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In this issue, several readers share their thoughts about similar moments. When Roseanne faced a decision about bringing a child with a disability into the world, she felt, what she termed, the bless- ing of having a choice. Eva, an Australian living with her lesbian partner in Minnesota, faces the realities of We thank our readers deportation. Lucy writes about her experience of being “the other” and how she came to be proud We’re wearing red on Mondays for who send us their ideas, of being “one of them.” Margaret. See MWP’s endorsement thoughts, opinions, What have been your moments of insight or on the facing page. experiences and stories surprise, warmth, anger or forgiveness that gave to share in these pages. you new perspectives? That kind of change in coming up: your thinking is the theme of this issue of the We invite you to do the Women’s Press. In July we’ll be writing about ages same. In the months to How do we be open to new thinking? In and stages. do you have an old soul? come we’ll be thinking these pages we share a conversation with Cecily A young soul? how old would you be if you didn’t know how old you are? about ages and stages Sommers, a trends analyst who looks at ideas that are pushing the future in new directions. Send a paragraph or two to (for the July issue) AND She talks about the importance of creating new [email protected] getting political (for the memories to expand our thinking. Deadline: June 10 August issue). What ideas You can read the profi le of Jeannette Watland, July Advertising Guides: • Health Guide or stories do these topics an atheist who has been spit on, yelled at and told she is going to hell because of her beliefs. • Women & Pets Guide bring up for you? Send She shares how she engages those who think • Girlfriends’ Guide to Grand Ave. your thoughts to editor@ differently than she does, to make a connection, Advertising deadline: June 10 womenspress.com. to reach an understanding, and sometimes to [email protected] take a step back. Filmmaker Sayer Frey talks about the courage In August we’ll be getting political. needed to take steps in recovery from trauma, a continual process of The personal is political. What’s “taking the step.” Her short fi lm, “Abandon ME,” refl ects on healing political to you? when your pain keeps pulling you back. Send a paragraph or two to Do you think you’re good at reducing and recycling? Think again [email protected] when you read about Jean Greenwood, who only had two bags of Deadline: July 10 trash last year. August advertising guides: On the facing page we ask Minnesotans to change their thinking • Education Guide about what a governor could look like. All we’ve seen in the past is • Women Going Places Guide Who has fi lled the governor’s shoes: male. Could we think differently about that? Advertising deadline: July 10 Alexander, Willis, Samuel, Henry, Alexander, Henry, Stephen, William, Horace, Cushman, John, Lucius, Andrew, All that and more in this issue. And we do wonder, was Tami William, Knute, David, John, Samuel, John, Adolph, Winfi eld, J.A.A., J.A.O., Theodore, Floyd, Hjalmar, Elmer, Mohamed Brown’s baby born with no hair because she drank Harold, Edward, Luther, C. Elmer, Orville, Elmer, Karl, Harold, Wendell, Rudy, Al, Arne, Jesse, Tim … Coca-Cola when she was pregnant? Read her column and see what you think. n Co-Publishers Minnesota Women’s Press, June 2010 5 WELcOMEWORdS ENdORSEMENT NORMASMITHOLSON KATHYMAgNuSON We’re for Margaret Change your thinking is the theme of this issue. So, it seems appropriate that we begin this endorsement of Margaret Anderson Kelliher for governor with a request for you to withhold assumptionsaboutwhytheWomen’sPressisendorsingthiswoman.(Youmayrecallthatin the last presidential election we endorsed the ticket without a woman.)
The Minnesota Women’s Press endorses and approach that is sorely needed in our public Margaret Anderson Kelliher for governor because discourse and work. she is right on the issues for women. It’s a bonus And, yes, Margaret Anderson Kelliher is a that she is a woman. woman. That alone does not qualify one to be On the issues governor. Nor does being a man. It’s time for Choice. Kelliher has written several bills to increase Minnesotans to change their thinking about what a women’s access to reproductive health care includ- governor can look like. Just as a woman can fill the ing co-authoring legislation requiring hospitals to shoes of a college president, business leader, child- provide emergency contraception to victims of sex- care worker or plumber, she can also be a governor. ual assault. She has backed legislation promoting It is time. Take action! family planning and responsible sex education. To find out Education. As a former teacher and a product Let’s celebrate the 90th anniversary of where to vote for women’s right to vote in August by help- of the public schools, she champions expanding Margaret in the access to higher education, and providing qual- ing to elect our first woman governor ity, early childhood education as a way to reduce and someone who is strong on women’s primary election, poverty. issues. August 10, go to Health care. She believes we must work toward •VoteAugust10.AnAugustprimaryis http://pollfinder. universal coverage and that all Minnesotans new this year and turnout is projected to sos.state.mn.us/ deserve health care. belight.EVERYvotewillcount—includ- Minimum wage. Kelliher believes the minimum ing yours. Going on vacation? Find out wage should be indexed to inflation so that fami- about absentee voting at http://www.sos.state. lies can earn living wages not subject to the whim mn.us/index.aspx?page=211 of office holders at the time. • One reader suggested Mondays for