Women & Wheels

Minnesota Women’s Press, June 2014 1

Changing the Universe through Women’s Stories

Women & wheels issue

Green Line geek

Women on Harleys

Crank Sisters

Grease Rag

Too afraid JENNIFER DAVIS to drive?

Transit as a feminist issue

JUNE 2014 Volume 30, Issue 6 www.womenspress.com 2 Minnesota Women’s Press, June 2014

CELEBRATING THE STRENGTH IN ALL WOMEN 7th Annual Women’s Triathlon Sunday, August 17, 2014 Lake Nokomis, Minneapolis, Minnesota

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The Power to Soar TM Minnesota Women’s Press, June 2014 3 18 Changing the Universe through Women’s Stories Women & wheels issue CONTACTUS 651-646-3968 24 email: [email protected] www.womenspress.com Send a letter to the editor [email protected] Subscribe [email protected] Advertise [email protected] 10 Suggest a story idea [email protected] Enter your online calendar listing at www.womenspress.com, click on Calendar, then “add event” Join book activities [email protected] READERSWRITE MWPSTAFF YOUSAID ...... 5 Publishers/Editors Letters from MWP readers Kathy Magnuson, Norma Smith Olson YOURTHOUGHTS ...... 5 Contributors Readers give themselves a green light Mary Auge, Tami Mohamed Brown, Rose BOOKSHELF ...... 12 Hollermann, Hilal Isler, Emily A. King, Diane Wilson: Medicine Wheel wisdom Nicole Melancon, Nancy B. Olsen, Beth FEATURES YOURSTORY...... 15 L. Podtburg, Peggy Prowe, Cailin Rogers, THINKABOUTIT ...... 6 Amber Schult, Jennifer Thaney, Sarah Foot face-lifts, child brides ... and more The Northfield Pedalers ride again Whiting, Diane Wilson, Ann Yin YOURSTORY...... 18 Cover Artist Jennifer Davis PROFILE ...... 8 Rose Hollermann: “Wheely” good sport Design Norma Smith Olson Christina Morrison: Green Line geek YOURSTORY...... 19 Advertising Sales Michele Holzwarth, PROFILE ...... 10 Hilal Isler: Too afraid to drive? Kathy Magnuson, Ashlee Moser Cathy Heying: Called to car repair Accounting Fariba Sanikhatam BOOKSHELF ...... 27 WHEELSFEATURE ...... 16 Operations Kari Larson Nicole Melancon’s literary world tour Founding Publishers Mollie Hoben, Women on Harleys Glenda Martin ONYOURMIND ...... 33 COLUMNISTS Locavore Ann Yin: Women food artisans Our mission is to tell women’s stories in ways that create community and encourage change. THISISSUE ...... 4 ONYOURMIND ...... 34 The Minnesota Women’s Press is distributed Wheeled women Cailin Rogers: Transit, a feminist issue free at 500 locations. To find one near you, SHESAID ...... 30 visit www.womenspress.com and click on Tami Mohamed Brown’s heart matters “get a copy” or call 651-646-3968. Subscrip- ADVERTISINGSECTIONS tions are available by first class mail: LEADERVOICE ...... 31 $52 for one-year Fan Community member- Crank Sisters empowers girls ELDERGUIDE...... 13 ship (includes email updates, invitation to ACTNOW ...... 38 community gathering, free copy of Book- GOSEEDOGUIDE ...... 20 Women magazine); $28 for a basic one-year Grease Rag: Compassionate bike space WOMENGOING subscription, $53 for two years. PLACESGUIDE ...... 26 ©2014 by Minnesota Women’s Press, Inc. GOSEEDO All rights reserved. ISSN #1085-2603. FOODANDDRINK GOSEEDO/CALENDAR ...... 20 GUIDE ...... 32 MINNESOTA WOMEN’S PRESS, INC. Pride events, Northrop dance ... & more 970 RAYMOND AVE., STE. 201, CLASSIFIEDADS...... 35 ST. PAUL, MN 55114 COVERARTIST ...... 24 WWW.WOMENSPRESS.COM Jennifer Davis: Carousels and critters 4 Minnesota Women’s Press, June 2014 THISISSUE NORMASMITHOLSON Wheeled women KATHYMAGNUSON As the driver’s-side door flew off her car with Kathy sitting in it, we had already planned our “women and wheels” theme for this June issue. The crash happened in an instant. As she looked at the crumpled door on the road, she realized that if a moment later, it could have been her body crumpled on the road. Do you know how your heart thump-thumps in those moments? With four individuals involved and two cars towed away, it was a miracle, really, that no one was hurt.

