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May 2003
Volume 21, Number 5
Herland Spring Retreat at
Roman Nose State Park
May 16-18 at Roman Nose State Park
Plans are well underway for another great
fun-filled Herland weekend retreat. Remember your first? Who doesn't!?! Come
and revive yourself with good food, workshops, the great outdoors, meeting new
people, renewing old friendships, and more.
The featured entertainment for the Saturday night concert/dance is the band Iris.
Cathy Cahill, Marci Patrick, Deb Mills, and
Sharlene (on harmonica) will rock. your
socks off. We will clear out the chairs and
make way for dancing to this band.
The Saturday morning work.shops cur~
rently planned include drumming and possibly Tai Chi. Open mic starts at 4 pm, the
Saturday evening potluck. begins at 5 :30
pm with the concert following at 8 pm.
A group is already planning for a game of
golf on Saturday so bring your clubs if you
would like to play . . Hiking/biking trails,
horseback. riding, fishing, and a golf course
are nearby in the park..
Registration includes all retreat activities,
Friday supper, Saturday and Sunday break.fasts, and bunk. space in a cabin. Send in
your registration form (see page 3) today you need it!
Native American Women
T
he OKC Two-Spirit Society is having
meetings for lesbian and bi-sexual
women of Native American descent.
Come and share a meal with us at Herland
on May 22 at 6:30pm. We will be having a
booth at the Gay Rodeo and will be attending Red Earth the following week.end at the
fairgrounds! The OKC Two-Spirit Hotline
number is (405) 317-7283.
Her/and Presents Alix
Olson with Pamela Means
AL.IX OLSON is coming to Oklahoma City! Herland is proud to present slam poet Alix Olson
in performance at 8 pm on Friday, May 30, 2003, at Daniel
Hall, First Unitarian Church, NW 13th and Dewey, Oklahoma City. Alix is a 27-year old folk. poet, spoken word
artist, and founder of subtle sister productions. She has
performed nationally and internationally at hundreds of
venues and festivals, including Amsterdam's Gay Games
and the LGBT Cultural Arts Festival in London.
Alix has appeared on CNN, the Oxygen channel, and In
the Life, and was featured on the January 2001 cover of
Ms. Magazine. She was recently named Outmusic's 2002
nominee for Outstanding Debut
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Alix has headlined events such as NOW's National Conference and #':
the National Gay and Lesbian Task. Force's Creating Change confer- df.
ence and shared the stage with such artists/activists as Michael
Moore, Pete Seeger, Alix Dobkin, and Catie Curtis.
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After graduating from college, Alix moved to New York. where she
started pursuing political theatre and began her spoken word revo!ut!On. A!!x has been descr!bed by Ms. Magazine as "3 read poet en ~-=--
a mission." Minnesota Women's Press says that Alix "inspires audiences and challenges
them to think, leaving many dizzy and breathless." Her CDs include "Built Like
That'' (available at Herland) and the soon-to-be-released "Independence Meal."
Opening·for Alix is the effervescent Pamela Means, arguably the only Boston-based out
folk.ie whose punchy political songs have worn a hole in her guitar. As her latest song,
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call ( 405) 521-9696 and leave a message; your call will be returned within a day.
Womyn of Color Club
The group will have a cook.out at Lake Arcadia on Saturday, May 17, at 3 pm. Meet at Herland at 1 pm to carpool to the lake. For information, call Tippi at (405) 682-8027.
www.herlandsisters.org
Email : herlandsisters@cox.net
Herland Sister Resources, 2312 NW 39th, Oklahoma City, OK 73112
(405) 521-9696
Bookstore Hours: Saturdays 1-5 pm
Herland Book Ciub
Children Of Lesbian Mothers No Different, Studies Show
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In an article entitled "Very Young Children in Lesbian-and-gay-headed families: Moving
Beyond Acceptance" by Virginia casper in Journal ofZero to "1ree: National Center for
Infants, Toddlers, and Families, January 2003, it is reported that children of lesbian mothers are not significantly different from children raised by heterosexual parents. Tne first
wave of research, from the 1970s to the early 1980s, looked at the basic mental health of
the child, gender identity, gender roles, parenting styles/attitudes and sexual orientation of
the grown children and found no statistical differences between children of lesbian mothers
and those of heterosexual parents.
The second wave of studies, from the mid-19805 to mid-1990s, found no statistical difference studying the same variables. The third wave of studies, from the mic:l-1990s to the
present, kept the same variables and added variables of role division of parents, family support, relations with families of origin, schools, etc., and found only "subtle differences that
present interesting questions for further study." More information can be found at the journal's website at www.zerotothree.org
he Herland Book Club meets on the first
Monday of every month. The next
meeting on May 5th at 7 pm will be to
discuss Tipping the Velvetby Sarah Waters.
The selections for the following months are:
June - A Woman:S Reality
by Anne Wilson Schaef
July - Woman on the Edge of Time
by Marge Piercy
August - Zami: A New Spelling of My Name
by Audre Lorde
Mother's Day Proclamation, 1870 - by Julia Ward Howe
(The First Mother's Day proclaimed in 1870 by Julia Ward Howe was a passionate demand for disarmament and peace.)
Arise, then, women of this day! Arise, all women who have hearts, whether your baptism
be that of water or tears!
