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ISSN 01 10-8603 Registered at the G PO as a magazine. vantage for our sons. It appears photocopy of it to be passed to give them that advantage around. Some in total disbelief even with their peers in that that Morgie had actually got they know their own selves herself into print, others just to more clearly and in fact require be nosy. less peer approval. I believe my One comment that sticks in boys have a much wider range my mind from an Officer who of choices, a better develop­ was on duty, “Didn’t you know TAILING TIGERS for her sons, which gathered momentum to an almost pathe­ ment of sensitivity and sensibil­ we were all lesbians”. If that is I am writing to say how much tic conclusion. It is staggering ity, and a far greater respect in what she got out of the article I enjoyed Jill Keogh’s article to me that five whole pages of general for women than they she must be pretty shallow! on raising boys, Tailing Ti­ Broadsheet should be given had any possibility of whilst Personally I feel, this article gers (October Broadsheet). I over to an article excusing and their father (or any other man I merely pricked their consci­ haven’t come upon many arti­ pampering boys, supposedly know) was actively involved in ences and rightly so. Some of cles on bringing up boys in underprivileged because of their parenting. the ways some of the Officers feminist publications. In fact, their feminist solo parenting! And finally, that great castle speak is nothing but pure filth. there’s not much at all on At the same time Jill brushes in the sky “our governing sys­ Oh I’m no prude, but I cer­ child-rearing. Quite a bit on off her daughters’ experiences tem” that Jill concludes with, is tainly don't speak like that to childbirth but after that with barely a mention, and patriarchal - and thus is them. It’s no use complaining you’re left to your own de­ condemns the other young worked by and for the suppor­ as no one will listen. Not only vices, especially with males. women her sons have contact ters of that patriarchy. As indi­ that, you still have to virtually You sometimes read about with thus: .. . “Doc despairs of vidual women I do not believe live with that person (who as ways to make daughters as­ finding girls his age with ideas - we will change that structure - we say holds the keys) for a sertive, to support them in a he thinks he’ll go for older there is nothing in that change time afterwards, so things sexist world but boys are ig­ women - it’s not easy being for them. Feminism is FOR could be made difficult. nored. Perhaps you should white, heterosexual and male, women, for ourselves, for our Don’t get me wrong, there drown them at birth! and brought up like us, they say daughters . . . it is pro women are some excellent Officers, But the truth is mothers do with chagrin.” . . . As far as I and not, I feel, a vehicle for who do genuinely care, but have sons, as many as can see, Jill’s sons have one hell helping to improve the inhe­ they at times must feel like daughters, and they have to of a lot going for them in a rently misogynist system of banging their heads against a be brought up to the best of white patriarchial society if patriarchy. Our sons will grow wall, as they must also contend our ability. Jill Keogh gave a they developed that sort of into men, and via their vastly with the hierarchy. very real account of the con­ antiwoman attitude! differing life experiences and There is Racism within the flicts faced by boys brought While I fully appreciate the personalities they MAY walls, but more amongst the up in a non-sexist home in­ difficulties of solo parenting (I perhaps develop more positive Staff than the girls. During my time coming to terms with the solo parent 4 children - 1 girl ways of relating with women, I’ve witnessed all sorts of grow­ pressures of society towards and 3 boys) I think that Jill de­ as a result of their pro women ing experiences, both with the macho behaviour. I loved her fends her sons’ life crises to an (not anti male!) upbringing. young and the not so young, descriptions of her sons’ male inordinate degree, and is quite That is the most we can hope the so called blacks and the friends’ visits to her house. over sensitive about her role in for. For your own precious whites. Prison life has certainly She also highlights a problem these crises. The problems womynspirit-self Jill - be opened up my eyes to many faced by mothers raising sons faced by her sons are faced by realistic! things, which I didn’t realise in their fathers’ absence - the literally thousands of our chil­ In mother/daughter sister/ even existed. I’ve grown within need for good male role mod­ dren - not just sons, or even womynhood, myself in lots of ways. I’ve also els, once again something been witness to the “Connec­ sons of feminist mums! Their Jools Joslin never referred to by tions” system and how it adolescent difficulties are Inglewood feminists. If girls need good theirs and whilst as mothers we works. Somehow the person role models, so do boys. concerned is forgotten, but the may give support at such times, BEHIND BARS Keogh’s style of writing is we cannot protect them or hierarchy will try to impress the original and vivid. Her de­ make continual excuses for Dear Broadsheet, connections if only they scription of her children’s why our poor precious sons Her article was “Without realised how transparent they fathers and their attitudes to aren’t succeeding in that par­ Walls”, mine should be “Be­ were being. On the other hand their children was especially ticular direction at that particu­ hind Bars” or perhaps “Inside there are the street kids. If any­ brilliant! lar time. I think it is literally Looking Out”. one knows about survival they This is the first article on grasping at straws to imagine I’ve got to know Morgie (as surely do. bringing up a son that fits with th at.. .“ a few responsible and she is known to the girls) rather The inmates themselves my own experience and I loving men are aware of the well over a period of months. I come from many different loved it. I hope Jill Keogh problem and are forming quite agree she is both walks of life. I feel we can all writes more. I will be an eager groups to help themselves and philosophic and funny. From a learn a lot from each other in reader. help others to help themselves. collected point of view her arti­ many ways. cle was both frank and honest. There appears to be quite a Helen Watson These groups can be helpful to That’s Morgie to a T. She is high staff turnover. There I Auckland confused boys” . . . because I believe that is essentially what known at times to speak then guess are pressures in the job, they themselves are dealing think. We’ve had many a fun although many would fall Dear Broadsheet, under the category of stress. I Jill Keogh’s recent article (Oc­ with - ie being confused boys! evening with her, listening to The “lack of fathering” - her tales. Her article was re­ totally agree with Morgie that tober issue) on mothering boys many of the staff find it hard to appeared to develop largely as which I must admit I see very ceived in a muddled fashion. little truly positive evidence of The inmates themselves impa­ separate their personal prob­ a downward spiral of over-pro­ lems and life from the job. tective, self-effacing excuses in our society - is to me an ad­ tiently waited for the one

3 Broadsheet, December 1984. There have been many occa­ tle still continues. For after this WELL-EDUCATED hope that even we could be in­ sions where staff have verbally article reached Arohata and AND SOLO taken out their personal prob­ cluded in the sisterhood? was read by the On Duty staff a Yours sincerely, lems on the girls in their wings. Special Meeting was called to Dear Broadsheet, But it’s the old story, what can see how to deal with this person Perhaps you can help me. I am Lorraine, Watts we do about it? At times it’s al­ who’d stepped out of line and a member of a minority group Auckland most a Jekyll and Hyde exis­ spoken her mind. An official which I feel your magazine tence. Behind the Bars you’re complaint is being lodged and I does not treat kindly. Yet I am PAP SMEARS almost like a Chrysalis waiting guess Morgie will have yet sure that at least some of you Dear Broadsheet, to break out of the Cocoon. It’s another Mark put on her file. belong to the same group. As someone who recently had not living at all merely existing. But the people who called this I am to my shame a univer­ a class 4 pap smear diagnosed Admittedly there are meeting didn’t even have the! sity-educated Pakeha. I have and subsequently treated, I changes happening all the courtesy to ask her to be pre­ tried to redress the balance by welcomed Sarah Calvert’s arti­ time. Some good some not so sent, while they discussed her marrying an Asian man who cle. Upon reading it, however, good. Prison will never stop article. beat me but after two children crime. In the judicial system I was disappointed at its brevity I personally feel this type of and before brain-damage oc­ and lack of depth. room must be made for sen­ article is long overdue and curred we separated. I am too Firstly, the classes of pap tences other than prison. When Commend Morgie Highly for well-educated to qualify for smear results seem to vary eg a woman or man gets sen­ Bravely Bursting out in Print. sympathy as a solo mother the article puts dysplasia into tenced to prison no thought at She knew at the time some even though I am on the DPB category 3 but from my know­ all is placed on the family left to would have an axe to grind. but I still have my problems. survive and carry on. They are ledge it can also come into class I hope you will publish this the ones who are punished BRAVO MORGIE. 4. A class 3 result does not letter so that other educated necessarily mean carcinoma in most. Concerned women may know that they are situ. Also New Zealand is mov­ For Morgie the personal bat­ Paremata not alone. Is it too much to ing into an international clas­ sification system of three clas­ FRONTING UP OFFICE HOURS please remember to send a ses. It would be helpful to have The bookshop is open until stamped addressed envelope these explained. 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Broadsheet, December 1984. 3 tion in prevention as well as a few episodes of explicit sex­ treatment has been mentioned ual violence, however. The in American feminist literature methods that I used in my sur­ I have read. vey are unsuitable for examin­ Please could we have a more set Views ing TV’s treatment of this in-depth article in the near fu­ theme, though, for it is seldom ture with some New Zealand- portrayed in a visually explicit based information which could The last decade has seen a feminist analyses and social sci­ manner, even though it may help women understand the re­ great increase in the availabil­ ence research have made us crop up as a theme fairly fre­ sults and possible options they ity of explicit portrayals of sex­ realise that these media por­ quently. have more fully. ual violence. Hardcore por­ trayals do influence men’s sex­ A 1977 American survey In Sisterhood nography has become more ual attitudes and behaviour, which looked for verbal re­ and have given rise to wide­ ferences and the visual depiction of Marion Kleist violent (withness snuff movies) spread concerns about our pro­ rape and sex crimes, found one Wellington and the softcore magazines with large circulations such as1 rape culture. every four hours on prime time FEM INIST U ON S Playboy and Penthouse have Where does television fit television. This would proba­ become increasingly sadistic. into all this? Obviously televi­ bly correspond with television Dear Broadsheet, The _ mainstream cinema, sion does not show much sexu­ here, and the’figure can be ex­ I was disturbed and dismayed perhaps as competition for ally explicit material, although pected to increase as more of to find that of the seven women television, has over the seven­ the screens are full of explicit the movies of the seventies are asked to comment on the elec­ ties and eighties become preoc­ violence: a survey I conducted shown on televison. Rape is tion results in September’s cupied with sexual violence, last year from cthe Mental currently a popular theme in issue, only one is Maori. Tēnā and the development of the Health Foundation showed made for television movies, koe, Donna, kei te mihi atu au home video market has made that 724 episodes of violence with a recent article in the Lis­ ia koe. uncensored versions of these were screened over a one week tener stating that “rape” is the I suppose that I have expec­ movies widely available. period by TV1 and TV2 drama top audience-attracting word tations that Broadsheet would At the same time both programmes. There were only in TV movie titles. not tokenise Maori and Pacific Island women because in 1981 - 83 both your articles and your letters column provided a re­ ally dynamic forum in which the relationship between the analyses of sexism and racism was explored. While I would not expect Maori women in particular to go on putting that energy into educating Pakeha feminists, I hoped that we would have learnt enough in that process to really change. And that such change would be manifested as an on-going part of Broad­ sheet. So that, for example, Maori women would be rep­ resented 50/50 with Pakeha women when political issues are commented on. I personally remember that period of the magazine’s life as being the most vital, so far, for me: I used to arrive home from work and have to read the whole issue at one sitting. I especially liked the letters and the sense of real debate hap­ pening, with all the passions aroused: I learnt much from the words written by so many women around this country and there was the feeling, for me, of a unique culture and identity of Aotearoa struggling to come into existence. The analysis of white racism seems to me essential to those who are working against sexism: Continued on page

