time of year when the sun is
beating down on the scorched Oklahoma
earth, and the music is getting hot in
Okemah at the annual Woody Guthrie
Festival July 14th through the 17th. If
you've never been, now's the time to
take a road trip and head out I-40 to
hear some of the best musicians in the
country right here in small-town Oklahoma. It's about an hour and a half
drive east of Oklahoma City and the only
cost is $5 for parking.
· The festival has been growing steadily the past few
/'/'/_.....
years with more and more
people discovering the quality
of the music in Okemah, the
fun of the Brickstreet Cafe in downtown
Okemah, the beauty of the old Crystal
Theater, and the relaxation of sitting out
under the stars in the field at night on a
blanket or chair while musicians such as
Jimmy Lafave, Kevin Welch, Ellis Paul,
Carrie Newcomer, Audrey Auld, Ario Guthrie, Steve Earle, Slaid Cleaves and many
more play great music and help us forget
how hot it is.
I've written a couple of articles in the
past about a woman named Kris Delmhorst out of Northampton, Massachusetts
who is an incredible songwriter and singer.
Imagine my surprise when I saw her name
on the list of performers for this year's festival! She will be on the pasture stage on
Thursday, July 15th at 7:20. It's hot at
that time of evening so bring a hat, but
she'll be worth the drive. Please, treat
yourself and go hear her. All the performers sell and sign CDs too so bring some
extra money to take home some great new
music and meet the performers.
Just a few other notable performers you
might want to hear at the festival are
Emily Kaitz, Mary Reynolds, Susan Gibson
(formerly of the Groobees), Audrey Auld (I
saw her last year and she's fabulous),
Tracie Merchant (from Dallas), and The
Burns Sisters. Go to
www.woodyguthrie.com for a complete
schedule. You can take food and drinks to
the festival, but you can't have glass and
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you can't haul the whole ice chest into the
pasture for the night concerts. I find making a few trips to the car works just fine.
It's a great time, the music is wonderful,
and it's a unique experience and a festival
that Oklahomans should be proud of.
Oklahoma Women's Football Team
Undefeated
The OKC Lightning women's football team is
the undefeated
2004 Southwest Division
Champions! They will also
be seeded # 1 for the playoffs in the Southern Conference! After a first round
bye on June 26th, the Lightning will play at home on
July 10th against the winner of the Kansas
City/Nashville game. Upon victory in that
game, they will host another home game on
July 17th against a team to be announced (probably either Pensacola, Chattanooga or Asheville). Upon victory in that
game, it's off to Papa John Stadium in Louisville, Kentucky for the 2004 NWFA Championship Game on July 31st against the Northern
Conference Champion. Home games are at
Taft Stadium, NW 27th and May, and start at
7:00 pm. Tickets are $8 for adults
and children under 11 are free. Contact Kim
Mitchell at (405) 524-1509 or visit
www.okclightning.com for more information.
Gay Marriage Debate July 8
"State of the Union: A Deba
on Gay Marriage" will be held
at noon Thursday, July 8, in
Constitution Hall, second floor
of the Nigh University Center, University of
Central Oklahoma. in Edmond.
The debate will feature Robert Knight, Director of the Culture and Family Institute an
author of the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act
and Elizabeth Birch, who served as executiv
director of the Human Rights Campaign,
America's largest GLBT (Gay, Lesbian, Bisex
ual, Transexual) civil rights organization.
A question and answer period and a recep
tion will follow. The debate and reception ar
free and open to the public.
Sixteen Women Met for Dinner
H
istoric Guthrie was the site of the
June Herland Supper Club. Sixteen
women met for dinner at Granny
Had One and about a dozen attended Godspell at the Pollard Theatre. Granny's famous homemade buffet was wonderful and
the talented cast of Godspell gave an excellent performance of the 1971 off-Broadway
musical of the gospel according to Matthew.