Say firmly: 'We will not have great questions answered by irrelevant agencies. Our husbands will not come to us, reeking with carnage, for caresses and applause. Our Sons shall
not be taken from us to unlearn all that we have been able to teach them of charity, mercy
and patience. We women of one country will be too tender of those of another country to
allow our sons to be trained to injure theirs."
Book Review
Her/and and the Yellow Wall,oaperby Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Reviewed by RB
er/and. Now, 20 years or more since
I first read it, I still find it absolutely
brilliant. It stirs my imagination and
desire for a woman-centered world.
Gilman's genius is most evident by delegating the storytelling to a man, who comes into
this feminist utopia with all of his patriarchal
preconceptions. The reader experiences Herland as a moderate patriarch, not as strident
as Terry (the misogynist), nor as benevolent
as Jeff (the gynophile [is this a word?]). Van,
the narrator, is the moderate democrat or
some may say republican. And what this
shows to the asMe reader is that even a
moderate heterosexual society will never
achieve what a completely woman-centered
world could be.
I love the notion of parthenogenesis (an
ideal which has been reawakened by the recent report of a female shark who gave birth
after years of captivity without contact with a
male) and of the primacy of children in this
world. By comparing our world with Herland,
we see that the human endeavor has failed
miserably, for instead of our most important
goal of raising healthy, happy, intelligent children, we plunder and rape less powerful people and nations.
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From the bosom of a devastated Earth a voice goes up with our own. It says: "Disarm!
Oisarm!"
The sword of murder is not the balance of justice. Blood does not wipe out dishonor,
nor violence indicate possession. As men have often forsaken the plough and the anvil
at the sl.Jmmons of war, let women now leave all that may be left of home for a great and
earnest day of counsel. Let them meet first, as women, to bewail and commemorate the
dead. let them solemnly take counsel with each other as to the means whereby the great
human family can live in peace, each bearing after his own time the sacred impress, not of
Caesar, but of God.
In the name of womanhood and of humanity, I earnestly ask that a general congress of
women without limit of nationality, may be appointed and held at some place deemed most
convenient and the earliest period consistent with its objects, to promote the alliance of the
different nationalities, the amicable settlement of international questions, the great and
general interests of peace.
t-------------------------------Cinco de Mayo Celebration
Diversity Education Network and Paco's Patio Grill are hosting a Cinco de Mayo celebration
on Sunday, May 4, from 6 pm to 11 pm. Paco's is located at 2124 NW 39th Street. There
is a $3 suggested donation and everyone is welcome.
The Voice is published 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 anony·
mously. SUbscriptions to The Voice are free upon request
although a donation is requested to meet publication and
distribution costs.
WNBA Season canceled - Almost
by Jill Gamer
Tragedy, in my life anyway, almost struck in March when
the WNBA, still trying to hammer out a contract with the
players, almost had the season canceled. Draft day on
April 15th came and went with no draft, then the NBA
Commissioner told them the season was canceled unless a
deal was signed by the end of that week.
The players' demands were higher starting salaries for
rookies, higher salaries for veterans, a three year tenn,
and free agency status after 6 years.
What they got was the same starting salary for rookies
(the league wanted to cut it from $30,000 to $25,000), a
slight increase in the minimum veteran's salary (proposed
by the league to be $41,200, increased to $42,000 in the
agreement; the players had wanted $48,000), concessions
on free agency status, and a five year tenn (56 of 80 players conceded this issue).
What they got more than anything out of the process
was a rude awakening that the league does not value the
players as much as they hoped. In an NPR interview,
sportswriter Stefan Fatsis said that even though the NBA
lost money for several years when it began, the stakes are
much higher today. NBA teams are routinely sold for $300
million and up, while one of the WNBA teams last year
went for $10 million.
Pamela Wheeler, the chief negotiator for.the players
association, said acceptance was reluctant, but she added,
'The players want to play basketball." However, "the players realized the partnership, quote unquote, that the players thought was there was not there," she said. "It's quite
an astonishing revelation."
Play ball.
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Saturdays: R<tlly for Pe<1ce with lr<1q, NW Expresswqy <1nd Penn,
noon -1 pm
Sundays: Spiritu<1I W<1lks for Pe<1ce, NW 9th&: Robinson, 2-3 pm
Thursday. May 1: Miss Brown to You, J<1zz L4b in Edmond, 8 pm
Saturday. May 3: Strut Your Mutt, Church ofthe Open Arms, 3131
N. Penn, 3 pm
Saturday. May 3: RAIN Benefit OKC F<1rmer's M<1rket, 6:30 pm
Sunday. May 4: DivetSity Educqtion Network's Cinco de M<1yo,
P<1co's P<1tio Grill, 6 pm
Saturday. May 10: Herl<1nd Hike <1t M<1ttin N<1tute P<1rk, 5000 W
Memori<1I, 10 <1m
Saturday, May 10: Herl<1nd Supper Club <1t Tommy's, 122nd &: N.
M<1y, 5:30 pm
May 16-18: Herl<1nd Spring Retreqt <1t Rom<1n Nose
Saturday. May 17: Womyn of Color Cookout, Lqke AtCC1di<1, 3 pm
Thursday. May 22: Two Spirit Dinner <1t Herl<1nd, 6:30 pm
Friday. May 30: Alix Olson in perform<1nce, FitSt Vnit<1ri<1n Church,
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