Margaret. Energy. Kelliher is credited with guiding passage Wear red every Monday and talk with three people of the nation’s strongest renewable energy stan- about what Margaret stands for. dard, which requires that 25 percent of Minnesota’s •The2010Clubwassuggestedbyanotherreader. energy come from renewable sources by the year It’s an invitation for women to find 20 other women 2025, and intends to position Minnesota as the who will write a campaign contribution check for leader of the clean energy industry. $10toMargaret’scampaign. Kelliher is a skilled leader with a gift for nego- •Sendusyourideasforcelebratingthe90thanni- tiation. What she lacks is much of the black and versary of women’s right to vote to editor@wom- white, line-in-the-sand, my-way-is-the-only-way enspress.com. We may feature them in our August style we’ve had at the state Capitol. She has a his- issue with the theme, “Getting Political.” tory of bringing together people across parties and those within her own party. She has a steady style
Who has filled the governor’s shoes: Alexander, Willis, Samuel, Henry, Alexander, Henry, Stephen, William, Horace, Cushman, John, Lucius, Andrew, William, Knute, David, John, Samuel, John, Adolph, Winfield, J.A.A., J.A.O., Theodore, Floyd, Hjalmar, Elmer, Harold, Edward, Luther, C. Elmer, Orville, Elmer, Karl, Harold, Wendell, Rudy, Al, Arne, Jesse, Tim … ... and Margaret! 6 Minnesota Women’s Press, June 2010 YOuSAId YOuRTHOugHTS THINKAbOuTIT colorful grrrl changing your thinking What a fantastic article [CoverArtist, MWP, May Each month in the Minnesota Women’s Press we ask for your 2010]!WeallneedthekindofinspirationthatPam thoughts on a topic. For June we asked readers to tell us about an McIntosh provides. What a wonderful colorful girl experience that changed their thinking. Here are thoughts from two indeed!Thankyou! MWP readers: Helen Bravo Editor Note: Our apologies to Pam Mclintosh! blessing of choice We had an error in her website address last issue. It wasn’t until I was faced with the possibility of having a child Go to www.colorfulgirl.com to check out her artwork! with a mental disability, which my husband made it clear he could not accept, that I appreciated the “blessing” of choice. Prior to that Mother/daughter readers experience, I had a tendency to self-righteously lean anti-choice. I love the book suggestions This awakening caused me to study the anti-choice people I for mother-daughter book clubs knew. Without exception, they either could not have children or Elena Kagan, [BookTalk,MWP,May2010]. gOTANOPINION? were beyond childbearing years, always then–safe–protected from u.S. Supreme Court ever having to make the critical decision. I’ve been in two groups, one Write to editor@womens justice nominee with each of my daughters, I still do, however, cling to the thought that abuse of the blessing press.com or send to of choice (careless unprotected sex) hurts us each and all as a com- starting over nine years ago. It’s 771 Raymond Ave., always interesting to see how munity as pro-choice advocates. St. Paul, MN 55114. different groups gravitate to dif- Roseanne Olsen, RiverFalls,Wis. Include your name, ferent selections. Youmayalsobeinterestedin address and phone Out of my mind the mother-daughter book clubs number for verifi cation. Much of my self-esteem has had to do with using my mind, lists recommended by me and Letters are assumed to being a good student, being a good teacher. Lately, I’ve come to other moms and daughters at be for publication and realize that being “out of my mind” is not a bad thing. While tak- http://motherdaughterbook- may be edited for length ing a course in personal exploration of consciousness it dawned on club.com. and clarity. me that I have been operating from a hidden belief that “it is safer Push for FgM ban Cindy Hudson,Portland,Ore. in my head.” Lawmakersfrom27Africancountriesgatheredin I had lost my balance–lost the harmony between head and correction heart. Spending more time on the gut level, I’ve found that the ThelocationfortheYWCAofSt.Paul—listedas heart level is a good thing for me. Balancing thinking and feel- a favorite gym or health club in our annual What ing has given me a new ability to connect with myself, my family, friends and the ultimate. WomenWantreaders’survey[May2010]—isat375 women’sclitorisand/orlabiaaffectssome120to I’m rediscovering my holistic self and aligning my head and Selby Ave., St. Paul. Check their programs and ser- 140millionwomenin28countries,mostlyinAfrica vices at www.ywcaofstpaul.org. We regret the error heart with what I want in life. I am more compassionate with myself and others. made in this information. Organization(WHO). Linda Hutchinson, St. Joseph, Minn. Oftencarriedoutfordeep-seatedreligiousor For July we’re asking: do you have an old soul? A young soul? how old would you be if you didn’t know how old you are? Tell us in a paragraph or two. Deadline: June 10. Send to editor@ womenspress.com. InAfrica,around91milliongirlsaged9andunder
tice,with3millionoperated Are you facing discrimination in employment? Senegalisoneof19 Please call: Kelly A. Jeanetta 612.333.5831 Justice for [email protected] Women mutilationsbyover70per- MILLER O’BRIEN CUMMINS, PLLP in the A woman who performs One Financial Plaza, Suite 2400, genital cutting shows 120 S. 6th St., Minneapolis, MN 55402 Workplace a knife. 2015. Source: www.google.com/hostednews Minnesota Women’s Press, June 2010 7 YOuRTHOugHTS THINKAbOuTIT changing your thinking Each month in the Minnesota Women’s Press we ask for your It was a very cool thing to be a thoughts on a topic. For June we asked readers to tell us about an experience that changed their thinking. Here are thoughts from two “ MWP readers: smart girl, as opposed to some other, blessing of choice different kind. And I think that made a great deal of difference to me growing up and in my life afterward.” Elena Kagan, u.S. Supreme Court justice nominee
