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•Y' •'•> • - '^•7;;->i:^^'M77^im^W^^^ 2 Being Happy 3 Feminism What some UQ people 4 think about feminism Amnesty's invisible 6 Women campaign editorial 7 Women in Nigeria In this edition we've tried to highligiit the dangerous construction of beauty and femininity presented through the mainstream media. From childhood women have been presented with a dominant male view of 3 Book Review beauty and told our value will be judged accordingly. This "beautiful" image is presented to us from birth in story books, advertising, barbie dolls, television and fashion magazines. We are told by this media how 9 DIVAS to (hink, what to wear, how to behave, how to treat men, how to treat women, who is good, who is bad, u p. Women in what is desirable, what books to read, how to have good sex, if we are a good friend or a bad one, what is I U Psychadelics wilty, what is cool, how to dress to get a job, etc etc. The sorry, sad thing is many women take this shit 12 Fiction seriously. It is no co-incidence that at the same time that the women's movement started making gains there .J J. Student was an alarming rise in the number of eating disorders being reported - a ri.se that has continued since. 14 Parents The trend towards feminism today is growing continually. A growing number of women simply will not accept any longer being treated like second rate citizens and are demanding equality everywhere they go. 15 Gossip We are at work complaining about sexual harrassment, wc are on the street giving car fulls of sexist boys M a Quizz • Men you the finger as they harrass us as they drive by, we're in the cinemas watching The Bandit Queen, Tank Giri, 10 can't kili them . — Redefining Thelma and Louise and seeing strong 1 / Masculinity women like us, we're swelling the numbers J f^ Coalition of Women IK for a Realistic of women's studies subjects and also in Criminal Code non-traditional areas, we are breaking through glass ceilings all over the place, 19 Abortion we're demanding equality in the home and nf\ Women In World real relationships from the men we get '^^ Religions involved with, we're speaking out about domestic violence and incest, we are empowering 22 Rape Poetry ourselves and dealing with memories from our childhood, we are dealing with our anger in what A little story ever way we can and learning new ways of freeing ourselves and those around us, we are 23 about rape Hello, is reclaiming the taunts that have been thrown at us - bitch, slut, whore, dyke, scrag, slag, witch and 24 anybody there more and are flaunting them back in our aggressors face, we are becoming stronger in every way, The Economic we are fighting for the life of our mother the earth. We are demanding respect. We arc working 25 Conspiracy hard wherever we are to raise the consciousness of those that still would have us pretty and quiet Women in and submissive and tame. 26 cyberspace 30 Wimmin And they're not just men. One of the most frustrating things I e3

The editors of SDrrpe,' are Sandy, Greg. Ward and Kyla (nnosl ol lhe time). These are the ones w!io do rr,osl ol the lay-out, Lindsay Coloorr^e IS the life-saver wro ccmes n and helps us with any'.hmg even a little bit tricky and ihe Typesetter is Ca'ol Tan. This newspaper is puliisned by Maya Stuar! Fox who Is the Pres'denl ol \r.e Student Umon ana a very nice pe.'5on. The contrmjiors for this edition are Jacm'.a Toomey, Snarcn Hennesay, Rachel Hocper Jane Cu:iis, Caro' rumber, Stella Lupo. .Nicrt Cavenah, K/sten Ower, Kym Daly, Cynihia Kennedy F'an-e, S Punch. Belinda Sidhu, 3c"ila Way-Taska, Claire Brennan. Julie Flowers. Wot-an. Matt, Andrew, Brae, Paul, Cl.nt: Chris, Jan^eS: ChriS. Bcrard, Benno. Peter Dav.d. f/allhew. Cyntnis, Ka' na, Jacnta, Slacey Chioe Kama, Tracey. P.eriena Curtis, Tim Marsl.olC D.ana Cass.dy, Sue Luckman. Dcug Ogilvie K'erslen Koch, Bee Go'don, P'(":ess Sircphnria Lisa Ch'istensen. Paulette. Tt^e Collective, S'^.annon Owen. Yasmn Khan, Nava Dernksnan, Jc'^.ny, Taryn Lt^cw Meleha Newaz. Karma S:"g^ E Gecrgiades, Amy Lee, Glence, Keli, Nc & Lee Bretn Prootti. Sue, f*/lc/Cnaela Cost.gan. Sarah, Gwen, Sally and maybe v/eve let; someone o'l '"ere • sorry A BIG SPcCIAL SEMPtR THAf^KS TQ PHILL THOMPSON FQ.R THE AMAZI.S'G IMAGES FROM THE 3ECG.\STRLCTI0NIST EDITIO AND TO JASO^J FOR THE BARBIE'S IN THIS EDITION I INHABIT A SPACE IN THIS WORLD,

A WORLD IN WHICH I FEEL CONSTANT MANIFESTATIONS OF WOMAN HATE. TO EXPRESS THIS VIEW IS TO COME UNDER ATTACK FROM ALMOST EVERYONE. THE HOSTILE REACTIONS I RECEIVE CONVINCE ME THAT WHAT I SEE IS TRUE - TO BE A WOIV1AN ISN'T JUST AN INCONVENIENCE, AS I THOUGHT WHEN I WAS YOUNGER... TO BE BORN WITH A CUNT IS TO BE REVILED, RAPED, DISBELIEVED, TRIVIALISED, IGNORED, ABUSED, HOW CAN I BELIEVE THIS AND STILL BE HAPPY? HOW CAN 1 EMERGE FROM MY BED EVERY DAY TO NEGOTIATE MY WAY THROUGH THE WORLD? SOMETIMES I CRY, SOMETIMES I WANT TO RUN AWAY, SOMETIMES I WANT TO MAKE IT ALL DISAPPEAR... BUT LIKE MY MOTHERS AND MY SISTERS THROUGH TIME, I AM SURVIVING IN A BRUTAL WORLD. PEOPLE WHO SAY THAT WOMEN ARE WEAK ARE WRONG. WOMEN ARE TORTURED, SCORNED AND SILENCED, YET WE LEARN WAYS TO SURVIVE. SOMETIMES SURVIVAL IS ALL THAT WE CAN DO, WITH OUR HISTORIES OF INCEST, RAPE AND VIOLENCE. SOMETIMES SURVIVING INVOLVES AN ACCEPTANCE OF THE LIE THAT WE ARE SOMEHOW LACKING ... IN BEAUTY, IN INTELLIGENCE, IN PERSONALITY, IN WORTH, WE GO ON DIETS, STAY SILENT IN CONVERSATIONS AND WISH THAT WE COULD BE THE WOMEN WE HATE, SO MUCH OF OUf? ENERGY (S SPENT IN SELF-HATE AND FEAR.

I BEGIN TO MAKE CONNECTIONS BETWEEN MY HATRED OF MY SELF, MY SISTERS AND MY MOTHERS AND MY FEAR OF MEN. I READ TALES OF FEMINIST REVOLT, I BEGIN TO MEET WOMEN WHO GLOW LIKE GODDESSES AND ARE RADIANT WITH THE ENERGY OF LIFE. WE TALK ABOUT BEING WOMEN AND WE KNOW THAT WE ARE NOT EVIL OR STUPID, EXCEPT SOMETIMES I STILL THINK SO. I BEGIN TO WORK OUT HOW I HAVE BEEN BRAINWASHED. EVERYDAY I AM LEARNING SOMETHING NEW ABOUT MYSELF. A LOT OF THE TIME I AM STILL UNHAPPY, BUT I AM BEGINNING TO LEARN HOW TO SURVIVE REALLY WELL. I FIND THAT IF I TELL MYSELF SOMETHING OFTEN ENOUGH, AND HAVE THE COURAGE TO BELIEVE MYSELF, THEN 1 CAN CHANGE, I CAN WORK OUT HOW TO BE HAPPY. WITH ENORMOUS RELIEF, I BEGIN TO BELIEVE THAT I AM AMAZING FOR SURVIVING THROUGH MY FEAR. I REALISE THAT i AM NOW FREE TO CREATE MYSELF IN POSITIVE, HEALTHY WAYS, BECAUSE I NO LONGER BELIEVE THE LIES THAT I AM TOLD. I CAN TAKE CHARGE OF MY HAPPINESS, I CAN DO MORE THAN JUST SURVIVE. BUT I HAVE TO LEARN HOW TO BE HAPPY, AND THIS IS WHERE I LOOK TO MY SHINING GODDESS SISTERS. THEY ASTOUND ME BY HOW STRONG AND POWERFUL THEY ARE. THEY CREATE THEMSELVES WITH FEATHERS AND ROCKS AND GLITTER, NO LONGER DO I HATE THE WOMEN I WANT TO BE LIKE, I FIND MYSELF FILLED WITH LOVE AND SOMETIMES DESIRE.

I FEEL LIKE A GIRL NEXT TO THEIR GLOWING WOMANHOOD. I FEAR THAT I COULD NEVER BE SO STRONG, I COULD NEVER CREATE MY LIFE WITH MAGIC. I STOP MYSELF AND SMILE. I'VE HAD ENOUGH OF BEING TOLD WHAT I CAN'T DO, OF BELIEVING THAT I AM INCAPABLE. I ...... / "'•••.,. ''••... DON'T BELIEVE THE LIES ANYMORE, AND THAT IS A POWERFUL POSITION. IF ••' '••... •'••. I CAN MAKE THE DECISION TO LOVE MYSELF, •..,.-- '• , THEN I CAN DO ANYTHING. :

/• WITH LOVE AND ACCEPT- ANCE, I VALUE MY OPINIONS, I \ >-., AM A SHINING WOMAN/GIRLV CHILD GODDESS. I AM HAPPY AND PROUD.

JACINTA TOOMEY

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be who you ARE ? Protesting for black rights by Lucrelia Mott (1793-1850) led to the first women's righls convention where on the 19th July 1848, FJizabeth Cady Stanton (1815 - 1902) proposed a woinen's campaign for the vote. Shouts from females in the crowd included "Tiial's going too far!" and "it's not a women's place!" Sound familiar'.' In the fight for women's suffrage some individuals stand out such as Christable and Sylvia Pankhurst (Brilian) but it was only by the support of thousands of women across each country and the si.slerhood around the world that gathered the momenlum needed to open the door to the parliament. With the vote came the need for political parties to consider women as individuals wilh the power to put them out of power. Australian women won the vole in 1909 bul aboriginal women had to wait unlil 1967. Throughout the first and second world wars women had the opportunity to fill many jobs in the male dominated arenas. They proved they could survive quite well without men and were not weak and frail. When the men returned home though, once again domestic tyranny "STRENGTH AND DICNrTY ARE forced these women into the home mrs mom WH and out of the paid work force. HER CLOTHING; The 50s saw women being brainwashed into thinking that their AND SHE LAU6HETH AT THE lives were complete as long as they were married, with children and a I wti.s recently al a dinner parly wiili friends, when the TIME TO

know what I think Paul- I believe feminism has changed in the 90's from what about feminism. You it was in previous decades. I think that it was a bit more mili­ know what you think tant and a lot more united in Mohan- l think that feminism their ideals in the past, whereas about fenninism. But, is all overdone and that its go­ these days a tot of those objec­ ing too far in the other direc­ tives tiave been achieved. Now chances are you don't tion. I don't think much of I guess it's a tot more consoli­ Peter- I think that the position Semper either. dating, generating power of women in society, has defi­ know what these U.Q. bases, like every other segment nitely improved over what it used in society. I treat people witti the to be. There is definitely some students think about respect they deserve generally. way to go before women are fully 1 think that its taken something recognised as being of equal away from men but not neces­ worth and equal value. feminism. Anna Meltzer, sarily a bad thing. Its made a lot of things more difficult for armed with camera and men to find their role in society, but the same goes for women. tape recorder discov­ ered when you chew the fat on feminism, some­ times you have to spit out Matt-1 think that in the 90's all women have become aware of a bigot. themselves as women and as their rights as women as a whole. T don't want to call it feminism or not, but just being aware of themselves and not casting themselves as second Benno- Feminists in the 90's as grade to men, because their opposed to feminists in the not. I think that its become a 80's, seem to have found their lot more passive. In the 70's it footing. And not on such an was pretty aggressive. Its get­ anti-male oranti-anything level, ting more passive but getting Clint- I think that its pretty but today's feminism seems to Stronger. Their standing up for fucked that women are still be more like women how they themselves, but not going downgraded and exploited, by want to be, I think that's a good Arrggg, were going to kill you patriarchal society. Things need move. because your a man, but r m to change. Things are going in a woman. That's cool. the right direction but there is David- Feminism makes the stil! along way to go. jocks angry, it make the sensi­ tive guys all confused, and It totally wipes out male roles in society. Feminists are confused themselves- whether their carers or conquerors. You can't argue that women are naturally caring and then say that 'you can't put labels on us, women can do anything'. You can't ac­ cuse us of being born aggres­ sive or being born violent when your at the same time saying, Bernard-1 would tike to see a people aren't naturally any­ lot more women reclaim femi­ thing, its all societies condition­ Chris- I think that now feminism nism, as not just as a symbol ing', it seems to be a contradic­ is like any disadvantage, but as something that they are tion. whether you are male or female Andrew- l guess I don't think or whatever. I think that its im­ and that they act for. There are about feminism that much, portant and I think that a lot of heaps of things that women still because I only have female feminists see that. They can see need to win. We need choice on friends. To be honest I would men being disadvantaged as abortion, women need equal prefer to be a woman than a well, it's sort of a big movement pay. I think that women should man. The feminist movement to stop the disadvantaging of get involved in and organise Is more sexual than political, people. protests, and try and change as in strong women and inde­ I brought up 3 kids peoples opinions about femi­ pendent women, rather than of my own, three boys, and I nism. talking about glass ceilings found that there was a lot of and jobs, it seems more per­ prejudice institutionally against sonal. men bringing up children on their own. Whereas with women it was more accepted that they had a hard time doing that. Men seem to not get so much sym­ pathy. Matthew- l believe that there are a few things wrong with the feminist movement, say 'there's got to be a certain amount of women in parliament', specify­ ing a percentage of people. I think that its taken the wrong Chris- Feminism needs to track. It's taken a bit too seri­ refocus on its goals because ously, there is still a difference Its too divergent these days between males and females. I'm and it clashes with itself. The not saying that women can't do Brad- The stereotypes of famous feminists have diverg­ this or can't do that. There is just feminists in the 90's are not ing opinions on every major a genetic difference between what they should be, the view issue. They should benefit males and females, we will is realty outdated. A lot needs from the experiences, that they never be exactly the same, this to be done to change the James- I'm into it, l think that should have gained basically may manifest itself In role dif­ popular views of feminists, its ok, I don't object to it at all, I since the feminist movement ferences. which are often condescend­ support it. I think that they began. ing. should have equal opportunity ? and a fair go. •li^H ^^^^^^^H[^^^^'

LI••'••' '"'^ Hie and Lee- N- I'm totally against all this MMM women's stuff. I3ecause il the men had something like that Jane- Feminism is about wom­ then the women would totally en's culture and the diversity of lose their minds. women's culture and at the same L- But its up to men to get to­ time combating oppression gether and to organise them­ against women. Making sure selves to make one up. In­ that that's not only oppression stead of standing here and that comes from structures and complaining that they don't institutions but also coming from have one. (women's room) within culture within personal re­ t^- We don't do that because lationships. we know what kind of reaction we would get from all these Ralnie- I'm middle aged, women. what I'm seeing with young The women's room is funded women now is that their not out of student services com­ having the problems that I had mission, which we pay for. when I was growing up. Things L- Don't they just take it from lynthia- Feminism is the like, we get paid descent the women. freedom for all women to rnoney now which we didn't N- No, no, they don't. Its quite make decisions for them­ when I was starting work. We a large percentage in relation selves, without criticism. It al­ have independence, women to all the other percentages of lows women to be everything stick up for themselves, which what student services charges that they can be and not be is reaiiy nice, they don't get go for. It goes to the women's criticised for it. walked all over. They are not area and men don't get any laran- l think that the image pushed into believing that they benefit from it at all. of the feminist that is building should be compliant with male L- What do you think of when up now is so much better be­ needs and want's. Women have you think of feminism. You cause we can actually relate to rights now. probably think of all the radi­ it. Back in the 80's it was sort cals. But don't you believe in of- harry legged, ugly, dyke that equal pay for equal work and hated men. Now a feminist can equality. actually love men and work to­ N- Yeah that's fine. wards the cause. So I think that L- That's what being a feminist feminism had to swing the other means to me, I'm a feminist. I way in the 60's and its coming don't go for all the total radi­ back to the middle now and cal stuff. that's the way it should be. N- Feminism has a bad name. Kaiina- l feel that feminism When they think of feminism has alienated a lot of young they think of all the radicals, women, just because of a lot because that's what most of of writings of some feminists. them are. It is scaring a lot of young L- I think that that's a bit of a generalisation. women who do have a lot of Tracey- There are a lot of feminist ideas but don't clas­ women who are feminist who sify themselves as feminists. deny that their feminists. Its re­ They are scared to call them­ ally sad that they feel they have selves publicly as feminists, to deny it because they still think because they are too scared that the image of feminists are of being categorised, espe­ like big butch, dyke. Its sad that cially by the media. they don't stand up for them­ selves and tell people. ISwen- 1 think that sometimes it has gone to far in the wrong direction. I think that you can have equal rights, I don't think there is a necessity to be out to prove all the time, that your as good as the blokes or better than the blokes. I think that as a result, females are getting more aggressive, which is a shame, not all females of course but a lot of them are Su- I'm a feminist. I think that terribly aggressive. Its a shame Jacinta- Feminism is one feminists in the 90's have to of the most important parts of because they all have lovely look out for being dogmatic, fresh faces, lovely young peo- my life. Feminism is about re­ because all women should alising that you are a worth­ be included, not just women le, 1 don't think they need to while person and that you GieniCB-1 feel that women in the who are going to wear a cer­ §e aggressive. Young females have the ability to do whatever 90's are far more advanced in tain uniform- cut their hair are becoming very very aggres­ you want, its a way to power. their feminist activities than short etc. When you go to a sive. I think its sad. women in the 50's and 60's were. lot of women's only events They have more advantages with and their blatantly and obvi­ regard to achieving their goals ously anti-heterosexual, I feel and their ambitions and less re­ like getting up and saying, strictions that were imposed on hey my partner is a man and women in those times. I love him very much, and not all men are bastards, but I don't have the guts because the feeling in the room is very anti-men and anti-women- who-fuck-men. I think that it should be more inclusive so that everybody, whether you Stacey and Chiae- wear lipstick or whether you I've recently returned to Bris­ wear high heals or whatever bane, and one of the most re­ you are always welcome cent architectural develop­ within feminist groups no ments ie. South Bank, has in­ matter what you look like. cluded mothers breast feed­ That's the whole point of edu­ Saily- It's by no means an ob­ ing and baby changing facili­ cation isn't it. Including all the solete issue, which a lot of girls ties in the disabled toilets. You Keiii- I think that feminism is women and letting them our age would think it is. I think just feel like, two second picking up again. In our genera­ know what their righls are. I that its very important and per­ class, two minority groups just tion, after a standstill. I think that also think that feminism can tinent, you can use it as a con­ logged in together as a con­ a lot of people have started to get get stuck in being angry, I text in which to see a lot of venience for the designers back into the feminist movement. think that anger has a big part things. It exposes a lot of peo­ and the architects which are It needs to be a continuation, a to ptay in empowerment, but ples prejudices not just in rela­ obviously male dominating lot of work still needs to be done. also you have to get through tion to women, but to class and because they just get away I'm really glad that there was so that anger somehow. race. I think that its very impor­ with it. I find that things much enthusiasm about the tant and that a lot more people haven't changed very mucn. abortion debate and Issues like should be proud to be associ­ that, because it needs to be ated with the term. ? moved on. compiled by Anna Meltzer ? Amnesty Intemational has launched a campaign specifically focused on the human rights of women. Amnesty is willing to confess that in the past they have let women down - as the majonty of their action has been focused on mGn

^^^^^^^^ But instead of thinking or saying "Oh isn't that sad" and searching for something wilh humorous qualities in Semper - why don'l we all do something about it? The University of Queensland's branch of Amnesty Interna- tior7al is intending to make a Jot of noise about Women activists all have one thing in common. They thiscampaign. One of the aims of our campaign is to are women who want to improvetheir societies and create awareness of and commilment lo Amnesty's hu­ have decided to do something aboul il. man righls work. We are particularly interested in acti­ vating the Australian government and community to combat specific human rights violations against women It is not often, in Australia, that we see women activ­ in specific countries where Amnesty believes it can be ists "disappear", shot or tortured for standing up for most effective. We also want to make sure that our their rights. This is exactly what is happening to work, for women, is adequate, appropriate and ongo­ women like Edmeia da Silva Euzebio. Her son "dis­ ing. If you are reading these words you have passed Invisible women are women like Edmeia da Silva Euzebio appeared" in July 1990, and unlike the other moth­ the first part of the test - congratulations!! - because who was shot dead, whilst searching for her missing son in ers who were afraid of the consequences, she de­ probably one of the most important things people can Brazil, and a mother in Rwanda who was slashed to death cided to search for her son. She formed the Moth­ do is to simply acknowledge whal is going on so that whilst giving birth - her child also being killed and another ers of Acari to discover the truth about hers and olher we are able to build the awareness, if you want to make pregnant woman who was fleeing Ethiopia, slopped by two peoples' children's fate. Edmeia was killed shortly contact with us Amnesty aliens, please feel free to give men who then raped her in front of her children. It is cases after testifying in court about police involvement in the following people a call: like these that we label invisible because their suffering is the disappearance of her son, but the Mothers of Sarah & Rachel-870 1973 under-reported, understated and often simply not recognized. Acari fight on. It is important that support reaches Nicole-2661754 women like Edmeia so that they are given a chance Jayshree-870 4815 to not only stand up fortheir human rights, but also Bonita-217 8095 We musl now recognise that women are also imprisoned, to claim them. tortured and killed. But there are also human rights abuses that can only be suffered by women. It is hard to know the extent of women's suffering because abuse like rape is a very difficull thing to come fonward and detail to others. It can be seen, in the international community, that govern­ ments have been unwilling and in some cases have sanc­ tioned the violation of women's civil and political rights, in­ cluding the rights not to be tortured, killed, "disappeared", arbitrarily detained or imprisoned.