4 Broadsheet, December 1984. When television deals with made the message clear. rape it tends to reinforce exist­ Even when the theme is not ing myths. Most frequently explicitly rape, television’s rape is committed by a portrayals of men’s sexuality as stranger, which flies in the face vigorous, unstoppable and ag­ of the reality that most rapists h i t gressive, and women’s sexual­ are known to the woman. A ity as passive, admiring of mas­ typical rape plot is “boyfriend tery and inviting, convey mes­ This is a column in which we avenges rapist”. These plots “Cunning Stunt” promotion in sages that find their ultimate target offensive products and encourage women to fear the expression in rape. This theme September/October. If the advertising. We’d like to hear spoonerism didn’t leap to the world outside and to accept is pervasive. For example, Jane from readers who’ve written to air, said Gill, DJ Phil O’Brien men as protectors. A scary ver­ Fonda in California Suite, firms complaining - especially repeatedly commented that no sion of this plot is where the speaking to her husband on the about New Zealand-made one had made the slip up Stun­ friend is transformed into the phone: “When have you ever promotions which appear in ning C . . .yet. 2ZM promo­ rapist (not because of human known me to be intimidated? . the national media. We’d also tions manager Martin Flower motives, of course, but by alien . . Save the erotic conversation like to hear about firms which said “It wasn’t until after­ invasion). Examples are the for later”. Jokes about mastery regularly use non-sexist and wards” that they realised the Michael Jackson rock video, provide a constant subject for non-racist promotions, or “accidental ambiguity”. They and the recent Sunday Horror, humour which would be unin­ which respond positively to won’t be repeating the name, The Intruder Within. I couldn’t telligible if the sexes of the complaints. because they do this competi­ bring myself to watch this, but characters were reversed. In tion every couple of years and the Listener described it thus: Dad’s Army the John Le DAVID LUNDT MOTORS use a different name each time. “A member of an offshore oil­ Mesurier character, Arthur One which responded was rig’s crew is attacked by a Wilson, is a bit wet, so it’s good mechanic David Lundt, in Sal- Listeners wrote or phoned in with ideas for stunts. An an­ snake-like creature. The man for a laugh when he’s watching tash St. , New Plymouth. He nouncer accompanied them then rapes a female co-worker, a romantic hero in the cinema used jokes that put down his and commented while they who gives birth to a monster”. with his woman friend and she wife as a central gimmick in his performed their crazy act. One Another version of stranger gushes, “He’s rather like you advertising from his opening in of the stunts was a woman who or alien rape promulgates are : strong, masterful”. I’ll July. “As hard as I’m work­ racist myths: black man rapes leave you to work out the joke ing/1 said a September one, volunteered to walk through peak hour city streets into a re­ white woman. Salman in McPhail and Gadsby, where “the faster my lovely wife is staurant in her underwear. Rushdie, complaining about David McPhail, showing us spending all the profits. I think Martin Fowler realised this Jewel in the Crown's racism, around the “Labour Party I’ll tie her hands up for a while, could have been offensive, but and particularly about the rape Museum”, picks up a deer’s this maternal nesting instinct is said when it happened “it was of Daphne Manners in the head and says, “They called getting out of hand.” He then outrageous but no one was of­ Bibighar Gardens by Indian him ‘antlers Rowling’ because offered a discount to anyone fended.” They didn’t get peasants, said in the Listener: his wife said he was monarch of bringing in a pair of handcuffs “It is useless, I’m sure, to the Glen.” with their car. Several people to do some stunts be­ suggest that if a rape must be Taranaki women didn’t find cause they were dangerous or The Graduate, a recent offensive. used as a metaphor of the Indo- Wednesday movie, relied for this funny and complained. Gill Stannard said 2ZM’s last British connection, then most of the humour in Benja­ Lundt changed his advertising controversial promo was its surely, in the interests of accu­ min Braddock’s relationship as a result to “focus less on the “Streetwalker” competition, racy, it should be the rape of an with Mrs Robinson on his sex­ office side of things and more Indian woman by one or more on the workshop facts.” He which ended prematurely. The ual inexpertise. Mrs Robinson station gained much favoura­ Englishmen of whatever class. pursues him, and of course he “didn’t intend to project the ble media attention when So much more evocative to wants to sleep with her (men kind of message that people women complained. Women conjure up white society’s fear are always lusty), but his nerv­ obviously read into it.” Such of the darkie, of big brown innocence after talking about didn’t complain about “Cun­ ousness looks like making this ning Stunts”, but Gill says cocks.” impossible until she refers to handcuffing your wife. When rapes are not carried many women have ceased lis­ his inadequacy, thus rousing tening to 2ZM. If you feel it’s out by black men, strangers or him to prove himself. Of alien-invaded friends, then offensive for a station to use course, sexually confident the reaction to a scantily clad they are “not really rape”, be­ women, or any powerful cause the woman says no and women to attract listeners, women, are threats to male keep an eye on 2ZM’s next' means yes. This scenario took sexuality, as shown by McPhail place in The Getaway, promotion. You’ll find the Sta­ and Gadsby’s “feminist flag”, a tion c/- Radio New Zealand, screened a while back, where a droopy male sex sign. woman with a wimp of a hus­ Private Bag, Wellington. Although explicit portrayals If a complaint to any media band is turned on by her rape at probably have a more powerful gunpoint and becomes the organisation is not successful, effect on men’s consciousness, you can write to the Committee rapist’s willing lover, joining we must remember that televi­ him in tormenting her hus­ on Advertising Practices, PO sion is pervaded with myths Box 1291, Wellington. It will band. This film was “sanitised” about sexuality that are at the Taranaki women need to keep investigate your complaint, but for TV. The original version core of sexual violence. We live an eye on this one. was used in an experiment de­ has power only to recommend, in a rape culture indeed, and "CUNNING STUNTS" not instruct. Most media or­ monstrating that movies can television both reflects and A RADIO 2ZM engender pro-rape attitudes; ganisations take some note of heightens this fact.o Gill Stannard of Wellington but even the sanitized version its conclusions, however, o Hilary Haines drew our attention to 2ZM’s Jenny Rankine