Some lessons relearned that after- ture. Wheels can make it easier to be noon: Life is precious. Things are in charge, to go places, to do things. replaceable, people are not. People are When we suddenly lose that source of kind. As Kathy sat in the rain in her independence, how do we choose to crumpled car’s back seat waiting for respond to that? How do we recognize Coming up: the police to come, so many strangers other sources of independence and get July’s theme is “winning and losing” walking by stopped to ask if she was things done? and we’re asking: When was a time OK, if they could sit In this issue — with a collection of that you won or lost and what did “[Learning bike with her while she with or without wheels stories — we that mean to you? Send up to 150 mechanics] empow- waited, if they could share alternatives about how women words to [email protected] bring her a cup of can get around. To celebrate the open- Deadline: June 10 ers you to do things tea or a sandwich ing of the Green Line on June 14 — July advertising sections: on your own. It gives from the coffee shopconnecting the downtowns of St. Paul • Celebrate Your Independents — down the block. you knowledge and Minneapolis — we profile local Buy Local Guide Lessons relearned blogger Christina Morrison, a self-pro- • Health Guide and vocabulary. over the next few claimed light-rail geek. In addition, we • Women and Pets Guide Feeling conﬁdent weeks included the share stories of a woman who became • GoSeeDo Guide knowledge that a car mechanic for social justice, the Deadline: June 10 and empowered can owning a car makes Crank Sisters on girls and bicycles, translate to other one a person of Harley riders, a wheelchair basket- What would August in Minnesota be without the State Fair? What’s your parts of your life.” privilege. The abil- ball Paralympian, bicycle maintenance ity to replace a options and overcoming fears of learn- amazing, unforgettable State Fair — Julia Winkels car is a privilege. ing to drive. moment? Send up to 150 words to Read more on page 38 Having a work- When was a time you gave yourself [email protected] ing bike is a privi- a green light? Have you taken a right Deadline: July 10 lege. Perceptions of time and distance turn on the road of life? Have you August advertising sections: can shift. Places are not as far away as been spinning your wheels? When the • Education and Lifelong Learning you think they are and it doesn’t take wheels are turning in your head, are Guide as much time as you’d think when you an armchair traveler? Whatever • Women Going Places Guide you bike or walk to your destination. “wheeled” metaphor you would • GoSeeDo Guide Getting caught in the rain on a bike can choose to describe yourself, we hope Deadline: July 10 be fun if it is warm enough outside. The this issue gets your wheels turning. perception of what is a big deal — and what is not — has also shifted. and Our wheels create a certain kind of independence in our car-centric cul- Co-Publishers

Could she be your client? if your advertising message is in The Minnesota Women’s Directory YES, See details on inside back cover or http://bit.ly/1dH4NLn Minnesota Women’s Press, June 2014 5 YOUSAID YOURTHOUGHTS What Women Want Each month we ask our readers to respond to a question. For June we I enjoyed reading the “What Women Want” asked: When were you glad you gave yourself a green light? See more article. [MWP Feature story, May, 2014] It was responses online at www.womenspress.com. light-hearted and helpful. There were places I Saying ‘NO’ to fear had never heard of and I think this article did When I was 38, I decided to rescue an abandoned B.A. The university a great job of calling out specific places women was daunting, the drive downtown challenging and I was phobic about may like. public speaking. I clung to a Kierkegaard quote: “To venture is to risk I think the kind of sto- GOTANOPINION? anxiety, but not to venture is to lose yourself.” ries covered in Women’s Like something in MWP? I created a bumper sticker: “The Little Engine That Could is a SHE!” Press are exactly what Or disagree? I went the wrong way on a one-way street near the university and sur- the community needs in We want to hear from you. vived. Practice made speaking in front of classmates easier. It helped that order to have our fingers they were 18 years younger. I became stimulated rather than intimidated on the pulse of the com- Write to editor@ by tall buildings, skyways and subterranean corridors. “Yes!” became munity, and the success womenspress.com. Include stronger than fear. women in it have. I enjoy your name, address and Whenever anxiety tightened me, I drew tiny wheels on notebooks or reading so many of the phone number for veriﬁca- in the margins of test papers. That calmed me. Those wheels and my old feature stories, because tion. Letters are assumed they are informative, car got me through the green light I gave myself. I went on to finish my to be for publication and Ph.D. at age 50. helpful and interesting! may be edited for length Sherry Machen, Plymouth As a young woman, I and clarity. think it is very important Not a mom to have a community of I gave myself the green light in my 20s to not be a mother. Women women to look at, read about, and keep in touch need to understand that this is a choice, that motherhood is a lifetime, with, in order to have strong community. 24/7 commitment. It was not for me. I am 65 and have a full, satisfying Meg Beerling, Minneapolis life — with lots of (other people’s) kids in it!