No country In the world treats its women as well as men. Often discrimination against women is reflected in national law. In some countries the law goes further; it does not only discriminate, it provides for particularly cruel, inhuman and degrading punishments for offences committed by women. Hundreds of women have been flogged lor breaching the dress laws introduced in Sudan in March 1991. In Bangla­ desh, a village council declared a young woman's second marriage to be illegal under Islamic law and, therefore, ac­ cused her of adultery. She was buried in the ground up to her chest and publicly stoned to death by local villagers. On February 28,1994 Katia Bengana was shot dead on her way home from school for not wearing a "hidjab" • the Is­ lamic veil. It seems very "unreal" to us but, sadly enough, it

IS very, very REAL. 'Some countries have seen The number of civilian women and children injured by war the use of systematic continues to rise. Ailhough, in World War One, only 5% of sexual violence the casualties were civilians we now see in the 1990's that against women as a weapon of 80% are women and children. Women and children are dy­ war to degrade ing in wars that are not their creation. Rape by armed forces and humiliate in Bosnia-Herzegovina has received unprecedented public­ whole populations' Df Boulros Boulroi-Cluli ity and the extent of sexual abuse has caused shock and (UN SecttUiy Cenco!) dismay. Rape is not an accident of war - it is a weapon, Ils widespread use reflects the special terror it holds for women Amnesty International is acting Slorlcs likf tlii'Sf ;trisc oul <>rt;<>vi'riimciils and the special power it gives the rapist over his victim. pcrsiMc'iilly I'aijinjr K, tiivcsli),'al(' and punish abiisfs by to outlaw this Veapon' - forever tliL-ir arinc-il lorccs, allowiii); niju" lo tK-conic a pail o' inililary slraicgy,;, rorni ol lorllirc irxpirkiitcd hy 'One soldier pulled me a.side and .said women all over the worUI. "No Side passage before sex!"... he raped mc in Aniiipsty Inlcniiiiioiial works to prolctl ltie The reason why we have launched this campaign now is from of my children. He knew I \va.s pregnant' riindaiin.-iilal lumiaii rights ol individuals. I5jU m lu-cd that September sees the fourth United Nations Conference your help. Through people likv y«\( coming Uisivher on Women in Beijing, China. It is a conference that aims to 'I went into the forest, hoping I would die Amnesty has Inx-n ahle lo I'orcc govern men Ls lo acl promole themes of equality, development and peace for there ... As a result of tlie rape I had twins, against hitman rl{.las abuses. women. Amnesty has highlighted three key areas wom­ one of which died ... I do nol know ifl will Join with lis lothiy - Make iHiman ligliLs en's rights are most at risk; see my hu.sban

•^ Women and war Ydu can make a difference ii Women targeted as activists & ., I By becofrtng a member 01 Amnesty n I encloso a ctiequo (or $ Namo lri(efra(ior\a! AuslfaSa OR pleaso deb 1 my: Address t!r Discrimination and Law. i_] ang'o S40 . J Bai*carcl !ZI Mastercard IJVisa Zj Household S65 Sgnatuio Exp»y _j Stjcterl/Penaoner/Urnvaaod S15 Cjr:l nrfntw Hionolctt/!

L By gwig a lax deductible donation o( '•SSO IJSIOO ns2oo Send to: Amncst)' International Australia L^ As much as you can IMr.ilc Bag 'Zl, Broafhray NSW 'i()01 @ ACN 003 800233 Frcccall 008 028 357 • Fiix (02) 5>11 3608 ? This letter was received by the Brisbane Rape Crisis Centre on 27 June 1995. It is reproduced in full. Women's Centre, c/o box 185, Eket, Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria. 16 March 1995

Dear Sisters, I wisii to bring to your attention wliat the current political stalemate in our couniry has brought to us and to ask for your assistance. It would be recalled that in 1990 you helped us financially lo cater for the influx of Llberian refugees who fled the civil war in their country to seek refuge in our house. Since our country's independence 34 years ago the army has ruled for 24 years conceding only 10 years lo civilians; so the army could be blamed (or our socio-political and economic problems because they have been ruling for most of the time. Besides, most people are tired of continued military dictatorship especially now that the world is embracing democracy. That was why v/hen a presidential election was held on June 12,1993 to usher in a democratically elected government, everybody thoughi that the dawn of a new era had come; and when the result of that election, which was adjudged as the freest and fairest in the political history of this country, whose clear winner. Chief Moshood Abida, was annulled by the army, this provoked a widespread reaction amongst the people and since then this country has never been the same again. Early last year pro-democracy activists, labour leaders and a section of the press started to pressurize Chief Abida to reclaim his mandate. Therefore, on June 11,1994, during the first anniversary of the annulment. Chief Abida declared himself president of Nigeria. He was promptly arrested and detained wilhout trial by the security forces, and since then a nev/ wave of our crisis began. Oil workers throughout lhe country went on an indefinite strike calling on the military to release and restore him lo power. They were supported by pro-democracy groups, labour leaders, some politicians, students and market women. For weeks and weeks between June and September everything was at a standstill and the couniry was al the verge of disintegration. Banks, business centres and schools closed; cars and pedestrians were off the roads and all public utilities paralysed. Public demonstartions by interest groups ended in violence and bloodshed. There were food shortages and outbreaks of diseases in different areas. Here in this town an outbreak of typhoid during the period claimed several lives of women and childen during the period because of poor water and sanitation. The army then began a clampdown on all its' perceived enemies throwing them in jail without trial. Labour unions were disolved and some popular newspapers banned. Some draconian decrees were hurriedly promulgated abolishing civil liberties. It was after these repressive measures that things started moving again. On the 2nd October the army further compounded our tensed political situation by increasing the prices of all petroleum prices by 400%. Consequently, the prices of foodstuff and essential goods went beyond the reach of the ordinary citizen. Inflation rate also increased by 500%. Today it is a common sight seeing poor women and children scavaging for food from the garbage heaps of the rich and the privileged. Because the economy has run aground many Nigerians have taken to pushing drugs and committing other crimes abroad. This has not only eroded the coyntry's image abroad, but further led to more humiliating treatment of Nigerians in various international airports, Here at home, crime wave is very high. On the 4lh September our Centre was invaded by armed robbers at about 1:45 am. My daughter was the first to be woken from sleep from gun-shots, and she defied the robber's command to remain indoors and swiftly escaped into the bush behind the Centre while the robbers fired several gun-shots towards her direction but she finally emerged unharmed. I, and the rest of the women were subjected to thorough beating, assault and search and at the end all our donated clothings, shoes, books, lantern, stove, radio set, sewing machine, wall clock and all our money for food were stolen. As if that was not enough, three of our women were raped at gun-point at our full glare. 1 was stripped naked and could have been raped but for my menses and I believe my daughter could have been raped if she had not escaped. We mel a doctor early in the morning who treated us of pains, bruises, bodily and genital wounds and prevented the raped women against unwanted pregnancy Up till now we are yet to recover fully from the trauma of that terrible experience. Since this is our polilicai problem, I am earnestly appealing to you that if it Is your wish you should help, send us either financial or material assistance to help alleviate our present suffering. If you have at your disposal used women and children's clothings and shoes please do not hesitate to send lo us and inscribe on the package: "Charity Donation/Not For Sale". I am sorry asking you to read this lengthy letter but I want you to know the background of our situation. I look fonward to your help. In sisterhood, Hannah Edemlkpong. If you want to make a donation or leave clothes the Women's Area is co-ordinating an appeal and will accept all contributions. Zonetlwr forever?: The Gay Guide to Good Relationships "How to' guides are very useful for technical things like making hot pants, renovating terrace houses or changing the oil in the Mazarati. Although I may be bitter, twisted and single, I do not think relationships are the same as hot pants/terrace houses/Mazaralis, even if all four are connected in my mind. Books that give no info on their authors qualifications or where they got them make me suspicious. Books by major publishing houses that cash-in on tine ourportedly abundent 'pink dollar' or the very real desperate grasping at any kind of info by closeted kids stranded in the suburbs make BY James Cockinglon and Linda Marlin me think calls for "death of the author" should be taken literally. While we need more gay cultural production, we are al a poinl where we no longer If you've never spoken to someone in one of the many areas of employment have to celebrate everything that claims to address our concerns; if classified under the blanket term "the sex industry", chances are you may something is crap we can say it is crap, This said, I will not completely have fairly negative preconceptions aboul what such a person would be like. sledge this book - for all its problems, it does contain some valuable The typical sex worke; however, is nol sexually depraved and morally insights. corrupt. In fact, there is no such thing as a typical sex worker People (rom The best sections examine problems and possibilities for gay parents, the all kinds of backgrounds make money through sex work of some kind, impacts of HIV positivity on relationships, and a relatively rare discussion of sometimes for different reasons, but usually motivated by the same reason issues of ageing (which are notoriously avoided 'n much gay representation), anyone would seek employment - to pay the bills and make a living. Sex Inc and long-term partnerships. contains transcripts from 10 interviews with women and men who work in The worst sections are the incredibly essentialist, prescriptive and totalizing prostitution, in phone sex, as strippers, exotic dancers, bondage mistresses, "6 stages in gay relationships" - (follow this 6-step programme?) and the "12 nude models and porno actors. Ali ol Ihem have very different lives and Golden Rules of Communication". experiences. All lell interesting stories aboul (heir work. Although sex work The book's metnod is an investigation of relationship issues through a series has been a part ol many, if nol all, cultures (hroughou( history, in our culture, ! ot interviews framed by pop-psych introductions. Unfortunately, only one it is seen as degrading and laboo. As a resull, the stories of sex workers are couple's perspective is given for each issue, no reason is given for how the rarely told, or distorted into Hollywood floss. Even amongsl feminists, interviewees were chosen and very little discussion of differences in race and although prostitution may occasionally be a topic of debate, rarely do we class terms takes place. The book could benefit from more perspectives, hear the voices of women in sex work. A strong feminist current runs belter questions, and more analysis of interviewee's responses. through the inten/iews with the women in the book. Issues of power are This book would be sutable for someone who ;s yet to come out, who has foremost - staying in control and enforcing personal limits are stressed again not been exposed to much information and who is not particularly politicised. and again as of major importance. Like most occupations, there can be Given it's 'first-point-of-contact" status, it has an ethical obligation to address points of satisfaction and even pleasure, as well as emotional trauma and dyke issues, but does nol. It is pretty much white, boysy, liberal and frustration. Somo of the stories are quile amusing, like the story of the assimilationist - basically where I was at when 16. Thankfully, I had good phone sex client whose regular fantasy was to pretend to be a cockroach so people around me giving me more in-depfh information framed in ways to he could, as a climax, be squashed uncerfoot. The opinions, emotions and make me read my culture more critically The nervous kid hovering around experiences expressed within the text illustrate the difference and the gay shelves in Bookworld will hopefully stumible on something that does humanness o\ sex industry workers, for Sex Inc creates a space for voices which we rarely hear. more to justify their stress and $15.00 than this book delivers. Look for books published by Blackwattle Press,

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This article started out with grand visions it was the first "Women in Voice" cabaret in in my head of in depth discussions between 1993 through Which (Alison tells me) Annie me and the many amazing women in Bris­ Deller (driving force behind the Queensland bane's music industry, it was supposed to Folk Federation and member of "One intellectually evolve into a brilliant analysis Straw") aimed to take women out of the on paper, but as time over the last week male-dominated band scene and out of has dwindled and the deadline for the tokenism and put them together in a forum women's edition of Semper looms as close where they could show their strength and as tomorrow, I decided a broader overview express their talents to the full, in their own was just as good. I also failed, in my highly right. The "Venus vs. Madonna" mixed organised state, to acquire a dictaphone or performance cabaret of the same year heid any other recording implement which made a similar motive, and it was from these interview-style writing a bit difficult. But beginnings that alliances were formed, despite all that, I did manage to get hold of resulting in a wave of female visibility in Alison St. Ledger (a member of Fabulous Brisbane's music scene, which swells by Nobodies, among many other things) to the year. The second and third "Women in have a chat about her experience within the Voice" in which Alison was involved broad­ industry. ened the network and strengthened the links. That's not to say it's all been idylli- I first met Alison through playing a part in cally rosy. People have fallings out some­ "Macbeth - The Rock Opera" in 1993/94 (in times, as people tend to do, but the broad which she played Lady Macbeth). I forged support base makes it easier for tiffs to be links with her and other wonderful people, mended and disagreements cleared. including Lucinda Shaw-Lamont (member of Isis and a Brisbane-based Visual Artist) and Some became concerned that the "Women Bronwyn Richards. It was particularly in Voice" shows would produce an impen­ through these women that I felt inspired etrable clique of women, but Annie Deller, and encouraged to venture out into Bris­ once again, took the initiative and dispelled bane's mu.^ic scene. As I came to meet these fears with the fourth show, which more women performers and spent more involved lesser known musicians. The time within the scene, I realised that the tradition has been, and is being, continued support we shared and strength we drew from each with countless other women's gigs, including other during "Macbeth" was a mirror of the support the "Women in Blues" shows at the Orient Hotel network that was forming on a broader level and Van Gogh's Earlobe, "Women, Wine and throughout the women's music scene in Brisbane. I Song" at the Zoo, and countless other gigs that spoke with Alison about this network and her own could be mistaken for specially organised "wom­ experience in the industry. en's gigs" just because there are so many talented women who are active in Brisbane's As I sat down with her at her new abode, a huge music industry. MUSIC INDUSTRY suitably Diva-ish Queenslarpcier jn West, End that she shares with cabaret'>*^^ ...,. ;':0n the band scene the women of legend Christine Johnston (formerly bf,, /!;j,f-v.;.. I'sis, Lucinda, Toni and Rowena, Gezabel Pinasor), the Bris^iane Winter, , '\; together with the much forgotten sun soaked the floorboards and .1 felt a .V. Brett (all making themselves known serenity seep through her words like all over the country), and all-girl someone who knows that'shefis'where " - '"^ * ""bands such as "Hommus", "The she wants to be. ^ Dieam Poppies" and "Gravel Rash", ard»;|ilazing trails in their respective Alison St. Ledger has bee(^j^e|^||ii|ig^i«iK ,^?*o:,;-.^;vp^'V^i-i|ehi»!i4 since about 1984, and within that time / has participated in just about every „ /.' There Is a unique beauty about the type of musical performarice that. ;;.. i,' ' women's music scene in Brisbane exists! Pub bands, original banids, ;/ : thai^pesn't seem to exist else- cabaret, theatre, solo - she's played ajjr' wKeiriB; a genuinely loving support the tracks on Brisbane's jfjlcebox, an^/ .^, basi» that is a constant reminder more. From this vantage point, Allsojl'; that we have so much strength observed that Brisbane has deyel0|i|>,d ; when we work together. Alison dramatically since the eighties, wht^n: v. mused that Brisbane has a magical there was an over-abundance of male . ,St''' vibe iabout it; almost as though if dominated bands with one token f^* . ...// you could step behind the light male lead singer. Her own mempfy box ,^ molecule you'd catch a glimpse of bears witness to that time ji^ thfi^JibirnY ^; fV; ?<**»,•• .,'<';'.'^.^ Avalon. And sitting in that house of a black bodysuit with u^itelliattera;:;'; ^;;.!;:.:;::;i^ with tlie awe-inspiring blue sky of 2v^-^'!'''''•'•'?,'The>Drea m Poppies show a sex change is down the side that spelt c^ "T^JKEN^ J- i^V^i/vS^ii/BrlaWipe's winter soaking through GIRLIE", a tongue-in-cheeK^la«t!^l|%''v-^'5 w^^^^ i^il^i^'.i^'isiJf^^J.i^^iiiy'Wln^ and the sun floating in the situation and a material r^^itm^m^-^^^^^^^^^^^^''^-^'^^^ open window I couldn't help but things have come a long way. agree.

by Kierstin Koch ? Information flows through the multiple continuum of being and becoming. We are Immei^ed in a holographic ocean of infomiation imagery. This ocean of (mages and the intricacy of their connections is infinite; we understand it to whatever depth wc arc able.

Like any other issue, In that dreaded old dichotomy WHO IS THE GODDESS WHO the psychedelic phenom­ thai wc all know and hate so well, MAKES THE GRASS GREEN? ena requires feminist the binary code that is the founding YOU ARE SHE i^Y DAUGHTER analysis and women's stone of patriarchy, there is a perspective. Girls take metaphysical split between body acid too. You would and mind. Woman is the body - lhe ACTIVE REALITY hardly realise this child bearer, the bleeder, the healer SELECTION because of the poverty of and nurturer of other bodies. Man representations of is the mind. All the greal philoso­ U is not that the self and culture women's psycliedelic phers are men. All the great that you percieve is constructed use. Typical of the psychedelic gurus are men. that is a problem. But rather the poverty of representation Psychedelics are drugs of tlie mind question of who does the construc­ of women's participation and women's minds have often tion. We must construct ourselves in any aspect of culture, been thought to be inferior, unim­ consciously and crilically, claiming Possitive representations portant or non-existent. It is man, the nervous system as an autono­ ofthe psychedelic the great philosopher who has mous zone with the consciousness experience are exclu­ taken the role of adventurous that we are the metaprogrammer of sively those of men who explorer of the mind. This is not our own biocomputer. It is impera­ are artists, mystics and visionaries. women's business.Qirls who lake rissure. The sky cracks open tive that we reject being blind What we do know about tripping acid are very bad girls indeed. burning. This sweating grotty girl automatons constructed by the in Ithe corner...! don't Know wiio and whal it means is (aside from Monelheless, there are mat^y consensus realily machine. This all she is...there are green milky our own personal experience) women who are independently sounds very individualistic but otte goddesses in the corner beckoning articulated by men. . My feminist seeking the experience of the of the most important realisations to me....singing...body immersed in methodology is to assert a position psychedelic, traversing the com­ that is constantly encountered pleasure...pleasure in my toe, of sexual difference - to challenge plexities of their own consciousness Ihrough the psychedelic is of the strung iike a string, rising into my the assumption of sameness, the and experiencing the ultimate ineffable unity ofall things. The brain....flows out into the founding stone of patriarchal interconnecledness of all con­ beauty and strength of our own universe...! am intoxicated by the ideology, which asserts the con­ sciousness. Why are they doing construction is social action in itself smell of my own cunt..it is heady sciousness and experience of the such tilings? and beautiful -1 am the powerful, universal male body as the fountain melting laughing one - the babe on ofall knowledge. What does the acid. psychedelic mean for women?

EVERYTHING YOU KNOW BAD GIRLS WHO TAKE IS WRONG DRUGS A common characteristic of the as it contributes to the reconslntc- FREAKY ACID PLANET Sociological studies have often psychedelic is that it opens the lion of the overmind/universe. This We live in a drug laking culture, revealed that males are more likely window lo the multidimensional realisation of self-determination is a riie legal drugs alcohol, caffeine, to break the law than females. This nature of reality. A particular source of great empowertnent for nicotine and pre.scriplioii would be due the typical subjective experience is ofthe women who encounter this in their pharmaceauticals are widely socialisation of gender roles in our transcendence or confusion of psychedelic experience.. available and consumed. Illegal society. Little boys are encouraged meaning arrived at Ihrough the drugs such as marijuana, LSD, lo be individualistic, active and code of binary opposition. jiX • •'^<^. Ecstasy, aiiiphctamtnes and heroin assertive - the traits that real men Tripping shows us that 'reality' \' are also widely avaiable and con­ require. Little girls are urged to is multiple, fluid and litnit- sumed Tliis tact is one ofthe passivity, submission and filling less, more deeply rich, markers of tnodern Western culture. with the group. Thus males are complex and alien than we Those wliu are under the impres­ more likely to break the law - to could have ever imagined. sion thai psychedelic substances assertively reject as individuals,the This poses a radical chal­ sucli as LSD and PsylocybictmagiO code of behaviour imposed on lenge to tlie version of mushrootn.s were a phenomenon of them by the state. The legal/illegal reality imposed on us by the the sixties luivt! obviously been dichotomy is one of the first sites to phallocentric system of" .^.r^-o.^o^r,-;-; tM-alinvashed b\ the stereotypes of reveal the sexed nature of drug thought, which fools us into ^ ^''./\'' 'u^v^jc" (jopular culture. The nineties has consumption. Women who take 'seeing' the world as fixed, )"MI 'Z'\ • "• seen a partjciilai resurgence of the illegal drugs are subverting societal stable and inevitable, There u.se of Dsychcdeiics. Many people codes on many levels. They break is an intense awareness of continue to view psychedelics a.s the code that urges them to obe\ the construction of one's important agents of persona! and not to defy any order imposed own perception. For nsvcliological cultural and social by the big Daddy governing bod) - women, il is very important ituiiKic >cicntist. anthropologists the State. They break tiic dominant to kno\s that the realit} cincl n.svrholugistsarc devotinc; code of the group that says drugs which oppresses us and mucli energ\ ,itid resource to the arc bad and dangerou.s and the stifles out true creative, investigation of the mysterious playthings of deviants. Even within imaginal potential is powers of the.se substances. Some, the illegal drug culturcthere are founded on a tyrannical even tjelievc l(\a( psychedelics are assumptions aboul the types of construction. Because crucial tu the evolution ol iuimaii drugs that girls take, for instance - where there is construction, coiisciousne.ss. one male 1 know mentioned that there is potential for ecstacy was more ofa girl drug and deconstruction. The psych­ that he didn't think girls coped very edelic experience is pro­ ? well Willi tripping. Yeah right. Where foundly other and causes did that come from? us to question everything that wc have ever known. "There was a large mushroom growing near her, about the same height as herself; and when she looked under it and on both sides of it, and behind it. it occurred to her that she might as well look and see what was on top of it." Lewis Carrol, Alice in Wonderland.

mind, you get reminded Ihat in the NS SUnSHIISE contribution in the field duly JUDGE THEM NOT BY eyes of others looking from the recognised. These women included THE TRIPS THEY TAKE outside - you are womanll So the 'The female body on acid. My Kat Mckenna, the founder of psychedelic experience for me as a Botanical Dimensions, a research BUT BY THE GIFTS THEY bleeding body. My mucous oozing woman is signifiganl in reminding fluid body. I think this body shows institute devoted to the study of BRING BACK. me to deconstruct this bullshit me in this heightened state of cthnobolanic hallucinogens and environment in which 1 roam, and perception, that there is no bound­ Deborah Harlow - a leading MDMA This is an aniliology of women's to keep things like beauty and ego ary between me and anything else. researcher. Women have always experience of the psychedelic in perspective. I am an illusory amorphous mass participated in psychedelic research allowing these dancers of the Acid and mother Earth and the that struggles to tie a coiiercnt and consumption and wc musl psyche to sing their song and have moon, 1 could waffle on forever ,bul individual. Tripping makes you uncover that history and continue it heard. Because women's knowl­ let me just say thai as a cunt realise that the mind is the body. to speak our experience. edge and perception in AMY realm bearing organism, that there's a TIUM'e is no division iietween (he musl always be heard. The experi­ connection and il is this that 1 am two. Everything that my mind ence is diverse and varied as both reminded of cvcrytimc 1 journey pcrcie\es is iiicrcieved i)y my hotly. ,\l.!. tl.AIL DISCORDIA women and altered slates of into the realm of huge pupils, bad Sen.srjtioM is delicious, every iieiuiy Uriltcii aiiC f ompiied by lhe consciousness are . skin, wicked visuals.... .scent yiid rapturous (e.xlure, loiiiLiiiiif lu.iciii'.e of (u:r own teaching ine liie myriati w

The first trip 1 ever took was a 1 iKuii't dipped for awhile. Once purple ohm. I bought it off a girl. you've passed throught the invisible She was the first woman I'd come doorway into that olher realm you across who took lots of acid. 1 wonder why you wonder why you thank her for this for it turned out never knew about this perspecti\e to be the catalyst of my love/hate of the world before, and you nc\er affair with acid. I've foLind acid to forgc( how to find your way back. be crucial ii-\ the carving of my own Tripping. It's like having some force personal-spiriliial niche. ,\cid lo me smash (hrough the gla.ss tunnels is ihe .Jckyll and Hyde of illegal that form the pathways of thought.