Broadsheet, December 1984. 8 to our needs in identical fash­ i Letters from page 4. way in which we are going to white, English-speaking, inter­ ion but men never feature in without it we remain just one conduct our lives together. national network. I felt con­ those ads do they? Another enclave within the privileged When such issues are raised fused, disturbed and enraged. example of distorted social at­ 12 percent of white oppressors. there is impatience, and either Have we really taken so little titudes which readily accept the Our slice of lemon meringue expressed or, more danger­ heed, as a community, of the sale of the female sex when it pie may be smaller than the ously, implied accusations of teaching that has been given to comes to making a profit for man’s but we are still eating it speaking for Maori people, or us by Maori women? If so, I being holier than thou. fear for us. the shareholders but would be on a china plate with a silver outraged if the selling of Singa­ cake fork. To see ourselves as I don’t speak for or about Those writings pointed me in pore Boys were used when feminists in a global Maori women - I speak to new directions: I want to know promoting this airline. framework, we have to relate Pakeha women. Racism dis­ what other readers think and Yours sincerely, ourselves to white racism. And torts us just as sexism distorts are doing. on that, there’s no neutral posi­ men: the oppressors are In sisterhood and love Anne Small tion: we are either encouraging twisted and manipulated Felicity Day Tauranga it (overtly or by ignoring ie con­ spiritually, mentally and emo­ Wellington doning it), or we are using the tionally even though our lives PLUNKET tools of our privilege to oppose are physically and practically LANGUAGE Dear Broadsheet, Dear Broadsheet, The comment by Val Upton in What is your editorial policy the September issue quoted a concerning sexist language Christchurch paper reporting used by your contributors and “that last year Plunket nurses interviewees? suggested certifying young un­ I was very offended by the married mothers as to their fit­ language used by Donna Awa- ness to raise their children” has tere in the September issue: “A caused great dismay amongst Maori is not defined by the job Plunket nurses. he does, he is defined by eter­ That paper should never about the excitement and pat­ There’s great ponderings and nity. By his loin links with his have printed it as it was the pri­ lengthy meetings going on to riotism of war and how those vate opinion of two nurses at a people who prattle on about tipuna.” try and get more men to apply I do not expect to encounter private function. It has been re­ peace are a bunch of chicken-li- for primary teaching. I mean this kind of language in a futed loud and clearly and we vered sissies? Who is going to we all know this sort of situa­ feminist magazine. Why was hoped, laid to rest. This shows, teach the boys that it’s their tion can’t continue. Think of Donna not asked to rephrase yet again, how hard it is to stop right to walk around the streets what might happen if boys what she said, or asked for per­ incorrect, out-of-context re­ unmolested at any time but grew up without that influence. mission for Broadsheet to porting and now 18 months A whole generation might that girls have to stay indoors? later it appears again in a Oh yes, I can see the impor­ change it? grow up that hasn’t been ex­ In Sisterhood, magazine I read, appreciate posed to the intricacies of tance of it all. Perish the and support, thus finding this rugby, that wonderful game thought that boys might just Jill Abigail quote tucked away in the mid­ where pummelling one’s oppo­ grow up thinking problems can Wellington dle of an otherwise thought be solved by discussion and nent into the ground gets you SINGAPORE BOYS provoking article. approving words from the com­ that strength and stamina have If I had the time, I could give mentators. What on earth nothing to do with gender. Dear Broadsheet, you a Broadsheet of examples would happen if boys had to That would never do. Boys Recently, because of an of unmarried mothers given make do with sports like swim­ might begin to believe they emergency, we had the uncom­ non-judgmental, supportive, ming, tennis, running and gym­ have no right to dominate and fortable experience of being available and dependable help nastics? It doesn’t bear think­ then how would our system confined in a plane on the sear­ by Plunket nurses. Sounds like ing of. survive? ing tarmac of an airport in the a good partner to have - not There is of course, the ques­ It’s a serious problem all Persian Gulf for about two one to rubbish!! Our family tion of role models. And here right, and one can only com­ hours. units are like second homes to we come to the nub of the prob­ mend those who are setting out I tried to set aside mounting many and I know of Plunket lem. Women simply can’t com­ to do something about it. .they feelings of claustrophobia by nurses finding accommoda­ pete. Who is going to teach the don’t really have to worry too using the technique of fixing tion, clothes, toys, food, and boys to laugh at a girl’s compe­ much. Most of the principals the mind on something pleas­ becoming personally involved tence. Who is going to make are male and I haven’t heard of ant just to see if it worked so to the Nth degree. sure there are plenty of books any attempts to change that.D scrutinized the much-adver­ Most Plunket nurses are self- tised “Singapore Girls” hoping motivating women, dedicated that this would relieve the con­ to the mental and physical well­ and dismantle the system less difficult than many. dition. I-was rather gratified to being of women and their chil­ which has given. us that Although I am writing in find that these exploited dren. Some Plunket nurses are privilege. theoretical terms, I don’t ex­ women are human too. They the sole support of their family I have been in feminist perience these things in theory were starting to wilt like us sec­ and include unmarried solo pa­ gatherings recently which have but in practice. For example, I ond-class passengers with rents. reminded me of Lions Clubs or went today from a Maori envi­ make-up and hairdoes not so Know your enemy - but - Jaycees in the obliviousness to ronment in which I am a firmly in place as when we de­ Plunket is not one of them. the racist analysis, as if we Pakeha supporter straight into parted Heathrow. Yours in sisterhood should only mention racism at a feminist gathering in which Then it struck! About half of Paula Rands a hui or workshop on racism, there was no mention of any the cabin crew were male. Both Auckland not as an on-going part of the cultural reality other than a sexes had been administering

6 Broadsheet, December 1984. • To develop an action plan for the Ministry incorporating BEHIND1THE NEWS specific policy objectives; • To incorporate in its struc­ ture and activities the priorities of Maori women; WELLINGTON • To reflect the needs and priorities of (migrant) (Pacific Island) women; WOMEN’S SUMMIT • To monitor and advise the Minister on Government In response to the male-dominated Economic Summit, Wellington women organised their economic, fiscal and monetary own summit in October. Several hundred women turned up to discuss a big range of issues. policies in terms of their impact I hey came up with a huge range of recommendations which they hope to publish and make on women; available. The recommendations provide a good feminist platform, and starting points for • To monitor all public sector discussion. Here is part of PSA worker JOANNA BERESFORD’s speech to the summit. plans and expenditure prog­ rammes: (For example, as part Let us remind ourselves of the of the annual Budget cycle, portunities because of assump­ “Programme of Equality for major economic problems State agencies are required to tions made about the pattern of Women” provides, in my view, women face: low pay at work, prepare management and fi­ our working life. One of the a good initial framework within unequal access to jobs and nancial forecasts and plans; major assumptions made is which radical change could be training; hidden unemploy­ some State owned enterprises that women won’t be in paid effected. There are some de­ ment (married women un­ are required to submit corpo­ employment for long, or won’t fects: the absence of proposals employed do not show up in rate and other management want to be because we will to eliminate discrimination the statistics of the un­ plans. The Ministry we prop­ choose to be at home tending a against lesbians, the difficulties employed), financial depen­ ose will “audit” these in terms family. But over 45% of New facing Maori women lumped dence on men and an excessive of the agency’s assessment of Zealand women aged 16 to 64 into a section “doubly disad­ share of unpaid work (those their impact on women; and are employed in the paid work­ vantaged women”, no mention unsung heroines - the women the Ministry’s evaluation.) force and only about 20% of all of women and the effects of • The Ministry will initiate at home, and in the commun­ men in the labour force now ity, propping up the country). pornography. Also we need to legislation and examine and provide sole financial support take up the commitment to All these problems need a promote changes to existing for a wife and dependent chil­ ratify with reservations the Un­ two-fold attack. On the one and proposed legislation relev­ dren or child. Married, unmar­ ited Nations Convention on the hand, social policies are re­ ant to women; ried, with or without children, Elimination of All Forms of quired that expand and trans­ • To act as an advocate and it is not sensible to look upon Discrimination Against form employment oppor­ clearing house agency for traditional male employment Women. The question I’ve tunities and social, education women seeking information or patterns as the norm. The com­ asked myself is how can a basis and health services. On the assistance from the Govern­ position of the paid workforce be laid for true equality with­ ment; other hand the Trotters, Brier- today is such that traditional out state funded childcare leys, Fletchers and Bob Jones • To monitor and advise the male employment patterns facilities and paid maternity of New Zealand will have to ac­ Minister on current manage­ should not continue to dictate leave. I would like us in de­ cept a loss in the relative ment practices in puhlic sector conditions of employment for veloping our policy for action agencies; ^ economic privileges they have women. The diverse nature of on this not only to react to the enjoyed. If women’s pay is to New Zealand society means anti-women lobby but to de­ improve relative to men’s (and WOMEN’S that the white male norm will velop positive alternatives. at the moment it’s about 74 : not go unchallenged from the I believe the Ministry of FORUMS 26), men’s pay will inevitably female majority and the black Women’s Affairs with the be less in relation to women’s. The government has received indigenous population. priorities and structure prop­ The same applies, if the thousands of letters against the The political opinion polls osed by the Advisory Commit­ priorities of women are to ratification of the UN Conven­ that are now such a common tee to the Minister of Women’s achieve a fairer slice of the tion on the Elimination of Dis­ event in New Zealand showed Affairs could be crucial to the country’s economic resources crimination against Women, that a greater proportion of success of our efforts. It is vital than at the moment. A Labour and against the existence of a women voted Labour and a that the Committee’s proposals Government which still es­ greater proportion of men Women’s Ministry. Right wing are implemented, not watered groups have organised the bus­ pouses publicly the socialist voted National in the last gen­ down by cabinet. principles of its founders must ing of hundreds of women to eral election. It’s not an exagg­ I would briefly like to cover set out to achieve a more equit­ the women’s forum’s round the eration to say that Labour slid the committee’s proposals. able way of sharing between country, to push for women’s into power on our votes. To put The general purpose of the men and women society’s re­ it bluntly, Labour owes us. But traditional role as dependent Ministry, as a department of wife and mother. There is op­ sources on the one hand and its a huge feminist effort will be State, will be to achieve the position in the Labour Cabinet paid and unpaid work on the needed to ensure that an other. economic and social conditions to the existence and initiatives economic and social strategy is for sex equality in New Zea­ It's often said that women developed and implemented of the Women’s Ministry. If it land. Specific purposes in­ does not receive wide feminist are trapped in a vicious circle that not only does us no harm clude: support, the right wing will when it comes to opportunities but which involves positive im­ in paid employment: women • To be a working model of co­ win, the ministry will be re­ provements. I see this weekend operative enterprise, collective concentrated in low paid and ndered powerless and that as part of that effort. decision-making and open gov­ low status jobs are denied op­ channel for reform will be Labour’s own policy termed ernment; gone.a