grannies for peace mark 330 Wednesdays “Bring our troops home now,” they cried, pausing before adding, Out of my mind “Alive!” Since Jan. 14, 2004, a group of older women (and a few men) have gathered at Rockefeller Center in New York for an hour’s demonstra- tion against America’s wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. “We’ve been here even in the worst possible weather, in pouring rain Push for FgM ban and exhausting heat,” said Joan Wile, 78, who came up with the idea for a weekly vigil. Lawmakers from 27 African countries gathered in Anne Moy goes there by bus from the Lower East Side. It was impor- Dakar, Senegal, in May, for a two-day conference to tant to her, she said, to register her opposition to the wars. At 92, she push for a UN ban on female genital mutilation as a was the oldest of the group. She beat Lillian Lifflander by two years. breach of human rights. Jenny Heinz, 65, was another regular, even though she was in the midst The cutting or removal of young girls’ and of treatment for breast cancer. women’s clitoris and/or labia affects some 120 to “The point is to interfere with the routine,” Heinz said. “As people 140 million women in 28 countries, mostly in Africa walk down the street, it has an impact on their consciousness. If it and the Middle East, according to the World Health engages them, it’s fine. If it infuriates them, it’s fine.” Organization (WHO). Laurie Leon, a self-described “very senior senior,” is a regular. She Often carried out for deep-seated religious or relies on Access-a-Ride to get to Midtown from Jamaica, Queens. “It’s For July we’re asking: do you have an old soul? A young soul? cultural reasons, it can lead to infection, urinary tract not easy,” she said. “But I won’t stop till I drop.” problems, mental trauma, sterility or complications how old would you be if you didn’t know how old you are? Source: www.nytimes.com Tell us in a paragraph or two. Deadline: June 10. Send to editor@ during childbirth, and in some cases fatal hemor- womenspress.com. rhaging. In Africa, around 91 million girls aged 9 and under have undergone the prac- Pregnancy notes ... did you know? tice, with 3 million operated • nearly half of pregnancies among American women are on each year. unintended, and of these are terminated by abortion. Senegal is one of 19 four in 10 African countries that has Twenty-two percent of all pregnancies (excluding miscarriages) banned the practice and end in abortion. a nationwide campaign • 40 percent of pregnancies among white women, 69 percent between 2000 and 2005 reduced the number of among blacks and 54 percent among Hispanics are unintended. mutilations by over 70 per- • Each year, 2 percent of women aged 15-44 have an abortion; cent. Dakar is preparing to half have had at least one previous abortion. launch a second campaign • at least half of American women will experience an A woman who performs that hopes to eradicate genital cutting shows the practice completely by unintended pregnancy by age 45, and, at current rates, about a knife. 2015. one-third will have had an abortion. Source: www.google.com/hostednews Source: www.guttmacher.org 8 Minnesota Women’s Press, June 2010 cHANgEFEATuRE Wider worldview
Learn something new—maybe it’ll change your thinking Do you see gender trends in your work? Stamping out shortsightedness and spreading change literacy is the purpose of The Push Institute, a futurist think tank based in Minneapolis and headed by Cecily Sommers. The organization aims to understand forces of change. The Minnesota Women’s Press spoke with Sommers in late April. by Kathy Magnuson
How did The Push Institute evolve? Where And, we really, really respond. Our brains did the idea come from? fire best when there is some kind of sensory I perceived a need to give people some input. You need to feel your way there before time out—to take a wider view of the you can put language on it. The neuroscience world—so that they could be more effective. is such that the part of our brain that we use The general principle is that we all do a lot as language shuts down the right side of our better when we can pick our heads up from brain. It is hard to do both at the same time. We like things what occupies us on a daily basis in order to We need to pour in new experiences and get perspective. Our lives are so crowded. To stir it up—new information to get new ideas. “ Where do you find hope and where do you let that [wider perspective] in is really not a Change can be hard. How can we be more that we know even if get discouraged? privilege we take very often. comfortable with change, to welcome and it works against our You call yourself a futurist. What does that embrace change? mean to you? Change is hard. We are wired for comfort best interest. … Someone who studies forces that shape and security. Our brains and instincts will the future and makes them come to life. choose certainty over ambiguity every single ‘Newing’ is a big Futurists are people who are trying to see out time even if certainty is a bad choice in the a little further than their noses. It is a tricky long run. We like things that we know even if part of the answer of title. I also refer to myself as a global trends it works against our best interest. analyst—looking at ideas that are pushing One way to entertain change is that we the future in new directions. just have to experience more new things. We how we can get are all busy. And our worlds get increasingly How do you think humans make change? tight. We have to take care of the household Why are we not always so good at it? better at change. and work