Glass tunnels of crystallised, conformative Ihoughl that you didn't even realise were there. A shattering deconstruction of mind. .And J'OU need to be careful, because it's like a rebirth k and all that brolicn glass can : ;M • cut you up real bad....So you •>tart again. Soft and unsure but thrilling in the sensation of your patterns of thought, swirling in all of the spaces, ••••viriing in fractal blooms, •w iri ing in entropy. drugs (ailhough aren't they alll in •\\u\ you know tiiat all oi tliose that, : sometimes loathe and hate previous doubts, fears and insecuri­ it, and at other times it is my ties are because you were social­ spiritual guidance, (he key to the ised (hat way, because you were essssciice of life, the mirror to my li-ea(ed Uiat way, l:)ccause things soui. At times I've taken acid and nappened (ha( way iiut Know >ou I've fully connected wilh a person are whole again and you whispcr."l and related well to them in a can do anything, I can be anything manner like never before, jiid there and every sparkling moment of my are times I've dropped acid and nol being is radiant because now and been able to relate, talk, or under­ forever 1 will be true to this spirit" stand anyone let alone myself, and "'^o wonder it's illegal. then there's those times I forgot my name and wanted to shool people. ARADIA: PRIESTESS OF CHAOS Tripping when pregnant is a veiry very crazy thing to do to one's I lirst started laKing acid wlien 1 mind, but I've done it and survived. (ame to uni aboLit six years ago It was crucial in reassuring myself and the combination of these two Ihal the decision to kill, was lhe dements facilitated an explosion in right thing for me lo do al that my perception of reality and its (ime. Tlie experience drove home possibililies. Farts of my mind that to me lhe notion thai whal it comes my insular private school girl TRIP THE LIGHT FANTASTIC down to is me and my uterus headspace had not yel begun lo struggling to keep il logether and pick at the locks of, opened up to II is heartening lo know that battling it out againsl this difficult reveal a labyrinth that stretched women's contribution to psych­ world. beyond the boundaries of my edelic knowledge is starting lo be The psychedelic experience as experience into infinity. 1 have had a addressed and recognised as DISCLAIMER lived by me. The experience of lot of exposure lo drug culture and invaluable. At the recent Bridge f-'sychedelic substances may walking through town tripping off it is predominantly boy oriented. conference at Stanford University, be harmful to ones health my dial in a bra lop and hoi pants Mucli of the dealing, consuming an academic gathering focusing on and in .Australia, it is illegal to and not much else, and dealing and distributing of these sub­ current trends and concerns in the possess and use such with llie early Sunday morning City stances has been done by boys, field of psychedelics, there were substances. Readers are Rowers Blokes, and keeping il resulting in tlie masculine dictation seminars and panel discussions advised that they use such together not lo be intimidated by of the psychedelic devoied to the topic of Women in substances al iheir own risk. their leering, jeenng, and gaze. experience.Initially I found it a bil Psychedelics'. The panel was made Tripping in a woman's body is intimidating and later just frustrat­ up of women vvho have been somelhing boys will never ing that in order to access the world pioneers in the field of psychedelic undcrland (and vice versa) il's that acid can provide the Key to I research but have nol had their work sufllcienlly documented tas weird because as much as you had to iiinitrale the boys club of drugs. per usual) in an effort lo have their ? might Iry and detach yourself from your physical body within your IN MALAWI Khamaljnpjndura is a drum. She is thigh high, very round and heavy. I don't know what sort of wood she is carved from, but to the fire making her skin warm and elastic, the bees would get very hot and bothered, stinging the next person to straddle and play her. We borrowed Khamalinpindula from the villages. We played her every night by the ancient lake that separates Mozambique from Malawi. Often we imagined that the distant silent mountains of Mozambique cold hear us, as we sang and beat our palms against her obliging skin. One day a young man invited us to the village for an afternoon of Malawi-style performance and jam. He eyed Khamalinpindula and invited her along too. That afternoon was hot and bright. As we squatted in the back of a truck great grey boababs flashed past waving us onwards and jumping for joy with each bump of the road. A local greeted us there and led us along a red sandy path to the village. His broad black feet left distinct tracks which muddled into ours as we followed him expectantly. We came to the great leafy fig that was the meeting place of the village. In a land The performances were very Afterwards the officials had their turn .so dry and bare of shade it was entertaining. And although we at giving lengthy, solemn impassioned'?: spectacular and obviously appreciated wouldn't follow the plots I Chichewa speeches. Each of them thanked us for' by all those gathered beneath its ^^ ^^"^hed along in the waves of coming and helping to educate the branches. ^^^^^^ infectious laughter. When the village about this serious and deadly players turned to singing and dancing, disease. I felt awkward and A thick horseshoe of cross-legged ^^ clapped along and mouthed what embarrassed to hear such praises when children and people was formed at the ^<^""^^^ ^'^^ ^^e words. During one ^ji i was there for was a jam. Doug extremes of the cool dark shade. The ^^"g ^"^ ^^"^^ ^ slim young man ^^^^^^ ^^^ embairassed. He untangled children, eyes shining brightly from ducked through the crowd to us and his gangly white legs from his sarong. their smooth dark faces stared openly told us we were next. I was horrified walked to the centre, bowed his long at us as we entered the semi-circle. A because knew I couldn't back out. So spring curly head and thanked everyone row of oftlcial looking men sitting the five of us sat in a little circle facing for making us welcome. , each other in the centre of the stiffly in chairs stared more politely L,,„ tol night some of the from their distance as we gingerly made horseshoe. Amy and I sang, Tova ourselves and Khamalinpindula chimed in when she could, Doug villagers came down to our spot comfortable on grass mats. played his Didgeridoo and Tom by *e^lake. Under the light of Ae nioon we The chief entered and spoke gravely desperately tried to find rhythm '^Wed songs. turning this way and that. For our with his seed pod shaker. . ,^ . I • r I- 1. J * opened my eyes once during that shh ^^, erec/ "^ythms benefit he spoke in English and we song and saw a little boy confused Sei}(i learned that this was no ordinary with a screwed up nose, i feit ^^% ^"^ffalo ^yas We 'tidier performance and jam. It was in fact ^'^'^"'o"S' and unwilling Meryl 'the -1 Alr^e .J -i Streep "in Africa". only and AIDS awareness performance Z^ song we ali knew. *-*• • ^ -.1 J -.!• *u "^"^" '^ ^^s ^v^'" we ran back to competition aimed at educating the Khamalinpindula and sat self-consciously avoiding villages about AIDS. He thanked us all eyes. But they wanted more! This time for coming. We smiled politely at him Khamalinpindula made herself clear, we dragged and then exchanged discreet ^Z T ^^' T.^^ ''7'\7. '''"1' .^'""'' '^^^^"^is Chickew"•»>• KharDaiinpinduia for a ... ^ . , and the rest danced, shakmg their seed pods, "After struggle confused glances amongst ourselves, mouths open trilling and cooeeing. the kids loved it comes success". and with some coercion from Amy, Tom, Tova and Doug got up to dance. A performer came with his drum too and everyone started dancing, the drums ? boomed smoothly together and in time with the dancer's feet. Paulette. ON LISTENING TO 3

It was a dark and stormy night. The rain poured dovm on her combi hard. She tried the engine again. It was no good - it v/as dying a slow dealh. She tnust have sat there for hours not knowing what to do. She willed herself nol to cry in frustration. She noticed a tall figure walking towards her in the rain. Well, at least she wasn't the only one to be caught in this downpour. But why was the stranger walking towards her car? Stranded in the middle cf nowhere, she indulged herself in fantasies of abduction, and death.

The stranger was a man. His long slender figures tapped on the window. She Story-tale memories squinted as to gel a belter look at him. He tapped again, then motioned for her to vmd down her window. She shook her head vigorously from side to side. hlend with my own reality; She was not naive. There was no v;ay she was going lo wind down the window. wild plum blossoms merge He motioned again. "Can I help you?" he mouthed. She couldn't make out what he was saying. She wound down the window just a fraction, enough for him to use in the mirage of his lips Ihrough the gap and say, "Can I help you?" my mind, In his wet state he didn't look iike much to Cassie bul he had the voice of Paper lantern goosherries a god. She stared al him for what seemed like an eternity until she realised that she too was getting wet. "The engine won'l start," she answered lamely. She tumble through holes hated being so helpless. After spending a year in Morocco she needed to get back in the cosmos to making her decisions and being in control of her destiny again or, at least, in charge of her car. Life there had been so difficult. The people and customs were into still'delighted, red'Soiled one thing to contend with but managing an oil rig was another. She had hands. taken on too much responsibility when she inherited her uncle's well.

The man's voice wove itself into her thoughts. He questioned her aboul the car. Evening cools the earth She briefly nodded and let him do what he had to do to fix it. Normally she'd be out there helping him but right now she wanted to indulge in gazing. She - fading suii mottles shadows iv' clasped her heaving breast. Her eyes followed him hungrily. He lifted the hood of andlight ;- her car and she could see his muscles ripple through his wet shirt. She swooned as her fantasy began Its journey into the unpredictability of romantic adventure. : Images fidjsh. of painted ; She though of cool cucumbers and soft marshmallow as her longing for redwallsctivd stolen the stranger became obvious and her nipples erect. Like a screen unfolding she saw herself entwined in his arms, her pierced belly button rubbing against hand ground flour* his stomach - the sensations striking the centre of her being. She saw herself rubbing his throbbing manhood. Their intermingling sweat was an undying chem­

»><.•'•••.'•• .'• A wooderiswingrocks \^ >>a. *- • ^ istry for a love frenzy. Her passion climaxed as they exploded into on wire threads, left ^ ecstasy. .!»-.,>..• '• by a ghostly breeze, As in fairy tales, she knew that when he had laid his eyes on her she would be his. f; •••':•,^^i and (dwering fig trees v; It was kismet... ^v.'- •..': •• -.'•'''•'. i • shade and cool S 5 : 'Cassie, cassie, wake up you're day dreaming', his voice boomed. She looked the rich earth. deeply into his steaming eyes. Was that desire she saw? 'I want sex with bananas and lamingtons' she cried out in sexual frustration. He spluttered his

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coffee on the waitress who was refilling hers. The waitress looked at them a. both. This hardly surprised her. It was only last week, a woman had an or­ gasm right al this very table. She thought it was either Ihe lable or the food. Having had the food herself, she decided that the table had this effect on women, so she asked, 'was that two sugars or one'? mm '''l^'&'l<7 0 § That Won't Sell Q WOMEN STUDENTS

Qyr lourtj mAi hi) \t. sfiQuis off tliis yfor's most popy- lor rosliion occfssQry, tlif SIHDI child. 5k is s^n \\m in hir fHQst choLfnging roLf to doli - ttif sl^dmt/iUQttiEr! ^A« /f die fo budget So gef wifh hide all of her fhe look, girls. Find phpical hulls and purselves a small stay fashionable child and a challeng­ despite all of fhe ing unimsify degree exfra cosfs fhaf and you foo can look her role demands as happy as Liv looks of her meagre here!

PARENTS GROUP AND COLLECTIVE A collective of more dedicated members is also be­ Out of bed before 7am and in bed before 10pm. Few It's hard try- ing to figure out the ing formed. This collective will be based on the nighls out and even fewer raging parlies. Weekends meaning of life when all you can think needs and wants of members. One idea is for mem­ .spent washing shit oul of nappies and mornings spent about is whether or nol spot caught the ball. bers to be able to ring up the collective to get a baby convincing a three year old that orange juice is better sitter when they need time to themselves, and to get than coke for breakfast. This hardly seems to fit the Now don't get me wrong. [ think parenting is great. someone lo stay and help cook and clean when they stereotypical lifestyle ofa university student, yel for U's the most rewarding part of my life. But study­ are sick. In return, members would be willing to many parent students it's the reality of their day-to- ing at UQ and life in general could be heaps easier help others out when needed. It's envisaged that day life. if there was a little more foresight and understand­ the collective will bring parents, especially moth­ ing on the part of the powers that be. ers, closer together so they can get emotional sup­ These studenl parents are busy trying to juggle study, port to help them meet the demands of parenting. child care and parenting responsibilities, perhaps a A group of women are working together to form a job and a relationship and more. It's a bloody hard parents group to help bring about changes lo help The parents group and parents collective will be sup­ job - one that often receives little recognition. Have students who are also parents, such as more child portive, non-judgmental groups designed by mem­ you noticed that there are umpleen cafes and even a care and a parents room. The group will also be a bers to meet members' needs. Possible days to meet pinball parlour on campus, but nowhere lo change a place for parents to get logether for fun, friendship include Wednesdays or Fridays, and a possible nappy and heal up bottles. and support - a place where no one will care if your venue is the Women's Area. It's still in its early idea ofa social life is an outing lo the park each week stages and it's up to people to get involved to make Whal happens to parents when they tr)' lo do an all- instead of the latest dance rave spot. it happen. nighter to gel that assignment finished? Who looks after the little darling the nexl day when all mummy Please contact the Women's Area on 377 2242 if you (and daddy/mummy number 2) wants to do is sleep? are interested. ? 60S$I P Gossip is often criticised because its Status as "the trutli" is dubious. That speculation is often the driving force propelling gossip allows for the crea­ tion of possibilities which could not exist otherwise, providing a certain pleasure which may not be achieved when one sticks straight to concrete details. It is fun to wonder, to fill in the gaps.

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!;«>'•;- The whole notion of pure objectivity (the unbiased representation of infor­ mation) is in itself an impossibility. p^ Gossip recognises this and openly admits to the individually-opinionated nature of its activity. What parts of • d'.H'm gossip we choose to believe is influ­ enced by what we already know about not only the situation being discussed but also the person with whom gossip '^-' \ is being exchanged. That gossip is a Men ca« 19°^;ngs milkshake of speculation, interpreta­ tion, fact and opinion does not serve to consolidate untruths as truths »- but instead leads one to keep uve ^^ questioning. If you are dubi- V5^ « *^ ^^ ous about certain informa- image y^ <(j^ ther Information In \V\at ^^ order to ap- ^ /»/ pease doubt. ^orms VolV^e gossip \s9c p e r- ••fd. ^^ sonal sees are aV irom nature of \Nrt\e tt^^'t ol goss'P ^TaoiWrtV 'S."""' gossip sees that it is experience a form of com­W sotne munication based \\\s s>:ri-:J?=^"""' on experience rather l*e "° °* Ved e>^P "f out «»^*' .. than abstract knowl­ .--rs^;t^i>-hard . edge. Gossip often dwells upon a person's experience ccopV •;..»< ••.•ro'i*""" and in doing so allows a forum in which anyone can participate.

\nt1ne esuU lor So who said we shouldn't speculate? *"^ounci VO*J "^^ ^°^ \an\Vies a ^onc ^^^.^^^ ^^^ ^^.^ ^^ ^^^^^^ ^^jy ^^^^^ ^^^ ![ps\ve but TatV^e^^^= se ^^t^\n V° ^^g^^ct "truth"? Who said talk about personal ;heNNe\\-be\o^ °ld Ihere is a\^^;_ nrape- experience is idle? Who said gossip is ment ed ern- motivated by defamatory intent? envWon' obta\n irorf^ hj^t iniormation ^^^e o^® ,,tbursts- Maybe we shouldn't believe all we are

bar^assin^ and i^apv ^^^^^^^ ^^^^ MEN, YOU CAN'T LIVE WITH THEM AND YOU CANT KILL THEM^^K (UJ^ VOUP

1. A man is: aJ a pain in fhe arse Zhere's a few good men out there these days, but It's no reason to stop treating the b) put on earth to test our patience rest of them like shit. So here's a (julz to keep you on your toes! c] and ego on two (ejs d} ad of the above ej nothing

2. A v/oman is: a) the definition of greatness b) perfection, beauty and wisdom in one c) made in the likeness of the Goddess d} all of the above e) everything amazing

3. lA/hich of the following bodily noises sums up all your past rekfionshlfs wUh men: a) Burp b) Yawn c) Fart d) All of the above e) Tfiere are no noises disgusting enough.

4. My father was about as useful as: a) a wet paper bag h] any other man c] a university education d] all of the above e] he wasn't

5. My ideal man: a) folds up and fits in my pocket b) comes with a remote control and a mute button c) Is a Woman d) all of the above e) is dead

