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hbrland newsletter
April 1984
a publication of Herland Bookstore , 1630 N. W. 19th Oklahoma City 73106 _
GAYLE MARIE CONCERT
ELEANOR SMEAL IN PERSON
Tickets for the Gayle Marie concert, with
Mary Black and Susan Morgan opening, go
on sale Saturday, March 31, 1984, at Herland and from ticket saleswomen . Tickets
are $10 general admission and $15 contributing . The sale of contributing tickets
will insure the success of the concert/are
for reserve front row seats (limited number) . Your early purchase will help cover
initial working production expenses . You
may also buy by mail . Just send your
check with a note requesting how many
tickets to Herland Bookstore, 1630 N. W. 19,
Oklahoma City, OK 73106 . See you May 18tho
Eleanor Smeal, former president of the
National Organization for Women and keynote speaker at the Oklahoma State NOW
Convention, will hold an: autograph signing party o
Why and How Women Will Elect the Next
President, authored by Smeal, will be
available at the Herland booth during
the convention for $6 . 95 0
The State NOW Convention will be held
April 14, 1984, at the Lincoln Plaza,
4345 Lincoln Blvd , Oklahoma City . It is
sponsored by the Metro OKC NOW Chapter .
ALL NEW HERLAND LIBRARY CLUB
HERLAND ' S FISCAL DESCRIPTION
March 31 marks the initiation of the Herland Library Club . To join, fill out the
Club membership application and send $5 .
This yearly membership entitles you to check
out 2 books (at a time) for 2 weeks (at a
time) from our growing lending library . You
will be sent a Herland Library card and kept
up to date about new acquisitions . Library
hours will be the same as store hours ~ until
we gain more volunteers . See related page
inside .
How much does it cost to run Herland? A
question often asked by our sponsors and
supporters :
RENT :
BOOKS :
RECORDS :
A WOMEN'S CENTER IN OKLAHOMA CITY?
Oklahoma City needs a women ' s center and
Herland is active in helping this come about .
We are looking for a space large enough and
within our financial meanso We are investi gating staff options and researching proced ures to gain non-profit status o The advantages of non-profit. status are obvious : a
clarity of financial responsibility, tax
exemptions, accessibility to grants and
foundations monies o To make non-profit work
the commitment on the part of the women ' s
community must be 100% 0 We wish to finance
this project , as much as possible, ourselves,
because then and only then, can we control
the politics surrounding the purpose of our
center . The center is happening . The question
is when .
T-SHIRTS:
$135/mo .
$500 will purchase approxi mately 100 books (an average
price) . An estimate of what
would fill the shelves is
$4000
$600 will purchase app r oximately 100 records
$72 per design for a minimum
order
$50 minimum order
BUTTONS :
CARDS,
CALENDARS,
POST CARDS : $200
MISC
MAINTENANCE:$50/mo o
We really appreciate the donations and
suggestions from all of you . We will make
it and make a difference if you continue to
believe and support . Thanks .
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HERLAND BENEFIT RAFFLE A SUCCESS
SUPPORT GROUP NEWS
The winner of the Herland Fundraising Raffle
Mothers without custody are invited to
was Donna Bramucci, of Norman . Congratulaattend a new support group forming which
tions! She chose from the selection of 1 Tre 1 s 1 will provide emotional support and supply
information on such things as counseling
jewelry, a beautiful necklace with a blue
saffire set in silver with a white gold chain .
and legal services and financial assistance .
Thanks to 1 Tre 1 for donating the raffle prize
The chapter will be one of about 100 aland thanks to everyone who purchased tickets
ready organized internationally as a part
and donated to Herland . The community raised
of Mothers Without Custody, headquartered
in Greenbelt, Maryland . Local organizer
about $180!
of the group, Phyllis Morrison, has scheduled a meeting for 6: 00 p. m. , April 3, 1984
HOLLY NEAR APPEARS IN CONCERT
at the Women ' s Resource Center, 226 East
Gray St . , in Norman . You may write to
Holly Near will be in Austin, Texas on May
Morrison at General Delivery, Yukon, OK
16, 1984 . Call 512-472- 5411 for information .
73099 .
A VICTORY FOR SILKWOOD
The Karen Silkwood story was finally brought
to a victorious conclusion on January 12,
when the Supreme Court held the Kerr-McGee
Corporation liable for a $10 million punitive
damage award . The Company had been charged
with the plutonium contamination of Silkwood,
a laboratory analyist and union official at
a Kerr-McGee plutonium processing plant in
Crescent, Oklahoma .