An added bonus was that the band for Godspell included Miss Brown to You members
Louise Goldberg and Mary Reynolds and The
Sisters of Swing member Elyse Angelo. A
few of us even found time to browse throug
the antique shops and Guthrie's first annual
art and wine festival. Overall it was a very
enjoyable evening.
OUT OK is proud to present The Summer Film
Series.
Thursdays July 8th and 29th at Chapman Hall, University of Tulsa (South Delaware Avenue and East
5th Street). $7:00 or free with valid OUT OK VIP
Pass .
COMING SOON! OUT OK III Pre-film festival
screening Thursday, August 19, 2004. OUT OK III,
The Oklahoma International Film Festival opens October 14-23, 2004. For more information, please
contact Philip Au at 918-682-4654, ext 2 or
pau @out-ok.com
Check Out Our Website of the
Month
GayMarriageWorld .com,
the new gay & lesbian online marriage & wed
ding community! featuring gay & lesbian wed
ding stories and up-to-date news and informa
tion about the topic of gay marriage.
Herland Supper Club
Meet at Herland at 5 pm if you want to carpool to
Jaramillo's in Sherpherd Mall for dinner at 5:15
pm. The post dinner event is the OKC Lightning
football game at Taft Stadium at 7 pm.
Womyn of Color
Womyn of Color group meets the 2nd Sunday of
each month. Please email womynofcolor@cox.net
or call (405) 842-3464 or (405) 947-7691 for more
information.
Scrabble Night at Herland
If you like to play games and would like some fun
and fellowship, just show up at Herland at 6 pm
Saturday .July 24. Each month, about 10 women
gather in 2 or 3 groups for a couple of hours of
mental challenge and snacks ($2.00 contribution).
Iris Schedule
July 4 at Sister's (*women's bar) @ 6:00 indoor or
outside depending on the weather. July 9 at
Scooters and Hooters (*straight bar) @9:00 located NW 63 just west of I-235. July 23 at
TNT's (*anything goes) in Tulsa @9:00. August 13
at Charlie's Last Stand (*straight bar) @9:00 located just East of Meridian just south of Reno.
Peggy Johnson Singing at Deli on the Labyrinth
NW 32nd and Classen in Oklahoma City (there's a
jeep on a pole out front, parking in back) Saturday, July 24th 9 pm until llpm. They have food
and coffee and tea and soft drinks and it's a nice
place to play and listen to music.
Herland is Seeking Yard Help!
Ifyoudon'tmind
mowing and have an hour one or two days a month, Herland
needs you. Mower provided. Call 521-9696 to volunteer.
Don't Forget to Support the Voice!
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: Door 2805 N. McKinley, 9pm, $15
• Saturday, July10: Herland Hike at Martin Nature
•• Park, 5000 W. Memorial, 10 am. Meet at Panera
• Bread on Memorial at 9 am prior to the hike
•• Saturday, July10: Herland Supper Club
: Saturday. Ju ly10: Miss Brown to You at UCO Jazz Lab
• 100 E 5th (Edmond) 8pm $7
: Sunday. July11: Womyn of Color Meeting, call 842• 3464 for details
•• Monday, July12: OGLPC Monthly Meeting at the
: Center, 2135 NW 39th, 7 pm
• Wednesday. July 14: Woody Guthrie Tribute, Crystal
•• Theatre Okemah, $25 tix available at Startickets
• Friday. July16: Mary Reynolds Brick Street Cafe
•• Okemah (Woody Guthrie Festival)
: Saturday. July 17: Herland Video Night-feturing
• "When the Sky Falls" (see details page 4)
: Sunday, July18: Herland Board Meeting, 4 pm, every• one welcome
: Saturday. July24: Herland Scrabble Night-6 pm
• Saturday, July 24: Miss Brown to You at UCO Jazz Lab
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• 100 E 5th (Edmond) 8pm $7
• Saturday, July24: Peggy Johnson at Deli on the Laby•• rinth, 9 pm till 11 pm
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The Voice is published monthly by Herland Sister Resources, Inc.