6. Men are good for: a] the carnal pleasures of women b] nothing c] nothing d] nothing e] nothing

AND REMEMBER - BEING NICE WHEN YOU llf NT FEEL LIKE IT % JUST ADDS TO THE BULLSHIT ••• '.'.'iwSifc'i- .*'*"•'•

Re-defining masculmlti/: a job for the boys. Feminism has gone a long way in exploring and naming the systematic oppression of women within our culture. The same system that traps women into gender specific modes of behaviour also dictates' appropriate and acceptable male roles which are restrictive and oppressive to men. If we can see this system for what it is we are allowed to explore other aspects of ourselves - whether maie or female. Some men today have been able to see through their themselves and still be accepted. Women have begun to carve conditioning and the sexist roles assigned to them and have begun new ways of being for themselves - now it's the boys turn. to address their sexism and to challenge the system and the ideas As feminists what is the position we should take on the Issue which maintain the oppression oi women. This article is addressed of male oppression, should we give it any space, should we include to these men - those who have had the courage to stand together articles about it in Women's Semper etc. A response I often hear with women, those who have the courage to learn from women, those to the issue of women addressing the question of male oppression who have a vision of a world where all people are treated with equality or the men's movement is that this is part of the male backlash and respect, against women and as soon as we've gained a bit of ground men "What's in it for me" is a question I once heard that a male start wlngelng and saying "what about us" and stealing back the friend had sincerely asked about why he should support the end of attention. This is true for sections of the "men's movement" - women's oppression. My initial response was a gag but when I had definitely those who want to maintain the status quo and keep cleared my throat and my mind a little realised that this Is a little male dominance or those who feel threatened by the concept of articulated point - possibly because most of us expect the answer is loosing their advantaged position. However, either we accept that obvious. Only someone who has been al top end of the power all men are Intrinsically bad and that we want a different system of hierarchy could wonder this • for the rest ofthe world having a goal dominance in the form of a matriarchy or we acknowledge and of living peacefully and without oppression seems to need no support legitimate attempts by men to redefine what it is explanation. For men, and white people, rich people, heterosexual to be male. people, physically able people, and young healthy uni students to These attempts do not include supporting the claims of simply accept the advantages of their fortuitous place In society and people who say that having a Women's Semper, Women's Only not question and challenge the unjust structural mechanisms that Area or a Women's only whateverthefuckwewant is reverse sexism have gained them these privileges is morally contemptible. - this idea betrays a basic lack of understanding of the pen/asive For men the rewards of giving up the privilege of their gender nature of sexism and women's oppression. The fact is that sexism is the liberation from a prescribed way of being, to experience is still rife in this culture and women have the right to reclaim knowing other people in real ways ralher than from the position of whatever space we want to and to empower ourselves in whatever oppressor and at last to have the opportunily of exploring other way we see fit. Further, if some boys feel a bit nervous about this aspects of masculinity than those defined by our dominant culture. - we don't care. For instance, men have feelings too but alot of them don't know it Men will do well to look to the women's movement for because since they were children boys were lold that only girls cry. guidance as they reclaim masculinity back from the hands of the If our culture allowed some form of emotional expression for boys patriarchal power mongers. To see the example of their mothers perhaps we wouldn't have the highest youth suicide rate in young and sisters who sought collective structures to work through males in the worid! There is a whole world of experience denied to where power is decentralised and each is encouraged lo offer males by the dominant modes of thoughi in our culture - experiences what they can. To reclaim characteristics that they have been that are not added extras to the human experience but vital to being denied and to re-evaluate those that have been left open to a healthy person. Once we realise that the roles that our culture has them. To meet together and talk about their feelings and their allowed for us do noi satisfy these basic human needs we experience fears. To find space where they can celebrate being male at no an alienation that can be explained as a feeling of disconnectedness one else's expense and struggle against tyrannies of all kind - with the dominant value system. Many people find it impossible to especially those within themselves. find a place within mainstream culture where they can express Sandy WOMEN'S COALITION FIGHTS QUEENSLAND CRIMINAL CODE On 17 January 1995, Children by Choice initialed a meeting with feminist and legal organisations from across the State to develop a direct political action strategy In response to the proposed new Criminal Code, The Government's intention of review of the Criminal Code was to take Queensland from the nineteenth to the twenty-first century, yet the new Code retains outdated, anti-women legislation, including 1899 codes ••••••••••••••••••• •••••• on abortion. The Coalition of Women for a Realistic Criminal Code was formed at this meeting to organise a public campaign to allow women's voices ABORTION to be heard. Our strength is in our numbers. To date about 30 feminist and legal organisations have become involved, The Coalition believes that the new Code perpetuates HAS disadvantages and injustices which have been an intrinsic part of the State's legal system to date. CREATED The Coalition of Women for a Realistic Criminal Code has campaigned for the following changes to the Criminal Code: MORE • the need to repeal all abortion laws so that quality abortion services are appropriately provided on the same basis as other health services; DISCUSSION • the need to broaden the offence of rape so that oral rape and rape with an object are recognised as forms of rape and labelled as such; ON CAMPUS • the abolition of the corroboration rule which requires the victim's evidence to be confirmed by some independent evidence in a rape trial, This rule is based on the mylh that women iie about rape and IN THE PAST is a particularly traumatic part of the court process for rape victims; • the need lo ensure that the defences of self-defence and provocation YEAR THAN can be used by women who kill or attack violent partners. There are women who have killed in these circumstances who are currentiy PERHAPS serving mandatory life sentences in Queensland; • that mandatory life for murder be abolished and that an urgent review be undertaken of the sentences of all women who have been ANY OTHER convicted of murdering their violent male partners; • the need to decriminalise prostitution, as recommended by the ISSUE. ITIS Criminal Justice Commission, because criminalisation jeopardises the safety of women who work in the sex industry; and • the facl that the draft Bill abolishes the rights to criminal A ISSUE compensation which are contained in the Criminal Code. Of these seven concerns the Queensland Government has acted THAT MANY on only one. The Government's only concession has been to agree to remove the outrageous "corroboration" requirement in rape cases, after PEOPLE considerable agitation by women's groups. (Queensland will be the last Australian State to do away wilh this requirement.) The Coalition began with a successful rally and march on 17 FEEL VERY February 1995 which attracted significant media attention before and after the event, tn particular, the Queensland edition of the ABC 7.30 INTENSELY Report interviewed the Premier, Mr Goss, for the first ten minutes ofthe program on 20 February on the subject of the Criminal Code, including abortion. The interview also critically examined the Premier's track record ABOUT on women's issues generally, including affirmative action in the public service. HERE WE Senator Margaret Reynolds approached the Premier on behalf of the Coalition to arrange a meeting to discuss the inequities facing women HAVE throughout Queensland in relation to the Criminal Code Bill 1994. The Premier advised that he was too busy to meet with representatives from the Coalition of Women for a Realistic Criminal Code. PRESENTED The Coalition held a Press Conference on 28 February 1995 at which the Premier was challenged to a debate. This challenge was not FOUR met. In fact, every request of the Coalition to meet with the Premier was denied and referred to the Attorney-General, Mr Wells. The Coalition OPINIONS met with the Attorney-General on two occasions. The Premier's refusal lo meet with the Coalition came despite his Government's stated commitment to women and the consultation process. Since its inception in January, the Coalition has conducted a number of political action strategies, including a picket outside Pariiament House on 28 March 1995 and numerous media releases, all of which have gained significant media attention. The campaign of the Coalition of Women for a Realistic Criminal Code continues despite the Premier's refusal to consult and meet with this key stakeholder group in such a major exercise as the creation of a new Criminal Code, This criminal legislation has now been passed and Is expected to become law in 1996 upon proclamation. Due to the almost total failure to comprehend women's issues during the writing of the new Criminal Code, the Coalition of Women for a Realistic Criminal Code is calling for a Women's Law Reform Commission to examine Queensland laws in relation to women. We would welcome any support you can give to the campaign in whatever way you are able. For further information, please contact Michelle Jones on (07) 357 5570. ? by Kym Daly, for the Coalition of Women for a Realistic Criminal Code i believe in ABORT ON When I was first individual choice as Are you a female asked to respond a valuable concept, who considers ABQiiLON to the Pro-Life ,0 i A'lil no; et'ier -'V.c :re aebaie as \o yourself informed articles submitted wrethor accriion :s mora iy ng'it or v,ro'^g 'ha; iSfcr the i'C!.vi(Jja: "ocieciciKa ;rat s on women's for this edition of vv.'^at choice iS a:: 3V)c^^\ True choice iS aocj; ceser.ling oeorj'o vvin roa: cp'o'^'s issues? Do you Semper l was initially shocked I do not know wnce S Pjnch is bclleVe in ABOWTON thai such trash would be allowed to be getting her/h:s definticn of cnoice iv. cne printed. Semperhas been controversial • • • of Ihe definitions offered by the Coll,ns empOWermOnt fOf ABORTION fhis year but has not, to Jhe best of my English Dictionary is "a supply Irom which „ fertile for only a short period each knowledge, allowed itself to a forum for to select" A definition ol choose is 'to WOme n f Yes so dol. very month, which is, in fact, easily the highly emotive rheloric of any group select (a person, thing, course o( act.on strongly so, that is why I ann a pro-life calculable."^ She also argued thai "it . especially ultra right pro lifers who etc) from a number of alternatives" Too supporter Conlrafy to the pro-choice is foolish for women to put lethal ^eed to rely on hysterical lies and often, the term 'Pro-Choice" is equated (action who state that abortion gives devices into their bodies or to take unessessarilly grissly fiction lo try and with "forcing pregnant women into women freedcm to do whatever they massive doses of drugs (all the scare people away from considering abortions" when oeing Pro-Choice means vvant with :hei.' bodies. I believe it gives dangerous side effects of which remain abortion as an option, exactly what it says: that you support the the m.edical profession (moslly males) unknown) to combat a condition- | ^^^Q (nad a termination - in right to choose. This means the right to power to dictate what women should do (ertility-which is not a disease."-^ medical terms a relatively simple choose from all ootions. not cnly the option w,th the.r bodies. Abortion cevalues life Additionally she believes "methods of proceedure called a curette. I fell of abortion, bul carrying the pregnancy full and women's iertility When you closely birth control are not suitable for pregnant after the contraception I was term and keeping the baby adoption and address the issue. 10 find that abortion liberated women".'* Contraception ugj^g ^g^•^^Q^ ^t^e condom broke), a contraception as well. Yes, peop'e who does not g^ve women a choice at all. allows women to be exploited as they relatively common expience. The next identify as Pro-choice spend a lot o' time Let me give you ar- example of can't say no as easiy to the desires of (jgy j went to the doctor and got a morning figliting for the right of women to an |ust a few choices; men. Thus, to please men, women ruin gftg^ pjn -pf,js all occured over the abortion, (if that :s what thoy decide), and . the choice to kill a liv.ng numan oomg themselves and tamper with their Christmas and the new year and I spent this is because il is the only reproductive .,vho carries 5C% of your genes; natural body chemistry. the next few weeks partying on and taking choice which still largely re.mains illegal. . it-.e choice ;c have a Kn.fe inserted into It seems then that the feminists g particularly interesting cocktail of The t.'uth about abortion is that over ycy,- ^yomb arc cut your oaSy ,nto pieces of today who fight to have control over substanses. A few weeks later 1 found 75 000 aoonicnsare cerlorm.ea every year ar,(j then nave it sucKeci out their own body to control their own Q^^^ | ^,^gg pregnant. I was mortified and :n Aust^iiia. Abortions always have and . the chcce to rave Hypertonic saline reproduction, to have the right to kill gpgpj ^^^Q weeks changing my mind as always will occur as lor.g as v>/o,T,encnoGse .njectoo ,nto ycur womD \c Dcison ycur their own child, are heading backwards |Q ^^^^at I would do. My partner was ;iasanop!ic'i Legaiisir,gaDortiorMS about ^aby ana a^so for you to exco-eVice in the fight for the respect and equality completely supportive auring this whole safe Icr women who co cec:de extreme oain if ihe sciul^on acciaeriia^lv o^ women. time and did not (by the way) attempt to I'le r,ave th,e orcceoL.re oe,'';c,'mea. enters ycur bcoy. 1 Women need to understand that pressure me into any decision. I finally ,e fcl'owing is an explanat:cn of . jt^e ct^oice to have p'osiagiaridins nectec abortion is dangerous to both their decided to have a termination. I realised exactly wnat happens in an abortion ;r,toyojtcincuce!hGt)irtnotyOL,rc!i!d-oSua'iy physical and mental health. Abortion that when 1 ao have children I want to be performea 'n the frst trimester. The womar; s giive - then lo nave your baby ett tc oe. leaves them open to sexual exploitation ready, physically, emotionally, financially, vagHiaisaiiatedbyaspecuiur^sothecioctcr . jr.e cnoice to have your baoy surncaiiy by men, as men free themselves of spiritually mentally can apply a 'ccal anaesthetic arcima tne emcved a,;ve ihrougn tre andcmen inKe a unwanted commitments. /^^ the clinic 1 was given an cervix (ir-.e coenng of tne womb) After tre caesarean excect ycur baoy ,s .eft to oe; Simply "Legal abortion is the examination and I asked the aoctor how ar.neslnelic takes effect, d:lat'on o! rne . the cnoice to naveyo^r uterus iaceraleclcr most destructive manifestation of i^jg t^e foetus was. He said it was not cervical opening is prc;:!LiceG by i-seamg nerforatea even to have your ijuwei discrimination against women today "^ even a foetus yet out a collection of cells, dilators, ano grsdjaiy 'nceasing :•: si?e, -er-'orateci 'lave carnage so baci to iiave a Abortion not only exploits gy^jji^g aJ3^j[)Die not much bigger lhan T-e-acann.ila(hoi:ovvtur:e; :s :nsoriea anc co;osio:ry bag. io "ave niections .n youi women. It also attempts to de-sex them, a pin head. I was 6 weeks pregnant. the asDiralc ('X)t uriiKC Irose useci by ..terus haernnnagi'ig anci enccmeirosis. Women are unique beings with the ability jt^g decision 1 made was right for dentists; -emoves ti-e t.ss.e Then an <^;^|,e coirpi^aticis ^-c^.n^a lo conceive and bear children - .^pg gj ^^Q ti^^g ^g a cnoice that does

:ns;ru;re"t sirn'ai tc a socnn'S uSGci ic nc hysierectcirios 'Ofe'ice; • V something which men are unable to do. gfig^-j giQ, Q| ^omen very deeply ^t s a Abortion rejects the value of being a choice that many of us take very eve' the inside cf the uie'us tc ensj'e at or L.'"it:)ie to ca"y c baijy ic U;''ii. i';t: -..a: woman as one realises that a woman is seriously It's a choice that women nave a': the mate'al nas i^een len-ovec: pees tv; -See vv. bcoK j.r./'erjjPeciiiie considered a v/oman because of her taken throughout history, m some Ttiat :s exactiv what happens triOie (ed ^ i .Hensiey, ,1983: Wicrvcan; Se'vant uniqueness in the ablity to bear children, cultures by using heros. or abortive are nc !on dies n 'S- stronige;x>jgnioraveaTur"D!anneac^'egnancy this is realising that: dangerous p-oceedures - by doing it :)e 'nvesixiaiec; •! ti'ere is anv evidence the choice lo have 'Tiental anpush ove- 0' ;ia!t;eaf^-.ent ;re doctor ;s cha'gea, sc -he death ct your chid (in many cases not • Abortion mutilates a woman's body themselves cr going to a back-yarc a-vy clam ;"a! the foetus ,s 'usually anve' surtacing for yea's or to las! decades.i and rips her child apart - limb by abortionist. The prevention of tnis 01 * ;e't to die' are blatant sensaticruii sm However^ you don't nave to nave limb; method and the safe guarding of women s ano nol based on facts. only these "cnoices' A P'o-iife vew ct'ers • Abortion greatly increases the ij^gg ,3 ^^^ [^gsis fcr the Pre Choice l-triv:n{! tne 'iindarrienta, rignt to you many cnoices tnat ao r-ot mc'uce woman's risk of sterility, ^ampaing lo aecnmmalise abortion, Il's un: sonal noo'y integr. i^S central to hurting yourse,f a-^o yo.jr cn.id. spontaneous abortion, giso a choice that the maionty of the fnniinisn": 'c many wcne'i Wny snouid .1 you ever fi'id yoiirsel' r. a sit^-aic handicapped or retarded children, population believes should be made woir.en;' •r-vo:! noamsi ccntro' stop at vnere ycu od not plan tc oe pregnant infection, uterine damage leading available to women and that was (le'nano'nci the r'ght c' control over our please consider ycj cho:cc-3 careiu.ly to hysterectomy, and inability to over'whelmingiy supported 1: uiiU your oDinon siicuid be women-eg its made'vaginas...always osychoiogicai hazards for women. met who nao had terminations, ana •••••QW liKi, but it :s up to each •ndiviciiiai and everywhere accessibe to the male :m.pacl, No, 2. 1993 many mens partners had. • vvais alsc tc. 'onrLiiaie het ci -vs own coinicn and i.e. men use women, vacuum them out -^ .J L. Hensley. (1983). T.he_Zoro surpnsedattnehonesty and suppon tnat ••nake dec.sons accordingly This s th.e and use them again,"'' ='.eople. Michigan: Sen/ant Books, •was offered to nie as I tr^ed 10 maKe mv •Me moaning ol freedom 0: choice Not only does she express this - bid,, D87 decision which is what I've tried to offer References; Chicren by Cnoice concern for the effects of abortion on ^ Lbjd., p87, you here. What 1 have founo is that the .Associat.on Inc. Fact Sheet Pregnancy women out she also expresses a view = Nancyjo Mann. In, D, C. Rearaon, (^g experience of having a termination and Abortion on the dangers of contraception. Aborted Women_i_SiLeiii_Ng MQ.re., effects every woman differently - that no Gerrnaine Greer "spoke adamantly Crossway Books. one but you knows all the factors you Cynthia Kennedy against birth control. She argued that have to consider. Lastly if you haven't women are relatively Infertile creatures- got a supportive environment - seek one A out like the women's area at uni or • •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••>••••<••'•"''""''' women's community groups.

4 lunch time in the %schoo l yaRC) pRotection :|^ I stARinCi into my eyelids how fDAny * t the hAR6 smAck women will he into the BRickWAll RApe, 1^ CAptuRes my BAck the hunc,Ry thRee uefoRe you stop AnC) fjealise whAt he's C)oinc,7 t suRRounO pRom All how rriAny women will he RApe. / Anqles nefORe his pjien^s stop coveR- inq up poR / him? . the BRick WAll thei;iR how mAfiy col6 Accomplice wotTien Will f the PROCESS Beoins 66humAnisinc, \ he RApe, K^ \ hAiRy sticky AnO then Appen6AQes whispeR to CiRope extensively i I them thAt he CARes pOR them? wAtchmc, my Blouse Button how mAny \\ PAU in slow motion women will he the tjApists i2Ape, my B0C)y V who then hAve you f CARnivoRes WARti them to stAy f CARvinq At Bones. AWAy fRorti him? how mAny women will julie you |;\iL to i^elieve? ) pioweRS \' how mAny hAve to suf- feR the pAin? J^ I BeinC) toRn ApARt By him enteRinc, theiR Rooms. theiR Bodies in the silent. I 6Runken stilL of nic,ht. i^efoRe you hsten. \ V- i^efoRe you i^elieve. AnO tuRn AWAy i a Romantic pRom youR BoyfRienO. H u how iTiAny women? walk on the RAplSt. I Beach I < cL\iRe ^ f 1 sAlt spRAy tickles i^RennAn the nose -; CRAShmq waves 6A Rk clouds con6uct y ( the COAStAl ORCheStRA \ the Requiem . // Beqinsr '• Au6ience op two WAnOeR. •7i? the pRessinq question ^ the ostinARto V stABBinq hcR qeneROSity '.>? is% 11 StABBinq heR honesty ^ poul. m.,:.^ f s "if: ' f the pRessmq op his . . *; heavy B06y yff I ••$' BRUisinq heR skin '^ «'•;•, i. BURninq f 4 :*.*;. • heR skin Resoun6inq / ^ WAves CRescendo... RApeO mt p-P on the BeAch At chRistmAs time ^ OiscReetly

julie plowcRs A Little Story About Rape As in;uiv L'Q u (>ir.eii kix)\\ iii):ii cxpi;rii;iK'us kx)d)hc ii)lx;a)in[oi1iililc, \\\\x (xrui>iyou'v e been through, Simihirities in emotions, fears, recuiTcnt niglitmares. feelings on tJiLs atmcJiLs, l^qx; Ls oix; ot'tlxisc i()ur letter woak tliiit not)nc likesU) licur. iuxl ix) ono likeof shatred , and disgust may be there, but they'll also be different for you. to feci il LS close to tliom. As a gcstuiv orclilli:iv:nl Uistc. I wixild like It) kx)k til a dillen.'nt itice to One of the mosi inifxirtant assurances 1 needed was to know my feelings nipe, C'oiisidcrixit ilx: politics, fix; niiinlxhind llieassiiiilL ixi)rtlx; cjucstk^iofanseiu Coasicierwer e viable. My way of coping was to entrust others who had been there, and to insteitd yoiir own nipe, yeiii\ nxmilvs, cLiys agt). or in ytnir llilinv. Cmsider ap:ig. douhl the sup[X)ri of nany ofthose who hadn'l. I sifted ihrough many emotions By this I clonT nie;in an insulting insinuation that women are not coping. and the rape brought up lots of pasl experiences, etich of which have their issues 1 mean, consider till of the options open to you in your need to cope. They are tagged on for good measure. .And slowly I'm reading each ofthose ttigs that ra{)e endless becau.se it is your siltialior. lo detil wilh, Ifihe rape has iilreticiy occui red htid made obvious and that olherwise I 'vvould've probably ignored. To face each then yon may already know ilia', how you decide to deal with having your ofthe.se issues gradually is my way of coping, and 1 don't advocate it any more body, security, iriisi and soul invtided and violated is up to you. than 1 shun il. It's my way of doing my dealing. I suppose in it's own way this TiK) often we are lold how to cope, how to manage events in our lives. Well. tirtide is just a way for me to express the violation of my body that occurred a Ihis is one lo lake chtirge of. if you mm\ lo. Face it, if you wanl it). Fight it. if you yetir ;ind a half ago. lb be able to write down something to let you know that you want. U'uvc it behind in ;i vague mcmorv' tucked securely away for no one to see or have the right and |X)'vver lo cope ;»ny way you feel necessttry is a step for mc. .speak of - tlutts your choice. Rape i.s. in my view, one of s(K:iety"s successful practices When rape happens lo you. whether on this campus or not. don'l let il be of holding you down, putting you in your pkice - not only in the acl. bul in the jusi anoiher four letter word that people can throw al you to undermine who you al'lennalh, and even in the counselling. Tlie last ihinga surx'ivorof rajie (you) needs are. It's your experience, and whether or nol you find that the perpetrator is is lo be told, or directed, on how you should feel, what you should have done, who meaningless or those "friends" become faceless, the event will stay with you, you should see, talk with, be counselled by, or how to "get over" your rape. Tliis is and it is there for you to do with it what you will. your experience, and yours alone, because ailhough millions of women have been The women's area at your university, UO, is a great source of caring, niped in precedence to you, none of tliem, not one, has ever been through what understanding, and advice, for those of you who want it. Qigj^g Brennan

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.v;#j» Women in College To all Ol tl lose women in ihe residential colleges of UQ. a quick inessage As college women wouldn't you like some assurances that concern'ng the apparent lack of action in the colleges regarding rape. attitudes are changing and that i'' you are raped you will be bel eved, Many of ycu know tnal sexual harassment is a popular term used to treated with respect, care and proper legal and counselling sen/ices? describe some of the incidents occurring at the colleges of UQ. Many Wouldn't you want the same exte-ided to your sister in the future, your of you also know that rape is occurring in your colleges - not the college best friend, your daughter? Or are you okay with the thought of her down ine roac, but your college, your home. being violated, and then not supoorted? College women are raped each year on campus at UQ, and in College isn'; the only place where rape exists, of course, but lor 1994 a campaign began to try and change some of the attitudes some reason it is a safe haven for the prehistoric, barbaric attitudes pertaining to rape survivors and victims of sexual harassrnent in the that isolate, and condemn, rape survivors and convince women CO leges, in 1995 the campaign was handed over to the residents of complaining of sexual harassment that they have no sense of humour all o' the colleges, and I hope you are still meeting each week with \he and should leave their chosen home, their colleges. enthusiasm fc change that exuded at the first meeting in March. Men In this Blue Stocking Week, where women are celebrating their and wci^^.en represented most of the colleges in a spectacular turnout right to education, I urge college women especially to start thinking in terms of numbers and attitudes, and a desire for bettering :he current about their fellow 'emale students who also have a right to education situation was expressed. Is it still being expressed? Are you orosidents and to the great li'e that college offers. Think also about yourselves, with your already heavy burdens delegating responsibility for as none of you are imrnune to rape or sexual torment. Start thinking representatives of this inter-co legeanti-rape/racism/sexual harassment about •j's/hat you can do to iT,ake the small change m altitudes required committee'? Or has the scherne died in the arse oecause none of you to make college iife safer and better for female students. And good have been I'aped and have the desire for change burning so deep ;uck. because if you even ihink about these changes I beiieve you're you'c do anything to get \P .,p against one hel' of a monste' C.aie B'ennn'^' Hello? Is there someone on the line?