Silkwood was killed in an auto crash November
13, 1974, on her way to meet a reporter and
union official with documentation of safety
violations and quality control abuses . The
National Organization for Women, the Oil,
Chemical and Atomic Workers ' Union (the union
Silkwood worked for), and her family pressed
for a federal investigation into her death .
The premature termination of this investiga tion and its limited scope prompted a meeting
between NOW and the Justice Department on
August 26, 1975, demanding a reopening of the
investigation . The Silkwood advocates also
formed the Karen Silkwood Fund under the direction of Sara Nelson, who also served as the
head of NOW ' s Labor Committee . The persistence
of Nelson, Danny Sheehan, NOW member and
attorney in the case, and pressure from NOW
kept the case alive .
In November, 1976, Silkwood ' s parents filed
a lawsuit against Kerr-McGee on behalf of her
three children . In 1979, an Oklahoma federal
jury found the company negligent and awarded
Silkwood's estate $10 . 5 million in actual
and punitive damages . A federal appeals court
set aside the $10 million punitive damage
award in the 1981 decision, but the Supreme
Court reinstated the award by its January
action .
Several women have expressed an interest
in forming a Lesbian Rap Group . We need
members . Call Alice at 364-7522 .
The Widowed Persons Service is · currently
looking for people who have experienced
widowhood, as volunteers . Contact Lorna
Maddux at the Women's Resource Center,
364-9424 .
A new support group has formed for survivors of incest ~ Sisters in Incest Survival
is headed by Janey Reese and meets at the
Women ' s Resource Center in Norman . All
incest victims are invited to attend the
meetings which offer mutual support and
help, along with possible solutions to
victims ' problems . More information can
be obtained by contacting Reese at 392-4991
or writing P.O. Box 23628, Oklahoma City,
OK 73123 .
LESBIANS SUBJECT OF RESEARCH
Lesbians over the age of 60 is the subject
of research by Dr . Monika Kehoe, San Francisco State University . Dr . Kehoe, through
her anonymous survey, hopes to answer some
of these questions: 11 Who are the 11 old 11 women
of the Lesbian community? 11 ; 11 What are the
life experiences, the strengths and the needs
of a group of Lesbians 60 plus? 11 ; 11 What similarities and differences exist in this
seemingly invisible group?
If you qualify or know someone who does
write: Dr . Monika Kehoe, CERES, Psychology
Building, Rm . 502, San Francisco State University, 1600 Holloway Ave . , San Francisco,
CA 94132 .
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RAPISTS fN PAKISTAN ARE GOING TO HAVE AN
easier time getting around the law if
that country's government has its way .
The Wall Street Journal reports Pakistan
officials are contemplating a change in
evidence laws that would make a woman ' s
testimony worth only half that of a man .
It ' s not as though Pakistan's court system
is all that tough on suspected rapists
even without the rule change . As the law
now stands, if a woman seeks the maximum
penalty of stoning, the accused rapist
must have been seen in the so-called 11 act
of penetration 11 by no less than four witnesses . The four witnesses must all be
adults and all be Moslems o They must also
a11 be men . (Her Say)
ARKANSAS ARTS CENTER 17th ANNUAL PRINTS,
Drawings, and Crafts Exhibition will be
giving a number of purchase awards totaling $3000 in this juried show . Works receiving such recognition will betom~ part
of the collection of the Arts Center, located in Little Rock . The collection is
open to any artist born or living in Arkan sas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri,
Oklahoma, Tennessee, and Texas. Eligible
works are: (1) drawings in all media; (2)
prints in all media; (3) photographs in
color and/or monochrome; and (4) the following crafts : metal, clay, textiles,
glass, wood , plastics, and combined media.
Deadline: April 14, 1984. The show will be
held from May 18 - June 24, 1984.
THE QUOTE OF THE WEEK COMES FROM AL
Goldstein, publisher of that classily
named magazine, Screw . Talking to another
publication, New Scientist, about predictions that robot spouses will one day be
available, Goldstein said: 11 My fantasy is
to phase the wife out of the picture . 11
Goldstein added that his own wife has
taken that possibility in stride, explaining: 11 She knows she 1 s on the way out, 1 i ke
the buffalo . 11 But then with a husband like
Goldstein, who would complain about being
replaced? (Her Say)
WOMEN AND PSYCHOTHERAPY: A CONSUMER
Handbook helps women make informed decisions ab.out choosing and working with a
therapist, starting with 11 Therapy: Is It
for You? 11 and ending with 11 Dealing With
Grievances . 11 It is prepared by the Task
Force on Consumer Issues in Psychotherapy
of the Association for Women in Psychology
and the Division of the Psychology of
Women of the American Psychological Assoc .