life and immediate relationships ” We imagine the future based on our mem- and that is about it. —Cecily Sommers ory. We can only conceive of a future that So whatever we can do to loosen it up and is as big or as wide as our memory sets are. continue to be intentionally pouring in and One of the things that is really critical for our stirring allows us to see new possibilities. ability to invent or imagine new possibilities “Newing” is a big part of the answer of is to actually start pouring in new memories. how we can get better at change. We have to take in new experiences, new You work with “but busters.” What is that? information and new ways of seeing and thinking. It is the mash up of all those things As soon as we go into unfamiliar territory, that make for really good problem solving. what comes out is: “But it won’t work.” We need to give ourselves permission to How do you spark people to think in new completely go into fantastical imagining like, ways? what it would be like if? … if we could have What we want to do is to go to museums, it all? Or, I wonder what it would be like if play with things physically, to have delight the sky really did fall? What would I make and to laugh. There is a state of play that of it? FFI: www.pushthefuture.org really enhances insight. Minnesota Women’s Press, June 2010 9 cHANgEFEATuRE
[A person really needs to] entertain the possibilities fully and then when it gets to Wider worldview planning, factor reality back in. Ask how does that happen, how do we get there, how much money, how would we know? Learn something new—maybe it’ll change your thinking Do you see gender trends in your work? aMBEr PrOCaCCInI Yes. Globally—there is so much more atten- tion now on economic development through empowering women and the recognition of the book, “Half the Sky,” and so many oth- ers. Give women a little bit of resource and by Kathy Magnuson they are very powerful engines of economic growth, social wholeness, all kinds of things. How did The Push Institute evolve? Where That has never been supported to the did the idea come from? degree that it is now. There is a real aware- ness now. We have to bear in mind how- ever—another trend in the development community—is to say that we can’t solely focus on women and children alone. When we talk about gender equity we have to sup- port the men as well. Where do you find hope and where do you Change can be hard. How can we be more get discouraged? comfortable with change, to welcome and The balance of human nature is where I You call yourself a futurist. What does that embrace change? find both of those. We are capable of tremen- mean to you? dous passion and ingenuity. Examples are in Cecily everyday life. Sommers, founder of We have small-mindedness that runs the The Push short term. Institute, Creature comforts. Power. We tend to do a futurist that with little regard for the impact else- think tank where. We have to apply 5 percent [of our energy] How do you think humans make change? to “newing,” to wondering and really explor- Why are we not always so good at it? ing how does the world work, what should we be thinking about, what are some of the best questions we can ask? I am curious about … I am thinking about … That exploratory activity is really, really important. We have to apply as much struc- ture and rigor and reward to that as we do to our get-it-done task list. You work with “but busters.” What is that? The combination I see is a great amount of curiosity and courage. I think optimism, too. There has to be a sense of drive and energy, a little bit of “Yes we can,” which is not to How do you spark people to think in new override any real obstacles, but if we are ways? going to enact change in our own lives we’ve got to have that driving force.
FFI: www.pushthefuture.org 10 Minnesota Women’s Press, June 2010 PROFILE Lifelong peacenik Jeannette Watland builds bridges, not walls by Michele St. Martin Jeannette Watland became a peacemaker at an early age. “I felt so bad when kids were put in time-out that I used to get in trouble for talking to them,” the 25-year-old said. Building bridges rather than walls has been rewarding Evolving into atheism Organized atheism for Watland. She once made a connection with someone “Many atheists have an ‘ah ha!’ moment when they she calls a “‘God-hates-fags’-type protestor.” Watland, a realize that they don’t believe in God,” Watland said. vocal gay-rights supporter, looked at the other protestor “[Some] atheists are very vocally anti-religion,” she said. as an individual rather than an opponent. “There were “That turns me off. Religion has never harmed me, it’s people shouting at them. I started a respectful dialog,” just not for me.” she said. “He admitted that some of his points were Watland said her religious beliefs “began to devolve wrong. [Respect] goes both ways.” in high school.” She found herself beginning to “drift Watland, who is an atheist, has been confronted with away” from the Lutheran church she’d been born into in hate speech while participating in Minnesota Atheists’ Minneapolis. “[At first] I didn’t want to give up on God public events. While she realizes “It’s natural to be defen- completely, so I became a deist—someone who believes in sive” in situations where you’re being attacked for your a God without organized religion attached to it.” beliefs, reaching out to those with differing beliefs comes And then, as a University of Minnesota undergraduate, naturally to her. Watland found an atheist group on campus. “That jump-