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by Beth L. Podtburg Since Christina Morrison was 16 and learning to drive in Davenport, Iowa, she’s seemed destined for public transit. Even at that age, when so many Midwestern teens yearn for the freedom granted by a plastic-coated driver’s license and four wheels on the road, Morrison said she would rather have let someone else steer. “There are lots of good reasons why I ride the bus, but mostly because I hate driving,” said Morrison, 31, of St. Paul. She’s been riding the 16 and 50 buses along University Avenue since 2006, first traveling to work in downtown St. Paul and more recently to her job as a Metro Transit senior planner in Minneapolis. On June 14, when the first new light-rail trains COURTESY OF CHRISTINA MORRISON OF CHRISTINA COURTESY start rolling along the Green Line tracks between Minneapolis and the restored Union Depot in St. Paul, Morrison will celebrate. “It’s going to be amazing to ride it every day!” she said. “It’s hard to imagine getting to the point where it’s not a novelty.” Driven to hop on board And she should celebrate. Through happen- stance and intent, Morrison has worked on, com- muted through and lived amid the long construction of the Green Line. After graduating from Macalester College in St. Paul, she worked in Eden Prairie. The commute from St. Paul drove her out of her job after less than a year. She didn’t want to slog past free- way crashes or spend two hours in her car during bad weather. She thought she’d try some different jobs, and she found a 90-day clerical job in the St. Paul city planner’s office in 2005. It turned into 7½ years, during which she was promoted to senior city planner and she helped plan the reconstruction of University Avenue and land-use changes around the Green Line stations in St. Paul. Christina Morrison was at Target Field Station in October 2012 when the first GreenIn 2011 as Green Line construction was about Line light-rail vehicle glided in. “It is vehicle number 201, and it’s the first of toa start,lighter, Morrison realized she would be sur- smarter — and dare I say — cuter fleet,” she wrote in her blog. rounded all day by the construction. Five years earlier, she and her husband had bought a MinnesotaMinnesota Women’sWomen’s Press,Press, JuneJune 20142014 99

I feel like a kid in a candy store … It’s just a really great culture “ for me to be in. I feel creative, inspired.”— Christina Morrison condo just off University Avenue near the Community Council and the Hamline- to let passengers off and on, it’s quicker St. Paul-Minneapolis border and cut Midway Coalition. Morrison joined the and offers a more reliable option for rid- down to one car. St. Anthony Park group’s Transportation ers. And for riders with young children To cope with the anxiety she said she Committee when she became a senior in tow, most often women on the buses was feeling about the Green Line con- planner for Metro Transit and no longer Morrison rides, they can just roll strollers struction, she launched “Let There Be worked for the city . aboard or guide children across, she said. Light Rail” in February 2011. “She has this unique way of being able When the Green Line opens June 14, It was her personal blog documenting to tell it like it is and be so excited and she will be working for Metro Transit at life amid construction. While it captures bubbly,” Fulner said. “Between her per- the Raymond Avenue Station celebration, her pleasure in details such as the brown sonality and her work and her passions giving riders information. Rides are free tubular catenary poles installed to hold for St. Paul and transit, she has been able that weekend, and she plans to get on the light-rail wires, it is often centered on to do both those things at the same time.” board often. how the details affect people. As a dog ‘I’ll be joyriding’ “I’ll be joyriding as much as I can.” walker, she celebrates the lighting on the As Morrison looks ahead, she said that FFI: The Green Line linking downtown new transit shelters. She rejoices when the the Green Line will take time off her com- St. Paul to Minneapolis opens on June 14 party for the opening of Union Depot is mute and that she looks forward to the with free rides and celebrations planned more about the people than the building. easier process. at transit stations on the route. Both in the blog and when talking about Because the trains run every 10 min- www.metrotransit.org/metro-green-line public transit, Morrison exudes joy, laugh- utes, gliding up, opening all the doors ing frequently and telling stories in a self-deprecating manner. In a blog post marking the reopening of University Avenue, she wrote, “Probably my favorite

moment was when a woman hand- METRO TRANSIT ing out Green Line swag asked me if I ‘liked LRT’ and pushed a neon bag into my hands. Play it cool ... take the bag ... jump for joy!” Morrison’s personality and expertise have combined to help her answer questions at neighborhood meetings, said Lauren Fulner, the sustainabil- ity and transportation coordinator for the St. Anthony Park 10 Minnesota Women’s Press, June 2014 PROFILE Called to car repair Cathy Heying and the Lift Garage ﬁx vehicles affordably for people — especially women — in need. by Jennifer Thaney Cathy Heying has seen people struggle, having worked at St. Stephen’s Human Services since 1999, cur- rently as a human rights advocate. One challenge in particular kept resurfacing: clients needed money to fix their cars. Without cars, they might not make it to work. Without a job, they might not be able to pay rent. And so the problem became bigger than a flat tire or worn-out brake pads.