You're new at this. Yes, yes I ani. Dovouwantto lie down. Then sheput her tongue where lyi^l^nip^^ I don't know,,.. maybe younger. talk about itIt? What happened to (he other ladv? my finger was. That was very uncomfort- I'l CiulJIwHe made me sit there and wait She was reaiiy nice. She just listened to me. SIfe able. Whal was he doing? I don't know but he forliim. Whal happened when he gol went away tor a while. I am a good listener, sounded funny every time he spoke. Old he touch ihere? He lowered the lights. He gave loD. You can talk to me II you llKe ? it hap­ you? No. Old iney touch each fltner? I couldn't the man instructions. Re walked to­ pened again. What M? This time he came closer. see that clearly but they were pushing and shov­ wards me grinning. I felt like hitting him. I could tee! his breatt^ at the back of my neck, i ing each other and making noises. What itan- Did you? Are you crazy? Whal dio he felt unsettled but not scared. I knew he wasn't penedioyou? Nothing, I was told to watch, why do? He started whispering things about going lo hurt me right away or else he would have did they make you walcn. Because it was my sex and what he wanted to do to me. done so by now. fcoutd feel his lips whispering birthday and it was my present to learn. How old He touched my breasts very siov^ly. something in my ear but I couldn't make out whal are you? Sixteen. Can you leli me wtio it is? Then he took my shirt off and cupped it v/as. I hoped that this time i He'll hit me if he finds out! No, he my breasts, then he he'd fall asleep quickly and can'i. I'll look afler you, How? The kissed me on my thai he wouldn't get angry. But police wili stop him from loucHing shoulder and started f 0 it never works out that way. you. No, no, the Dolice will hurt him. put his mouth all over wnat happened Uiis lime? He He'll gef angry. QK, don'l CtV. Can my body. He pushed just kept talking in my ear. He you tell me who Is doing this to me down with him onto was saying the same thing so you? I'm scared. (The phone the floor. He tugqed at many times. Was be talKIng clicked.) Don't hang damn . 2,/ my shorts. He Rissed about sex? Old he touch 5/90 Hello? It happened again. What my belly button and you? Yes. Where did he touch did? This time he hit me. Why did he started to move towards you? He held me first and then hit you? Because I was wifh a boy. my abdomen. He told he slov/ly ran his fingertips up What were you doing? Just what I me to touch him, I my elbow and Itien my arm learnt to do. Whal was the boy do­ didn't. He hit me, I until he reached my shoulder, ing? He was watching. Did he touch touched him. He licked Where else did he toui;h you? Who? The hoy . Yes. Did you my thighs and started to you ? My breasts. That hurt. like il? Yes. Why? I don't know. touch me with his lips mw did he toucii you? He Where did he hil yau? in the eye. like that woman did. He squeezed and squeezed bit me and I cried out in them so hard I cried out in pain. That made him Ive got a bruise. Whal else did he pain. He thought t liked it. My faiher was angry. He shook me and told me that I knew he do? He said I was not to do that with anyone else laughing. What was the young man doing? wasn't going to hurt me. But I told him that he but him and that I was here for him and that he Helold me to take his clothes off, I did. was hurting my breasts. Whal did he say? He was to be the only one who could see me do that. I've never seen a man naked before. He laughed atid then touched me again. WnBr8 did If I was caught doing that again he would kill me. looked tunny, I wanted to laugh but I he rauch you? Your hreasis? No. His hands WhaldWheflblhen? He kissed me and hugged couldn't. I was scared just looking at the went lower this time. This time he came from me. Then he took my blouse off. I felt his lips on state he was in. He told me to kneel. I looked behind me and his palms started to roam my my breasts, then his mouth on me. He was kiss­ at my father. He made me kneel. The ... belly. How did you feel aboul Ihls? What do ing me all over my stomacti, my belly button, mv young man told me to touch his penis... with you mean? Did you enjoy what he was do* breasts. He couldn't stop. Did you enfoy il? No. my mouth. I said no. I tried lo move away lOB? Am I supposed tc? He just said that I He was biting me, I pushed him away. He but my father caught me and held me there. was Qoing to like il. He told you thai? Oid unched me in the stomach. I fel! on the floor, 1 bit him and he cried out in pain, i laughed. you like it? Yes, No, it was uncomfortable, Be lett me there, Whal M he sav? He said next My father slapped me across the head. I like he wasn't supposed to do this. And do time I won't be as soft. Whal did you do? f shouldn't have done that, Why nol? Because you? I don't know. It feels funny inside. In­ laughed. I laughed so hard. First time I laughed he threw me on the floor and just pushed him­ side where? My tummy. Whal else did he like that. Why fid you laush? it was funny. He self on me. I could feel him move inside me. do? He made me lean back against him. Then was stupid, I don't know why I laughed. Some­ He was gruntinq like a pig. The young man he slid his hands down my Itiighs. I felt his thing to do j suppose. Does ne live with you? pushed nim aside and turned me over on my fingers outline my panties. What ild he do Yes. is he older loan vou . Yes. Gan you tell knees. He came inside me and did the same then? (pause) I'm embarrassed, Ua, don't me who ll Is. You always ask me that. You thing, except he touched my breasts and De. Tell me at vour own lime. (pause) He know the answer. You want him to hit me? No, pulled them every time he came forward, slipped his finger inside. InsidB Wneie? My I wanl to help you. Teli me your name? Tell deeper Into me. My father liked that. He kept panties.... He started touching me slowly on me yours. Sarah. That's a pretty name. Whats on encouraging him. I was crying because it yours? tvielanle. Thai's a preity name loo. It's I hurt too much. I felt some­ the outside. I felt funny, i my mother's name. She died when I thing warm trickling be­ Whaldoyoumeanlunny? l was born. He says I look just like her. tween my legs. It was ter­ couldn't breathe. And my Is the man that louCnes you your la­ rible. Meianle.please lell body started to move, ther? iVIeianie, il's your fallier, Isn't me Where you live! lean couldn't understand why ii. Yes. Melanie, can you tell me send someone to help couldn't control my ownl where you live? No. (The phone you. You've heen rapeif body I was getting scared. clicked^) Melanie, don'l.... 25/4/92 and molested. Do you un­ What did he sfy? ivJothing. Hello? It's Melanie, It happened again. derstand Ihat? Yes. Tell I just kept feeling his lips tn it s been qtiilo a while. I Ihoughl he me where vou llvel No, it's my ear and his finger touch­ might have stopped. He did. But it's not necessary, I'm gonna ing me. Whal iwas Tils lin­ started again. Didhesay why? He said fix everythino. What are ger doing now? it was in­ it's my birthday and this is what he'd you going lo dof Melanie, side mo now. It was mov­ been waiting for. What was that? He why are yoii laughing like ing up and down, slowly at didn't want some stranger knowing me that? I'll call vou later. (The first and then very quickly. sexually He was to be my first. HOW My body was moving loo, Old are you? Eighteen, mal did he 1 couldn't slop it. He was do Melanie. what do you think he did? ghoned clicKed,) 27/4,'92 licking the inside of my ear He fucked me. Aren't ypu going to ask ello? Sarah? Il's Melanie. and I wanled him to stop but he couldn't, Bon'l me how it felt, if 1 enjoyed it and aii those „„^ I Where have you been? Are cry. It's alrlghl. Can vou teli me your dumb questions you ask? Would you enjoy it you OK? I'm fine now. He hasn't touched me name? Why? I can help you. How old are if you knew nothing about what was happen­ again. That's good.^ I bought a gun. Have you you? Fifteen.DoyotiKflOWIhisman? I'vegot ing to you. I didn't know how to be a woman used it? Melanie, have you used tne gun? to go now. Wall, please don't hang up. Do to nim. I didn't want to be a woman. I don't Don't panic. No, I haven't used it. WhBre'SVOUr you know Who the man is? I can't say. He'll know what it Is. For fuck's sake, I don't know falner? Downstairs. Wait, I can hear him. He's find out I told the secret. No, he won t. I what it is to be me. It's all so sordid and dis­ coming upstairs. Can you hear him? (Melanie's won'l teli . Maybe next lime. (The phone gusting. He's so obsessed by fucking. I hate father is heard In the background singino, and clicked^ 25/3/90 Hello? II happened again. nim. I nate what he has done to me, You're calling Melanie to get ready.) Melanie, lelrme Whal did? This lime he asked me to touch angry. No shitI My own father doing this! your address and I'll ^end someone over. The myself like the way he showed me. He told What do you wanl me (0 say? i don'tTcnow. police - they won't believe a word of it. He told me to lake my pants off. Whal was he do­ Something to make me feel better, fs it my me so. He lied.Melanie, where areyou? I need ing? He was watching me. Was he enloying fault? I never asked to be treated like this. you. Come here. Can you hear him? I fucking ll? 1,1 think so. He was laughing with some­ He says this happened because I looked so hate him. He wants me. He needs me. Bastard! one. You mean he wasn'i alone? No. I know much like my mother, i want to die, I want Meiatile.nieaselelmelieliiyou. Youare. You've someone was there wilh him but I couldn't him to die. if was terrible. Whal did he do? been so nice lo me. Mefanle, Who are vou lalk- see. It was toodark. So you were jusI touch­ He was drinking. I knew what was coming Ing to? Put the phone down and let's get to it. ing yourself? in the beginning I coutdn't so I tried to go to my room. He stopped me Mel, I m wailing! (Melanie pulls out the gun.) touch myself. It was awful, t felt ugly. But and told me to sit on his lap, It was around Don t be stupid, Melanie. You know I'm he said he would do it for me so 1 dio it my­ 10.30 and I lold him I had to go to bed, that oing to fuck you one way or the olher. self. I didn't want him lo touch me. II hurt. I had to get to school the tiaxt day. But he ?ou are mine, f own you. (The gun goes off.) But I wasn't moving like he made me to move wasn't listening. He was just staring at me Hello? Hello? Melanie, are you There? and he opt angry. So he told me to put il - first my face, tnen my body He said do it Are you alright? Hello'? Melanie? (The inside. So t did. Were you moving? Yes. for me. Dill you? At first I said I didn't want phone clicked.) Hello ? How long were ]|ou iloing this lot? l can't lo. But he said that I'd belter it t knew what by E. Georgiaaes remember. Tefl me Whal you rcmemher. was good for me. I said I can'i. That's His friend came up to me and asked me when he callec his friend, The woman? whether they could touch me, I said no. But t^o, a man. Wasthe man his age? No,... she touched me anyway. Was Ms Irlend a woman? She smelt like one. She made me touch her breasts. What else did she make you do? Nothing, She was doing every­ thing. She was weird. Why? She made me ? ^Bal^lon system is tbe vampire.^ (Marley) The Economic Conspiracy is a radically different type of problem-solv^g fnce we look behind the mumbo-1uj»wmt tne technique tiSTSmjeothers, including barter. university-trained professhji*^s, economics irns out to be quite^^ple science. In fact, there are really tv^^val economies in operatic institutionalised Babylon venn^ interpersonal Love^al- The economic proh/l^ is the apparent mismatch be­ though there are two radical^^ifferent type* tween human i^Eds for goods, services, information "love", only one of which is afKithetical to/ ankexperi^(te, and the means whereby the needs Babylonian system. might h^dentified and satisfied. An economic sysU^is the means whereby the problem is con- Love can be classified as either institution^ised ceifSlalised and either managed, politically, by and exclusive or informal and universal. JEJUU ^miiiiuits or solved, consensually, by constitu- sive love includes the parental care thaf occu ' ents. in child-rearing families and the fay6urilism that characterises most institutionalised cults, All humarksocieties, to date, have been po­ such as freemasons, neo-marxists, ihafiosi and litical-economies. Without consumer-sover­ Zionists. In contrast, universal love is not lim­ eignty in behfifs and definitions, as well as ited, even to one's own specie^ and equates in goods and\ervices, any society is gov­ with, "from each, freely, aatording to per­ erned as an unjust political-economy, by so­ sonal talent, and to each, a^ectionately and cial dominants who, by defining the param­ non-judgmentally, according to the other's eters of legitimate^elief, benefit, in their perception of his/her nefed." Universal lov­ terms, from the inju$iice, until the system ers are self-sovereigiyindividuals of equal collapses and/or is overthrown. status and we love"^hers as intimately as they feel free to m us. As ways of interacting/vor as perceived "real worlds", economic systems are In contrast to a love-economy, a violence- explications of unproven theoretical as­ money-barter-trickery economy, along sumptions that are seldom subjected to with its school system, is elitist, or critical enquiry. In a political-economy, meritocratic, even if some of its leading the implications of the assumptions, or authocfties use unprincipled slogans guesses, of the dominant class are en­ sucly^s "social justice", "equity" and forced on the underclass. "empowerment" to disguise the fact and to justify their own claims to merit, Economies can be characterised by the perks and privileges. use of violence, money, trickery, barter and/or love. Tody, we inhabit a one- In the capitalist political-economy, most world capitalist economy that is a mixed decisions are legalistic and Reality is economy, in these terms. The means that generally perceived in terms of reified, are used vary according to locaj/tradi- and generally incorporated, abstractions tion, type of need and potential for ex­ such as profession, state and limited li­ trinsic profit, although ther/is a con­ ability company. Some of these mytho­ certed conspiracy underwa/to increase logical creations are officially deified, as the use of interest-earning money and with Allah, Christ and Yahweh, and each decrease our reliance on love. of them is ranked as more important than the corporeal individuals of flesh, Capitalists use money to measure value, blood and spirit, who believe in the man- including the valu/of workers, or "hu­ made myth and/or a\believed to belong man capital." M^t money, today, is in to it. the form of created bank credit. Any use ofthis money,y«vhether the use is legal or This con-job has been an essential part of illegal, for waft or for peace, is profitable, the evolutionary process o\life-on-earth in their terms, for the money-lenders who but, with one-world capitalism, this proc­ create it, own it and hire it out. ess has now reached its criticalspoint. We now face a social-ecological-epistemologi- Capitali^i is also characterised by institu- cal-financial crisis of unprecedente^propor- tionali^d violence, which can range from tions. highiyprofitable peace-keeping wars to illib­ eral legislation which violates the principle of As young Bob said, the times are chartging, aduft self-sovereignty (eg. by illegalising abor- exponentially. tioh, euthanasia, birth control, buggery, blas- temy, sexual prostitution, sexist language, S.P. Big She is now coming on periodic heat, as syi tbling, hemp smoking and/or skinny dip- bolised by wild-eyed Kali, and all hell is duej pin| break loose in the surprisingly near future^

Trickery ilteyident in massive amounts of cronyism, In the language of a lovably agape fut^logist I ideological iflyjotism and corporate crime, most of am lucky to know, "Wowl" which goes undeleted and uncorrected because ofthe institutionalised sea^K^(eg. defamation laws) that ben­ Doug Ogiivy efits the dominant class.

Love is also evident, although inc^^jngly marginalised. Love is voluntary mutual-aid, for free, amofl^^^ionate per­ f Hype about the 'iniormation supethigliway' and the altendan! 'information revolution', is abundant, bul only sporadically amongst all Ihis brouhaha is it acknowledged Itial the Interne! is a highly gendered community. Several months ago, '.he premief article ol The Austfalian's Computers & High "we are the vims of the neiv world disorder Technology' weekly supplenen!, bolrjiy pro- rupturing the symboiic from within nouncefi- 'MascjlireNetTakesa Pounding", the arlicle reports upon a study saboteurs of big daddy mainframe jndertaken by a conmercial organisation in ttie clitoris is a direct line to ttie matrix" the United States, lound that the proportion 'MS Matrix, iroir, 'A Cyber Feminist Manifesto fo; the 21st Century'' of men to women online was in their 'esearch slightly less than two to one. Woohoo: As the article conlinues on to note, areviously, most estimates ol Ihe percent­ age ol male versus lemale Internet users, in ;he absence ol an Internet census, place the 'igure at aDove ninety percent. These men are ge.iefaliy well educated, wnite, econom­ ically secure and hsierosexual.

Tne nev.' breed ol inforfration technologies are poleniia'ly he fi'St many-to-many com­ munication oir.'e! avai,'3b'e to .lumans cTler speed itssll. the pr'niing press allows cne :o speak :o many Dot the aud,ence .lavs no di'ect v,ay olrepyr-g equally 1":3 ieleptione :s one-to-one. thele'evision is one-to-

^a.^y Tne hterne: allows one individja- to .j«!3ir ^^ ^ / post a statement sor^iewtiere to a njge audi­ i|'ii*»»y**<|iM>W world remains just a an academic platitude when patently not eveiyone has access. The Internet is able to breakdown global bound­ aries, the people you converse with are just books'; you 'walk through' he iniormation, clicking on your sess the necessary telephone infrastructure to allow for ad as likely to be in the Uniied Sates, Japan, preferred option amongst the choices offered you, and on it hoc connection. Canada, Hong Kong or an European goes, screen alter screen. This is where the concept of Community nation as Irom Australia, but 'surling' the Internet comes into its own; the process being Today's archetypal image ol the commilled computer net­ Ihey probably won't be from a developing akin to television 'surfing' in the age of seemingly unlimit­ work user is still that of a misanthropic male (asexual) nation. ed cable television 'choices'. Ease with such tecfiniques of 'nerd'; whose conception of engagement with the technolo­ computer exploration and 'play', principles that very much gy is highly bound up in westem modernist notions of sci­ draw upon the game based lome enterlainmen; origins ol entific rationality and binarism. Compare this with the Women are culturall/ encouraged lo shy computer technology, presume a level of comfort in an cyborg model ol interaction, which has teen pursued by a away Irom the technological/science sp,iere individual's relationship to the machine; as already stated, number ol leminist scholars, Donna Haraway being eminent of knowledge. Thus while more women than il is ihe argument of this thesis that such an assumption is among them, The cyborg model overtly recognises the men may be able to use word processing derived 'rom a specific user subjectivily. need to actively negotiate what place both the 'meat' body, packages, women are still MASSIVELY and individual agency, occupy in a highly technological under-represented wilhin tbe upper eche­ world. Obviously, a space already exists within which a lons of the computer industry (especially The corrmercially driven expansion ol iniormation tech­ more unilied (in terms ol negotiating Ihe mind/body nexus) hardware and soflwa'e research, develop­ nologies brings with it a redelinition ol class divisions; a and sell-aware engagement occurs. ment and management). Women's access lo binary relationship oi inequality founded upon access lo and use of computers, even today, is still far information, hence tbe increasing frequency of Ihe use of such terms as 'information rich' and its obviously corollary, "''--• •.•J f'om being equal to ihat of men. For some The cyborg nh(Mf pi^rtly time now there have been concerns abojt 'information poor'. Obviously such a division does not sig­ nal a wiping clean ol the class slate, allowing us to all vie what impaci this inequality will have on nB|:ognises the need to women's lile opportunities in a world lor position within a 'level paying field'. While the devel­ becoming more and more dependent, on opment ol new lines ol fracture may provide some individu­ actively negotiate wtiat als, namely those with the requisite cultural/educational 'K computerisation. A world increasingly divid­ >v X ed not just along lines ol race, class, sex, capital, lo in some way renegoliale Iheir class position, any prace both the 'meat' bpfly, \.^.- etc., but by access to information ilsell: new societal divisions will most likely be mapped onto iniormation rich/informalron poor. The existing class disparities: inequalities of race, sexuality, Xand indiyicjyil^ Internet also presumes a signilicant deg-ee employment status, educational attainment, and ol gender, cl literacy. occupYJBjmighly Commercialisalion is increasingly opening up the availabil­ ^^%„ ity of Internet access to more people, Bu! even as more •s technologjcai world/ women potentially get wired, the legacy of the lopsided The corporate future of the Internet: the development of online dialogue and ownership ol the Internet that will be 'the next television', will means of production remains and is promulgated; gelling be constructed around a visual interlace, more women online is importani, but by no means will il •first Generation' Inlemel technology, such Enter cyberleminism. Cyberleminism is alive and kicking overcome the bias - women constitute over half tbe world's as email, Itp, discussion groups will still online. Emerging Irom a myriad of feminist discourses, population bul mosl societies are hardly equitable. This exist, but in the interesls of "user friendli­ cyberfeminism as a tangible musing, is growing in curren­ experience of 'otherness' online is further compounded by ness' they will be accessed via a 'point- cy; lechno-comfortable leminists, conlronling issues con­ furiher assumptions ol cultu'al privilege, such as a high and-click' or Windows type interlace, rather cerning the place of technology in historical development level English comprehension and ignorance ol differing than Ihrougn text based command lan- and societal hegemonies, are developing a distinct dis­ ethnicities, and consequently cultural mores. The Internel is gjages. 'Point-and-click' interlaces are course. The electronic (visual) arts are a ,iotbed of cyber­ based upon specilic geographical parlicularities; lor some organised around a programming concept feminism in Australia; a myriad of individuals and groups years now. all Australian uni*^ersities have been connected called 'hyperlexf; very broadly, Ihls method (for eg. VNS fyiatrix & Linda Dement) are engaged in the by dedicated, optical fibre cable to one another and the rest ^ of slructufing inlomalion can be likened to leminist manipulation and expressive utiLsation ol new of tlie wo'ld. mosl of continental Africa does not even pos­ o.ne of tliose 'choose-your-own-adventure- communications med:a WOMEN IN CYBER SI?A©^

GIRLS -i- MODEMS = A VOICE^ A simple equation. Why is it then, that so (ew gifls liave access to the amazing opportunities that technology can give us? . '-•>•; .

f^yth numljer one: it^s a bo)^ world, BulfehiL Cyberspace is'available to any­ one witli \i^e equipment to use it. /And all students have access to that equip­ AJWBAP at http://vvvvw.gu.edu.au/gAos/aiwtap/AlWRABiome.hlml oi- ECHO at ment via the Piientice Centi'e, So use it! http://AAAW.echonyc.com/or UMBCs Women'sStudies site ait http://AAAW' ' unix.umbc.edu/~KotennianAvmstylinks,html. t^yth number tw/o: ypu need to know about how computers wo'k to be able

'••:;." >... •• to use one effectively. BUIISHL This is a fallacy ihat the techno-boys "perpetuate in If you are keen to set up your owrv'Wety page or lind out about those of other '>^>: orderto keep it their gwn. ' . vvomen, you can subscribe to Spideiwoman via ^--j majordafio{a)|ists.primenet.com with SUBSCRIBE SPIDERWOplAN in the Myth number three: All the stuff on the internet is bon'ng academk: o^p a^d body . • , • -> ' • • ' violent interactive games. Bullshit, there is sonething for everyone in cyber­ ^ space: Yes, there is boring cQp, vidence, fximography, etc, etc, but nobody is Or if you just want to lind out more about itall but ai'e too afi^ to ask, tiy .sub­ nnaking anybody lock at that stuff, There are some tnjiy great things to look ^t if scribing to Women On-line at [email protected] where there is no such you want to take the ti.met o find them. thing as a sbjpid question.

Canputer pn'ces can'be inHbltive, but thei'e are ways ai-ound it, for example, Women need to be heard. We make up (ess than 2% of the people using tlie .,. the "Computer for the'prte of ^ p'zzaa week" deal being njn by one of the ' internet, Theie are no consols in pke, the pabiarchy only prevails through > ^ banks on campus, Students get a discount at tlie T^dinology Shop -1 saved pure weight of numberl WE CAN ChWGE THAT!!! Be heard, be out Tieaiiy $400 oi ttie pad with you. Students get about 25 houre' free access tiirie (for aademic puiposes) If ypu want hefj3, advice, infcJnriatbn, etc, by the Prentice Centre. If the thought Ua the R-entJce Centre, so we are not obliged to lill the coffers of (commercial' of entering that little bpys domain tums your- stomach (minc| you, tfiere ate i 'access providei"Si or Bill Gates. some wondeifulvvomen working there!), Iiead up to the Women's Aiea in ihdj . Unbn Buijdng. There is sure to be a w6man there who would be happy td , Speaking of Bil Gates, using the sen«:e proviced by die Prentice Centi-e and share hel'time ^dexpetienoe witli you., if'it ' , •• ' ' ' , ,, _ accessingrthe internet and world-wide web means that yqLi ae not accessing means getbng more gitis on-line. ^ Microsoft's monopolising nelwork and therefore are not lining evil Bill's pockets (he doesn't need, it anyyvay with a personal fo'tune of nearly $. 17 blllbn).'' Rachaei, Hooper ' i

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When logging onto the Internet, you may gel to choose the name by which you wish lo be identilied. T,ie potenlial ol this to breakdown stereotypes is immense; log on with a gender neutral name and your identity is nol as a male of lemale, with all the sexist baggage Ihis COMPUTERS - SHORT TERM ACCESS can bring, but as a fellow human. By negating presumptions of sex roles people can begin lo interact as equals, Many people also enjoy playing around at being the opposite sex. On Do you need to access lhe down side ol experimental gender bending, you have scenarios, which have actually occurred, where lor example a male logs on as a female and joins a d scussions group for a computer for women who are survivors of sexual assault - a space lo Ireely share their experiences wilh other women survivors. In one case, a male engaged in such a support group ior over six monlhs beiore admitting he was a male psychologist living out fictional experiences and An hour ? lesling out new theories. One tiing thai you have to get used lo online is the whole concept that while you may be mentally very close to what you are doing - as bolh agent and audi­ A half day ? ence - there is still lhe physical distance. Basically, you have lo remember that Ihe people you are engaging with are real, live human beings, and treat one another as such. A full day ?