SaraH WHITInG SaraH I’ve been told,“ ‘You don’t look like an atheist.’ Maybe because I don’t have horns?” — Jeannette Watland Minnesota Women’s Press, June 2010 11 PROFILE started my thinking. … I began taking theology classes because I wanted historical perspective. I started using Got a “to-do” List? the word atheist [to describe herself] three years ago.” Coming out to family about her beliefs was another matter. When she and husband Bjorn Watland decided We can Help. to get married, a family member asked if they’d have Home Repair & a church wedding. When the couple told their families Improvement Specialists of their atheist convictions, many of their relatives weren’t pleased. They needed time to get used to it, Professional, Reliable, Guaranteed but are adjusting better now. Watland and her mother are very close, and she understands her mother’s fears for her safety. “By put- ting yourself on the front lines, you open yourself up to ridicule or worse.” She’s been spit at, yelled at, and told many times that she’s going to hell. Organized atheism Earth Camp When Watland says “the front lines,” she is speaking July 19-22 literally. She’s been a member of Minnesota Atheists for about three years. The 19-year-old group ~ for 1st through 5th Graders ~ is the largest organized atheist organiza- The profi le appears Hennepin Avenue tion in the state. Watland joined seeking in every issue of the United Methodist Church support from others who’d walked in Minnesota Women’s 511 Groveland Avenue | Minneapolis her shoes as well as hoping to help make Press. It refl ects our Vacation the organization friendlier to younger founding principle Bible atheists. Instead, when she eventu- and guiding phi- School ally became president, Watland found losophy that every Aug. 16-20 her outreach efforts were stymied. Her woman has a story. presidency lasted just fi ve months. “It Readers are wel- HennepinChurch.org was too political for me,” she explained, come to submit sug- adding, “I was very idealistic. … I’m gestions for profi le still a member, but I’m trying to distance subjects. Email your myself. I’m taking a break from orga- ideas to editor@ Bring your dog in nized atheism.” womenspress.com. But that doesn’t mean she isn’t pas- Really for a test drive??!! sionate about being an atheist. Watland’s shifted her involvement to Camp Quest, a summer camp for children of freethinking parents. She fi rst became YES, involved as a camp counselor and is now also chair/ When it’s with president—volunteer roles that consume “40 hours a week in addition to my paying job.” Watland doesn’t plan on staying at her present job as a mortgage loan processor forever. She is currently Jodie! researching the possibility of becoming an offi ciant for 15 years of experience weddings and funerals. And she wants to have a fam- ily someday. LISTENING to you! What if her children decided to follow a different spiritual path? “I would totally support them in that. Some atheists say ‘It would kill me if my kid became Christian.’ But I would support whatever belief they came to on their own. “The last thing I would want is for my kids to be Jodie Lampcov Fahey atheists just because I am one.” New & Pre-Owned Sales and Leasing 763-222-2075 [email protected] 8805 Wayzata Blvd., Golden Valley, MN 55426 10 minutes from Downtown 12 Minnesota Women’s Press, June 2010 bOOKSHELF Hope for the earth gRETAgAARd When I discovered Linda Hogan’s writing, her lyrical voice revived my love of this earth, and my hopes for environmental justice. After 20 years of feminist eco-activism, Her novel “Mean Spirit” explores the I had exhausted myself with theory, with effects of oil drilling on the indigenous protests, with speeches and political par- community, the Osage. “Power” links ties and academic organizations. I had lost the endangered Florida panther with the touch with the life force of wild nature that endangered Taiga tribe. “People of the lives in us all. I was burned out. Whale” offers a fictional approach to the Slowly, to revive my capacity for activ- Makah Whaling controversy—variously ism, I began reading creative environmen- portrayed as an assault on an endangered tal writing by women. I discovered Linda species or as an attempt to revive culture Hogan—and breathed deeply again. and economy for the Makah, arguably bOOKSHELF: First, I read Hogan’s “Dwellings: A another endangered species, living on the Greta Gaard recommends Spiritual History of the Living World,” a tip of Washington’s Olympic peninsula. these books by Linda collection of essays exploring place, iden- In these essays and novels, Hogan leads Hogan to remind us about tity, history and community. In the essay, us to understand our inheritance of this our connections to each All My Relations, history, the ways it has severed our rela- other and the earth: Hogan describes the tionships to other human and animal To revive my importance of the beings, and the ways that we can move Dwellings: a Spiritual sweat lodge ceremony toward restoring balance by repairing History of the Living capacity for that “takes readers these connections. World (1995) activism, I began toward the place of Her recent book of poetry, “Rounding Solar Storms (1995) balance, our place in the Human Corners,” sings the connec- Mean Spirit (1990) reading creative the community of all tions of human-to-human, animals, earth— things.” She continues connections that are simultaneously indig- Power (1998) environmental that “the real ceremony enous, ecological, feminist, democratic. People of the Whale writing by women. begins where the for- Hogan arrives at her standpoint via her (2008) mal one ends, when we history as a Chickasaw woman, inheriting The Woman Who I discovered take up a new way, our the legacies of colonialism. My ecofeminist Watches Over The minds and hearts filled standpoint is formed through ecological World: a native Memoir Linda Hogan— with the vision of earth empathy, activism and study. As a Euro- (2001) that holds us within it, American I inherit the legacies of con- and breathed rounding the Human in compassionate rela- quest—despite my daily, active resistance. i i Corners: Poems (2008) i deeply again. tionship to and with Hogan is not an ecofeminist, and I our world.” I needed am not an indigenous woman, yet our this ceremony. standpoints are complementary. Reading What’s on your Women,Women, Money Money & & Power Power RetirementRetirement GPS GPS