“Somebody should do something director of the Lift Garage, a nonprofit There were two other young women in about this,” Heying thought more than organization that provides low-cost car her class at first, but Heying was the only once. Eventually, Heying realized that repair to people in need. one to graduate with her class. she was that somebody. At age 38, she Dunwoody was a huge challenge, Supportive professors, one of whom enrolled at Dunwoody Institute in Heying recalled. “I was certain I was now sits on the Lift’s board of directors, Minneapolis and graduated two years going to quit multiple times,” she said. “I helped Heying succeed, as did her future later, in 2010, with an associate’s degree was a middle-aged lesbian with a bunch customers. “I kept being motivated by in auto technology. Heying put her new of 18-year-old boys. We had not the slight- people who are working really, really skills to work as founder and executive est idea what to do with one another. …” hard just to survive. If [the Lift] can be a

I kept being motivated by people who are working“ really, really hard just to survive. If [the Lift] can be a small part of making their lives just a tiny bit easier, then that’s worth it.”— Cathy Heying SARAH WHITING SARAH Minnesota Women’s Press, June 2014 11 small part of making their lives just a tiny a year; for a family of four, it jumps to in their cars when they brought them in bit easier, then that’s worth it,” she said. $24,700. Customers are charged for the to be fixed. In those cases, Heying said, Being worth it doesn’t necessarily mean cost of parts, plus $15 per hour for labor. “We’re not just fixing a car, we’re fixing a the work is easy. Between the two jobs, Heying hopes to eventually offer home.” Heying works six days a week. “It’s chal- repairs on a sliding-fee scale, since there That hospitality lies at the foundation lenging sometimes to hold all the pieces,” are many people who can’t afford expen- of the Lift, Heying said. With a bache- she said. But she also acknowledged: “I’m sive car repairs, even though they do not lor’s degree in social work and a master’s really lucky at the end of the day, because fall within current income guidelines. As degree in pastoral ministry, Heying feels I have two jobs that I absolutely love.” of last December, Heying estimated that called to this work. It has also been challenging to raise her customers saved over $21,000 in car “For me, personally, it has very much enough money to enable the Lift to meet repair costs when comparing the Lift to been led by the Holy Spirit or the Universe demand. “I need the magic money fairy other garage’s market rates. or whatever name you want to give that,” to just come by and drop off a million -dol Economic justice she said. “It’s very much been out of lars,” Heying joked. a belief that we are called by an entity Heying also hopes to expand the Lift’s greater than us to be in right relationship Plenty of demand services to include a job training program. with one another. That is what justice is. When the Lift opened in April 2013, it She is particularly interested in recruiting It’s about righting relationships that have was open only on Saturdays and Heying women mechanics, people experiencing been wronged. That’s really what I see the was the only paid mechanic; the rest homelessness and those transitioning out Lift being. were volunteers. Now the shop is open of the criminal justice system. “We know Wednesdays through Saturdays and there that it is so much cheaper to prevent peo- “Even though we’re fixing cars, it is about helping people balance the eco- are an additional one-and-a-half paid tech ple’s homelessness than to help them nomic injustice they’ve been faced with.” positions. Demand is high — appoint- move out of it,” Heying said. “If the Lift ments are scheduled about six weeks out can help play that role in some cases, then FFI: — and a core of about 35 volunteers work that’s amazing.” The Lift as mechanics or staff the front desk and While customers vary — older people 5925 Nicollet Ave. S., Minneapolis do other office work. living on Social Security income and peo- www.theliftgarage.org The Lift serves people who earn 30 per- ple with disabilities are some — the major- www.facebook.com/TheLiftGarage cent or less of the area median income. For ity of those served are women, Heying a household of one, that’s about $17,000 said. At least a few customers were living

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Peggy Prowe, second from left, and Mary Auge, far right, with the Northﬁeld Pedalers