Broadsheet, December 1984. 7 • To promote private sector suitable nominations for the practice, agricultural and in­ for action already identified by practices directed at equality appointment of women to dustrial activities. What we are Maori women include: Liaison with Maori women’s for women; statutory boards, commissions saying is that no aspect of groups; promotion of intra-cul- • To invite women in the com­ and tribunals, other advisory economic policy fails to have tural and inter-cultural re­ munity to participate in the de­ bodies, quasi-governmental an impact on women. We need velopment of public policies; bodies, etc. to have a control over those search; public relations; • To encourage women’s par­ • To provide advice and/or policies in order to have some monitoring the health of ticipation in government or pri­ comment to the Minister on element of control over our Maori women and their families; monitoring of the pos­ vately funded programmes and Government international is­ lives. And we need to go to ensure that so far as possible sues such as peace, trade, aid further than that: we need to ition of Maori women under the age of 25 years. Monitoring their contribution is effective; and foreign policy; affecting develop an integrated package of the education of Maori • To encourage community- women. of funding and economic policy women; monitoring of the legal based initiatives by women; The Ministry, we believe, initiatives in order to achieve and social welfare of Maori • To promote and provide re­ should have a control function. the preconditions for our women; monitoring of the search, education and publica­ This should include a detailed equality: reorganised working labour and economic position tions on matters concerning scrutiny of all proposed legisla­ hours, social wage, childcare, of Maori women. women; tion and of specific Govern­ parental leave, training, access • To initiate, encourage and ment policy fields such as trade to jobs, etc. We want a permanent sec­ retariat of at least seven Maori fund projects on matters of A major priority for the particular concern to women; Donna Awatere is joined in a rous­ Ministry of Women’s Affairs women to be established within ing waiata at the Maori Economic the Ministry. This action will • To liaise with and encourage must be the development of Summit Conference by members and assist co-operation and co­ specific intitiatives for Maori be an affirmation of the status of her Ngati Porou whanau group. women. At the same time the of Maori women who represent ordination among organisa­ Henrietta Maxwell plays the tions that are concerned with needs and interests of Maori over 50% of the tangata guitar, Iranui Haig to the right. whenua of Aotearoa and also it women’s affairs or issues af­ women must not be neglected Look for coverage of the summit in will be a recognition of their fecting women; our January /February issue. Even­ within any aspect of the opera­ • To advise the Minister of ing Post. tion of the Ministry. Priorities special needs.

8 Broadsheet, December 1984. Areas that should receive terests are not neglected within liaison with those involved in welcoming, accessible environ­ special attention are: any of the programmes or pol­ running them. ment, and genuine attempts to Social Services: early child­ icy initiatives of the Ministry. The Ministry should give invite comment, input and hood services; community sup­ A high priority for the Ministry high priority to being accessi­ ideas from women. port for those involved in the must be development and prom­ ble. this will be facilitated by: It’s a tall agenda. It needs unpaid care of children, the el­ otion of new affirmative action The quality of responses to let­ many more staff than the ridicul­ derly, disabled and handicapped measures and strategies, as ters or phone enquiries from ous 20 Government is propos­ people; health; domestic vio­ well as support for current af­ women. There is proposal for a ing. I’m looking forward to lence and sexual abuse; hous­ firmative action initiatives, and collect telephone call system; a helping make it work.D ing; education; and welfare be­ nefits. Income and Income Main­ tenance: equal pay for work of A BIGGER SLICE OF equal value; review of income maintenance mechanisms; ta­ xation; and women and pov­ THE CAKE erty - on this there is a proposal JENNY RANKINE looks to Australia to see how a New Zealand from union women for a low paid unit. affirmative action programme might work. Employment - Working Affirmative action for women, IBM, Ansett, Westpac, Wool- Conditions: hours of paid their dismayed squawks at a according to Women’s Affairs worths and BHP - as well as work; permanent part-time possible reduction to mere Minister Ann Hercus, is “an universities and colleges ag­ employment; maternity, pa­ equality, it is obvious that men idea whose time has come”. reed to be part of a pilot AA rental and domestic leave; ac­ take for granted the way the Given the cracking pace at programme. The A A im­ tion re women’s unemploy­ rules of the paid workforce which these government ideas plementation manual, pre­ ment and under-employment, work in their favour. advance, in a mere year of pared by the AA Resource (eg review employment train­ However, even the limited three, women going for jobs or Unit in the Office of the Status ing and job creation schemes, goals of AA for women in paid maternity leave in a few firms of Women, will be used for the support measures to improve work may not be as easily might notice a difference. pilot programmes. A working the visibility of unemployed reached as we hope. After all, What exactly will it mean? party of ministers, and rep­ women); occupational health we have equal pay in Aotearoa Affirmative action (AA) is resentatives of employers, and women still earn only 63% and safety; and review legisla­ positive steps to identify and trade unions, universities and of men’s average gross weekly tion (eg Human Rights Com­ change policies, procedures mission Act, State Services Act women’s organisations will pay. Women have had the vote and other barriers causing or draw on the results of the pilot 1962, State Services Condi­ since 1893 and there are still perpetuating inequality for dis­ programmes when it recom­ only 12 women MPs out of 95. tions of Employment Act). advantaged groups. For mends details of the AA legis­ When thousands of women Equal Opportunities: entry women in other western coun­ lation to the government. are permanently unemploy­ into occupations, appren­ tries it has usually involved ac­ able, the job market is shrink­ ticeships and training; criteria tion in the public service and AA goes like this. First the ing, new technology is being for appointment and promo­ private companies to remove company issues a policy state­ rapidly introduced and tion; and decision-making - the more obvious sexist blocks ment. Then it appoints a senior childcare services are still woe­ Women’s Appointment File. and barriers keeping women in executive as AA coordinator. The Ministry should give fully inadequate, introducing the paid workforce segregated It sets up an in-house consulta­ isolated AA programmes is high priority to sustaining and low paid. tive committee. Its workforce strong links with women in the like stemming the Clutha with Ann Hercus has already spo­ is analysed by salary, job, qual­ a few sandbags. community. It should use a ken to “captains of industry” ifications and sex. Then it re­ AA in the paid workforce variety of means to communi­ who were positive about their views personnel practices - like has to be accompanied by cam­ cate information about its companies’ voluntary partici­ newspaper ads, application paigns to end sexist bias in all goals, its current activities and pation in an AA programme. forms, selection tests and inter­ schools, encouragement and the projects it is funding, as She intends to approach many viewing procedures for sys­ support for women entering well as responding to requests more. She expects that several temic discrimination. It looks non-traditional jobs, funding for information from indi­ staff in her ministry will at promotion and transfer pro­ for quality freely available vidual women. The Ministry specialise in AA work, and it cedures, and training oppor­ childcare for working parents, should also, through its own in­ may use outside contract staff tunities for women in the or­ more pay for low paid workers, itiatives, and through support as well. ganisation. After that it sets for women’s studies, women’s and lots more. Senator Susan Ryan, Minis­ goals for eliminating the dis­ The Labour Women’s Policy art, film making, crafts, music ter assisting the Australian crimination revealed by all this and herstory, Contribute to the recognises some of these other Prime Minister on the Status of study. Sexist and discriminat­ limitations, and women at the communication of positive im­ Women, intends to pass a law ory procedures will then be re­ ages of women. Ministry’s forums have been on affirmative action program­ placed, hey presto, by non­ setting priorities from the pol­ A key concern of the Minis­ mes. Hercus sees New Zea­ sexist ways of recruitment, try is that it should reflect the icy to be implemented. But not land’s AA programme being selection, promotion and train­ much can be achieved in three needs and priorities of Pacific “in line with the Australian ing. Finally, the company will Island women. This will in­ years with only 20 staff and a model” except that her govern­ set up a way of monitoring and few million dollars. Ann Her­ volve both specific action de­ ment is “not in favour of legis­ evaluating the AA prog­ veloped to meet what Pacific cus is only one of two pakeha lation”. So how does the Au­ ramme. women among 18 cabinet Island women in the commun­ stralian model work? This is all good stuff. It’s ac­ ity identify as their needs, and ministers, and will not be able Recently, some of Au­ tually what we should all be attempts to ensure that their in­ to swing the government’s stralia’s top companies - Ford, able to take for granted. From whole economic policy around.