$3.75 plus $1 postage and handling (prepaid orders only), payable to Federation
of Organizations for Professional Women,
2000 P St., N.Wo Suite 403, Washington,
D. C. 20036 .
A FORMER NUN WHO WORKED WITH PROSTITUTES
in Haiti has died from Acquired Immune
Deficiency Syndrome . The un-named AIDS
victim, who was Canadian, had worked for
more than 20 years in Haiti . She reportedly
had no history of promiscuity, blood transfusions or drug abuse . Physicians who
treated the woman at Toronto General Hospital, reportedly believe her case strengthens the argument that North American
AIDS cases are somehow linked to Haiti .
(Her Say)
LESBIAN MOTHERS AND THEIR CHILDREN IS A
new booklet from the Lesbian Rights Project,
the only public interest law firm in the US
specializing in helping Lesbians . The booklet has a comprehensive listing or resources
and information on Lesbian parenting . The
Lesbian Rights Project, 1370 Mission St . ,
4th floor, . San Francisco, CA 94103; (415)
621-0675 .
Published by Herland Bookstore
Editor: Elaine Barton
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HERLAND LENDING LIBRARY
At a time when it is absolutely crucial
for women to have access to informat i on
by and about themselves, it is dishearteningly difficult to find such
materials in libraries in Oklahoma .
Join the Herland lending library with a
$5 . membership fee . With your support we
can subscribe to journals and purchase
current books about women's issues . Your
input is important. Listed below are some
journals we will consider maintaining
subscriptions for . We welcome your sug gestions:
Sinister vJisdom
Heresies
New Di rections
Conditions
Broomstick
13th Moon
Trivia
Feminist Issues
New Women ' s Times
Off Our Backs
Sage
Helicon Nine
Calyx
Woman ' s Art Journal
Women and Therapy
Maenad
Women and Politics
Women and Health
Women - A Journal of Liberation
Psychology of Women Quarterly
Frontiers - A Journal of Women's Studies
The Women's Review of Books
International Women's Studies Forum
Signs - A Journal of Women in Culture
and Society
Women ' s Studies Quarterly
Resources for Feminist Research
Women ' s Studies Lib-rarian-at-Large
Women ' s Studies Abstracts
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HERLAND IS EXPANDING ITS RESOURCES
Our . holdings will soon have vertical subject files for your personal or academic
use . We are subscribing to ma~y free pub1ications including :
Congresswoman ' s Caucus Update
Women ' s Educational Equity Act Program
The Committee for Gender Research
Oklahoma Families
Conscience, Catholics for a Free Choice
Everywoman, Career and Vocational Guide
The Great Plains Newsletter
The Independent Living Advocate
Showcase, Women in Communications
Centerboard ~ Human Relations
S. W. Institute for Research on Women
Voice for Girls
Women ' s Legal Defense Fund Newsletter
DONATION NEEDS
standard file cabinet
file folders , letter size
file labels
used books (any)
newsletters, pamphlets , magazines,
articles about women's issues
small and large magazine boxes
tape label maker
3x5 11 cards
3x5 11 card box
xerox paper
xerox label sheets
postage stamps
HERLAND BOOKSTORE WILL BE
CLOSED APRIL 14 AND 15 ,
WE vHLL BE ON SITE AT THE
OKC NOW CONVENT! ON AND AT
THE WOMEN IN FILM FESTIVAL.
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WOMEN IN FILM BENEFIT RAFFLE
The Women Artists League at OU, sponsors of
the Women in Film Festival to be he l d Apr i l
12-16 , 1984, is organizing a raffl e of
women ' s ser vices to supplement expenses of
film rentals, publicity and art exhibit
materials . The followed will be raffled :
*photography or video session
*minor tune-up
*indiv i dualized exer cise and nutr i tion program for 1 month
*one room painted
*resume and interv i ewing techniques consul tation
*pub li city campaign for one activity
*spri mg house clean i ng
*gourmet dinner for four in your home
*typing (maximum 30 pages)
*spring yard clean- up
Tickets are $5 . There are 10 chances to win .
The first ten tickets drawn get your choice
of pri zes in that order . The drawing will be
held April 15 at the Festival . You need not
be present to win .
Thanks to all the women who have donated
their ser vices and everyone who pu r chases
tickets .