When Peggy Prowe was 71 years old, she found Irene Montenegro, a newcomer to Northfield, joined that she and her friends were sitting, drinking the Northfield Pedalers last summer, not having biked since she was 12 years old. “I was concerned about coffee, sitting, lunching and doing more sitting. my cycling skills, but on my first ride with the in-town Now, on Monday mornings, the group, I gained confidence,” she said. “Then I became ambitious and decided to join the out-of-town riders and “Since I joined the Northfield Pedalers, senior recreational bicyclists, venture into the wilds of that was another boost in my confidence. Since I joined Pedalers, my life Northfield on park paths and on thethe trail Pedalers, my life changed so much. Cycling is such changed so much. to Dundas. Another group loads its bikes a healthy activity and I have found the happiest, most relaxed and friendliest people I could have ever imagined. Cycling is such a up on car racks and drives to nearby trails in Faribault, Cannon Falls, Pine I am grateful to Peggy and Mary. Their constant encour- healthy activity and Island and Twin Cities regional parks. agement, high spirits and youthful minds are an example I have found the The in-town crew rides about 10 miles, for everybody.” then stops to watch herons on the hold- Every year, the Pedalers spend three days in May bik- happiest, most ing ponds, look for jack-in-the-pulpits ing the Root River Trail in southeastern Minnesota. In relaxed and friend- and share snacks. Starting at 8:30 a.m., July, both groups ride to the Minneapolis Pops Orchestra liest people I could they are through with their leisurely ride concert on Nicollet Island in Minneapolis. Throughout the by 10:30 a.m. or so. The out-of-town gang year, members host coffee hours or snack breaks in their have ever imagined.” rides 20 to 25 miles on bike trails, has homes. They have an annual Christmas party where the — Irene Montenegro lunch at a local café or picnic area, and is riders meet one another’s significant others. home by early afternoon. The Pedalers have become strong advocates for trails The Northfield Pedalers began in 2008. and they promote safe pedestrian access in Northfield. Women and men came out of their garages, pumped their Several members have lobbied at the Parks and Trails tires, and were off and riding. They’ve registered their Council “Day on the Hill” each legislative session. bikes with the Police Department and they have regular FFI: The Northﬁeld Pedalers are sponsored by the clinics with a local bike shop owner on basic maintenance Northﬁeld Senior Center. For more information call Peggy and repair. By 2009, they decided to stay together for Prowe, 507-301-2987, or Mary Auge, 507-663-0790. the winter, meeting for coffee and hiking. Starting with 14 participants, they now average 28 riders each season. Riders range in age from 48 to 82. Many friendships have been formed in this group of active seniors. 16 Minnesota Women’s Press, June 2014 WHEELSFEATURE

COURTESY OF ANN HOFMEISTER COURTESY Freedom & power Ann Hofmeister revs up interest in women on Harleys

by Emily A. King

Ann Hofmeister: “If you don’t ride, it’s hard to explain, but when you’re out there and you get all the senses working … it’s really neat.” Minnesota Women’s Press, June 2014 17

Ann Hofmeister shatters the stereo- ‘It’s fun — pure and simple’ excited to see a new rider come along as type that motorcycle riders are rough, One of Hofmeister’s customers is that new rider is.” tough men. Sure, she owns two Harleys Brianna Gustafson, 35, of Hopkins. and wears leather when she rides. But she Gustafson grew up riding on the back of It’s not just women helping women, is also soft-spoken, business-savvy and her dad’s bike in Faribault. Now, 30 years Hofmeister noted. She sees men encour- extremely supportive of her customers. aging and supporting women riders, a after her first ride, she has a license and a Her “gang” includes the many members Harley of her own. change from 30 or 40 years ago. of the Lady Riders group connected with Her bike, a Softail Slim model, is her “Those women had a tougher battle to her shop. preferred form of transportation to her get through to be accepted as a motorcy- Hofmeister is the owner of Faribault work (weather permitting) as a weight- cle rider because people back then, maybe Harley-Davidson, a dealership that her loss counselor, but its appeal goes beyond men, were more apt to say you shouldn’t father, Bob, opened in 1977 and ran be on the motorcycle,” she said. its fuel-efficient practicality. for 30 years. She joined the business in “It’s a way to spend time with my dad Learning the basics 1999 after the dealership’s manager, her and my sister and my brother-in-law. But uncle, passed away. She had just earned Hofmeister stressed feeling confident it’s just fun — pure and simple. The wind and stable on the machine. Motorcycles her business degree from the University blowing and you’re outside,” Gustafson of Minnesota’s Carlson School of come in many styles and sizes, and there said. “I love [being outside], I can’t get are many ways to customize bikes to Management. enough and it’s just another way I can “It was something that I hadn’t planned fit each person, she said. For example, enjoy that.” changing handlebars or seats and using a on or thought about before,” she said, “but Hofmeister echoed that sentiment: “If I was passionate about Harley-Davidson. lowering kit can make the ride more com- you don’t ride, it’s hard to explain, but fortable for smaller people. Some women And so to come and work here was like hav- when you’re out there and you get all the ing a dream job, because you’re doing what may prefer a smaller bike, but Hofmeister senses working … it’s really neat.” knows many who are riding big tour- you love. And when you like what you do, Plus, there’s freedom in riding and it’s easier to do well at what you do.” ing models. She has even taught women a sense of power, Hofmeister said, and at the Garage Parties how to lift an 800- Growing number that’s true for women and men. Riding pound motorcycle that’s tipped. Women ridership is growing, with a spouse or friends is additional In addition, the dealership’s Motorcycle motivation. Hofmeister said. “The more people see Safety Foundation-certified course for women out there, then the more women The Lady Riders beginning riders will introduce basic decide, ‘Oh, if they can do that, then I can Both women spoke of the power of skills and techniques and can help riders do that too.’ So they’re getting into the traveling with other women. get their Minnesota motorcycle endorse- sport more and more all the time.” “I love my time riding with my hus- ment. Nationally, 15 percent of sales of new band,” Hofmeister said. “But then on the Then, Hofmeister said, it’s time to hit Harley-Davidsons are to women, but other side, when you go on these wom- the road: “The accomplishment of getting “we’re averaging 17 to 18 percent, and I en’s trips, it’s just all gals out there, and to that point where you’re out there and think it has to do with some of our efforts,”getting loud and having fun, and feeling you’re riding and you’re confident is an she said. “Having a female owner, me, of empowered and free.” amazing process to go through.” the dealership, I’m so supportive, and Gustafson added that she learned from Gustafson put it another way: “How hopefully that helps create loyalty.” other Lady Riders. “They’re extremely can you not feel cool when you’re on a Those efforts include women-only welcoming and patient and so willing to Harley and just feel good about that?” Garage Parties and group rides. help,” she said. “The passion that they FFI: Lady Riders of Faribault: “There’s over 300 women that I send an have too, it just overflows. They’re just aswww.faribaulthd.com/miscpage_002.asp invite to when we have a group ride,” Hofmeister said.