Broadsheet, December 1984. ® A crucial criticism of the Au­ Affirmative action plans, workload, our occupational affirmative action for women stralian AA model for Maori like rape law changes, have segregation, our exclusion in paid work while pointing out women is that it ignores their half their effect in the discus­ from the places where deci­ its limitations, and the other cultural identity. Maori women sion that accompanies them. sions are made cannot be said positive changes women have won’t be equally represented The facts about our double too often. We need to support already initiated.□ unless their sovereignty as tan- gata whenua of Aotearoa is recognised. In a recent State ANOTHER TALK SHOW? Services Commission booklet on the public service and mul- DIANE GOODWILLIE reports on an Australian-organised ticulturalism, A A was seen as conference of Pacific women and development. aiming at representation of all cultures in New Zealand at all The Australian National Uni­ cussions were limited and another talk show with papers skill and decision-making versity used Australian aid dol­ dominated by more articulate and discussions neatly tucked levels of the public service. lars to mount a two day confer­ Pacific and European dele­ away to accumulate dust?” This is likely to mean 12% of ence on Pacific women and de­ gates. asked Grace. Hilda questioned public service faces being velopment on 12-14 August in Discussion on aid and educa­ the process of organising the brown, rather than public ser­ Vila, Vanuatu. Topics in­ tion met with the well known conference and wondered why vice structures and policies in­ cluded statistical background, discrepancy between the local the Pacific Women's Resource corporating Maori values and aid, education, nutrition, the problems and the needs of w'ell Bureau, which was organised control. The Maori women’s cash economy and law relating trained professionals. “What is to help co-ordinate such secretariat in the women’s to women's development in the the use of learning how to use events, had not been consulted ministry will need a lot of sup­ South Pacific. Twenty-five an axe or knife when you do until after all the planning had port to get this across. speakers and invited particip­ not have the money to buy one been done, and whether this Getting equal numbers of ants were joined by another 25 in your village situation?” said meeting was another case of women in business hierarchies observers in what was sup­ Marv Gilu from Vanuatu, who Pacific Islanders being used to and male dominated jobs also posed to be an academic meet­ trains women in job skills. The support the views of an outside means we’re still slotting into ing to “rigorously review the paper receiving most criticism agency. their system. Do we want current situation of women and was presented by Rodney Cole The Pacific Island Associa­ women as heads of multina­ come up with analytical conclu­ on access to development fi­ tion convened a meeting of tional agribusiness firms, tak­ sions that would help improve nance. Said Jully Sipolo, Gen­ women from non-governement ing land from Third World policy formulations in the eral Secretary of the Solomon women's organisations at the women subsistence farmers for countries concerned”. There Islands YWCA: “If you have conference to discuss the possi­ coffee production? Should were no papers from the two no money, you cannot get a bility of holding a non-govern­ women be scientists who de­ major universities in the reg­ loan, so you stay poor. If you ment Pacific women’s meeting sign new and more efficient ion, the University of the South have money you can get plenty early in 1985. Steering commit­ versions of napalm? Do we Pacific and the University of more money and become even tee members represent want 50% of the Security Intel­ Papua New Guinea. richer. It seems so unfair". Pro­ Melanesia, Micronesia, ligence Service to be women? I Sponsored delegates were fessor Helen Hughes, chief Polynesia, francophone Pacific don’t. The Australian AA housed in the luxurious Inter- conference organiser,’ offered women, the SPC Pacific programme assumes we merely continentalHotel but were bus­ many opinions on why Pacific Women’s Resource Bureau, want another slice of the cake. sed to and from the conference women are behind, but was the Pacific Island Association It ignores both the built-in in­ centre when it would have been highly criticised for her lack of and the World YWCA’s South qualities of present business more economical to house awareness of the realities of the Pacific Area Office. For systems, and alternative ways them in more centrally located Pacific situation. Vanuatu’s further information contact of working, like cooperatives. hotels. The presented papers Grace Mera Molisa and South Hilda Lini, Pacific Women’s Ann Hercus has already cho­ were distributed the night be­ Pacific Commission (SPC) Wo­ Resource Bureau, South sen some limits to her AA in­ fore the conference, so dele­ men’s Bureau Co-ordinator, Pacific Commission, B.P. itiatives. She doesn’t want to gates and observers could not Hilda Lini, were critical of the D.5 Noumea, Cedex, New use quotas. The Swedish thoroughly analyse them. Dis- conference. “Will this be Caledonia.□ Labour Market aims for a minimum of 40% of men and women in an occupation. To do this it gives priority training to CIAO BELLE FROM applicants from the under-pre­ sented sex in a particular occu­ pation. This sounds more likely RAGNATELA to result in general gains for In May New Zealand papers carried a short item about a New Zealand woman peace protester women. Also A A is only going arrested in Italy. Here we publish part of JILL SMITH’S letter about how it happened. to be required in Australian firms with more than 100 Love to all from a confused Sicilian prison, five days of But an explanation of this employees. It is often the smal­ Kiwi female pacifist, now in lawyers, press statements and unplanned travel history. ler employers who have the Switzerland after being ar­ travel trying to make connec­ worst records on working con­ rested and deported from Italy tions in Italy before crossing Some of you know that I’ve ditions and avoidance of award for being a “danger to public the border at five to midnight been living the last 2 ‘/2 months rates. If this limit is adopted in order” (Wish I’d been warned on the last day, hitching in tor­ at La Ragnatela, women’s New Zealand, huge numbers about me, myself). Sleeping, rential rain with minimal peace camp, 50 metres from of working women will miss writing, thinking after four money or emotional energy the Comiso American-Mafia out. days solitary confinement in a left. owned military base, home of

lO Broadsheet, December 1984. at least 16 Cruise missiles. Their problem is that 22 fully did some redecorating orange water-tower, But until now, living, garden­ days previously when La with spray-paint, the most dominating all the landscape. ing, learning there on land Ragnatela had about 20 impressive being women/ Only because we three were legally owned by women women, some entered the peace symbols on the white at camp that night, we were world-wide, was not a crime. base very quietly and peace­ squares of a chequered charged with favouring the Not so any longer. At 7.15 am on 11 May, I and the two Left Julia Sutherland, NZ, Ruth other women living there Pfanner, Aust, Kairabu Kamoriki, were woken by 20 or more Kiribati, at ANU conference. police with a warrant and de­ mands for our all-in-order In early October a peace camp was documents. Before we were held at the air base at Whenuapai even dressed or could call an near Auckland, to protest at opera­ advocate they had entered tion “Triad” in which the New and begun to search, take, Zealand military forces hosted US turn everything completely F15s. Solidarity actions were taken at other bases around New Zea­ over. After minimal ques­ land. Maire Leadbeater of Auck­ tioning, we, Vikki Wise, 20, land CND reports. Australian, Jill Howard, 21, The scenario was about repelling English and I, Jill Smith, 26, an invasion, but explicity called for New Zealander, found ourse­ ground attack against airfields and lves in police custody and ground installations. This was a were arrested that night conventional exercise designed for (after answering six or so bombing and strafing villages and questions and a full day of de­ airfields in a country with an un­ sophisticated air defence. As tainment, hassle and separa­ Owen Wilkes described it: “It is an tion). exercise in using the techniques and the technology that would be used in a 1980s or 1990s style Viet­ nam type war”. It is most unlikely that nuclear weapons or nuclear tactics were involved. The top brass at Waiouru con­ cede that the scenario bears no re­ lation to the defence of New Zea­ land. A peace camper: “I went down to look at the planes last night. I went alone and felt as though I should have some reaction, or poem or amazing words as a re­ sponse to these great symbols of death. But I just felt numb. I softly sang “Stand up” to them, it was my own private stand of opposition. Earlier I had been down to the hedge with two nieces. C aged 12 was so angry she tried to climb the fence. Back at the camp I turned her loose on the journal and it seemed to help.” On the last day of the peace camp, the group were tired after six days of witnessing, their sleep con­ stantly disturbed by the noisy vis­ itors, traffic and of course the supersonic, low flying jets. To­ gether they assembled cards and flowers for delivery to ail who had helped - the local residents who had overwhelmed us with food, fresh water and love, and for the Base Commander who gave his OK for the camp and who was pre­ pared to discuss the exercise with me. He was unavailable, another officer came to the gate to deputise for him. But without “authority” he could not accept the flowers. Meanwhile the fighter jets “bombed” Whenuapai and the school children who could not work through the noise came out to the roadside to watch. Gil Hanlya

Broadsheet, December 1984. I I committers of the “raid”. country. Leaping with glee at the sight It is clear that Banks will of the tower next morning SISTERS continue to make political capi­ and helping to distribute a tal out of reactionary solutions press statement in which Rag- which appeal to the unin­ natela, as a group, claimed INTELLIGENCE formed public, the “man on the responsibility could be seen street” as they say. No doubt if as criminal activity, but I tend sufficient people in Whangarei to like laughing and xeroxing. SERVICE offer to vote for him should he In reality we were only three BIRCH THEM! asked the rather obvious ques­ advocate the amputation of of the victims of a complete tion: whether in fact he could limbs for shoplifting, that could peace camp blitz and they “Do you realise that I am the support his view with any scien­ be his next major stand for so­ wanted a reason to deport us only National MP to be re­ tific data, he could not. Scien­ cial change.□ (as others before). Police de­ turned to Parliament with an tific evidence is only taken into Candace Bagnall and Pat Grey tained 15 people, arrested increased majority?” de­ account when it is politically nine and closed the three manded Mr Banks at a meeting expedient to do so, it would camps by court order. Now with SIS reporters in early Oc­ seem. STUDENTS STOP there are reports of 20 new tober. He cited this as absolute As a last resort, we asked STRIPPERGRAM Cruise missiles entering the proof of the support he has for him if at the very least he would base that night. And these are his extremely right-wing stance stop making press statements A “schoolgirl” strippergram the missiles aimed at the Mid­ on rape. His statements in the which reinforce dangerous service was dropped by an Au­ dle East area! press have ranged all the way myths about sexual assault. ckland massage parlour in late Although the camp has from draconian prison sen­ Oh, he has no control over October after opposition from reopened I can’t return and tences to birching. what the media chooses to students at Auckland Girls all foreign women are risking When confronted by Pat select about his views. And Grammar School, (AGGS) deportation too. I can be re­ Grey about his own tenden­ here he is safe; the Northern who felt the strip was a direct called for trial within the next cies to violence (on her last visit Advocate is possibly the most incitement to child abuse. year but am now preparing to to his' office he attacked her right-wing newspaper in the The school’s peace group or- travel to England and later to and threw her to the ground in Scandinavian women’s peace the presence of 12 other groups to publicise La Rag- women) he simply laughed and natela. So, apart from need­ suggested that she stop dwel­ MAM tTZ ing to share my anger at the ling on the past and look to the way we were sexually and future. Pat was making the c o m physically harassed by the point for many women, his sol­ police, returning at midnight ution of more violence is not to collect belongings under acceptable. We told him that police escort, seeing camp we had had lengthy meetings facilities “run down” by with local lawyers who had police cars, and private let­ been unanimous in their view ters, photos and poems torn that longer prison sentences apart and leered at, arrested would work against the best in­ under terrorist laws that terests of women, in that mean guilty without trial, and judges would be even more re­ everywhere guns and threats, ticent in sentencing rapists. I also want to ask for your Banks then launched into support both for camp and lengthy descriptions of how myself. terrible he feels about the poor • Write me and/or camp a let­ unfortunate victims of rape, ter - prove we’re not weird or and how he must “do some­ homeless because we decided thing” about it. And that some­ to do something over here. thing remains longer prison NZ is affected. sentences and birching. While • Raise/send some financial he paid lipservice to our argu­ support to help with legal ments for sex education in fees. schools, more support for • Show “La Ragnatela” that Rape Crisis groups, he dismis­ women’s peace is alive and sed our analysis of the connec­ well and interested (like I’ve tion between pornography and been telling them), send love, male violence as “rhetoric”, banners, information on and his position did not move. Pacific issues, stickers to sell, He concluded that since we ask for some back. could not provide research or Addresses: La Ragnatela figures to show that longer C.P. 150 97013, Comiso, Sic­ prison sentences do not reduce ily; Jill Smith 7 Kauri St, Tim- the incidence of sexual assault, aru, New Zealand; Jill Smith that there was no need for him 55 Netherton Rd, Appleton, to change his view. When we Oxon, England.□