Then come and see us. We have terminals in The Internet remains, however, a positive tool lor p,'ogressive individual's and groups; as a quiet, comfortable, private cubicles. way ol publishing, exchanging inlo, engaging in debates progressive tool or building a com­ munity of softs in an environment almost impossible for governmenl'sand corporations lo (IBM compatible - KEEN PRICES) suppress. Many progressive individual's around the world are online; Ihe community of activists, hackers, feminists and other generally righl-on individuals is one ol the more sig­ Our other services include: nilicant and pioneering on Ihe Internel. Many such people have worked to make the Internet * Photocopying *XeroxColourCopying * Fax- receive & send more available to the hoi polloi by selling up 'Ireenets' ol which there are a number around S?cclnl?nSS **t?V£""L"9 * Rubber Stamps the world. Tne Inlernet is expanding exponenlially and, for betier or worse, will become ; Passport photos *MallBoxRental * Packanina Services more and more a part ol our lirsl world lives. There are leminists alteatiy online but many * Laminating *Bindlng KacKaging bervices more wome,i need to join the ranks ol Internel junkies. In my experience, many of the * Money transfer *Printing-bLisiness * Courier-(National & women whom have access are only too willing lo do whatever they can to support and assist (Western Union) cards.etc Oversea) women who wanl to get on board. Feminisis need lo come online not only to access the information that the Internet oilers, speak wilh othe,- people Irom different places and devel­ 4/58 High Street op ideas, but to ensure Ihal the Internet is not totally overrun by corporate nasties intent o,i TOOWONG 4066 monopolising, communications technology for their own evisceral ends. ur^TT xuywcmm ^^' 38711855 Fax38711866 MAILBOXE5ETC ggjy pg^jjing. gj ^g, „

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That feeling of flying through the air, somersaulting, cartwheeling, moving the body through new dimensions, places you have never been before.... knowing that your wonderful, strong, perfect, womatii's body can do anything, be anything that you want it to be...it is the greatest show on earth!.'!

The circus has traditionally been a source of er»tertainment and wonder­ ment in our cuture. We are amazed and thrilled by the feats of physical daring ofthe performers - the death defying trapeze artist, the agile acrobats. We go away from the circus dreaming that we can do all of these things too. Circuses today have come of age and have become wonderful mult media montages of performance theatre and physical Vulcana Women's Circus formed this year, initially skill. The circus has also been able beginning as a women's circus training project to be appropriated, because of its facilitated by Rock'n Roll circus girls Kareena Oates basic wide appeal and accessabillty, as and Antonella Casella. Vulcana is made up of a vehicle of social and political around twenty women ranging in age from 11 to comment. The phenomena ofthe 40, coming from different backgrounds and com­ women's circus has arisen because munities. The aims and objectives of Vulcana are twofold, focusing on the needs of the performers as the circus is an ideal forum forthe The Vulcana project is part of the development individuals and as a group as well as hoping to expression and development of of a women's culture, engaging in the develop­ make important contributions to the community. women's ideas and desires. The ment of a new language for women's expres­ physical performance of circus ^ 1 sion, utilising a multldimensionsal, gestural transgresses expectations about i theatrical form that challenges dominant women's bodies, "lb watch women's patriarchal text construction, and exploring a physical performance is to become range of non-verbal texts such as sound, profoundly aware that worn lighting and movement. Vulcana also con­ sciously utilises a feminist perspective in training, devising and performance. The group has recently recieved funding from the Aus­ "a« c tralia Council Connmunity Cultural Develop­ ^^^ ment Board and is currently in training, re­ hearsal and collaboration with other women's A - .^ community organisations for a show scheduled «Si?3v lrl9 bs performed in Gaober ofthis year. definitely not weak, passive vessels. *^itv:>;t!Gp,Go Vulcana - The theatrical aspect of circus is able n^i- Bia sure not to miss them! to be utilised to reveal feminist issues - our body image, our sexuality - ^^^ <^ what it means to go through this life The women of Vulcana are engaged in the develop­ .A/}d7n6vf Jane Curtis engages in an with a set of tits and a cunt. Circus is ment of their circus skills in projects of personal %dusive interview with the Hereford a multidimensional means of commu­ empowerment, to develop greater strength and body Sisters.... nication, transressing the confines of awareness and to learn to use their bodies in active mere language, where the move­ forms of expression rather than as passive objects of a ments and gestures of the body male gaze. It is hoped that their performance will become a primary site of meaning. inspire confidence and self-esteem in other women - that women who behold Vulcana will walk away Our little city has been blessed saying, "I too can do anything I want to do." Vulcana "t'i'^.i-.. \j with the privilege of being the aims to reclaim women's bodies through the repre­ home of two innovative and sentation of new, positive Images of women - chang­ exciting groups of women's circus ing the way that both women and men percieve and physical performers • Vulcana women's bodies. m Women's Circus and The Her­ eford Sisters Young Women's Physical Tiieatre.

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Jane: What are the Hereford Sisters?

Susan : A young women's physical Iheatre troupe that focuses on and le­ gitimises young women's culture, their issues of concern and their knowl­ edge. The group explores and devel­ ops working processes that are par­ ticular to young women and cel­ ebrates the diversity of young wom­ en's culture.

Jane : What are some of the issues you explore?

Susan : Things to do with beauty myth issues in the early stages of the Herefords, things to do with the body and representations of wom­ en's bodies in sociely, and also young women's riles of initiation, women and personal safety and relationships and sex and romance.

Jane :What does the project you're working on now, "Love My Arsenal", involve?

Tammy : Looking at relalionships, how people have different relation­ ships, and what part they play in women's lives, especially the Tammy : Some of us even like concept of "romance". boys. Jane : How is physical theatre Susan : There's a diversity of different (rom "drama"? feminist understanding. Carolanne : You don't have to Libby : Which makes it really conform to a rigid script. It gives interesting. you the chance to express things, not just wilh your voice but wilh your Annie : I think the best thing about Susan : Oh, that's another aim of body as well. the Hereford Sisters is to know that lhe Hereford Sisters - to network we're all very different and do with other groups and collaborate. Sonya ; Physical theatre can mean different Ihings. We're different that there are no real stars. Every­ ages. Sonya : I like working with different one can get together and do a groups of people - having more performance based on collective Jane : How old? understanding of different women consciousness. and having different input inlo your Annie ; Oh, we lost our fourteen creative processes. Annie : I think physical theatre is a year old. She grew up. So fifteen lot better because you use your through to twenty five. We have Jane : Leanne, as a member of the body, and being women we're different opinions. There's accept­ Women's Area women's group, are always faced with being uncomfort­ ance even if there's no agreement you enjoying working with the able with our bodies - wilh the way on issues. Hereford Sisters? we're portrayed in lhe media. Here's a wank line for you. It really let's you Jane : Your last two projects have Leanne : Ifs the first time I've been get in touch with your body. been group projects, first working able to do something such as work with Aboriginal women from Inala with other groups. I've never Jane : How do you devise your stuff, and then in "Love Your Arsenal" worked with these guys before. It's especially working in a large group? working with the wild women and the lirst time I've actually gone excellent Brisbane band, the Dream corporate. Sonya : Get an idea then work out Poppies. What's it like working with how we want to portray it. Il's all other groups? by Jane Curtis very collective again.

All across the country troupes of amazing women are training, balancing, tumbling, juggling, eating fire, performing, laughing and bonding. Circus women are wild women, strong women, conjurers of a magic world. The women's circus has come tp town and no one can drive them away... o Congratulations, You're a Girl...

Every 28 days you will bleed. The matter expelled will be the .'ining of your uterus. ACCEPT YOURSELF, DON'T REPRESS YOURSELF This process will probably be accompanied by a certain amount of pain. (COMING OUT AS QUEER) This pain may vary in degree: FROM - mild and bearable - able to carry out duties I still remember distinctly the night I first lold my mother I was gay TO - simultaneous vomiting and giving birth to an alien - demanding opiates At the time I was fourteen and I found il immensely difficult to even Phantom drugs are available to treat these Phantom pains. make the word "gay" pass from my lips. Imagine that. I could We've been pumping hormones into livestock for years. hardly bare to say the word that describes who I am. You can imagine the effecl this had on the self-esteem of a young adoles­ Your behaviour will change in the time up to and during THE BLOOD. cent. Now I am nineteen. I can say, "I am gay", "I am queer", "I'm You will be feeling irrational, touchy, sensitive to the littlest things. a faggot", or any phrase that you like to describe my sexuality You will want to get angry and vent your steam, bite peoples heads off, gnash your teeth. without feeling any discomfort, After all, that's what dragons do, Of course, coming out and accepting your sexuality is not always You will want to stand up for yourself, and speak out against being fucked over. an easy process. Fbr this reason, Queer Tribes is running a series You are advised to keep these outbursts under control. of "Coming Out" workshops for approximately five weeks on People v/ould get upset, and we can't be having that. Tuesdays at 1 .OOpm, commencing on 29/8/95. Queer Tribes is a There are also drugs to sweep this little problem under the carpet. support group for lesbians, gays, bisexuals and transgenderists Your doctor has an encyclopedia of gems. on campus. The workshops will cover topics Including self- esteem, stereotypes, relationships, coming out to friends and That will shut you up nicely, calm your nerves poor girl. relatives, and safe sex. They will take place at the Rona Room in These pains and this mind fuck up thing may alter once you have a baby complete confidentiality. (Turn right at the Commonwealth Bank There are already too many people in the world so finding food, clothing, shelter, child care and go two doors down from the bicycle shop. The Rona Room is and a sound education for your child may prove difficult or expensive or both. opposite Clubs and Socs.) All people of alternative sexuality are For information regarding these issues, very welcome! see Television. At 6ft and 48kg, Nick Cavenagh you will artfully apply waterproof makeup and have the whitest bathers in the pool. A stunning, solvent man will serve you Valium smoothies at the gym. This however, is only a guide, you know you could never be that perfect. Do your best. Even though you're fat and ugly and stupid. Don't make things unpleasant for other people. We're dead against you all the way.

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POET? 1-4 The Red CrossYoung Ambassador Award 4-^ Charity Film Showing of rCullural Expression in Writing Competition) i(<^i "Bhaji on the Beach" Crctitive pcolry of any type i.s welcomed for a poetry Voted Best Film at the 1994 Brisbane Film Festival competition ry Schonell Cinema Theme: "My country: a reflection of me." 9—i University of Queensland, St Lucia An entry fee of S5 is required to .submit a maximum of \. Thursday 24 August 10 pieces of work. 1/ 6:30pm (film commences 7pm) The competilion aims to promote cultural diversity andj •10 expression in writing. JI .11 For an entry form, please send $5 (cash or money order) to: 12 Maleha Newaz (convenor) -13 What a difference PO Box 253 L a day makes St Lucia 4067 14 14

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WAR Wtui i diffetcnic youi Rifi oJ ,1 doy will male, when you join FM\/V ',"*"'"« <" •'flanuxn llitoujhoui Ajgralia, in optinns IS MENSTRUATION Hil-N V I *»*» (Of (his veir'i Appeal. If jou'd like 10 give a lillle ol your hrtie and want la know how, phone !07| 857 tm a wiih- 10 CPO Box Wl'O In your ta)iml cily. Doorknock Appeal Days SEPTEMBER 16 • 24 High Sociely presents THE HEMP OLYMPICS Community») Aid Abroad An evening of decadent and fantastically kf.H Ott Mt HI, enjoyable sporting challenges including: BAKE OFF LIBRARY HOURS JOINT ROLLING COMPETITION From Monday 7th August 1995 BONG MAKING WORKSHOP the opening hours of Central and Undergraduate Libraries will change to: SMOKING RELAYS Monday through Thursday Sam to 10pm BANDS F^day Sam to 5pm and much more... S^'"f^ay 9am to 5pm(Ccntral) THURSDAY AUGUST 31 ^^^^^'^^y 1pm to 5pm (Undergraduate) 4ZZZ ROOM (under the Pizza Cafe) Sunday 93^, ^Q jp^ There will be no change to the hours of the 7:00pm Library Audio Visual Services. f Despite ifs geographical closeness to Australia, China Is largely terra Incognita to most Australians and its culture Is only poorly understood, If Is only recently that the subject of modern Chinese Art has beconne an open forum In Australia. And, increasingly popular Is the discussion on women artists.

Women artists In Chinese history have mainly v/orked under the constraints of men, with the exception of embroidery. This meant that it was difficult to gain further Insight Into the creative processes of Chinese women.

At the beginning of the 20th century, urban youth and intellec­ tuals were inspired by western concepts such as "women's liberation" and "equality of the sexes." A result of this was a surgence of women dedicating themselves lo art. By the 1950s there was an unprecedented Increase in working women artists.

Although government art instituiions and other social organisations welcomed women's work in their spaces, the art produced, like that of men, merely reflected the communist government's "models" for art. These models consisted of hvo opposing female stereotypes: the peasant woman who helps the male "worker Peasant Soldier" [Gong nong bing] and the heroic "masculine" woman.

At the same time, a movement towards "art tor art's sake" (not politics) began, allowing the gradual opening of women's minds,

At first much of the artists' work (both male and female) concentrated mainly on developing western styles and techniques. As a result of the rebellious and highly questioning nature of the western influences, women artists eventually began depicting women in their artworks as representative of their own feelings and experiences.

In the early 1980s, artists were finally released from the constraints "At present there are few artworks in China which espouse of the extreme political dogma and allowed to create their own an overt women's consciousness. This Is due to the fact images. As time progressed, so did the experlementation in the that Chinese women have been disadvantaged In daily art world. Through their artwork, women artists were able to life and through received principles of art and self- explore their consciousness and redefine, or affirm, their ideas. restraint ... Despite the fact that female artists have begun By 1989, the strict collective symbolism of the past (in Chinese art) to question and move away from these stereotypes, the had come to a near standstill, enabling women to go beyond power of male supremacist art which arises from traditional the male constructions of artistic tradition. culture means that the development of women's art In China will continue to face difficulties and challenges in Much of the artwork by women that concerns their state of con­ the future." sciousness, that is, their ideology, is deeply related to the en­ From Xu Hong, "DIALOGUE - The awakening of trenched male (artistic) principles. But this is not to soy that all Chinese women's consciousness." Translated by Claire women artists have followed these male constraints. Roberts in the Art and Asia Pacific Quarterly Journal, April 1995, Vol 2 No 2. pp 44-51.

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Onthe 1st July 1995, ap­ proximately 40 Brisbane women from various cam­ puses set off on a harrow­ ing 26-hour bus ride to Melbourne to attend the annual national organisa­ Thankfully the following day, the dis­ tion of Women Students in cussion was a little more inclusive and Australia conference. What didn't deteriorate to the relative bore­ So we marched. Uniied. And all to­ ensued was four days of vicious femi­ dom of political factionism. But emo­ gether we really were women in re­ nist strategic planning to stage the vio­ tions still run high and solidarity is a volt! ! I can't properly describe the feel­ lent revolution ttiat has been brewfing tricky concept when you're attempt­ ing of being in that demonstration without getting all mushy. For a cou­ for decades! We had finally reached ing to unite passionate activists from camps on opposite sides ofthe politi­ ple of hours there I really did feel like a poiat where we were ready, once and cal lake. Many felt that not enough together we could make a ditference for all, to annihilate the oppressive attention was given to their particular (and not solely to the Melbourne traf­ patriarchal regime the world has ex­ issues, particularly the Koori women fic!). ShitI We broke that line o( blue- isted under for too many years! That present, which i must admit was true hatted fascists and bolted up those system which still indirectly (and to a certain extent. But four days of parliament stairs with all the force of sometimes quite directly) discrimi­ attention is precious little to pay jus­ several hundred incensed women, nates against people on the superfi­ tice to all the inequalities experienced getting higher than any group o( pro cial basis of their gender, sexuality, by women around the world. A con­ testers have in decades! Although ethnicity, physical ability or any olher ference is the starting point, a forum a bunch of feminist-butts planted bullshit justification for treating peo­ for learning and discussion, not the detiantly on the top step of a con­ ple unequally! Bombs, nuge ones, blueprint for cohesive action on spe­ crete monstrosity doesn't sound with atomic velocity and pinpoint ac­ cific issues. Those that attended ex­ like much, what it represents in the curacy were designed, the targets pecting this were sadly misdirected! greater scheme of things is quite in­ were decided upon. Parliament house spiring!! In the face of large struggles, was the sight of our first onslaught • il Through the many differences o( opin­ this demonstration gives hope. It the bastards won't listen to our de­ ion expressed it was at many points makes me secure in the knowledge that Im not the only one who wants mands we'll blow them into the sky - hard to envision any unity being change and is willing to fight for it, as every single one of them .... achieved ... but in this I was joyously mistaken!! (as joyous as I gel when I passionately as a pacifist can! Not quite (unfortunately!). What we realise I'm wrong!!). There became I can hear the rednecks pissing them­ did partake in, however, among other apparent one issue in which everyone selves laughing, but 1 mean it most Ihings, was a successful information was unanimous in their support: free earnestly when I say "sisterhood" is exchange - Ihe aim ot any conference, education. This in many ways consti­ now one of the strongest words i feminist or otherwise!! Admittedly, the tutes the crux of nearly everything. know. first plenary, entitled "Reform or Re­ Access to education has always been volt?" turned into somewhat of a po­ a top priority on the feminist's list of Yours in strength, litical soapbox of prepared speeches Things To Do!! Without education and arguments. This created a slightly there is really little that can be Lisa Christensen scary (irst impression for many, par­ achieved, whether it just be to provide ticularly (or non-aligned people like qualifications (or more equal oppor­ myself who were there in the hope of tunities or, on a greater level, to raise learning as much as possible by main­ awareness. taining tho open mind that is neces­ sary to achieve this (plus the 'roving mike' situation was a little too alia Optah (or comfort!).

$ SPORT AND A LETTER FROM THE UQ SPORTS RECREATION WOMEN'S VICE PRESIDENT What is Ihis thing called equity? How Tiany women are involved in university sport and recreation? How does this compare to the OPPORTUNITIES number of men? These are the questions UQ SPORT is seeking answers for in order to develop and Equity Policy lo enable equal access lo sport FOR WOMEN UQ SPORT and recreation for all. More than 50% of the student population is comprised of women, UQ SPORT is the governing body for the provision of sport and recreation we participation figures in our programs reflects an imbalance on campus. This section Is designed to help you, the women of The between the sexes, It appears that after leaving secondary school University Of Queensland, make choices about participating in a range of fhe dropout rate for v/omen is much greater than that of their male sport and recreational activities available to you. counter parts and UQ SPORT have set out to find answers lo this phenomenon. UQ SPORT offers students the following services: Recently a Women in University Sport and Recreation luncheon was held to co-incide with Internalional Women's Day, the aim of A 41 Affdialed Clubs vMcU was to create a greater awareness of the need to implement • Recreation Activities gender equity policies. • Aerobics There is a common misunderstanding in the community thai V Lurchtime Social Spo't equity means equality. Hov/ever equality is about equal services, A Inter Faculty Sport facililies and programs to both males and females, which IS currenlly • Inter Varsity Sports the case at UQ SPORT Equity means recognising that women's • Special events needs are not necessarily being met and implementing specific V UniGym programs to encourage greater parlicipation. • UniSqash Courts Another common myth is that gender equity is about reverse • UniSports Siore discrimination. Hov/ever, the current modal tor the provision of sport • Uni Tennis Courls V UniPool and recreation is based on meeting male needs and gender equity is • Legendz Sports Bar about introducing affirmative action policies to re-address ;his • 8 Playing Fields imbalance and better meet the needs ot women. • Indoor Sports Pavilion In order to do this, UQ SPORT needs your input. We wanl to know V Martial Arls Gymnasium what we can do for the women of the University of Queensland to better meet your sport ard recreation needs. RECREATION Please complete the sun/ey below and return it to UQ SPORT PO Box 87 ST LUCIA 4067 or in person to the UQ SPORT Administration Throughout Semester 2, UQ SPORT organises numerous activities Office, lop floor of the squash complex. All completed surveys will go into tne draw to win a Subway Party Platler. through the recreation Program. These activities are very affordable, All surveys will be strictly confidential and you need only include provide a great way to meet new people, are conveniently located on your student number if you would like to go inlo the draw. campus and most importantly, they are designed specifically for Thank you for assisting UQ SPORT to provide a better service lo beginners who would like to try new sports and recreation. women on campus, The Recreation Program: Plerm turtles V Aerobics - 40 classes a week for beginners, iniermeoiate and advanced fitness 'evels ¥ Racket Sports - Tennis, Squash and Badminton Women's Vice - President V Adventure Holidays - Snow Skiing and Top End Tour V Adventure Activities - Bushwa.king, Canoe. Horse riding, Rock climbing. Gliding, Sailing Surfing Water skiing, Sky Diving, Thnlls, Spills and Wills V Aquatics - Aqua Fitness, Learn to swim, Rowing, Scuba Diving, Bronze Medallion V Martial Arts - Aiki Tai Julsu, Kendo and Tai Chi ¥ Dance - Bell/ Dance, Jazz Ballet, Social Dance, Spanish Flamenco & lap ^WOMEN IN UNIVERSITY SPORT SURVEY ¥ Instructional - Golf, Boxing, Fencing & Jido for Self Defence.