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COURTESY OF ROSE HOLLERMANN OF ROSE COURTESY did I get to this incredible competition? Growing up with three brothers forced 2011 helped me later secure my spot on me to be competitive from a very young the team for London in 2012. Leading age. I always wanted to keep up with up to the Paralympics, I spent a summer them no matter what they were doing! away from home, living on my team- But when I was 5 years old, my mother, mates’ couches and training like a mad three brothers and I were in a tragic car woman. Then, I was finally at the games. accident that placed me in a wheelchair The athletes’ village was huge, and took the lives of two of my broth- enchanting, unreal — with athletes and ers. My mother, being the strong woman coaches from all over the world. The that she is, got me started in adaptive venue was beyond nice, with tons of sports at the Courage Center soon after spectators coming to watch us play. The the accident, helping me keep that com- journey was incredible, but it came to a petitive fire. disappointing finish with fourth place, I participated in tennis, sled hockey, just shy of a medal. archery, swimming, cross-country ski- Next year, I will be attending the ing, and track and field, but theUniversity one of Texas at Arlington on a full- sport that I really fell in love with was ride athletic scholarship! I will also be wheelchair basketball. I started play- rooming with one of my best friends and ing with the Rolling Rowdies when I playing on their newly formed women’s was 7. From there, I made the Junior wheelchair basketball team. I can’t wait to Rolling Timberwolves team and won see what else this incredible sport has in four national championships: 2008, 2009, store for me! I’m “wheely” excited for it! 2010 and 2014. The Timberwolves are a Rose Hollermann lives in Elysian, Minn. group of athletes, coaches and parents that I had the honor of calling my family GOTASTORY? for seven years. These opportunities led We’d like to hear it. For writer’s guide- to the USA team. lines, go to www.womenspress.com and I made my first USA team in 2011 when click on “AboutUs.” Email your 450-word I was 15. It was my first tryouts, and it personal essay to editor@womenspress. was filled with all the girls I looked up com to in wheelchair basketball, along with a legendary coach. Making the team in

