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1999
WOMEN IN SPORTS
Our
FOR A
CHANGE:
ICE CREAM SOCIAL
By MOC
It'snearlymidnightontheMondayfollowingthe Women's
World Cup Soccer Match last Saturday, and I've just done
six hours of non-stop after-work house cleaning and yard
work, still high from that wonderful game.. Housecleaning
in celebration of a soccer match, does this seem ironic? (And
oh yes, I ironed some shorts and shirts too; I mean, I tore into
this old house, the dogs running for cover, Mary Reynolds
blaring on the hi-fi - I hung pictures, I stored stuff away, I
tidied, I ironed, I vacuumed, I dusted, I swept, I washed, I
felled trees (ok, three feet tall is a little tree, but it needed to
come out of the flower bed and I cut it. Move over Paul
Bunyan) I was way too hyped to sit still, and my house and
yard got the benefit - a lucky thing, no doubt: this cleaning
frenzy may keep me that all-important one step ahead of the
Board of Health for another month.
But that's not what I'm here to talk about. I'm here to
marvel and brag on Scuny and Lilly and Chastain and Hamm
and all the other wonderful women, and eat a little crow
about Title IX while I'm at it.
Were they not wonderful! That great save Lilly made
- I thought we were sunk for sure and then Pow! There she
is out of nowhere and she knocks that ball half way to the
Olympic Games with her head! And Scurry - those gutsy
Chinese women were wearing me out keeping the ball
around our goal; how exhausting must it have been for her?
Then those torturous penalty kicks - the tension almost
finished me. (And is it true that she, Scurry, vowed to run
naked through the streets of Atlanta if the Americans won
the 1996 Olympics, and she kept her word? And where was
I at the time?)
Well, as much as I would have liked to have been in
Atlanta in 1996, I really didn't deserve to be: I've been
known to sneer at Title IX; right here in Oklahoma City at a
television debate on feminism and the ERA in 1983, for
instance. I did not exactly cover myself in glory that day.
A friend of mine did. While I waved my hand in vain
to raise a Serious and Important Question (I have no idea
today what it was) Sue got up and spoke on the importance
of Title IX and the outrage that this Act, a Federal law, voted
by Congress and approved by the President, was not being
implemented.
(continued page 2)
Volume 17Number 8
&
VIDEO!
Stop by Herland Saturday afternoon, August21, for a rootbeer
float or other ice cream delight and see a fine documentary from
Woman Vision. We will have showings at 2pm and agairi at 3ish.
The 28-minute video, Out for a Change: Addressing Homophobia in Women's Sports. is "a look at the devastating
emotional impact of homophobia on all women athletes - and
indeed, on all women.. Out for a Change makes the case that
homophobia, like sexism and racism, is a wedge issue used to inhibit
equal accessforwomen." Betty Hicks, Sanya Tyler,Zina Garrison,
MartinaNavrotilova and Helen Carroll (whose rich Georgia drawl
makes our own Peggy Johnson sound like a Yankee) are among
those featured in the video.
If the audience is in the mood for a video "dessert" to go with
their ice cream confection, we will have on hand the 7-minutevideo
marvel by Kay Walker, One Fine Day. Guaranteed to raise your
spirits without adding calories. Come on by!
[J
Wishing Chair, the duo of singersongwriters Kiya Heartwood and
Miriam Davidson will bring their alternative acoustic rock to Herland on
August 27 at 6:30 PM.
If you can't make the Herland
performance of Wishing Chair, you
can also see them on August 21 1n
Ford's Alley in Tahlequah, OK.
Herland Sister Resources
2312 N.W. 39, OKC, OK 73112
WOMEN IN SPORTS (continued from page 1)
Luckily for me, I muttered my sour opinion only to
nyself: "well, la de dah, poor baby, her little girl can't
llay softball - neither could I when I was young, and
myway, let's talk about the important things, equal
lay, violence against women, the ERA!" Oh, my
iisdain, my contempt, my error, my idiocy!
Of course, I have known for a long time now that, as
mportant as direct work on various women's issues always
Nill be, Title IX is the best two-edged sword feminism has
Nielded to date. As girls and women are training and playing
md taking themselves seriously and being treated with
·espect by the establishment, they have become good enough
md flashy enough to develop a growing cadre of fans who
=eed the women's self-esteem and encourage them to
rnrther effort which brings them more fans; a wonderful
;piral of success. One of the many wonderful things abo~t
he World Cup Team is that they seem very aware oftheIT
Jlace on the historical continuum, linking the bad old days and
he better ones still to come; and of their importance as role
nodels for the children who admire and adore them.
It was not that many years ago that a disappointed
)klahoma woman, yea, a staunch feminist even, was heard
o sigh after a local college women's basketball game, ''Why
;an't the women play as well as the men?" Well, maybe it
,vas because they had played half-court basketball for their
1rst eighteen years; and because they had had none of the
tdvantages of time, money, and dedication the boys were
ndulged with. Today, a generation after the implementation
JfTitle IX, John Wooden, one of the finest coaches of men's
X>llege basketball in history, has said, ''Ifyou want to see the
Jest basketball today, watch the women".