To purchase tickets call : Regina Bennett evenings - in Oklahoma City 525- 6556; or
Elaine Barton - days - in Norman 325- 3481 .
Feminist ·Bestsellers
THE_
RIGHTS
OF THE
WOMEN ' S
WOM EN : An ACLU Hand- ENCYCLOPEDIA OF
book. Susan Deller Ross & MYTHS AND SECRETS.
Ann Barcher. $3.95
Barbara G . Walker. $29.95
AUTO REPAIR FOR he; $19.95 pb
~UMMIES (Rev. Edi- SELF HELP FOR PREt10.n) . Deanna Sclar. $12.95 MENSTRUAL
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Abbott, Sidney, and Barbara Love: SAPPHO
WAS A RIGHT-ON WOMAN: A Liberated
View of Lesbianism (Stein & Day), 1978
(1972), 256 pp., $1.95 pb. An important piece
of gay-movement literature from the 70's,
written by two lesbians. The book focuses on
what it means to be lesbian and how lesbian
pride can be achieved.
Budapest, Z.: THE HOLY BOOK OF
WOMEN'S MYSTERIES, Part II (Suan B.
Anthony Coven #1), 1980, 223 pp., $8.95 pb.
A cooperation between Z. and her mother,
Masika, includes 57 chapters on women's
mysteries, Dianic Genesis, Laws of the Craft,
rituals, and more.
Adler, Margot: DRAWING DOWN THE
MOON: Witches, Druids, Goddess-Worshippers, and other Pagans in America Today
(Beacon), 1979, 455 pp., $8.95 pb . A
fascinating and honest look at the religious experiences, beliefs , and life-styles of the people
who call themselves neopagans.
Cliff, Michelle: CLAIMING AN IDENTITY
THEY TAUGHT ME TO DESPISE (Persephone), 1980, 66 pp., $4.00 pb. An incredible personal voyage through divisions of
race, relationships, and sexuality. A
courageous blend of herstory and poetry.
Brown, Rita Mae: RUBYFRUIT JUNGLE
(Daughters), 1973, $4.00 pb; (Bantam), 1977,
$3.50 pb. Modern classic about brash, tomboy
Molly Bolt growing up poor in the South and
making it against fantastic odds as a lesbian
and student in New York City. A dyke
Horatio Alger story. The most popular lesbian
novel we've ever carried.
Daly, Mary: BEYOND GOD THE FATHER:
Toward a Philosophy of Women's Liberation
(Beacon), 1973, 225 pp., $5.95 pb. Goes
beyond other key works of the movement to
describe possible ways a radical feminist can
exist in the patriarchal world. ·
Brown, Rita Mae: SIX OF ONE (Bantam),
1979, $3.50 pb. Funny like Rubyfruit Jungle,
the story travels back and forth in time between 1909 and 1980, through three
generations of women in the town of Runnymeade, Pa.
Brown, Rita Mae: SOUTHERN DISCOMFORT (Harper & Row), 1982, 256 pp., $13.50
cl., (Bantam), 1983, 256 pp., $3.95 pb. A
heterosexual, historical novel set in the South.
The characters range from prostitutes who
work the train station, to a prominent Black
family, to one of the wealthy, controlling
families of the town. Structurally, the novel is
probably better than her previous work, and
the characters are lively and full of spunk as
only Brown can create them. A good read .
(Will be available in paperback, May, 1983,
from Bantam).
Brown, Rita Mae: SUDDEN DEATH
(Bantam), 1983, 241 pp., $13.95 cl. Rita
Mae's new lesbian fiction set behind the scenes
of the women's tennis circuit. An important
book, in that it discusses the dangers of living
a closeted existence. How living a lie hurts
everyone who is involved. Many excellent oneliners, but the people are much less likable
than in her previous novels.
Sally Gearhart, photo by Deborah Snow.
Bryant, Dorothy: A DAY IN SAN FRANCISCO (Ata Books), 1982, 144 pp., $6.00 pb.
Carla Lontana, a middle-aged women's
studies professor has a son who is gay . She is
disturbed by contemporary gays'- frivolity and
promiscuity and by her son's inability to make
commitments.
Gearhart, Sally: THE WANDERGROUND
(Persephone), 1979, $6.00 pb. A best-selling
fantasy of the future. Written in connected
short segments, it tells how and why the
women leave contemporary society for the
Wanderground . A very important work.
Budapest, Z: THE HOLY BOOK OF
WOMEN'S MYSTERIES, Part I (Susan B.
Anthony Coven #1), 1979, 136 pp., $7.35 pb.