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Not wanting to alarm my husband and infant son, in case they’ve fallen back asleep, I don’t call. I don’t even text. But I do take a picture with my camera phone, because I need proof that I’ve done it, that I’m actually here: sitting in a 2005 Toyota Matrix, outside the St. Anthony Park Library. This is incredible. Now Highland Park is definitely off, too. I hold the phone up steady against the And so am I. Going no more than 15 miles window and make sure I get the whole of an hour, I instead make the drive home, to the building. It’s still a little dark outside, our condo on Franklin Avenue in St. Paul, so the picture’s fuzzy. It’s 6 in the morning wondering the whole way what it’s going on a Saturday in January, and I’m just get- to take. I’ve been practicing like this for ting started. months. How much longer can I do this? I feel encouraged, like I can do more — I’m in my 30s and I’m too afraid to drive. I’ve been practicing but how much more? Can I make it to, say, At home I find my family awake and in like this for months. the Target on University Avenue? Maybe. the playroom. Or no, wait, forget it. The construction. It “How’d it go?” my husband asks. How much longer might be too much for me. I show him the picture. can I do this? I’m in But what about Highland Park? I could “The library! That’s great,” he says. my 30s and I’m too drive out there and get my husband some “Maybe you can take him to story time afraid to drive. coffee and a Danish from that café on the there this week.” corner. He loves a good cheese Danish. I don’t tell him about the lady and the And if the place isn’t open yet, I’ll just prac- intersection. I don’t tell him that I won’t tice parking. be able to take our son anywhere. Not this Perhaps even parallel parking. week. Not just yet. Yes, Highland Park. Most people here learn to drive when I adjust the seat, tilt the mirror, turn the they’re what, 16? At that age, I was liv- heat down. I turn the radio on, then off.ing in Saudi Arabia, wearing a face-veil to With my foot on the brake pedal, I shift the high school. Driver’s ed wasn’t on my list car into drive. This makes my stomach fold of to-dos. It is, in fact, illegal for women to into itself. drive there. But I’ve been here, in America, Slowly, I inch away from the curb and since college; in the Twin Cities since 2008. I toward the stoplight. The light is red, but it can’t still be hiding behind old excuses. My turns almost immediately and with it, so do son needs me to be braver than this. I. Unfortunately, the car on the other side of He’ll make sure I’m up early tomorrow, the intersection turns, too. I freeze. I apply before the Sunday churchgoers are. That’s the brakes, right there in the middle of the when I’ll head out again. Maybe this time road, and scream simultaneously. The other I’ll make it to the café at Highland Park. driver honks and yells something at me. My husband, after all, really does love a Possibly, she’s cursing. I don’t understand good cheese Danish. her but I unhook my hand from the steering Hilal Isler now drives around St. Paul with wheel and offer a weak, shaky wave. conﬁdence. Sorry, I mouth. I’m so sorry. Editor’s note: This story was ﬁrst published You should be, she says. That, I can make in the Saint Paul Almanac. Used with per- out. She presses down on the gas, showing mission. saintpaulalmanac.org me her anger. It must have been her right of way. Could she be your client? See details on if your advertising message is in The Minnesota inside back cover or http:// YES, Women’s Directory bit.ly/1dH4NLn 20 Minnesota Women’s Press, June 2014 GoSeeDo Guide JEREMY COWART “Untitled” by Jennifer Nevitt 6/7 SATURDAY – 7/19 Tenantless Pause Theresa Anderson’s sculpture and Jennifer Nevitt’s mixed-media paintings, respectively, will be on display. Reception: 6-9 p.m., 6/7. 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Member FDIC. 140430 THE LAB AT THE LOWRY BUILDING: 350 ST. PETER STREET, ST. PAUL 24 Minnesota Women’s Press, June 2014 COVERARTIST On a carousel In her artwork, Jennifer Davis moves from models of free association to detailed planning by Norma Smith Olson Jennifer Davis calls herself “an animal fanatic.” “In my artwork, I use them as a stand-in for people,” she said. “It’s easy to project a human emotion on an animal face. They have a human narrative quality to them. I think it’s fun to play around with that.” Davis is known for her paintings, and the Volkswagen Beetle in the col- “My Dust,” above; “CatCars” (detail), below. drawings and collages filled with lage are images she found in different inventive animals and creatures. Her advertisements. Davis added the pink work is often described as whimsical paint to the collage, which is about 8 and cute. “I get that,” she said, “but by 12 inches. I feel there are some darker elements “I think she has a fierce look, a kind going through there, too.” of get-off-my-back hand gesture. I like Often her mode of creativity is it,” Davis said. “I won’t say she has not exactly intentional, she said, it’s an angry expression, but the girl does more free association. “I don’t look kind of tough.” do any planning or sketch- At the time she made “My Dust,” ing. I just sit down and Davis was into riding her own bike, start doodling and make so bicycle images started appearing in whatever pops into my her artwork. “[The image is] like the head,” she said. “It’s rise of the bicycle, with the car sinking after I’m done making under water,” she said. it that I’m like, ‘What However, collage has mostly disap- did I just do there?’” peared from her artwork now. “As I When Davis steps started incorporating more and more back and looks at her drawing and painting into the col- work from a bigger-pic- lages, I started getting a little bit big- ture perspective, she sees ger in my work,” Davis said. a self-portraiture. “When you’re A huge departure making art, you project your own Then she got an “itch” to do much It takes a willingness to ideas and emotions onto everything. bigger work. When I’m drawing these little crit- want “to jump off the cliff without Two years ago, Davis was awarded ters, I guess I see myself in a lot of a Metropolitan Regional Arts Council them, or just human behavior in gen- and McKnight Foundation “next a net, to have a willingness to eral,” she said. step” grant. Her “next step” was a Eat my dust deal with risk. — Jennifer Davis new approach to her artwork. Rather “My Dust,” the piece on the cover than “flying by the seat of my pants, ” of this month’s magazine, is an older sitting down and doodling, I spent piece by Davis, from a time when she a long time researching vintage car- was working on collages of found ousel animals and their traditional images. The girl, the vintage dirt bike poses,” Davis said. Minnesota Women’s Press, June 2014 25