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Pamela Klinger-Horn affec- other and deal with the pain of What rituals or traditions does tionately refers to her book losing their infant son, while your book group have? club friends as the “Book only managing to drive each Each month we talk while hav- Snobs.” “We are not a social other further away. ing dessert and coffee. The one club. Everyone in the group is The two main characters exception is the October meet- a passionate reader and wants evoked very strong responses ing when we decide the agenda to be with a community that is from all the club members and for the upcoming year. The equally committed to discussing we had a diversity of opinion meeting is always entertaining great literature,” Klinger-Horn regarding how the couple as each member may nominate said. The group has met for over should have handled the situ- up to four titles, giving a sum- 20 years, originating from a ation. We find our best discus- mary of their book suggestions. Pamela Klinger- group of Carleton College grads. sions occur when members At the end, we each place 12 Horn’s book group Currently there are 11 active disagree. votes and the top 12 become the recommends members from Minneapolis and What book by a female author next year’s selections. “Remedies” by the west metro area. Kate Ledger. has sparked a lively discussion? What makes your group work? What books by women has your “People of the Book” is a We are a diverse group who What would your group read recently? book group fascinating fictional history of work as librarians, attorneys, recommend? “Remedies” by Kate Ledger, the Sarajevo Haggadah mixed full-time mothers, computer “People of the Book” by with the contemporary tale of a specialists, a social worker, etc. Geraldine Brooks and “The troubled young woman hired to We really enjoy having a wide Space Between Us” by Thrity restore the ancient Jewish book. perspective of experience when Umrigar. Our group became involved in a discussing and nominating What book by a female author very lively debate over the ethi- books. would your group recommend? cal choice of one character to let — Norma Smith Olson another character die when he We heartily recommend becomes disabled. The discus- Tell us about your book group! “Remedies.” Ledger joined us sion went far beyond a eutha- Write to [email protected] for a three-hour discussion of nasia debate. We did not resolve her story of a marriage in crisis. the issue, but we certainly had a The couple in the story repeat- great discussion. edly attempt to engage each
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“It’s really Local filmmaker takes her about a woman COurTESy OF SayEr FrEy OF SayEr COurTESy own forward steps coming to her own by norma Smith Olson understanding of self- redemption and taking responsibility of how to change.” —Sayer Frey Above: Stacia Rice is Edie as an adult; Right: Annabel Kol Balfour is Young Edie, in the film, “Abandon ME”
Frey said that another commonality she The film’s intent is not to traumatize the Work with joy has found among women who have sur- viewer. The film’s content is less about the “Abandon ME” is the first big proj- vived abuse, is that one never quite feels abusive act and more about giving voice ect for Reframing Media, the local human after an event like this. “There’s an to the repercussions and struggles that film and video production company alien feeling,” she said, “They feel other, follow. founded by Rasmussen and Frey two they don’t belong. There’s that aspect in Viewers have shared with Frey their years ago. They’ve known each other for me as well.” challenge with taking the “step” that Edie over a decade; they met while working takes to rescue herself. “We’re very aware together at KARE 11 on the weekly show, of [that step in the film]. What a small step “Whatever.” that is in regards to the girth of history, the “We have different strengths so it’s girth of resentment, what’s behind her. But interesting to collaborate and learn from what’s forward? The freedom that may lie each other,” Rasmussen said. Their focus forward is the promising part of it,” Frey in their work together is on the process, said. “I like it that viewers commanded holding an intention to be joyful. “By the metaphor without my help.” having a good process, the assump- “It’s really about a woman coming to tion would be that we would get a good her own under- product—if we stuck to that [focus] and standing of self-re- stayed in alignment with our principles,” demption and tak- Rasmussen said. ing responsibility of how to change,” FFI: Frey said. Added If you or your group is interested in Rasmussen, “This viewing the film “Abandon ME,” contact is a story about Erin Rasmussen, erin@reframingmedia. the strength of the com or 651-214-8271. human spirit.” www.reframingmedia.com
Writer/Director Sayer Frey with Director of Photography Wei K. Pun, on the set of “Abandon ME.” Executive Producer Erin Rasmussen, right. 18 Minnesota Women’s Press, June 2010 SHESAId