B Broadsheet, December 1984. ganised a Young Women press in his “justification” that local people and tourists, to ex­ ing interests in New Caledonia. Against Pornography forum such films cause no harm and pose these Caldoche who have This line was also taken by the when they found out that the only reflect a violent society. used their ill-gotten wealth to local reporter for the Mountain strip was running only 200 He recently publicly criti­ buy property in Aotearoa, and Scene who demonstrated just metres away and apparently cised a male film reviewer who to expose the myth that New how unbiased she was by pot- used a uniform identical to had attacked Kerridge Odeon AGGS. and the censor for releasing The lunchtime forum proved The Texas Chainsaw Mas­ popular with students from all sacre. He is the only censoring levels of the school, who authority supported by the gathered on the front lawn to Society for the Promotion of listen to speakers from Individual Responsibility Womanline, Men Against (SPIR), which is conducting a Rape, the Unemployed Work­ nationwide campaign to stop ers Rights Centre, and the Penthouses being seized. newly formed Auckland It is important that we show Women Against Pornography we oppose Everard’s claim that group. the public supports his deci­ Issues discussed included the sions. Make press statements rape of prostitutes (which does on behalf of groups you belong occur frequently although to urging his sacking; write to many people, including the the Minister of Internal Af­ police, tend to think there is no fairs, your local MP, newspap­ such thing) and the censoring ers and Everard himself. system for videos, magazines The address of the Chief and advertising in this country. Censor of Films is PO Box 46- The forum also reviewed the 009, Lower Hutt. For more de­ reasons why women become tails contact WAP, PO Box 475, involved with prostitution, and Wellington. the difference between at­ NFIP action in Queenstown mall. ting us to the cops when spray titudes towards prostitutes who QUEENSTOWN painting started to appear on walk the street and women who Caledonia is a French paradise road outside the houses of the walk the stage in beauty con­ PRO-KANAK in the South Pacific to the hun­ Caldoche! tests. DEMO dreds of tourists who come to The picket outside the After the forum, organisers Queenstown. We also wanted houses was fairly uneventful and speakers discussed further On 24 September 1853 the to tell people about what is apart from that. A couple of action which could be taken French annexed New happening in New Caledonia Maori women spoke to the ten­ against pornography. Students Caledonia - this day remains a and explain how David Lange ant of one of the houses, who planned a week-long protest day of mourning for the indi­ had sold out the Kanak people was also a Maori woman and outside the massage parlour. genous Kanak people. Forty at the South Pacific Forum in who was able to make the con­ Its owner, Rainton Hastie, percent of the west’s nickel Tuvalu. Our action in the mall nections very quickly - and we withdrew the strippergram ser­ supply comes from mines in consisted of le^fletting and aroused the curiosity of the vice, but said the schoolgirl New Caledonia. These rich speaking to individuals, chant­ neighbours and a couple of strip would still run onstage.□ mineral resources are a major ing and singing and using the nearby painters. We were also Sally Curtis, AGGS Peace reason for French reluctance to megaphone to address the pas- given the fingers by a middle Group, Howe St, Auckland, 1. grant real independence to sersby as to why we were there. aged woman passing in her car! Kanak people. We also made an incinerator Some of us returned later to CHANGE THE In response to a call for sol­ where we burnt tourist find that the council had al­ idarity actions for the Kanak brochures promoting New ready covered “Kanak” with CENSOR people on 24 September, made Caledonia as a tourist paradise. tar and stones, but “Kanak In­ by Susana Ounei at the recent The whole protest was effec­ dependence Now” was later Women Against Pornography Black Wimmins Hui in Otepoti tive and very good natured and spraypainted on the road. (WAP) are campaigning for (Dunedin), 13 people travelled the response from local people Some others decided to go up the sacking of the Chief Film to Queenstown on Sunday 23 and tourists was very positive - the mountain on the gondola to Censor, Arthur Everard. His September. They were mem­ more than we got from the have a look over Queenstown. record since he came into office bers of CORSO, Nuclear Free press! Television News wasn’t We protested about the offen­ is the worst ever of any censor­ and Independent Pacific interested and the Southland sive souvenirs in the shop at the ing authority in terms of the (NFIP) Coalition and the Anti- Times reporter, who had been top, and were able to get a mar­ material he has passed. Just Racism Coalition. very interested, was told by her vellous view of Queenstown two of the recent examples are We planned the protest ac­ chief reporter to “can it”, so we through the binoculars for the his passing of The Texas Chain­ tion to be in two parts - the first weren’t able to get any Press tourists. You can imagine the saw Massacre and I Spit On a demonstration and leafletting Association coverage from buzz we got when we were able Your Grave, two of the films in the Queenstown Mall and them either. They also said to find the houses in Suburb St used in an American study to the second a picket outside the they couldn’t print our press and saw the words “Kanak show that violence and pornog­ houses owned by the Caldoche statement as it was biased. Independence Now“ raphy in particular desensitise (White New Caledonians) in They couldn’t get a comment emblazoned across the road!o male attitudes to rape. Everard Suburb St. The purpose of the from the Montagnat Family, NFIP Coalition, PO Box 1375, is also extremely vocal in the action in the mall was to talk to owners of the houses and min­ Otepoti (Dunedin).

Broadsheet, December 1984. 13 Jess Hawk Oakenstar spent a hectic three hours talking to entertainers Jools and Lynda Topp The Topp Twins have been so busy recording or travelling it took a lot of organising to find an evening when we were all free to sit down and talk about what they’ve been doing. They came complete with dog and, joy of joys, the tape of their new mini-album! “Wow, is that really a bass? “Yes, and listen to that guitar bit there.” “Mmm, did you hear those drums? I’ll play that again... ” With laughter and ex­ citement, we listened and danced to it almost twice through before Jools said, “Right, let’s get on with this interview then.” Three hours later, with a short pause to clean up the dog’s “whoops” on the carpet, this is some of what we said. LYNDA: Well, the first thing we did this year was to tour the South Island as the support act for Split Enz. It was the real experience to go on the road and perform at huge outdoor venues with up to 6,000 people. We just had the acoustic guitar and two vocal mikes. And support act is al­ ways the worst thing to do, you know, because everybody’s waiting for the big band to come out. What we did is travel separately, and do our own shows in each little centre in be­ tween the main gigs. The Split Enz tour was really good be­ cause the crowd really responded to what we were doing even though it was in such big venues. And then we wrote the new show, which is “Two Flew Over The Cowshed”. It goes from living on the farm to the army to getting into the entertainment business and being the Topp Twins as we are now. For the last month we’ve been recording a mini-album. It’s called Twinset and Pearls and it’s due out at the end of November. JOOLS: We thought; was it going to be another album where the Topp Twins just came out and sang like they nor­ mally do with one guitar? And we thought well, bugger it, let’s go for it. W e’ve got a recording studio there, why don’t we just. . . JESS: Go over the Topp! JOOLS: Yeah! JESS: The album is a mix of old and new songs, includ­ ing the one written for the album, about David Lange, cal­ led “A Lot of Trouble”. Why did you write that one? JOOLS: You can’t say “We don’t want nuclear ships” and then sneak them in the back door. It’s up to the indi­ JOOLS: And our songs and bass and drums, which vidual New Zealander to make sure that the government won’t happen on stage. So it’s a really good idea because it’s sticks to their word. We have to be hot on Lange’s tail 24 a really different way of people hearing us. They see us on the stage live, dressed up, singing our normal stuff, and hours a day. It was hard to pick the songs for the album; we’ve writ­ they put the record on and hear us with the backing band. We don’t want to just stay in one pigeon-hole for the rest of ten 85 and could only record six. LYNDA: And the album had to keep what the Topp our lives. Twins are, and it’s that high woman-energy and the political And the record release this time is going to be done base that drives us and keeps us going. I think the album has through a distributing company. That’s the only way we can got all that. We were actually happy with it at the end. get on the radio and go through the record shops. LYNDA: The Topp Twins are a live performance act, Photographs by Bruce Connew/ICON we’re not a recording act or a TV act. We want New Zealan-