¥ Wo'kshops - Firs Aid Course, Ladies Massage and Massage ,.\Bc; 17-2(10 21-25 D 26-35 0 35*0 ¥ Health and Fitness - Yoga, Weight Training lor Beginners and Weight Training 'or Vv'omen 1 low (ilicii ili> you p:i(ttcl|iatc in siv.irt and cccccalioii? For more information on these programs, obtain a copy of a guide to Sport and Recreation, available for UQ SPORT administration ;j(; si'OKi oircAr^ims N'cvcr Q Office, top floor of the squash complex or call Tania Jobling, u f)cc,issiniislly Q a -" Programs Office, on 3271 7777. KcBul.nily [] D AFFILIATED CLUBS Cirde llie IC5[HIIISC wliicli mmi actutalcly ilcpids yniif views ,ihoul Ilic fdllowini! .sliilcmciils: (|- Siicmyly ;ii;tcc, 2^ A[;rcc, .1 ' Nciiltnl. •!-il(.^iii;ri;c, 5 •" SlKMigly (li,s;(i;rce)

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As I sit in the engineering tive perceptions of reporting labs typing this essay the varying degrees. The formation and pam­ problems on both these levels. student next to me is threat of harassment, phlets which gave me Our culture is rich with warn­ downloading pictures from biased perceptions some idea of my av­ ings about the punishments, the WWW of glazed-eyed and discrimination ex­ enues and options. such as social ostracism, addi­ women being fucked "doggy- ist to construct a cul­ University policy has tional harassment and difficul­ style." This is my profes­ ture which discour­ been under review ties in gaining employment, that sional space! This Isn't about ages the participation for arnund two years befall those trying to change internet censorship, but rather of women and those now and suggestions sexist practice. In tenure situ­ it's about what engineering cul­ who find these and complaints may ations, it may seem that little ture seems to deem as accept­ practices have a greater can be done and that the onus able behaviour. ^ Socially-sanc­ offensive. opportunity to is on the complainant to come tioned pornography, references to terms with the situations to biologically-based capabilities through administrative confron­ tation. These negative depic­ of women in lectures, the scar­ tions are not challenged, and city of gender-neutral language contributing to the elimination and figurifig out how/ to "deal of direct or indirect discrimina­ with" being female during work tion does not appear to be placement are the burden of the encouraged. student, Though the university Much more documen­ influence policy. 1 claims to be "unambiguously tation exists regard­ learnt through the committed to a conscious avoid­ ing sexual harass­ Dean of Engineering Articulating existing problems ance of sexism and to the elimi­ ment and uninvited that there is an en­ as complaints is not always sim­ nation of all forms of direct and sexual advances than gineering group ple. Sexist behaviour is often indirect discrimination", those for sexist behavioun which is facilitated by not malicious, A person can be who chase this promise may find Cultura! sexism prob­ our only female aca­ a great lecturer or a friend with assistance difficult to locate and ably affects a wider demic. The Dean now whom you have worked well on a the procedures which operate number of students, teaches a profes­ project and still have sexist at­ yet there appears not unclear. Equal opportunity sional ethics course titudes. A lot of it results from to be substantive policy^ does little but sit on the in first year, and ap­ ignorance, just doing what eve­ policy as to how it can peared quite willing shelf where it provides a cush­ rybody else is doing, and an un­ be addressed. to receive sugges­ certainty as to what behaviour ion for the university against tions about problems with gen­ is appropriate. If sexist lan­ accusations of sexism. While There are general guidelines with der and racial equity in the pro­ guage is part of the faculty cul­ the different avenues to a regard to sexual harassment fession. Why did 1 have to run ture, the desire to fit in and "be "Utopian" state of equity are de­ and gender-specific language, but is it up to individual depart­ around researching an article one of the boys" makes objec­ batable, there are obvious, prac­ ments to enforce them, In a before 1 learnt these things? Im­ tion difficult. When lecturers tical steps which are perfect world this would mean agine being expected to pass an can stand in front of a class not being taken, that policy would be adapted to exam on renaissance literature making no attempt to be inclu­ work most efficiently within each when no classes are given and sive, or even making blatantly In addressing the issue of sex­ department. It seems to mean, no one is told of the existence sexist comments about wom­ ism within the university it however, that policy has no of libraries or book stores. Like en's abilities, it sends a clear should not be a question teeth and that it will be enforced policy, the assistance which, on message to the students that whether every person can agree in areas where attitudes to sex­ one level appears to be there in this is acceptable. It may ap­ that any individual practice is ist practice are relatively abundance, seems to exist in a pear best for the student just offensive or that it reflects healthy. sphere separate to the one in to deal with it. University policy negatively on their experience of. which sexism does nothing to encourage feed­ say, engineering. One woman My only encounter w:th equal op­ operates. back, suggestions or com­ claiming not to have been af­ portunity policy was two lec­ plaints, or to de-mystify these fected by an action does not tures in a three credit-point Sexism is an ugly issue in the processes. As a result, policy invalidate the claim of an­ subject in my final year After media and ugly to have to deal is divorced from practices that other that that behaviour is running around and visiting three with on campus. If university actually operate. unacceptable. Different is­ separate places within the uni­ policy seeks to be useful, it sues affect different people to versity. 1 managed to dig up in needs to account for the nega­ ? Sexuai harassment compla(nt;s, should be given tnat for example, are dealt with by complaints can be sim­ an academic exercise - it oper­ the head of a department or an ple and, more than ates in real time (rigfit now!) and officer in the union. Many en­ that, that complaints in real space [in classrooms, of­ gineering students have had lit­ are welcomed as part fices, between people). To suc­ tle to do with the union and of the university's un­ cessfully address it, policy needs bringing your objections to ambiguous commit­ to operate on the same level. strangers can be intimidating. ment to avoidance of all If members of faculty display forms of direct and in­ Thanks to Angelique. the Wom­ sexist behaviour or have a bio­ direct discrimination. en's Area anc the Dean of logically determinist view of Ideally, seminars might Engineering gender differences, there is not given by those to whom necessarily the expectation students would be taking that the heads of departments their complaints: griev­ is not whether this is the case, wil! be sympathetic. The issue ance channels would be but that it should be clear that clear and be seen to be PAMELA support and assistance could friencly and accessible. BALDAUF unconditionally be expected. These officers, if they were Equity does not natu­ from the faculty depart­ rally evolve or ajto- ment and not from the matically get better women's office, might consider '' I don't mean that engineer­ witn each new genera­ it a part of their job to attend ing administration is supportive tion. Social attitudes events such as, for example, of it, but that some people seem have changed through blue stocking week. to understand that this is the awareness campaigns norm within the course. and education. In an Non-sexist behaviour is not an ^ With regard to women. institutional environ­ optional extra. This kind of ^ And Angelique. Thanks ment this education training should be compulsory Angie! should be institution­ - a necessary part of gradua­ ^ This isn't that radical an alised. Specific, non- tion from an institution of idea; these kinds of classes have token classes should higher learning. Sexism is not begun to appear in some be given stating what Canberra schools. kinds of direct and in­ direct behaviour are considered to be sex­ ist and how to access grievance proce­ dures.'^ Reassurance

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Psychiatry is used as a tool of social control and oppression. In this society women are subject to the control and oppression of psychiatry much more than men.

In 1987 I was admitted as a patient into the psychiotric ward of a local hospital. My diagnosis was severe depression. I underwent intensive drug therapy and 18 ECT (a modern odapta- tion of shock treatment) during five years of continuous psychiotric hospitalisation.

By the end of those five years the list of my psychiatric diagnoses had grown to Include anxiety disorder, compulsive obsessive disorder, a drug induced epileptic condition and a psychotic condition. Due to the "seriousness" of my condition, I was forced to withdraw from two university degrees ond I was even confined to hospital grounds for my 21 st birthday. For five years I "exisied" os a drug-fucked bastion of indifference, believing my only identity was that of a psychiotric patient.

General Psychiatric theory still fails to recognise that environmental factors (socialisation, discrimination, reduced social status, sexual abuse and violence) may adversely affect the mental health of women, instead it relates most complaints to biology; a biology which defines women in terms of negation, in terms of lack, for example, medical textbooks discuss the mole pelvis as the norm, before digressing into the realms of difference which involve female pelvis's.

It is clear that women are over-represented as patients - a recent study by the Key Centre for Women's Health Melbourne) reveals that the incidence of depression among women is twice that of men. On the other hand, women are under-repre­ sented as psychiatrists; in Australia, only 23% of Psychiatrists ore women. These imbalonces ore indicative ofthe ways in which psychiatry acts to marginalise women and their complaints, by merely negating and labelling their reaction to their lived experiences as "crazy", "neurotic" or mod.

from the persecution of witches to the development of the concept of "mental ill­ ness", medicol historians have documented madness as a basically feminine at­ [an "on the road" prose home movie narrated by badboy tribute. With the onset of the industrial revolution, the changing attitude towards miffy, a genderfuck bunny sporting red spandex swimming witch-craft resulted in the emergence of modern psychiatry as a medicol discipline, trunks, stainless-steeled strap-on and disposable but the belief in "mental illness" leads to social actions which have the same moral sideburns] implications and political consequences as the persecution of women os witches with horrendous atrocities being committed to socially controlled women. mights, maybes. Action: Psychiatry as a modern "science" only developed 100 years ago, with Charcot's she is nancy revelations about 'hysteria' - the word is derived from ancient Greek, meaning sweet acetate flirt ng fluorocarbons "wandering womb". It was, by definition, only women who suffered from hysteria. mouth of pleated oncertinas The American Psychiatric Association's Diagnostic and Stotisticol Manual lists, foxtrots truth amongst other things, premenstrual syndrome as a possible mental illness. It was then goes in lor tt ekill only recently that homosexuality wos removed from this monuol os o mentol illness.

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The most extreme and nightmarish effort to monoge women's minds by regulating their bodies was Dr. Isaac Baker Brown's surgical practice of clitoridectomy as o cure for female insanity in the late 1800s. Brown bscome convinced that modness was caused by on 'unfeminine' expression of sexuality through masturbation by women, and the surgical removal ofthe clitoris, oy helping women to control themselves, could holt a disease that would otherwise load to hysteria and thence to idiocy, mania and death, contrary to popular belief, many of the supposedly out-dated barbaric forms of early psychiatry still exist. 'Shock Treai- menf is still performed, as ECT (Electro Convulsive Therapy) with the administration ofa general anaesthetic; people can still be 'committed', by being "regulated" under the mental Health Act (in Queensland; ond Leucotomies (a modern adaptation ai lobotomies) ore still performed. The performonce of these procedures, under the bonner of modern psychiatry, has frightenin ' repercussions for all women, when one considers the over-representation of femole patients in psychiatric institutions.

Most comploints which offect women ore gen­ erally viewed as biological in origin - social, racial and economic inequalities are not taken into consideration, and ore poorly managed. Post-natal Depression (PND) is bother under- reported and inadequately dealt with by policy­ makers in health service provision, who ore overwhelmingly male. Well known preventive health measures which might anticipate and thus evert PND (using information, observa­ tion and respite core to assist mothers) are not used.

Anorexia, Bulimia and other eating disorders, which can be seen as direct reactions to the social demands of a unattainable femininity, I am on Amazon - oh Athene almost exclusively affect women, theories of would be proud. causation do ottribute situotion factors to some a headmaster degree. However, psychiatry focuses on the a gold wedding ring individual, seeing severe dieting or bingeing a bumble bee's sting as an attempt by individual women to control -these are the things their lives and deny their sexuality (starvation that kill, thai kill, that kili. causes menstruation to cease and returns o woman's body to a pubescent shape), Socio- mi/Chaela Costigan culturoi factors, such as the icons of supposed health and beouty which surround us, all air brushed and unottoinably thin, are simply ig­ nored by psychiatry.

Other problems - depression, agorapho­ Lost year I dec'ded to stop taking the bia, anxiety states - are also alarmingly The use of drug therapy is also relevont to a gender analysis. prescribed medication and to stop see­ prevalent in women, however, it is The tranquilliser dependence incurred by women through the ing 0 psychiatrist who enforced her in­ crucial to recognise the effect of existing medical institution is well-documented, doctors' prescribing terpretation of what a "woman" should in 0 society where sexual abuse, vio­ habits only further morgtnolise women, with psychiatrists treat­ be upon me. Since then a new stronger lence, harassment and discrimination ing the symptoms rather than the true causes of women's prob­ selfidentity has emerged. By abandon­ are genuine realities for most women. lems, these medications have numerous side effects which ing the identity of a psychiatric patient, A study published in the British Journal specifically affect women, including loss of orgasm, cessation 0 "sick" person, I feel decidedly more of Psychiotrv las year cited thot in one of menstruation, disturbance of lactation and alteration of mood. self-connected, self-contented and sample ot women diagnosed with sct^izo^ more self-aware. \ 1 no longer have to phrenio, over 80% were survivors of The real reasons why women enter this system ore ignored, try to confront my problems and nego­ sexual abuse. When women enter the their lived experiences are negated and instead women's tiate study in a drug induced haze and psychiatric system as a result of this it behaviours and reactions ore medicalised and labelled as feel alienated from myself, my emotions sen/es the interests of male-dominated "mentally ill". The psychiatric institution is indicative of the in­ and others around me. society, to simply medicalise these so­ sidious control mecfianisms which operote throughout the cially based problems, and therefore ne­ social structure, to control women, under the guise of modern One does not necessarily have to seek gate them. Thus the imoge/myth of medicine. help from physically and mentally de­ women as inherently submissive, weak bilitating institutions like psychiatry, one and masochistic is maintained. con gain strength and support from wilhin and from real people. ? W/omen\And Their Cycles

One upon a time, v\^men remained ^In touch'/with thpir menstrual cycles by observing the phases of the mpon

Menstruation was ih flow with nature and in turn celebibted by women of different cultures and varyin ages. Through the obsen/ation of heir Individual cycles, women developed an innai e awareness of their bodies. This av areness nurtured a growing sense of self-empo /verment - the power of being respo isible for one's own health.

Obviously, stargazi ig Is not a part of most of our schecjules, for the same reasons that gave birth to a myrted of pre-, present and post-menst/ual discomfori:s. Environmental, emotional, psychobgical and physical stressors affact how we live our day-to-day lives and, IjKtfirn, n^tvethe potential to wreak havo^ on our hormonal systems.

Dysmeirorrhoea (period pain), amenorrhoea (absent periods), menorrhagia (heavy flow), hypomenorrhoea (lighyrecftjced flow) and PiVlT are psturbingly common problems, with a high majority of womVn buffering from at least orte of these conditions at some stage in her lif^ The current rAflciical approach to such Conditions may range from pethedlne Injections K^r severe dysf'rtenorrhoea, to supplerrtentatlon of synthetic hormones for heavy periodsTThrTricidence of such prescriptions is surprisingly common, while more than often little or no action iWken to invejtffgate the causes of such discomfort.

Basically, the cure will be found In the cause. When the causative factor is discovered, a problem can be addressed at the most fundamental level. Maybe It Is through Ignorance more than laziness that many modem^^omehsare quite prepared >•- >s. to accept a diagnosis and the therapy of their physician/ choice, j / \ It would seenn that in certain respects wonnen have suWndered the responsibility of their health) to an insensitive medical system. At this stage it may be wise to suggest that what may be theferas^f one person's \ / problem, may not be the cause for another's. Similarly, what is an appropriate treat- \ ^ ment for one individual or group of individuals will often not apply to others who may o appear to suffer an outwardly similar problem. 0

Gynaecological disorders, in general, and mensfrual difficulties, in particular, may be offered a vSarying range of tr^tments^at are alternatives to the approach of orthodox medicine. Acupuncture Is one ofthe eight branches of traditional Chinese medicine and its use dates back thousAnds ofyears. It views present conditions as imbalances or stagnat]^ Jivtiielfew^f energy through­ out our bodies. Fine needles areJH^ert ;d Into the s^n at specific points through which the energy flows to regulate ammbalance. From this viewpoint, imbalanc^ such as period pain anp due to energy stagnation and the principle of/treatment is to promote a smooth and even flow of energv in the relevant areas 6f the body, therefore clearing the blockage And Preventing the oain. Diet can play a vital role In the treatment csb^rtain pre-niepstrual symptoms and signs and remains a much disputed topiCyWn^igiflAftytSeople consulting In Needless to say that certain fojzras can be used therapeutically (like herbs) to affect particular systems/organs of the body. Deficiencies in certairryk^ins and minerals tend to become more ^^.^l^parent premgDfitrdally and supplementation may be necessary. O Vitamin B andChromium are often deficient, particuJ<(fly¥a>»tDman Is taking an oral contraceptive. Herbally, Vltex Agrjjfc Castus connblned with other liquid herbs treats amenorrhoea andynelps to balance oestrogen and progesterone levels. To complement the aforemen­ tioned treatments, or as options on their owru floweressences , aromatherapy and massage (any type as lonj as It feelsgoodl ) could^ in my opinion benefit almost any ailment.

^9mmm^^Mm?m7-: Whatever modality Ss chosen, all women tmist learn to become intuitive about their bodies. It Is hcklthy to be discerning about treatment recommendations before O accepting another person's advice about you^ody. f Judge Dredd - The Soundtrack It's got The Cure, It's got the Cocteau Twins. Thurston Moore - Psychic Hearts It's gol The The. How could it be bad. I don't Sonic Youth - Screaming Fields of Sonic Love know, but It Is. Maybe It's the White Zombie Thurston Moore is a giant. He's really tall and he track. Maybe it's Sylvester Stallone - more knows the score. He learned how to lay guitar by than likely. In any case, I haven't seen the plugging a broom into his fathers stereo. Now film but the soundtrack didn't appeal too he's like a human 3-way lightbulb, turn him on much. Most of the CD is kinda brooding, and you're gonna get something. Thurston Moore orchestral "mood" music so you feel as if is usually in Sonic Youth so hc can do whatever you're part of a movie soundtrack-^which I the fuck he wants. Dive!!! Sonic Youth have suppose it is. Maybe check out the^^tnpvie recently released a compilation called Screaming first. I dunno. It's alrigbL«S' 1i\ Fields of Sonic Love - featuring stuff from all their Paul WellCTVStanley Road earlier albums, bar the first one and the iast two. I had never reaify listened to Paul You realise exactly how dedicated the Youth are Weller prior to this album, but I was to their art from listening to this album! It's the always quile convinced that he was a quintessential Youth experience, neatly packaged conceited prat wilh too much to say. for ease of consumption. Thurston Moore has One listen to this album and my worst also released a solo album called Psychic Hearts. fears evaporate, this is extrordinarily It's, um, slow. And, um, interesting. I suppose self-Indulgent stuff, even for an you're more likely to appreciate it if you like Sonic alleged Icon/living legend type. He's Youth, but I feel I should warn you that some of not nearly as tall as thurston moore the songs sound like the CD is skipping. Thurston and he doesn't even play in Sonic explores some "less travelled" paths in the guitar Youth, so there aren't really any oriented woods. If you're into experimental guitar excuses for being uppity now are sounds, Moore is definitely not less. there? It's whimsical, quirky pop Paradise Lost - Draconian Times which sounds nothing like the Go I've heard it said that people often Betweens. (Who???) The album Is underestimate the skill required to make appealingly marketed wilh a second good heavy metal. If this is the case then CD for free • tucked Inside - another Pardlse Lost demonstrate the art and skill of three wierd songs with a decidedly their chosen profession by performing with more electronic flavour. I likejt some quite orthodox "classical" musicians - I like it. violins, cellos, you know. The lyrics address Yello - Hands on Yello some fundamental questions of spirituality Yello have been pumping out some wierd shit for a with an angsty metal edge. If metal if the vibe while now. Remember the incredibly catchy "Oh you seek, Paradise Lost do it with style. Yeah..," This album remixes eariier work and samples for new heights in obscurity. "Who are the Cranky - Australia, Don't Become America conspirators," I hear you cry. Though I didn't It's a sentiment I can definitely appreciate. JJJ recognize most of the remixers (is that what you call have been giving this single a bit of airplay them?), electronic movers Cari Craig, Moby, The recently It's one of these new-fangled musical Grid, The Orb and Hardsequencer all play with the fusion thingies. The single has guitars and Buckshot Le For Yello sound. Keep in mind that Boris Blank made his rapping and a few wierd electronic sounds, Branford MarsaliS-ft'aefinilely a mover first bass line from a sample of him banging his though the rest of the EP plays around with som > and shaker in the jazz/hip hop fusion mothers fridge with his fist and it's easier lo jazzy-ish and dub-ish sounds. Oh bloody hell, worid. He's made albums wilh jazz appreciate what Yello are trying to do. Apart from how can I describe it without using some wanky legends, young rappers (most notably some grating vocals and some bass lines that musical genre cliches. Elvis Costello said Guru from Gangstarr) and now he's thump a little too hard at timgs the tracks are quite "Talking about music is like dancing about pulled oft this project. Working with DJ interesting, architecture." I guess he was right. All in all it's Premier (again from Gangstarr) quite good fun with a beat you could probably amongst olher artists, this album covers dance to if you were on the right a lot of musical ground. From straight drugs...wahooool up jazz, to reggae, slow tracks with "Whitney Houston-lsh" vocals to funked oul hip hop. Marsalis Is a great trumpeter who isn't afraid to try something different. Buckshot Le Fonque brings the gifts of a talented, free-thinking musician to your ears.

Alanis Morisette^^^^ed Little Pill Godstar • Coastal I personally beliey§ this woman should be deified NIc Dalton is from theTiWionheads -there, I as the spokesperson of our generation. The said it. It had to be acknoiM^geiif|pLn don't musical style takes the mood up and down in a let this fool you, he has creatOTsaunlque Music For The New Worid - well calculated musical journey while her lyrics sound on this album • sweet, sirripOe Compilation just seem to hit all the nails on their heads. She's melodies in a very relaxed format. A variety We live in an age where we can experience great. You can only believe someone singing to of noises sneak onto the album in a culture from all over the worid, and it's a you about "feeling fine" when they convince you subliminal manner but the focus of the beautiful thing. Sharing the musical beauty that they've been really down and still gone on to music is guitar driven pop. I hesitate to use of other times and places is certainly the do bigger, better things. Ms Morlsette Is obviously the word "nice" to describe It, bul when I way of the future, and this album blends no stranger to emotional pain, enabling her to listen to this album it makes we feel together some really diverse musical characterise some of its manifestations In some peaceful in a curious way. styles. Prominent artists on the album are beautiful ways. Ultimately, the album is a Angelique KIdjo, Zap Mama, Youssou N' celebration of self with a drum machine and Dour, Deep Forest and Not Drowning, some funky guitars. Apparently Flea and David Waving. What can you do but immerse Navarro (Red Hot Chili Peppers) even played a bil yourself In Ihe richness of the worlds on the CD. Listen to It - It's great. MUSIC cultural diversity? Rob Clarkson - Gag Reflex If you missed Mr Clarkson al Uni a while ago, you are a complete goober. He plays an acoustic guitar and makes some Inlerestlng observations about relationships and life. Coming from a similar cultural background to the aforementioned artist (In Brisbane Ihough, not Melbourne/Hobart) I can enjoy his lyrical witticisms. His CD's coming out soon for everyone who enjoyed his recent visit. That's aboul all there is to say. ? ACTIVITIES & COUNTDOWN HiJ PROUDLY PRESENT

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Queering the libii U P O a Dear Semper, Dear Semper I have read Michael Garden's ailicle on Queering the Bible, I found your "Alien abduction stories Father Middleton's reply and both your and Michael's response are not new" interesting, but the to it. I am left feeling somewhat angered and disturbed by the interchange, not by Michael's queer response to the Bible, nor analysis did not go deep enough. Father Middleton's objection to anti-Catholic disrespect, but the Indeed, these stories are not new. intolerance and small-mindedness of the Semper editors. Perhaps the first such story is recorded Father Middleton and Michael Carden have vastiy different in the Mahabharata, the Indian epic beliefs, but have managed to engage in a peaceful debate. dated at around 3000 B.C.E., in which They demonstrated a tolerance for the other's point of w\e% "the gods" who dwell in the sky & refraining from personal attacks, and discussed the matter on an intellectual level. operate flying chariots or "viranas" impregnate an earth woman, who later Father Middleton struck me as an understanding and fair-minded gives birth to the various heroes of the man. He certainly did not deserve the epithets "homophobe" and "bigct", hurled upon him by the Semper team. These terms epic. Similarly, folklore abounds in have very real meanings. They should be reserved for stories of the "little folk" who steal gay-bashers and Nazis, not twisted to apply to anyone where human babies, have sex with humans, or opinion strays from the liberal party-line. entice people into the "faery land." Bigots are those who promote hatred and violence by jumping to Such stories typically include the conclusions based on ignorance and prejudice. The only party abductee experiencing dislocation in in this situation who deserves the appellation was the Semper time, as do UFO abductions. editors themselves.