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5-year-old self that he doesn’t play and that being the Pilgrim with the broads. The teacher in my other can be a very Lutheran Outdoor Worship Service first grade informed me, after one Church Sunday, June 27 at 9:30 am positive experience. Music by Jonathan Rundman, folk/rock guitarist month of attendance, that because I A Home for was a Jew I had to leave the school. Hungry Minds & Souls Rev. Carol Tomer, Lead Pastor For the following five years I had to hide because of “the crime of A Reconciling in Christ Rev. Harry Mueller, Associate Pastor being Jewish” although I knew very little about Judaism. Congregation 1935 St. Clair Avenue at Prior, St. Paul I was not celebrated after the war for surviving it. I was still A Congregation Caring www.pilgrimstpaul.org ~ 651-699-6886 the other and I was still hiding. for Creation Sunday Worship 8:30 am & 11 am (Sept.-May) Summer Worship 9:30 am (May 30-Sept. 5) When we talk about hiding it means more than hide and seek, breathlessly waiting in some cave, attic, or hole in the ground for the danger to pass. After-the-war-hiding was a result of the war- time hiding, and the continuation of being the other. Hiding was an attempt to make the otherness less obvious because being the other was still seen as a very negative and guilty state of being. Tell us As result of hiding my otherness I also hid my uniqueness, my freedom to be and develop all those good qualities with which I your story! was born and which were there to make my life rich in meaning and happiness. We’re always interested to hear from readers When I left my native Poland, I got to know another aspect of who want to write for us. Some of the most otherness. I became a foreigner, this time not just a foreigner but a foreigner with an accent. Besides being a foreigner I was now articulate writing we’ve published comes from surrounded only by foreigners because they were foreign to me. women who don’t consider themselves writers. Gradually I accepted my otherness and began to consider myself a country of one where I developed my own qualities. I if you feel strongly about your work, an issue, or learned that it was OK to be the other and that being the other a life experience, please tell us about it. can be a very positive experience. There were a lot of people who were different and I began to be proud to be one of them and OnYourMind: This is the place to share your strong making each of them a welcome citizen of my world of one. opinion about an issue. 450 word maximum. At that point I started to be celebrated as a survivor of the YourStory: Tell us about an experience you’ve had Holocaust, which became a fashion of the day. I was a “Survivor,” that might strike a chord with other women. no doubt, but of so much more than the Holocaust! I survived 450 word maximum. the prejudices and narrow thinking of mutual suspicions, to open myself to the love of diversity of the people of the world, LaughingMatters: You bet it does! Who said where I belong. feminists can’t be funny? 450 words maximum. Lucy Smith lives in St. Paul and is an artist, a writer and a survivor clinging to life, which should never end. This survivor- Email us at [email protected] for complete guidelines for ship is not to be confused with those who voluntarily swallow live reader submissions, or go to www.womenspress.com and click on worms on “reality TV.” “About us.” 26 Minnesota Women’s Press, June 2010 ONYOuRMINd Immigration equity I never thought I’d fall in love with an American. In my Pride `Yk home nation of Australia, I had 20 million fellow Aussies [ml] to choose from. But one day I received a clever, witty note from a woman through a popular social networking site klm^^ who’d observed my profi le and commented on my favorite guide )-0/K]dZq9n]& movie. (“Uncle Buck,” if you must know.) 8Kf]ddaf_9n]& That woman happened to live in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Many afKl&HYmd hours on the phone and a heavenly visit later, we’re happily living in Minneapolis together and thank our lucky stars on a daily basis that we .-)%.,,%,))( met despite the odds. Look to these pages for LGBT-friendly Since then we’ve also found ourselves horrifi ed at America’s archaic, businesses and organizations homophobic immigration laws. I’m only able to be here because I have the education, the work experience and an employer willing to sponsor US Rep. Betty McCollum • Sen. Ellen Anderson • Sen. Mee me for a temporary work visa that is subject to renewal or rejection every hese local organizations are on the forefront, T Sen. Sandy Pappas • Sen. Sandy Rummel • Sen. Katie Sieben two years. And I must continue “proving” that I don’t plan on being here among those taking action to make Minnesota a Rep. Karla Bigham • Rep. Mindy Greiling • Rep. Alice Hausman long term. My heart pounds each time I more inclusive and affi rming state. Rep. Deb Hilstrom • Rep. Kate Knuth • Rep. Sandy Masin come through immigration clearance at Rep. Erin Murphy • Rep. Nora Slawik an airport with the fear that I could be If we were a heterosexual • PFLaG St. Paul/Minneapolis: Parents, Ramsey County Commissioners Toni Carter & Victoria Reinhardt denied entry if that particular immigra- Families & Friends of Lesbians, Gays, Bisexuals Saint Paul City Council President Kathy Lantry tion offi cial decides s/he doesn’t like the couple, we’d fi ll out some & Transgendered Persons promotes the health Falcon Heights Councilmembers Pamela Harris & Beth Mercer-Taylor look of me, despite my valid visa stamp. and well-being of gay, lesbian, bisexual and Roseville City Councilmember Amy Ihlan Saint Paul School Board Members: Anne Carroll • Kazoua If we were a heterosexual couple, we’d paperwork, answer some transgendered persons, their families and Kong-Thao • Elona Street-Stewart • Vallay Varro fi ll out some paperwork, answer some friends. www.pfl agtc.org questions to prove our living arrange- questions to prove our Victoria Cox • Geri Evans • Mary Louise Klas • Connie Lewis Becky Lourey • Brigid McDonough • Bobbi Megard • Kathleen ments, and we’d be able to choose where • Quatrefoil Library’s mission is to collect, living arrangements, and Murphy • Susan Segal • Tammy Tesky Ausen • Kathleen Vellenga maintain, document and circulate gay, lesbian, we live indefi nitely. Sue Vento • Sarah Walker • Joan Wittman & many more... It’s heartbreaking that I’m a good and we’d be able to choose bisexual, transgender and queer materials and law-abiding person, working full time information in a safe and accessible space. and contributing to the community, and where we live indefi nitely. www.qlibrary.org yet could at any moment be given 10 days to leave the country. If I lose my job, • OLOC—Old Lesbians Organizing for I have that 10 days to fi nd a new one. If our relationship were made Change is a national network of lesbians, known to the federal government, it could technically make me leave over age 60, working to make life better for by arguing that our unrecognized relationship would make me likely to Old Lesbians and to confront ageism in our try to stay here illegally. And thank goodness I am from one of the few communities and our country using education countries in the world that does recognize our relationship for immigra- and public discourse as primary tools. tion purposes. But what if I weren’t Australian, but Chinese? Or Iraqi? www.OLOC.org Or Jamaican? I shudder to think. • OutFront Minnesota’s mission is to make If we’d never met, I doubt either of us would have given much thought to this issue just because until it happens, it seems so unlikely that you’ll our state a place where GLBT Minnesotans have meet and fall in love with a foreigner. But it does happen. In fact, it’s the freedom, power, and confi dence to make the estimated by Immigration Equality that there are more than 40,000 other best choices for their own lives. “binational” gay and lesbian couples in our predicament. We are con- www.OutFront.org stantly amazed at how often even fellow gay and lesbian people are not • Family Equality Council – The Minnesota aware of the interaction between state and federal law. Yes, we could get organization Rainbow Families joined the Family married in Iowa. No, that doesn’t mean the federal government would Equality Council in June of 2008 and continues allow me to migrate here permanently because of that marriage. to provide local programs to the LGBT families, FFI: see www.ImmigrationEquality.org extended family members and allies in the upper Midwest region while also joining Family Equality The writer works in marketing and loves everything about Minnesota, including the winters. She’s still got her accent but makes a mean hot Council in its fi ght for full family equality dish. Her name has been withheld at her request. throughout all 50 states. www.familyequality.org Minnesota Women’s Press, June 2010 27
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She is also a self- organization dedicated to arts education and linking the arts works. I like to have described “child of the ’60s.” and the environment, where they are reused. When interviewed at the end a lot of fun with it.” Have fun with it of April, this year’s trash bag was For fun and enlightenment Greenwood suggests having a about 1/3 full. When asked what —Jean Greenwood trash party where every guest would bring a bag of her trash was in it, she found a ballpoint and dump it out on an old sheet. Together the group figures pen, some cellophane wrappers, out what could have been done differently. She encourages a toothpaste tube, an empty jelly container from a hotel, a people to “get down and dirty” and “talk trash.” band-aid, a wrapper from a granola bar, a chocolate-chip bag Has she become a zealot for “less?” Greenwood said she and the end of an electrical cord. She had recycled the wire tends instead to “quietly go about my thing. The last thing part of the cord. people need is a preachy person.” Instead she makes reuse/ How does she do it? recycling into a game, a competition with herself. “If you are What does Greenwood do so differently than most of the heavy into guilt it is not a motivation rest of us? She buys in bulk and buys things that last. “I don’t that works. I like to have a lot of buy disposable things. I just use common sense,” she said. “I fun with it.” don’t buy a lot of stuff.” Greenwood carries her fun She repairs things or finds new uses for things. She hasn’t into making art. This year her accepted a bag from a store for decades. Instead she keeps Minneapolis neighborhood cloth shopping bags in her car so they are always handy. She art fair’s theme is “think- takes care of things she has like the old sewing machine ing out of the box.” Her that is supposed to be oiled every six months, and so it creation used old Dayton’s is. She doesn’t use paper towels, but has a roll at home boxes she had saved. “It’s “just in case.” She uses cloth napkins and handkerchiefs. a collage, a monochro- When she has to use a paper napkin, she composts it. matic thing.” But, note She wraps gifts in the comics, cloth or reusable totes. that she didn’t flatten Metal items—brass, aluminum, old shovels, old the boxes—that way they kitchenware, that old electrical cord, aluminum siding could still be used again.
Jean Greenwood’s half-year FFI: Jean Greenwood recommends these of garbage organizations for recycling your unneeded goods: arc Greater Twin Cities, www.arcsvaluevillage.org artStart, www.artstart.org For metals: Kirschbaum Krupp Metal recycling, www.kirschbaumkrupp.com Leder Brothers Metal Co., www.lederbros.com Where do you see women connecting and making change in your world? Send me your story ideas, [email protected] EMMa FrEEMan Minnesota Women’s Press, June 2010 39
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