She used her grant funding to ing vintage carousel animals and travel to the East Coast, taking a decorative carousel elements — was road trip through eight states in displayed at Public Functionary, a eight days, visiting dozens of vin- northeast Minneapolis gallery, in tage carousels dating to the early March and April. JENNA WESTRICK 1900s. “The road trip was a blast, The green light but definitely not a vacation,” she Being a full-time artist is not for said. “I was rigidly planning where everybody, according to Davis. I was going to go every day. I’d “It takes a willingness to want to visit a carousel, take a bunch of photos, get in the car and go to the jump off the cliff without a net, to have a willingness to deal with next one. It was rewarding, but risk,” she said. exhausting.” After receiving her bache- This new artistic approach was a learning process for Davis, and lor of fine arts degree from the University of Minnesota in 1998, physically it was tough, too. Rather Davis worked for a few advertis- than sitting at a table, hunched ing agencies in Minneapolis. Then, over doing tiny images, she was 10 years ago when she was laid working standing up, painting on Jennifer Davis, above, with “Horses” painting and “Lion” the wall. “My body was hurting off, she used her unemployment painting, below, from her recent “Joyride” exhibit. benefits as a springboard to start from head to toe at first,” she said.making a living from her artwork. She found that her tools were inad- “I gave myself the green light,” equate. “I was used to using tiny she said. brushes and tiny tubes of paint. “I have to pinch myself and I had to get all new tools. Even knock on wood. I got lucky and though composition is the same, managed to keep at it,” she said tiny or huge, it was a learning of her 10 years as a self-employed curve to figure out how to doartist. it,” “If I keep a lot of irons in she said. This year, “Joyride” — her exhi- the fire, I’m not worried too much about one thing or the other.” bition of 10 4-foot-square paintings plus eight smaller ovals represent-

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We need their own two feet to take their kids to school, to pedestrian and bike bridges over highways. grocery shop, to take relatives to doctor’s appoint- Every highway. From every major access point. Creating a safe ments, to buy gifts and to run errands. While I An equally important but often-overlooked and inviting advocate that those duties should not solely fall feminist issue is safety. As every woman who on women, the fact remains that they usually has looked over her shoulder nervously while culture around do. Because women end up traveling to so many walking alone at night will tell you, being female all forms of different locations in a day or a week, they need in our society can feel unsafe. We not only need transportation more accessible, affordable and comprehensive more bus stops, train stations, sidewalks and bike transit systems than men tend to need. Cars don’t paths, but we need safer bus stops, train stations, — buses, trains, fill that bill. sidewalks and bus paths. What makes something bikes, feet — will Accessibility plays one of the largest roles in safe? Better-lit places with other people around ensuring that women (and men) can and will use make me feel safer. Ensuring that places are clean help get us from public transportation. Accessibility goes beyond and in generally low-crime, easily accessible areas Point A to Point B. the obvious. We need comprehensive systems; also makes an environment feel safer and makes folks need to not only get from Point A to Point women more likely to use them. B and back, but they need to get to Points C, D, E It’s pretty simple. 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Winkels is a facilitator in Grease Rag, a local group open shops are held in several locations, each with a that empowers women/trans/femme (WTF) cyclists. different format and style. Participants include women and others who do not The model is called a community partnership, benefit from being born male and identifying as male,according to Laura Kling, a longtime facilitator who including transmen and genderqueer individuals. took over for Durkee. A bike shop will give the group work space and let attendees use the shop’s tools and consumable supplies. If they need to buy parts, they buy them from that shop. Grease Rag also asks the bike shop partner to have a paid mechanic available to help as a way to support the group’s mission. Attendees learn bike mechanics and more at the open shops. “It empowers you to do

COURTESY OF GREASE RAG OF GREASE COURTESY things on your own,” Winkels said. “It gives you knowledge and vocabulary. Feeling confident and empowered can translate to other parts of your life.” Other activities include a dusk-to-dawn full-moon ride that happens monthly year- round (where riders howl at the moon), a bike-and-camping trip and purely social events. There are two reasons people come to Grease Rag, according to Kling. Either something on their bike is broken and they hope they will get help fixing it or they want to make friends with other WTFs to enjoy biking with. And the door is certainly open to new It empowers you to do things on your own. ... participants. “We always want more folks to Feeling“ conﬁdent and empowered can translate to come. You can bring your experiences and wisdom and add that to our community,” other parts of your life. — Julia Winkels Winkels said. ” “What really keeps it going is love,” They set a collaborative and fun learning environ- Winkels added. “For a lot of attendees, it has been ment through open bike shop nights, group rides, an important part of their personal growth, finding a learning opportunities and social events — all held in community of like-minded riders.” that “safer space.” The activities are run by volunteers with the aim of facilitating biking in the Twin Cities as FFI: less of a male-dominated activity. For a schedule of events and to volunteer or Grease Rag was started in 2009 by bike mechanic get involved: Erin Durkee, who now works for the San Franciso http://greaserag.org or [email protected] Bicycle Coalition. She wanted to have a space to help Locally produced documentary includes Grease Rag her friends teach each other and get more comfortable in its snapshot of why WTF spaces are important. with asking questions about bikes. http://vimeo.com/35672630 Grease Rag holds several open shop nights a month, where WTF cyclists can bring in their bikes and learn how to do their own mechanical work. The MinnesotaMinnesota Women’s Women’s Press, Press, June May 2014 3939

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