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(March 1984)Broadsheet-1984-117.Pdf NEW ZEALAND’S FEMINIST MAGAZINE FRONTING UP VOLUNTEER WORKERS The Broadsheet Office is on the first floor of the Gane During the first three weeks of January we springcleaned Building 43 Anzac Avenue, Auckland. Office and book­ the office and bookshop. Work has progressed on catalogu­ shop hours: 9 am - 4 pm Monday to Friday, Saturdays 10am ing and shelving library books (see next notice) and our en­ -1 pm for the bookshop. Our box number is PO Box 5799 vironment seems much more inviting to work in. We'd like Wellesley Street, Auckland, New Zealand. Phone 794-751. to thank those women who helped us during this time. Without them it would have taken twice as long. DEADLINES FOR FUTURE ISSUES INTERNATIONAL WOMEN S DAY Deadline for May - March 10 and for June - April 10 Small items, news, What's New? and adverts can reach us March 8 is International Women's Day. It is a day when up to two weeks after this date. women around the world unite in protest against the de­ It has taken longer than we expected to get together arti­ structive forces in society which exploit women and minor­ cles and material on sexuality, so the sexuality issue has ity groups. been postponed until April, and probably May. It was a protest by women clothing workers in New York in 1908 which inspired International Women's Day. The STUFFING women clothing workers organised a strike and protest Stuffing of the April issue will be on Saturday March 31 at march through the streets for equal pay, shorter hours and the Broadsheet Office from 10am. All women and children against sweatshop conditions. welcome. In 1910 at an International Congress of Socialist Women in Copenhagen, Denmark, Clara Zetkin and delegates ADVERTISING RATES from USA urged the Congress to designate March 8 as In­ Classified $1.90 per column centimetre ternational Women’s Day. Q uarter page $36.50, Half page $70, full page $130 Women in the South Pacific have many injustices to pro­ Inside cover full page $180, half page $90, quarter page $45 test about. The list could go on and on. Sexism, fascism, Outside back cover $360 capitalism, racism and heterosexism are still ranged against Other sizes and prices by arrangement especially for us. We spend a large part of our lives struggling against feminist (non-profit making) groups. Ring Renee. these forces sometimes to the extent that we think our own In our Jan/Feb issue you may have noticed one of our ad­ particular group’s aim is the only onē. March 8 gives us a vertisers used our box number for correspondence. This chance to consider, once again, the worldwide nature of was solely for her convenience and has no link up with these forces and the worldwide unity which is needed to de­ Broadsheet at all. feat them. THE FINEST NEW ZEALAND BOOKS Art Experiment in Education Jean Hendy-Harris WHINA by Michael King $22.95 A meticulously researched biography of the most visible and controversial Maori leader of our lifetime. Depicts for the first time all the highlights of Dame Whina Cooper’s public career, and the excitement and argument that accompanied them. Illustrated with 140 photographs. MEETING THE AMERICANS by Yolanda Drummond Cased $14.95, tde pbk $14.95 A dramatic and perceptive New Zealand novel which, through the lives of three women, explores the nature of personal communication and the ways in which it is complicated by sexual attraction and by the burdens of the past. As the story unfolds, we discover that the lives of all three have been profoundly affected by contact with American servicemen during the Second World War. LIVING HIGH by Linda Gill $18.95 The ultimate in family holidays — Linda Gill, her husband Michael and two lively children, accompanied Sir Edmund Hillary on a three-month trek in the Himalayas. A warm, humorous and fascinating account of their experiences, delightfully illustrated with sketches and colour photos. PUTTING THE JOY BACK INTO EGYPT by Jean Hendy-Harris Tde pbk $13 95 An account of an exciting four-year experiment in education — not at school, but at home. An indispensable book for both parents and teachers. THE CUISINE OF THE SOUTH PACIFIC by Gwen Skinner $39.95 This beautifully produced book presents a comprehensive survey of the food culture and cooking of the South Pacific. 