Janua 2000 OKC WoMEN's Two-SPIRITS MARTIN LUTHER KING DAY Welcome to the OKC Women's Two-Spirits Group! CELEBRATION Come be a part ofthis group for lesbian womenofNative January 17, 2000 American descent, their fumilies, friends and spouses. We meet every 1st Saturday evening ofthe month, 7: OOpm at 7:00 AM-- Prayer Breakfast, MidWest City Community Herland Sisters Resources. Center Our 1st meeting ofthe newmillenium was a trip back to the 1st gathering ever held byway ofthe film "Honored By 9:15 AM--Traditional Silent March from Ralph Ellison The Moon". Miigwech for all who attended and to the Library (23rd and MLK, OKC) to the Oklahoma Histori­ MinnesotaN ative American Aids Task Force forthe film. cal Society Bldg. At the February 5th meeting we will learn how to do traditional loom beading. We will be making beaded 11 :00 AM -- National Bell Ringing Salute to Dr. King, bracelets. You will need to bring a loom or contact me. outside Oklahoma Historical Society Bldg. I would like for you to bring any loomed beading examples you would like to share with the group. And of 12: 00 noon --Parade staging and pre-parade ceremony at course any turtle stories you would like to share are always Calvary Baptist Church, 300 N. Walnut, OKC welcome. Please rememberthe graciousness ofHerland for our 1:00 PM--Parade stepsofffrom Calvary Baptist Church to meeting place by donating your time, money or help as you Myriad Convention Center are able. They are a great asset to our community! 3:00 PM --Martin Luther King Program at the Myriad In the Spirit ofthe Circle, Convention Center. Denise Smith 686-0820

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Volume 18 Number 01 Herland Sister Resources 2312 N.W. 39, OKC, OK 73112 HEATHER MYLES "Playin' Every Honky Tonk in Town" is a play on words By Jill Garner song, which is famous for, about a woman who's been left, and it' seither a party everynight song to get Ifyou'relookingforsomerealcountrymusicbyavery over a heartbreak or a gigging on the road song, or both. talented woman, Heather Myles' Highways and Honky ''Now I go to bed each mo min', Wake when the sun goes Tonks (Rounder Records) should be on your list. Unfor­ down, Because I'm playin' every honky tonk in town." tunately, her traditional country style is why she won't get Myles has two earlier albums on Hightone Records, played on mainstream country radio, but that'sjust further Just Like Old Times and Untamed, as well as a live album proofofthe sad state ofradio. She has both the talent and released on Demon. She's opened for acts such as Merle the looks that should make her an instant sell. With a Haggard, WaylonJennings, and Ricky Skaggs. She lives in beautiful deep voice and great songwriting skills, Myles is London and has beenpopularwithBritish:funs. Hopefully producing music that I hope I'll get to hear for along time the U.S. will catch up and discover this music as well. I don't to come. know ifcountry radio will ever get smart enough, but maybe Myles'musicistraditionalcountrywithalittlebitofan when enough people start demanding decent music, we'll edge, a 90' s attitude as her record label calls it. Or the get it. That sure is a nice thought. as others have described it. "Iffammy Ifyou want to listen to this CD, stopinatHerland some Wynette and Buck Owens had a child, it would be Heather day and put in on the CD player. The floor there is perfect Myles'', is a quote she credits to Ray Wylie Hubbard. She fortwo stepping! knowshowto sing countrymusic with the righttiming and AquicknoteabouttheBlueDoorRadioShow. It'son phrasing that makes her songs sound like timeless country KRX0(107.7)onSundaynightsfrom7-9. GregJohnson songs that have been around for along time. and Rick Caldwell host the show and it's a great chance to Myles wrote 10 ofthe 12 songs on the CD, including hear artists never before played on the radio in Oklahoma. aduetwithMerleHaggard,''NoOneisGonnaLoveYou , Kate Campbell, Lucy Kaplansky, Julie Better." Of the two songs she didn't write, both are and Buddy Miller, Chris Smithers, Ellis Paul, Jimmy LaFave, country classics. "Kiss an Angel Good Morning," made Darden Smith, Dave Alvin ...... get the picture? I made famous by Charley Pride, and the Ray Price hit "I'll Be a few requests to Greg because I don't think they play There IfYou Ever Want Me" are the two outsiders she enough music by women, and he said he'd getthe CDs and does well making herown. All her songs are great country playthem! Itcan'tgetmuchbetterthanthat. Well, okay, a and it surprises me to hear a woman still doing good old full-time radio station playing stufflike this show would be country, not the country/pop songs being played on the nice. Other cities have them .... why can't we? Please, radio today. "Broken Heart for Sale," "Playin' Every please, please, listen to the show and let the station know Honky Tonkin Town," and "LoveMeaLittleBitLonger" youlikeit. HopefullyitwilllastlongerthantheshowKKNG make me long to be in an old roadside bar, two-stepping had for a while, the County Line Cavalcade. Good show, on a sawdust floor, drinking a cold beer and feeling the just not mainstream enough for the station I guess. This is bittersweet feelings oflost love. The kind ofthings country a big step for KRXO because the show does not fit in with music should make you feel. their regular format, rock classics, so let's letthemknowit' s "BrokenHeart For Sale" is one ofthe best songs I've appreciated. o heardinawhile. It'sstyleremindsmealotofFatsyCline, and with Myles' deep clear voice, the comparison is a fair one. "For sale, brokenheart for sale, Needs tender lovin' The Voice is published by: Hertand Sister Resources, Inc. 2312 N.W. 39th, Oklahoma City, OK 73112. care, Ifyou need a spare, This broken heart's for sale." The Voce is offered as an open forum for community discourse. "Love Me a Little Bit Longer" will be familiar to anyone Articles reflect the opinions of the author and not necessarily those of Hertand Sister Resources. Unsolicited articles and who's tried to salvage arelationship. "Who Did You Call letters to the editor are welcomed and must be signed by the Darlin"' is the requisite country cheating song. And the writer with full name and address. Upon request, letters or artcles may be printed under a pseudonym or anonymously. duet with gets better every time I listen to Subscriptions to The Voce are free upon request although a it. Their voices go well together. Myles said she heard that donation is requested to meet publication and distribution costs. Haggard rarely does duets but she asked him and he said yes, and she calls it one ofthe high points ofher career.