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ders to know us before we appear on the radio. the way you go about things is that you don’t put this heavy, JOOLS: In November we’re touring the North Island serious message on people and say “We’re going ot teach with “Two Flew Over The Cowshed”. When you tour, you you what’s right”. realise how small the country is and you can’t make money LYNDA: The worst thing you can do with politics is to or live off touring. We have to think of the tour as a promo­ ram it down people’s throat’s. tion tour for the record. JOOLS: That s basically what Muldoon was doing. It’s hard row to hoe because you don’t make money. LYNDA: We go out on stage as the Topp Twins, lesbian We’ve never been so destitute in our lives. We would have women who sing their own songs. Every song we sing, will been better off five years ago to go on the dole and never reach somebody in the audience. When we sing “Paradise”, have started singing. Because every day we never know all the lesbians in the audience know it is their sbng, and where the rent’s going to come from or the food. they sort of beam up out of the audience and pop up out of JESS: One of the reasons that I’ve always really liked their chairs. But at the same time, we’ll sing a country ►

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i and western s o n g and the men just love it. G ive’em a have realized that they’re lesbians. LYNDA: It’s pretty rough if you’re 15 and you think yodel and they’re away. We get the message across by humour and by lyrics. The “Oh God, I’ve fallen in love with my head prefect, and it’s achievement is to get everybody in that hall cracking up an all-girls school!” about a lesbian joke. In one show there was a jug of orange JOOLS: So we do have that responsibility to be open on the table that Jools and I were drinking, and I handed it and not hide anything about it. down to the audience and said “Pass this around.” It actu­ Another important thing about our music and perform­ ally got passed around 15 rows. When it was finished and ing is that we are twins, and no matter what happens, no­ got handed back, I said “Oh, is there any lesbian juice - I thing, nothing whatsoever comes between Lyndy and me mean jungle juice left?” And everybody just cracked up, ever. A lot of people say to us “What’s it like being a twin?” because everybody had taken a sip; you know, “Oh God, And we can’t answer that. what’s going to happen to me? And everybody got the LYNDA: It’s like going up to somebody and saying meaning of what I was saying - any woman out there can be “What’s it like to be born by yourself?”. JOOLS: It gives out confidence being a twin, because a lesbian. JOOLS: It’s basically a positive attitude rather than a you know you’ve always got a mate there who’ll back you negative attitude. up under any circumstances. LYNDA: Going out and putting someone down is a LYNDA: There’s security there. I think that’s why Jools waste of time. You could go out and sing about men being and I have been so outspoken. It’s much harder to get up by bad. W e’d rather not do that at all, but sing about how good yourself and say what you feel. I think that has a lot to do with the strength we have - that bond is there, it has been women are. JOOLS: It’s more threatening for blokes to be in an au­ there for 26 years. dience where women are having a good time than it is if we JESS: In December you’ve been asked to go to the South Pacific Arts Festival in New Caledonia, in the con­ were abusing men. JESS: I just think it’ amazing what you’ve done for les­ temporary musicians group. bians. Earlier this year, there you were at the Michael LYNDA: It’s the French government which runs the Fowler Centre singing on stage the one about “being queer, country, and the indigenous Kanak people are struggling seems a lot of us are turning out that way.” for independence. We have to be really aware that the fest­ LYNDA: There’s almost been a dilemma for us about ival doesn’t become window dressing for the French gov­ going on television. We did the Michael Fowler Centre, ernment, so they can say “We’ve put on this huge arts fest­ we’ve done a kid’s programme in the morning and we’ve ival with all the indigenous people here”. It’s a really hot done “That’s Country”. But when we did television, we political place. We will definitely sing songs like “Radia­ said “the only way we will do it is if we do it how we want it . tion”, about the nuclear testing. We planned to do “Country Music Coming Out Our Ears” JESS: You’ve also been nominated for an Air New Zea­ for the Music Awards. When we got there they said “Look, land Arts Council Award. If you get that you’ll be heading I don’t think you can sing this song because it’s got queer off to the USA. What then? and gay in it.” We said “If we don’t do that song then we JOOLS: If we went to America, we’d still do exactly the don’t go on”, and so, reluctantly, they said okay, we could same thing as we did in Tauranga. do that one. And after we had finished the performance and LYNDA: It’d be a real buzz to sing at, say, the Michigan everybody had gone wild and stamped and clapped and Women’s Music Festival and see how women would react yahooed, all the people who were organising it came up and to songs like “Paradise”. I’m sure we’ll meet people who said “Oh, what an amazing song that was”. feel exactly the same way as us about the whole nuclear Then there was that little news documentary with Karen issue, about the world basically. Sims. She came out to where we lived and she was saying JOOLS: Being political really is just being aware of “How do you feel about going on stage and people knowing what’s happening to us. There’s no way we can say we know what you are?” And we said “Oh, you mean lesbians?” We the answer to everything. No one can say that, not even the were totally open about it. And the word lesbian came out president of America. on the TV and the news. We’ve sort of broken down that LYNDA: Least of all the president of America! barrier of homophobia. We don’t consciously go out and JOOLS: We’re not trying to say “We are the lesbian say, okay, our main aim is to break down homophobia. spokeswomen of New Zealand”. JOOLS: The things is we just couldn’t do it any other LYNDA: We’re the spokeswomen for the Topp Twins. way. We wouldn’t be able to put on any pretence that we JOOLS: That’s all we can be really. We will never ever weren’t lesbian women, because then we would just be change for anybody else, or from pressure. We were brought up totally on the farm, and we’ll always be farm lying to ourselves. LYNDA: The diversity of our audience now is a state­ girls. We are changing - Jools and I are both vegetarians ment in itself. They’ve accepted us exactly as we are - as les­ now, and that was a real big change for us. It’s an awareness bian women, as performers, as song writers. that we’ve felt. We are changing ourselves because that’s JOOLS: We’ve had letters from young women who have how we feel, not because we’re being pressurized to felt worried about themselves, but after seeing our show change. That’s it basically.□ Tape transcribed by Lu Cormier.

18 Broadsheet, December 1984. born Naomi Jam es beat Francis C hichester’s round the round hichester’s C Francis beat es Jam skippered and Naomi ritain B born reat G round an wom another with a W hitbread “R ound the W orld” race yacht. A otearoa- otearoa- A yacht. race orld” W the race ound “R o-handed tw a in hitbread W a peted com also She race. tlantic A ing the 38ft “R obertson G olly” single-handed in a trans- trans- a in single-handed olly” G obertson “R 38ft the ing ing the A tlantic single-handed for a bet, followed by sail­ by followed bet, a for single-handed tlantic A the ing woman who has sailed since she was five. At 5’ 2” (157cm) (157cm) 5’2” At five. was she since sailed has who woman Gil Hanly. and and al Ote oe oesicue lr Facs a English­ an Francis, Clare include models role ther O sail. aged many other women to follow their dreams and learn to to learn and dreams their follow to women other many aged ing very rarely.” very ing probably doing it wrong . . . sheer strength comes into sail­ into comes strength sheer . . . wrong it doing probably you are finding anything on a yacht hard to do, you are are you do, to hard yacht a on “If anything classes: sailing finding her tells are Whiting you Penny Auckland-based Penny is one of a breed of yachtswomen that has encour­ has that yachtswomen of breed a of one is Penny 1/2 7 stone (45.6 kilos) her achievem ents include sail­ include ents achievem her kilos) (45.6 stone Below the crew of “Maeva”. crewof the Below who sailed the highseas. the sailed who crewsraced fromAuck­ and talks to the women the andtalksto Three all women yacht allwomen Three Labour Day weekend. LabourDay backgrounds the racebackgroundsthe land to Russell over Russell landto SUE FITCHETT SUE All All Is A Tall Ship ATall Is