2312 NW 39th, Oklahoma City, OK 73112. The Voice is offered
as an open forum for community discourse. Articles reflect the
opinions of the author and not necessarily those of Herland Sister
Resources. Unsolicited articles and letters to the editor are welcomed and must be signed by the writer with full name and address. Upon request, letters or articles may be printed under a
pseudonym or anonymously. Subscriptions to The Voice are free
upon request although a donation is requested to meet publication and distribution costs.
Saint Sybil
Sybil has recently - ok, December of 1995,
maybe a long time to you, but a blink of an
eye to Sybil - received a series of questions
from the smartest woman she knows, and
will answer some of them in this and future
issues.
Dear St. Sybil,
Whenever I find time and energy to
emerge from my self-involved world (not to
demean it - it is hard to make a living and
deal with everything) and look around, I realize I have two questions for you:
1) What are the questions to ask?
2) What are the answers?
Yours,
Easier Under a Rock
Dear Easy,
Thanks for writing. Here are some questions for you:
• Am I even half as loving, fun loving, selfless and faithful as your everyday Golden
Retriever, Poodle, or common mutt on the
street?
• Am I anywhere near as dignified, selfaware and karmicly centered as your runof-the-mill tabby cat?
• Should I possibly be working more on my
novel and less on my computer games
skills?
• Am I letting someone live rent-free in my
head and dictate my every mood and
move - in other words, am I holding a big
old grudge against someone? Why don't
I just sip some cyanide and hope that the
grudgee will writhe in agony? Or... why
don't I just get over it and let go?
• Do I compost? Recycle? Bi-cycle? Do I
support the Southern Poverty Law Center? Am I, in other words, even beginning to live up to my Girl Scout oath to
leave the world a better place than I
found it? If not, how can I use my talents to improve life for my neighbors in
Oklahoma, in New York, in the world?
A question not to ask: "Am I doing
enough?" It is impossible to do enough, so
don't even try, or you will end up depressed
out of your gourd and stay in bed the rest of
a miserable life, watching TV, eating moon
pies, and trying to do The Nation puzzle.
Also be sure to avoid all of the unanswerable questions twelve-year-olds love so
much: If there is a God, who made God?
Heh heh heh. And the corollary, If the world
began with the Big Bang, where did the stuff
for the Big Bang come from? These are
hopeless questions guaranteed to keep you
awake all night, possibly for the rest of your
life. You may never sleep again. Don't ask
them. Tend to the simple questions, the big
ones will take care of themselves.
A question I would like more Americans to
ask themselves: Why didn't I and 51 % of the
country riot in the streets when the 2000
election was stolen as cleanly and sweetly as
any third-world dictator could hope for? And
are we going to let it happen again in 2004?
Now, as to finding the answers - my dear,
there are no answers; you know that. Only
questions.
Love,
Sybil
Good Guys Win Sometimes
Criminal charges have been dismissed
against a small-town New York mayor for
marrying gay couples, saying the state failed
to show it has a legitimate interest in banning
same-sex weddings.
New Paltz Town Court Justice Jonathan Katz
also ruled that prosecutors failed to prove the
law New Paltz Mayor Jason West was charged
with violating was constitutional. West, 27,
faced 19 misdemeanor counts of solemnizing
marriages for couples without a license.
West had faced the possibility of fines or up
to a year in jail for presiding at the weddings
of more than two dozen same-sex couples on
Feb. 27. The weddings drew the Hudson Valle
village of New Paltz into the growing national
debate over gay marriage, and delighted and
inspired millions.
West remains barred from marrying samesex couples under an order issued earlier this
week by another judge. But he and his lawyer
E. Joshua Rosenkranz called Katz's ruling a
major victory for gay rights.
"If history is any guide, this is the beginning
of an unstoppable trend," Rosenkranz said.
Ulster County District Attorney Donald Williams said he disagreed with Katz's ruling and
would appeal. We'll see what happens.