I doubt there was a man alive who, after watching the
W'omen's World Cup Soccer match, didn't look at the
vomen in his life with different eyes. I don't think there is
1 woman alive who watched that game who didn't go to bed
hat night with a feeling of heightened pride and validation,
1 bit of exhilaration ..
The World Cup is over, but there is plenty of opportunity
o watch women's sports (if you are not, even better, out
Jarticipating in it.) Women's professional basketball is
elevised a couple of times a week this summer, displaying
he power and grace of its beautiful talented players to a
µ-owing number of admiring fans .
Women's college basketball is wonderful too. Here in
)klahoma we don't have the powerhouses like Old Dominon, Providence, or Virginia. What our teams lack is not skill
>r flash, however - they are maybe half a step slower and a
ittle smaller, is all. The team whose games I go to whenever
hey're in town is the Crimson Storm at Southern Nazan:me.
rhey are consistently ranked number one or two in the
>age 2 Her/and Voice August, 1999
NAIA. They are a marvelous team with great pride and
history and they just keep getting better. I am almost to the
point now where I don't tear up too noticeably at the great
reception these young women get from their dedicated fans .
I don't know about you, dear reader, but for me happiness is pretty much a passive thing most ofthe time - a vague
awareness that life is good and at the moment has a bearable
level of pain and stress, grief and worry. At women's
sporting events, however, it is an active, present emotion that
swells my heart and puts a very silly grin on my face, from
the moment I walk in the field house until I'm drifting off to
sleep that night. Pride, joy and validation; a heady mix. I
recommend it highly.
The Herland Voice will be publishing game schedules of
the local college teams this fall. If you want to do yourself
and your heart good, make a commitment to attend a few
games, and see if you don't just love it.
And now lets raise a cheer for the World Cup team:
here's to Michelle Akers, Brandi Chastain, Joy Fawcett,
Julie Foudy, Danielle Fotopoulos, Mia Hamm, Kristine Lilly,
Tiffeny Milbrett, Shannon MacMillan, Carla Overbeck, Cindy
Parlow, Christie Pearce, Brianna Scurry, Kate Sobrero,
Tisha Venturini and Sara Whalen. That'll do, Team.
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Greedy
September 1982-July 7, 1999
Constmt companion
FaithfUJ friend
So long old pal
... I've known her over sixteen years
The animal
Her hair is black but I swear it used to be brown
Her love has forced me to release some fears
I trusted her when no one was aronnd
Oh she's my Creedy
She's my sweetie
Creedy sweet as candy
Creedy she's my sweetie
Oh Cree Cree Cre ...
MARK YOUR CALENDARS/
AUGUST DATES TO REMEMBER:
8th- The Sunday Twilight Concert Series features MissBrown To You from 6 :30 to 8:30prn, at Mount St. Mary's Campus
at SW 28th and Sha.Itel. Bring chairs or a blanket and food/beverages for a great evening. No glass or pets this year. Call Joanna
at 842-0052 ifyou are interested in coordinating a picnic.
1Oth - The Oklahoma Progressive Alliance meetsat 6: 00 pm. in Stroud City Hall's Old Counsel Room. Bring a sack dinner
& beverage for yourself For information call: in Tulsa--Barbara Santee, (918) 494-9985 and in OKC-AnitaFrearn, (405)
528-0021.
14th - The Supper Club meets at 5: 30 p. m. on the second Saturday ofeach month. It's a great way to have fun and meet
people.
15th -Dance Class with Tex and Judy starts at 3 :OOp.m. Another great way to have fun and meet people!
21st_ Ice Cream Social and showing of"Out for a Change" video. Showings at 2:00p.m. and 3 :OOp.m.
22nd - Second Dance Class begins at 3 :00 p.m.
271h - August Social, featuring the group Wishing Chair at 6 :3 0 p.m. (They are friends ofthe Therapy Sisters, and one
member is from Tahlequah. They chose Herland for this concert.)
28th - Diversity, Mary Catherine Reynolds splits the bill atthe Diversity Coffeeshop with the duo Enough Rope. 9ish to
midnight. 524-PERK, in the strip mall on the northeast comer ofNW 16th and Indiana.
29th - Third Dance Class 3 :00 p.m. We may try our new skills in the clubs!
FUTURE DATES TO REMEMBER:
September 18th- Mary Catherine Reynolds will be performing at Herland for the September Social. Come at 6:30 p.m..
October 1-3-The Berland Fall Retreat at Lake Murray.
(Ifyou have an event you'd like to share with readers of the Herland Voice, send a notice to Herland ATTN: Newsletter, 2312 NW 39, O~C,
OK 73112 or email preaves@telepath.com by the 20th ofthe preceeding month. )
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