400 splendid recipes, all photographed in full colour, ranging from the simple to the sophisticated. This is both an introduction to a fascinating part of the world and a cookbook of astonishing variety and epicurean delight. Hodder & Stoughton FEATURES TE HIKOI Kl WAITANCI Some thoughts from the peace walkers 12 MURDER: THE ULTIMATE DISCRIMINATION When men kill women 18 ANOTHER MAN-MADE BILL McLay on rape 23 COMING TO GRIPS WITH REPETITION INJURY When the typing starts to hurt 26 JACQUELINE FAHEY Painting her life 29 "GIRLS" SUBjECTS Not science and technology 33 FIONA KIDMAN Writing herstory 38^ ARTS REVIEWS The Foxton Murder/The Glasgow Rape Case/The Colour Purple/ Whina/Dancing/Setting the Table/Skirmishes Educating Rita/The Day After 43 REGULARS LETTERS 2 BEHIND THE NEWS: Closing the Gap/Te Hui Oranga O Te Moana Nui A Kiwa/Nuclear Europe/National Hui Wahine Maori/Protection From Whom?/Six Angry Women/"Pass Laws" in New Zealand 6 BOOKSHOP Advertisement 36 WHAT'S NEW 41 HOGWASH 42 CLASSIFIED Advertisements 48 COVER (front) Tuaiwa Rickard, President of Kotahitanga during this year's Hikoi ki Waitangi, (back) A small part of Te Hikoi. ' Photographs by Gil Hanly published with courtesy of Te Kotahitangi Committee. FRONTISPIECE Feminist Graffiti in Washington DC, by Jackie Niles in OFF OUR BACKS, November 1983 THE BROADSHEET COLLECTIVE Sarah Calvert, Sandra Coney, Lyn Crossley, Bernadette Doolan, Heather McLeish, Clair-Louise McCurdy, Diane Quin, Jenny Rankine and Renee. THESE WOMEN worked on this issue: Anne Waters, Margaret Shirley, Lesley Smith, Leonie Child, Elizabeth Dooley, Deborah, Frith Dawnschild, Ariane Nicholson, Jesvier Singh, Tracey. BROADSHEET is published by Broadsheet Magazine Ltd, PO Box 5799 Wellesley Street, Auck­ land; Registered Office: 1st floor, Cane Building, 43 Anzac Avenue, Auckland 1; and printed by Wanganui Newspapers Ltd, 20 Drews Avenue, Wanganui. Published: 1 March 1984. BROADSHEET annual subscription $NZ17, overseas surface $22, overseas airmail Europe $35, America and Asia $30.50, Australia and South Pacific $24.25. Permission must be sought before articles may be reprinted. Broadsheet is on file at the Women's Collection, Special Collection Department, Northwest­ ern University Library, Evanston, Illinois 60201, USA. ISSN 01 10-8603 Registered at the CPO as a magazine. Broadsheet, March 1984. 1 Firstly I went with a friend to didn’t the promoters go in Y- see the promoters and discuss our fronts themselves. (They said they objections. We waited an hour were too busy.) If you do take ac­ and they didn’t turn up so we left tion I think it is important in dis­ written objections for them. cussing this contest with men to Then I rang all the women’s ask them if they would enter groups I knew and my friends. themselves. It’s gut level con­ LtTTlffS Most decided to ring and comp­ sciousness raising. The defensive­ lain to the Hillsborough Tavern. ness is shifted from you to them. As it was a few days till Christmas One breastfeeding friend of many were busy but all felt mine said that she thought it DAMNED OF WE DO been on all the NZPA wires, it strongly about it. Many said they would only be fair if they put a DAMNED IF WE PON't wasn’t - as far as I could see - re­ would blacklist the pub. We small electric charge through the ported in the Press. That fact is should have been positive about mens wet underpants so that we Dear Broadsheet, frightening in itself. If we, in New blacklisting the pub as they were could get an eyeful of his goods in I enclose herewith a photocopy of Zealand, have the expectation definitely worried about sales. a state of arousal. I fell about a news bulletin item which was in­ that women are NOT protected by I rang our Mayoress who was laughing till I thought - bucket of cluded in the 1.00 p.m. 2YA news law, then this story would be so really upset to hear of this contest cold water, small electric shock, broadcast on Wednesday, 30th ho-hum as to be un-newsworthy. and asked me to ring the police there’s not much difference. November 1983. As, indeed, it largely appears to crimes prevention department More about taking action. The I found it so astonishing at first have been. which I did having temporarily media - as you know they can ad­ hearing that I telephoned the I am posting a copy of the article forgotten that they are a product vertise the contest. Take care. BCNZ news desk to check the ac­ to the Canadian High Commis­ of eons of patriarchy and that they Our organisers here started cal­ curacy of my hearing. The follow­ sion, with a letter inviting their see no connection between an at­ ling it the controversial wet T-shirt ing day, I obtained a copy of the comments on the article. If any­ titude and an act. I realised my contest - they were pleased as news telex. thing comes of that, I’ll post you a mistake and that we should have punch with my free advertising. copy of the High Commission’s taken the law into our own hands Also both articles failed to state it “In Canada a rape victim has been comments.
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