Katy Wile These stories across time have similar characteristics: an elder race with a superior technology, or "magic" that can ENVIRONMENTALISM, VEGETARIANISM & ANIMAL LIBERATIONISM only be seen by a chosen few. But more importantly, these stories all share the same process of interpreting the Dear Semper, experience in terms of the prevalent Many of your contributors and correspondants have, it seems, culture. Thus, medieval folk saw failed to make some basic distinctions between three separate fairies. we see them in a modern issues: Environmentalism, Vegetarianism and Animal Liberationism. industrial-technological framework: These terms are not interchangeable or interdependent. UFOs. What is clear is some kind of culturally universal psychological Environmentalism is an ethic and practice of Earth-care, Preservation of natural habit. Animal Liberation has no role in experience is taking place, and this Environmentalism, as the relevant unit is not the individual certainly deserves our attention, animal, but the species in relation to its niche in the Whilst the existence of UFOs are an bio-region. Thus animal liberationaists may disavow the slaughter article of faith for some, rationally, of plague kangaroos, eg, or water buffalo, to take another eg, but it seems unlikely, given the length of they do so at the peril of the environment. the history of the "contact" and the Environmentalism is an ethic that involves some hard decisions. virtually insurmountable problems It is about resource management. Australia is overgrazed. The associated with space travel. Indeed, vegetarian solution is to stop eating meat. This is fine, but is it appears it is a "religious" an individual's choice. Realistically, most meat eaters will not phenomena: intense psychological stop. Therefore, conversion of growing beef to growing macropods experience of revelation and contact for slaughter is the correct choice for the environment. Animal liberationists will argue that it is immoral, as is growing beef. with superior beings being the central Realistically, that is not going to change. Therefore, they experience in both revealed religion and should put their lot behind the environment and opt for the lesser UFOs. A subsequent body of conflicting of two evils. People have the right to eat meat. They do not dogma which rests solely on faith and/or have the right to degrade the environment. anecdotal evidence follows. I submit, Vegetarianisn is no more inherently environmental than eating therefore, that UFOs, like religion, meat. Forests are cut, topsoil lost and ground salinated by the need to be understood in this thousands of hectares to produce vegetable products. Again, the anthropological light. Humans have the issue is land management: agribusiness and monoculture is capacity to create the sacred experience destructive whether growing beef or rice. Some of Asia's best - it is part of being human. And Gods wetlands are rapidly succumbing to rice production, eg. has been interfering in human lives ever The definitive work on sustainable & permanent agriculture within since humans created them. Quite a context of earth care & environmental protection is by Bill possibly, UFOs are phenomena of a Mollison. I urge all who avow the environmentalist ethic to study similar order. therein.

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STCAI Now. PAN NrvtR SIM A cold chill dovw My spiNE. SVE MUST MVER (ORCET TIIAT TIIERE ARE pEopU IN TNE .MiddlE. YES TIIERE ARE pEoplE who woRk (OR bosses Asd yes TIICRE ARE bic, \AST\ MtltiNATioNAl IACCICSS COMPANIES RippKq us AU off. BUT do NOT loRqET us. The SMAII buslNrssES. RNE, qo AhtAd ANCJ ENCOURAGE pEopU TO libERAit txptNsivE ARTICUS. Pfoptr iLNiHAiNul IN this ART) will iNEviTAbly START ON TIIE SMAU qROCERV STORE dowN TIIE CORNER, OR THE RESTAURANT OR TAKEOUT. MEANWME WIIAT do TIIESE SMAU buslNESs pEoplE do? OLR IAMIUES ARiNT Rich. MOST ol LS STRuqqU ON RENiEd pREMisES ANd COMPETITION IROM biq COMPANIES. I stqqesT TIIAT MR WINSIETT should IIAVE whlihEld his ARTICU LNTII IIE liAd coMposfd ANoilitR pifCE ON liow SMAU btsiNESS OPERATORS CAN STEAI 25 kilo sAcks ol HoLR OR RICE AS QuIckly ANd EAslly AS SMAU EVERydAy ITEMS. CAROI LEiNq ? Dea,»s MAGIC NEW AEON I am pleased to see that you are continuing to publish articles on interesting subjects like alien abductions and holistic health. Most interesting, however, was lhe article Magic and th3 New Aeon, a paraphrase ol Peler J Carroll's I'LL TRY NOT TO BE book, Null and Psychonaut. In response to this article, I offer some observations and criticisms. Firstly, ttie historical aspects of this article are gross generalisations about our past and in some points, are very TOO SNIDE HERE, Inaccurate. Budda (sic.) as a monotheistic god? Tt-at is a falsehood. Where is Ihe Christian god in this framework? I believe you could sustain an argument Ihat God ne Father and God the Son are seen as separate individuals by WOULD YAALL PLEASE many Christians. Bul if one ol the most importart religions of the so-called "monotheistic aeon' is not strictly monotheistic, where does that eave the schema lor world history used in Ihis a.^ticle? I strongly suggest Ihat KEEP YA LETTERS TO historical epochs are as uselul (or understanding what actually happened in the past as economic modes of production are in Marxist thought: generalisations that start to fall down when one looks at the past in more detail. UNDA A COUPLE OF Secondly, although the arlicle claims that magic is anli-ideologicai', magic as doscibed in this article is an HUNDRED WORDS OR ideology. Ideology is defined as "a system of ideas conceming phenomena." Magic is certainly a system of ideas. It "advocates personal enlightenment and emancipation'; is "profoundly opposed to religion'; is concemed "with SUBMIT LONGER individual Ireedom and consciousness'; and conceives o( the homed god as a central symbol in its world-view. The seeming unawareness of this inconsistency is a worry. THINGS. Ditto (or all lhe stuff aboul chaos forming Ihe centre of the universe and other quantum waKle. If it is impossible to say anything aboul chaos because "it would be a denial of its other qualities and so a lie,' how can chaos be described as omnipresent, non-dualistic, virtually imperceptible, inconceivable and impossible lo visualise'? In the THANKYAKINDLY. nexl paragraph, printed in bold type, is the sentence, 'chaos might be better visualised as the only point of rest, the unmoved mo'/er as it were." How can something be impossible to visjalise when you cai give a suggestion as to how to visualise il? DECONSTRUCTED OR JUST DESTRUCTIVE? Fourthly, there is a constant denigration of order ii Ihis article. Magic originates irom ciaotic good, the universe A Critique of Semper Floreat Issue #4,1995 originates Irom chaos, order is repressive and evil. But, if magic is both chaotic and good, we are imposing an ordered structure on the chaos. God, as this article understands it, is "concem wilh individual freedom and interest in Nyah nyah nyah nyah! all other life forms on this planet". Both of these policies place restrictions upon our aciions: as such both are ordered, and not chaotic. Shitbuggerpooparsetioleweeweefucking Inlerestingly, neither of these policies requires any consideration (or the well-being o( others, or willing cuntmongrelbastardupyours! self-sacrifice lor Ihe benefit of oihers, or olher courses of action usually considered as good. It is possible, it seems, lo ignore any moral goodness in the practice of magic: "it is for us to decide what we wish :o consider meaningful or Look at me hold my breath till I turn blue. Don'l look at me good or amusing." While this is all consistent with the chaotic nihilisn of the universe as described in this article, like that! Look at me smear my excreta all over the nursery none of this has anything lo do wilh how most people understand the word "good". In fact, the article suggests that wall. Look at me beating my head on the wall, and you gel power without any responsibility. Where is Aleister Crowley's iamous maxim, "do what thou wilt, but harm pounding my puny little fists on the ground. Don't look at no-one"? me. Finally, Ihe ridiculous phrase, "shamanism once guided all human societies and kept then in equilibrium with their environment for thousands o( years. All occullism is an attempt to wir back that awesome lost wisdom," The idea I'm a S-E-M-P-E-R E-D-l-T-O-R !!! and I don't five a fuck about that ancient people knew things t.iat we did not is true - how many of you can make a flint i':nife? - but to conceive of you, or about your values, or about the rotten corrupt shamans as keeping some kind ol "cosmic balance" with the rest of the universe is silly. People in the past sought lo society that you and people like you have created and I'm exploit the wcrld around them, as v/e do today; it's just that we can exploit the world with much greater effectiveness going to do every fucking thing in my power to tear the lhan slone age peoples could. This entire article endorses the fallacy that the world was a better, caring, sharing, whole shit-ridden mess down! You hear me? nurturing word before the advent of agriculture, paganism, monotheism, or whatever else tickles your fancy, and that if we can reiurn lo Ihis Utopian past we wili be amazingly better off than we are now. that just isn't so. I'm a S-E-IVI-P-E-R E-D-l-T-O-R I ! so I can use this paper to For an interesting assessmen; of shamans as early scientists (that is, people trying to understand the way our promote my own personal view, prejudices and beliefs while I universe works), try William H. Calvin's book. How the Shaman Stole the Moon: In Search of Ancient at the same time ATTACKING YOURS (MERCILESSLY and Prophet-Scientists from Stonehenge to the Grand Canyon, published by Bantam Books in 1991, there's not a fucking thing you can do about it! PS. I hope that you see (il to publish this letter. 1 was disappointed when my previous letter was not published, especially since you did publish a letter that criticised the article Queering the Bible. Do yoj only publish letters that I'm a S-E-M-P-E-R E-D-l-T-O-R !!! and I have the God-given 'speak scathingly about you as editors, so that you can dismiss the letter with snide comments? If so, I'd better add right to challenge and mock EVERY FUCKING THING YOU something to Ihis letter. I know: please do not use such layouts again. I believe that Semper should be easy to read, HOLD SACRED!! Morality? Bullshit! Religion? Patriarchial so Ihat Producing a Semper with such anarchic layout goes against this principle, and adds ammunition to those who nonsense! Truth? (Ilusory! Deadlines? Old paradigm argue that Semper is dominated by left-wing art wankers (rom Ihe English department. Was that rude enough? thinkingl Design sense? Never heard of it!

hey, man, what's your damage? ever heard of thing.s getting lest in the mail or something, wc cio So there! endeavour lo print every letter we get and hardly reply to any of them and as you probably well know wc get more letters saying liow fucked we are than the other type, thanks for this one Ihough. 1 ihink *tVi^*H- that you raised some very interesting points - some of whicli would be clarified ifyou read the entire book, it's good to know that people think about things written in Semper, that's all we ask. we don't care ifyou don't like us... well, not much. Engineering is a male dominated course. Big deal. Engineers have a reputation for being beer swilling, male chauvinist pigs, & they can be pretty obnoxious. Girls can drink just as much beer as guys (true, but nothing to be proud of) & can be JENSEN & CO. equally obnoxious & sexist. SOLICITORS So much for social functions, where lEYEl 1,33 PARK RD; MILTON.BHISBANE QLD everyone's "best side" comes to light. When it comes to the crunch, guys: "^ftmlimi kfitmd kjat^ dm" get their work done are supportive (engineering is hard for livojiia;C!;esiio^''c%3' almost everyone) and appreciate what girls have to say just as we appreciate what they have to say. also :e eri :yic< 5 T damages. Sexism does not get in the way of anyone's chance to do we!!. Only things we let get in our way can stop us. Don't be too proud to •rHtb K:\l.r.: U'.' :'.l::;i'..ni'..- be strong. $ii!iyouaicyouf^;jal'Ci'V^'ii Maybe we are the lucky ones. Those who have gone before have ironed out so many difficulties. Yours sincerely, Rebecca Campbell & Heidi Miliington 2nd Year Engineers. § Do you still v/ant a cheap^organlc/insecticide ^^^^ff/^ fruit and vege outlet on campus..*

On Thursday, 20th July, the Union Executive decided to postpone the decision to fund the construction or operation ot the proposed food cooperative due to the uncertainty surrounding upcoming costs and expenditures. The late stage in the year at which this decision has been made is both unfortunate an frustrating to the dedicated group of people in the Food Co-op Collective who have been working hard over the last six months to get the Food co-op up and running.

While it looks as though the Food Co-op will not happen this year, the Food co-op Collective will not give upl The achievements of the Food Co-op Collective so far and the plans it has for the rest of the year will mean that: I'M DREAMING (a) student awareness and support for the Co-op will be maintained and increased; and OF A FOOD CO-OP (b) all necessary organisational and structural preparations will be in place if a future Union executive decides to proceed with the Food Co-op. 5. Organising a successful fundraising event in June The Food Co-op Collective's achievements of called "Eggplant", which raised $500 and drew on Semester One include: student and community support, especially from 4ZZZ; 1. Increasing student and community awareness of co-operatives and organics by: 6. Maintaining an active and enthusiastic Collective • distributing information through leaflets, articles by: in Semper and Union News, and on 4ZZZ public • weekly Collective meetings; radio; • organising the Collective to run in a non- • holding stalls at Wednesday market days, hierarchical, co-operative manner. Orientation Week, World Environment Day, Fiesta and Reunion Week; Following the Food Co-op Collective meeting of • conducting surveys measuring student interest in Monday, 24th July, the Collective's plans for second a Food Co-op; semester are:

2. Increasing the Collective's own awareness of 1. Increase student awareness of co-operatives, organics and co-operatives, i.e., self-education, organics, etc., through articles in Semper, holding by: weekly stalls with information and possibly selling • sharing information from books and other organic fruit; sources with each other; • visiting and training at food co-operatives in 2. Continue working on the Co-op Business Plan and Brisbane; constitutional changes; • ten members going on a tour of four co­ operatives in Maleny and Nambour; 3. Keep visiting and training at co-operatives in • two members attending in the Co-operative Brisbane; and Education Weekend in May 1995; 4. Consider more fundraising events and activities. 3. Establishing contacts with other co-operatives in Brisbane, Maleny and interstate, with the Co­ Food Co-op Collective meetings are held in the ZZZ operative Community Council, and with organic room in the Union Complex at the University of suppliers, including the organic buying co­ Queensland every Monday at 1 .OOpm. Everyone is operative, Assure, and with community welcome. organisations such as 4ZZZ; If you have any comments or suggestions, please 4. Laying the groundwork for the Co-op's structure write to Food Co-op Collective, C/- UQ Student and operations by formulating the Co-op's: Union, Union Rd, St. Lucia, or ring Jafiefeyrtis at UQ • aims and objectives; Student Union on 3377 2200. We'll tr^Jojieep you • policies up-to-date on what's happening. And, if you have • constitution anything you'd like the Collective to know or get • staff and organisational structure, including job involved in, etc., please contact us. descriptions and decision-making processes; • business plan (currently undenway); Yours in Co-operation! • architectural plan in conjunction with Union Architect, Frank Moss; UQ Food Co-op Collective ? COMPILED BY AUCiUST ANDREW ONEILL n

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^^^. "ENTERTAINING, ORIGINAL & ENJOYABLE" Time Off h-y^ "SOLID SCRIPT, STRONG PERFORMAflCE, AHRACTIVE VISUALS" C. Mail Chris O'Donnelf I PAT O'CONNER (Cal) has filmed Maeve Beachley's novel in Ireland, and the film cuts hilariously between anthropology lectures, and how far three young women can, and want to go, with their beaus at a Dublin University Circlej m the mid 1950's. The adventure that ensures is a complicated lesson on what happens when the naive notions of youth collide with the harsh Friends I realities of adulthood... "A near perfect film" Courier Malt 1.38 (M) Sometimes dreams do come true

"QUITE SIMPLY THE MOST LIFE AFFIRMING MOVIE JOHNNY DEPP to come along in years" NBC Los Angeles MARLON BRANDO j JEREMY LEVEM'S star studded cast brings to life the story of a man v/ho FAY DUNAWAY thought he was the greatest lover in the world... and the people who tried to cure him of It. A romantic fable with unique charm and an immensely likeable comedy for all ages. BRANDO again makes another magnificent 'comeback' performance and DEPP again shows what a versatile actor he is, The film achieves a spell of magical realism as evident in 'Like Water I For Chocolate'. 1.37 (M)

"AN EDGE OF THE SEAT POLITICAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL THRILLER SIGOURNEYWEA\THR a must to see!" Sydney Morning Herald BEN KINGSLEY I ROMAN POLANSKI returns to top form in his film based on Chilean exile Ariel Dorfman's famed piay about a victims blind quest for retribution. Polanski avoids gratuitous exterior scenes and closes in on the films three characters. The result is far more thrilling than the stage work and it is a tense taut exercise In psychological menance that offers barely a moments reprise. Kingsley and Weaver give the performances of their careers! 1.44 (R) ••Hitr-im HIGHLIGHT OFTHE 1995 CANNES FILM FESTIVAL: JOHNNY DEPP Academy Award BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR MARTIN LANDAU [ TIM BURTON {Edward Scissorshand) has made an amazing film on the life of ED WOOD, a cross dressing director, voted "Worst Director of All Time" and his movies like PLAN 9 FROM OUTER SPACE, still take the vote for Worst Film of all time! Shot in lustrous Black and White (as were his films) the film is all the more remarkable for its sympathetic tragic figures, Wood and BELA LUGOSI (Marlin Landau) yet the film swings along, as redoubtable and irrepressible as Wood himself, a powerful performance by Depp. It is a testimony to a man A I who was far scarier than his art. 2.04 (M) "INGENIOUS... A SUPERBLY CRARED MOVIE: EXHILIRATING The Word is out and the a phenomenal director debut by BOAZ YAKIN" Washington Post game is on I BOAZ YAKIN directed and wrole his first film, and it has been co produced by LAWRENCE BENDER (Reservoir Dogs/Pulp Fiction). It Is the splintered flip side of the American dream. A hit at both Sydney and (Melbourne Film Festivals, it is the most devastating film about the black urban experience in America ever made by a non black. SEAN NELSON gives an astonishingly confident portrayal and the supporting cast including, SAMUEL L JACKSON from the producer of and GIANCARLO ESPOSITO is flawless. The final dangerous game of PULP FICTION & checkmate is a stunning piece of work. 1.55 (MA) RESERVOIR DOGS

AN EPIC LOVE STORY SET IN MEDIEVAL ENGLAND at the time of the round table x. I JERRY ZUCKER'S film retells the legendary tale of King Arthur, Lancelot and Guinevere. For those who enjoyed the romantic epic, ROB ROY and the spectacular battle scenes of BRAVEHEART - this film will be a must. SEAN CONNERY is Arthur; RICHARD GERE is Lancelot and JULIA ORMOND is Guinevere. The film has a memorable score by Jerry Goldsmith. KNIGH' "BEST BRITISH FILM" Edinburgh Festival One Man is about to "PEOPLE'S CHOICE" Award Toronto Film Festival challenge 2000 Years A HIGHLIGHT OF THE MELBOURNE FILM FESTIVAL of Tradition IANTONIA BIRD'S acclaimed social drama pulls few punches and Is a slice [ of British "social realism" cinema. It deals with homosexuality in the Catholic priesthood and the lingering social problems faced by the city of Liverpool. The Incisive screenplay and superb performances by a largely unknown cast make ll a thought provoking and passionate film. 1.43 (M) PRIEST **** "SO MANY LAYERS AND SUCH DISTINCTIVE WILD IRISH BEAUTY its the kind of film you could return to for the rest of your life." JUICE JOHN SAYLES (MATEWAN: PASSIONFISH) has based his film on the Secret of Rosalie K. Fry's novel of a fey, fanciful place, enshrined in the myths and legends of Ireland. Told through the eyes of a young girl. Whatever Sayles tackles there is always a great deal of thought and intelligence, and in Roan Inish this film it's the famllys roots In their Island culture, which is riddled with tSiii^tii*-. magic and fantasy. The film comes down strongly on the side of those 4 mm by JOHN SAVES ^'••-. who defy traditional and follow their hearts. 1.42 (G) f THE SCHONELLTHEATRE IS IN THE INTERNET ON THE WORLD WIDE WEB. URL: http://www.uq.edu.au.studentunion/schonell/home.htnil

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regardless of what myths gain currency the beauty of our flesh remains. Part of out; charm is our way with words

y^: GLAMOUR noun SHOP 3 LEVEL 1 MAYFAIR ARCADE] ii> a magic spell, 135ADELAIDEST,CITY u^- bewitchment word magic... "the word glamour is a corruption of the word gramarys meaning 1) grammar 2) magic the attracting/magnetiz­ This wandering writing advocates representation of ing powers of hags the lushness, creaminess of flesh while retaining the ^. an archimagical spell humanity of the body represented. If physical/mental by which nixing nags are facets of the same experience, this must be ^v dispel phallic WM^i possible. Maybe learning to read differently is the solution. pseudopresence/ absence* Here, comes the rain a^ain ... Western signifying systems conceive of tne universe in terms' of binary oppositions: good/bad, mir^d/body, culture/nature, human/animal, order/chaos, ' ^^^ worl(/leisure, business/pleasuije. Within these couples, one term is supf^or, i defined as that which is not the subordinate'term. Good is that which is%ot bad. The relevance of this to glamour, women, the politics of appearance? Hmmm..^

It is to our advantage to seek to overturn, disturb these categories for much of women's oppression is founded upon them. Seek to unite mind and body, nature and culture, seeic to find means to express the ways in which mind ancf body, nature and culture are connected. Sometimes the.same. Maybe this is why it is appropriate to include a fashion shoot in a feminist publicauon. Bodies have been uncovered by feminist activity as possibly the most important yet forgotten signifying spaces in the history of the word. ^

Experiences such as rape, incest, genital mutilation, eating disorders and illegal abortion tend to alienate women from our bodies, so maybe learning to love and appreciate our flesh is a crucial political action. While it could be argued that photographic images re-inforce conventional patriachal constructions of Woman as Objectified Other, the women on the Inside cover of this edition of Semper have felt the terrors of patriachy and are seeking means of expression, ways to regroup, possibilities of pleasure... ^ ^

•ii?j* We y.'7-^''';^m^., who have so fre";\:;'y,V::;"^ '^quently been denied gratifi­ cation of our healthy hungers Ifcan decide now to Indulge our* |ii»lves. Maybe that mpst images^ '£omen are produced by people vtftth lii He ~* ^sensitivity to tho politics ef met i«icl;aro inanipMlaitfd;% marlcl^ ifJ8:a 8lgniflcant;,^inponont of thS Iftfve power. lm^gMy>f ourselvesif |i|e^or. our own p|pPf9t could ^ M^f the myths' potencjf. Ritual^

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