This book describes wimmin's rituals,
practiced by the Susan B. Anthony Coven #1.
It also describes spellcasting, Tarot
divination, and a herstory and philosophy of
wimmin's religion.
Lifshin, Lyn, ed.: ARIADNE'S THREAD: A
Collection of Contemporary Women's
Journals (Harper & Row), 1982, 288 pp.,
$17.95 cl, $6.95 pb. Diaries and journals of
both well-known and lesser-known contemporary writers. Includes Marge Piercy,
Judy Chicago, Ntozake Shange, and others.
McAllister, Pam, ed.: REWEAVING THE
WEB OF LIFE: Feminism and Nonviolence
(New Society), 1982, 448 pp., $19.95 cl., $8.95
pb. Anthology with more than 50 contributors. Includes women's history, women
against rnilitarism, self-defense, civil rights,
interviews, songs, poems, short stories , and
bibliography.
Rich, Adrienne: OF WOMAN BORN:
Motherhood as Experience (Bantam), 1977,
$3.95 pb.; · (Norton), 1976, $12.95 cl.
Mothering, a subject that lacks resource
material, is written about from the author's
personal experience. She discusses both the
potential of the motherhood relationships and
the institution.
Rich, Adrienne: ON LIES, SECRETS AND
SILENCE: Selected Prose, 1966-1978
(Norton), 1980 (1979), 310 pp., $3.95 pb,
$15.95 cl. An excellent selection of essays and
introductions, some previously published .
Includes the essay Women and Honor: Some
Notes on Lying; also discusses women's
studies, motherhood, and a wide variety of
feminist/lesbian topics. An important book .
Walker, Alice: THE COLOR PURPLE
(Harcourt Brace Jovanovich), (1982), 245 pp.,
$11.95 cl.; (Pocket), 1983, $5.95 pb. Pulitzer
prize-winning lesbian fiction set in the Black
South of the l 920's. Walker creates a new
language here-~ beautiful book!
HERLAND BOOKSIORE WIL-L BE
CLOSED APRIL 4 AND .lJ ,
WE WILL BE ON SITE AT THE
OKC NOW CONVENTION AND AT
THE WOMEN IN FILM FESTIVAL
rvtlNDAY
SUNDAY
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bicycle race in
Norman
THURSDAY
WEDNESDAY
2
OU Women's Sof
ball: TexasArlington (db)
6:00 p.m.
POST IT
CALENDAR OF EVENTS
COMPLIMENTS OF
HERLAND BOOKSTORE
Dorthea Dix,
who exposed and
improved the conditions for the
mentally ill, bor
1802.
7 OU Women 's Soft6 Holly Near
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concert in
ball: Nebraska
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avante gar Fayetteville, AR 2:00 p.m., Oklafilm - free (501) 443-1564
homa State 4:00
Joan Phillips,
Satelite
"Rainbow Workshop"
Twin, Norma
10-12, 2-4 IAO
3 &5 m
12 Women in Film 13 Women
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Wonien in Film
9:00 ·am - 10:00 p
f!edieval Fair, OU
12:00 - 6:00 p.m.
325-4411
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Easter
16 Seder and 17
Dinner at
Hillel in
Norman
6:00 p . m.
(321-3704)
23
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Art Festival
downtown OKC
ends April 29
Women in Film
am - 10:15pm
Medi.e val Fair, OU
Pond,
IDuck
10:00 am -
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Poetry at
Brick town
8:00 p.m. IndivArtists of OklaOklahoma, OKC
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After a long
court battle
in New York, Radcliffe Hall's The
Well of Loneliness is held to
be
11
not obscene,"
1929.
25
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Town Tavern
Poetry,
9:00 p.m. Norman
"Writers
Mind" KGOU
7 :30 Pom o
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A new federal
law is passed
that forbids discrimination
against pregnant
employees, 1979.
3Q
Woman in the
Middle Seminar
10-4:30 , 722-3507
OKC NOW Conventio~
I 9 : 00
at Individual
Artists of OK
8:00 p.m.
' 15
(call 521-0046)
14
in Film
1:00 - 4:00
8:00 - 10 :00
Festival, OU
(call 325-3481)
3:00 - 4:30
6:30 - 10:00
Women's Poetry
SATURDAY
FRIDAY
20
Good Friday
NC ASA
Lesbian
Caucus mtg
New Orlean
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1
21 American
Norman
6 : 00pm
Indian
Heritage Week
Spring Pow-Wow
1:30 p.m. (325-3163)Norman
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Part of Herland Newsletter : Apr. 1984