WHEN THE SKY FALLS
Hey all you poets out therel
It falls on July 17th at 7:00 P.M. at Herland!
... in a film starring Joan Allen, a fictionalized
true story about Journalist Veronica Guerin.
Set in present-day Dublin this is, oddly, not a
story about the IRA. It is about one woman's
ground-breaking style of journalism focused on
drug lords and gang criminals and the changes
she both did and did not bring about. There is
also a story about the making of this film
which will be told at the conclusion of the
screening.
Join us to keep the sky from falling! As always there will be free popcorn; also sodas
and bottled water available for a donation to
Herland.
Diversity House Fundraiser at
Herland
Diversity House will be presenting Miss
Brown To You in an outdoor concert on July
31st at Herland Sister Resources, 2313 NW
39th Street. The concert and day's activities
will benefit Diversity House, a non-profit organization that will house homeless gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered young people
between the ages of 18 and 25. These people have been put out of their homes because
of their sexual orientation. It can be a difficult
thing to come out as a GLBT young person
even with the support of your family. Diversity
House wants to be a safe haven for these kids.
The money raised will be used to help give
these kids a chance to get back on their feet
and become productive citizens. Funds will be
used to purchase a house, provide transportation, food and clothes as needed. The afternoon will begin at 4 pm with a water bucket
race, watermelon seed spitting contest, water
balloon tossing, and water balloon run. The
charge for entering each event is 3.00 or all
events for 10.00. At 6:30 enjoy hotdogs, tofu
dogs, hamburgers and veggieburgers cooked
on a grill. The meal is provided for a sliding
scale of 5 to 15 dollars. Bring your pennies to
vote on your choice for Queen of the Sea, King
of the Sea, and Beach Bunny (costumes welcome). The winners will be announced during
the concert at the end of the evening.
Herland is seeking poetry for a special poetry issue of the Voice. We don't know
when that will be-depends
on how fast the entries come
in. Poetry may be submitted
via snail mail or electronic
mail (preferred but not required). Acceptable electronic formats include, email plain text, MS
WORD, and MS Publisher. If you want a by
line published with your poetry, specify this
with your submission and indicate how you
want your name printed. We will not assume you want your name printed and will
not do it without your written permission.
Don't Gamble with Women's Rights ...
Come to Las Vegas for the National NOW
Conference!
The 2004 National NOW Conference will be held
in Las Vegas, the weekend of July 16-18, 2004. Join
NOW members across the country for three days of fun
and friends, fast-paced workshops, great speakers and
entertainers, skill -building sessions, special interest cau
cuses, and, of course, sharing stories about this spring
March for Women's Lives.
Speakers and guests include former Democratic
presidential candidate Carol Moseley Braun; groundbreaking scientist and diversity expert Dr. Donna J.
Nelson; feisty author and radio host Laura Flanders
(her new book, The "W" Factor, is just out); and writer
comedian Wendy Shanker, whose new book is The Fa
Girls Guide to Life. Cris Williamson will be performin
in concert with SONiA (of disappear fear).
A Young Feminist Caucus is being planned by NOW'
new Young Feminist Task Force, and there will be vote
outreach training. If you are ready to translate fem
nist issues into action by participating in workshops
dealing with war and women, marriage equality, emergency contraception, affordable housing, the global
economy, AIDS, drugs, poverty, workers, reproductive
health, a new Violence Against Women Act and
more ... make plans now to spend July 16-18 with your
NOW sisters in the glittery city. Register online today
for the conference or call 202-628-8669, ext. 117.
Then book a flight and call the legendary Riviera Hotel
and casino at 1-800-634-6753 to reserve a room at a
fantastic conference rate of $79. Note, if the conferenc
rate is no longer available, please mention that you are
with NOW so NOW will get credit for your room toward
the cost of our meeting space. And check www.now.org
conference regularly to see new speakers and the grea
array of workshops that are still in formation. See you
Las Vegas!
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