Page 2 Her/and Voice January, 2000 HSR SUPPER CLUB Mother ofHeaven and Earth The supper club will meet at Herland at 5 :30 PM on (a revised version of the Lord's Prayer) Saturday, January 7 before going out for East Indian by Virgina Savage cuisine. Everyone is welcome so join us for some good food and fun. Mother ofHeaven and Earth Who resides within me and in all things PROGRESSIVE ALLIANCE SUMMIT Sacred and profane are your many names. The Progressive Alliance will hold it's annual state wide Your reign is here in my heart summit on January 15 at the State Capitol in Oklahoma Your will is my desire. City. The all-day event will feature workshops and panels As above, so below. on grassroots activism. Registrationis $15. For infurmation call 405-528-0221 or 918-587-7674. Fill my spirit this day and sustain me. The Progressive Alliance is anon-partisan coalition of Keep my heart close to yours. Oklahoma organizations and individuals supporting a wide Return me to you when I forget our connection. range ofprogressive issues, such as protecting the environ­ ment, public funding for the arts, reproductive freedom, Help me to be kind and gentle human rights, justice for gays and lesbians, separation of To others even when they forget church and state, and free speech. To be kind and gentle to me.

Keep me from the pride ofjudging others "Our freedom was not won a century ago, it is not For yours is the Body ofthe Universe won today; but some small part ofit is in our hands, and From whose womb the whole world emerged we are marching no longer by ones and twos but in Blessed Be. legions of thousands, convinced now it cannot be denied by any human force. Today the question is not whether we shall be free but by what course we will win." MartinLuther King from The Trumpet ofConscience, 1968.

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Herland Sister Resources envisions and strives toward a world in which all women live free from oppression.

Herland supports and includes all women who experience oppression. Lesbians as a group have a deep experience ofthe general oppressive climate ofthis world. AlthoughHerland is not restricted to lesbians, we have a strong lesbian focus. We are a womanist organization, supporting women in theirjourneytowardself-definitionand self-determination, and recognizing that each woman has her own pace ofgrowth and enlightenment.

Herland is anon-profit volunteer organization. We publish a newsletter, operate a bookstore and lending hbrary, and provide musical and cultural events for education and entertainment. We offer a safe place for women to meet and exchange ideas, feelings, hopes and fears and to learn about themselves and each other.

The only requirement for involvement in Herland isa desire for women to be free ofthe restraints ofoppression.

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