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W from carver Ngatiawa a utua, T au H Te by race and m eet the challenge of Te H oe o W airaka carved carved airaka W o oe H Te of challenge the eet m and race m ust have confidence in their “own right” to sail this this sail en to wom right” argued “own Twink their in . “observer” confidence as have ust m aboard itted m ah (e bigmil h onr) fama i er­ p is an m a if owners) the mainly being (men yacht a si h aewt h ne eisi sese obro borrow to easier is it series inter w the with case the in As of a token man being aboard the w om en’s race yachts. yachts. race en’s om w the aboard being man token a of perience, she was determ ined to avoid the “soft option” option” “soft the avoid ex­ to ined off-shore and determ was skills she necessary the perience, with en yachtswom supporter of wom en sailing. Believing there were were there Believing sailing. en wom of supporter the A uckland M ultihull Sailing A ssociation and a keen keen a and ssociation A Sailing ultihull M uckland A the Twink M cCabe one of the race organisers, a m em ber of of ber em m a organisers, race the of one cCabe M Twink Y oung 43 ketch. 43 oung Y ow ner) and Sue H ufton, did com pete in the 1983 1983 the in pete com did (joint ufton, H ade E Sue Robyn en, and wom club ner) ow evonport D Two clubs. w inter “ladies” series organised by different A uckland uckland A different by organised series “ladies” inter w “R ound the N orth Island” race on “Irrepressible” , a a , “Irrepressible” on race Island” orth N the ound “R wom en have com peted in “w om en’s races” only within within only races” en’s om “w in peted com have en wom the confines of A uckland H arbour; for exam ple, the the ple, exam for arbour; H uckland A of confines the “m others” for inspiration. Prior to this coastal classic classic sailing coastal these this to to look Prior could inspiration. for Islands), of others” “m Bay the (in from D evonport w harf (in A uckland) to Russell w harf harf w Russell to uckland) Classic (The A (in Coastal airaka harf W Sails w o Lidgard oe H evonport the D in Te from ard, airaka) aw W of new a Paddle for peting com world record by two days when she sailed single-handed 1978. in single-handed rusader” C sailed she “Express when 53ft days the two by record world The trophy was chosen because of its relevance in in relevance its of because chosen was trophy The The idea for an all-women crew trophy came from from came trophy crew all-women an for idea The D uring Labour w eekend 1984 three all-women crews crews all-women three 1984 eekend w Labour uring D raset eebr18. W 1984. December Broadsheet, challenge tapu by setting aside the tradition of a man being aboard a women’s race yacht. Twink approached the Ngatiawa of Whakatane for permission to award the trophy as Wairaka is their heroine. A statue of Wairaka stands on a rock at the mouth of the Whakatane River. The Ngatiawa gave their consent to the story of Wairaka being used to sym­ bolise the trophy. Te Hoe O Wairaka was presented to Auckland Multihull Sailing Association by Te Hau Tutua on behalf of the Ngatiawa to be awarded each y j f Katie Roumieu year to the first all-women crew to reach Russell on W f f photographed on hoard handicap. pr “Maeva” before the Meeting the crew members from the three women’s race by Gil Hanly. entries at the pre-race briefing, was an exhilarating ex­ Inset top, Katie with Te Hoe perience. Enthusiastic, confident and excited, the O Wairaka after presentation women talked about their involvement and chances in by its carver, Te Hau Tutua. the race. “Kaila”, a Harris Vancouver 27 (8.2m) cutter Below, The statue of Wairaka rig, is owned by Elain Vinten of the Akaroa Club and at the mouth of the Whakatane crewed by two women. The boat had originally been River. It was commissioned brought over from Canada and was a cruising rather by Sir William Sullivan in than racing yacht. “Wild Goose”, a Cavalier 32 (9.8m) memory of his wife who, because of his long absences fn bermuda rig had been borrowed for the race by Millie parliament, had to take jgtfMty Pickering, a very experienced sea-person who sails as a initiatives alone. Both mate on the “Spirit of Adventure”. She had five other i photograph^hf women crew. “Maeva” was built in 1910. It is a Scott I Twink McCabe. (9.1m) cutter rig owned by Catherine (Katie) Roumieu, a member of various clubs. She was sailing with a crew of three. What motivated these women to enter this pioneer race? The unhesitating consensus was “We love sailing - we love to sail”, “We don’t want to just beat other women, WE WANT TO SAIL”. Certainly another shared goal was to prove to the men that “we can do it”. As Millie Pickering from “Wild Goose” explained, “people will be observing”. Women often have to over-achieve, reach a higher stan­ dard to gain merit. The ages of the women competing ranged from early 20s to late 40s. Sailing backgrounds were very impressive. Ten out of twelve women sailing in the race had off-shore experience; two had single-handed off­ shore experience. Millie Pickering, skipper of “Wild Goose”, had won the Open Catamaran title off New Plymouth in 1975. It was possible that a greater proportion of the women’s crews would have navigation qualifications, like Ocean Yachtmaster, than the rest of the fleet. Four women sailed or had sailed professionally (eg Spirit of A d­ venture”, coastal shipping). Some of these women had found it very hard to break into the commercial boating to own their own racing yacht. With the cost of racing scene. Sixty percent of the crews had been brought up in yachts averaging between $35,000 and $150,000, owning sailing families. They admitted this helped in giving them one’s own boat is often beyond the means of most women unless they jointly own the yacht with another person such an “in” to sailing and sailing skills. We spoke about the problems they had met in entering as a husband. A quick tally of keeler yachts owned by the race. There had been no problem in finding women with women in Auckland indicated only four or five were known skills; many women wanted to enter the race but couldn t and probably none of these were crack racing yachts. Millie find a boat. Allison Hamilton (from Masterton) had tried Pickering who was able to borrow a boat from a male desperately hard to borrow a yacht, doing the rounds of friend, said that other men had rung her friend telling him clubs and brockerages, finally becoming a crew member on he was “silly” to lend his boat. Part of this could be a general “Wild Goose”. Margie Blackley, a crew member on distrust of women as skippers/sailors because women “Maeva”, pointed out that there are few women who want mainly sail as crew. It is also possible there is general reluc-

20 Broadsheet, December 1984. tance for yacht-owners to loan such valuable assets. A world; thus women who sail are a minority. Many clubs still friend of mine, Fiona Robyns, who jointly owned a 9.6m “require” a man to be on board the yacht in “ladies” races. sloop named “Aphrodite” (DYC), admitted she had felt re­ The wording of the ruling for the Eastern Combined luctance to loan her yacht, even to very experienced male (Ladies Division) winter series is “may have a man on members of her club who asked to enter the yacht in a coas­ board”. When I raced in the Akarana winter series in 1980, tal race. Penny Whiting expressed similar sentiments to me Devonport Club yachts apeared to be the only boats with­ when I rang to ask her views of the all-women entries in the out a man on board. You were able to protest if you saw a Lidgard Classic. “We have a rugged coastline and people man on another yacht touch the sheets or the tiller. Among are nervous of lending expensive yachts.” the women at the Lidgard briefing humourous stories were It is not just a problem of obtaining a yacht despite the told of male prejudice even about such things as entering Clare Francis, Naomi James achievements. Sailing (par­ the top bar of the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron. Al­ ticularly racing) is still seen to a large extent as a man’s lison Hamilton commented: “Some men see women who

Broadsheet, December 1984. 21 sail as trying to pick up a man” . However when asked about did not see poor weather as an issue. Race sailing is hard the future of women’s yachting the crews of “Maeva’ , work in bad conditions for anyone. They were a little wor­ “Kaila” and “Wild Goose” were optimistic. The 1988 ried about lack of practice; lack of practice at coastal racing Olympics will include an additional two-handed race for and lack of practice as crew combinations. Combinations women in 470’s. The New Zealand Yachting Federation and other crew members personalities are very important in which runs youth sails, included a two-handed women’s racing. “Maeva’s” skipper Katie had only one practice sail race in 1983 and there was an all-women crew in the Clipper with her crew and had not known them prior to entering the race. “Wild Goose’s” crew had not sailed before on that Cup this year. yacht. The race was started from Devonport Wharf at 4pm on the Friday of Labour weekend. Colourful spinnakers made a fine sight as the yachts rounded North Head. Initially 3 winds were strong but by Saturday morning many yachts found themselves becalmed. “Kaila had to retire from the m. race near Kawau Island because of a broken shroud. “Wild Goose” was the first all-women crew to finish at 12.51 pm on Saturday night. “Maeva” finished at 3.24 am on Sunday morning and won Te Hoe o Wairaka on handicap receiving the trophy in a moving presentation from the carver, Te Hau Tutua. I had talked to Katie Roumieu, skipper of “Maeva”, aboard her yacht prior to the race. Her 1V2 inch thick kauri boat is her home and has been for the last eight years. Once jointly owned by Katie and her husband, “Maeva became Katie’s when she separated. Her love for her boat is clearly evident: “I know her inside out and out­ side in”. “Maeva”, officially built as a fishing boat, is well suited to oceans and heavy seas. She was originally gaff-rigged and is featured in an early edition of L ittle% Ships as “Wylo”. Katie has sailed in “Maeva” to Fiji, ex­ periencing a 60 knot plus storm just out from Aotearoa. She has always felt completely safe in “Maeva”. “If I look after her, she looks after me”. Taught to sail by her father, Katie owned yachts prior to “Maeva”. Being accepted by the male sailing world may have been difficult years ago, but now Katie feels she is treated well: “If a woman can do the job, on the whole she is accepted”. “Maeva” is not a racing yacht and her crew were pleasantly surprised to learn they had won the trophy on handicap. The women crews that finished the race liked compet­ ing and are keen to have another go. Some are deter­ mined to be sailing their own yachts next time. Maggie Pidgeon from “Wild Goose” thinks the race was a good idea and she thoroughly enjoyed herself but believe the race was “a big jump for women used to sailing in har­ Several women pointed out that women get their experi­ bour races to compete in a coastal race . She would like to see some intermediate women’s races offered by clubs ence from mixed crewing. Margie Blackley enjoys mixed crewing and believes it introduces men to the idea that so women can gain more skills. women can sail. Penny Whiting told me, “Women are an Valarie Collins (43yrs) sailed in a mixed crew during asset on any boat - they complement men”. She believes this years race on a jointly owned (with husband Roger) women with skills have been accepted in the sailing world Spencer 30 named “Sealion”. She found the race “thril­ for 12 to 15 years. Although men may be more likely to do ling sailing — loved the fifty knot winds . When I asked the foredeck work required short-term strength, women her if she would ever like to skipper her own boat. She can learn to do these things in a capable way as long as they replied that it would give her a lot of “satisfaction to do them in the right way, at the right time. Penny herself prove herself in this way. It looks as if Aotearoa can look has coped competently on yachts while pregnant. forward to a lot more skilled, confident and experienced In predicting problems during the race the three crews sea-sailing, sea-loving women.□

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Broadsheet, December 1984. 2GF WOMEN AT PIT Bobby and Sue come from a small pit and you’re more wary of what you read. things, about what’s happening in the village called Bentley in South York­ At one time I didn’t care about coal, I union.” “Some mornings I’ve been pic­ shire. They are sisters and their family were a wife, those things didn’t concern keting before him and I’ve come home have been part of the mining community me, but now we’re taking some of those and he’s done the housework.” “I’ve al­ for over 100 years. The decisions that af­ things on.” ways thought well, men do thinking. fect their lives and those of other work­ Until the moves to safeguard their But I speak my mind now more than I’ve ing class communities are remote from livelihoods, Bobby and Sue have never ever done. I’ve always been outspoken them. “It happens down in London” been involved in anything even distantly but I’ve never pushed myself.” said Sue, the youngest of the two. “It political. Their action, like those of The women are now central in the were nothing to do with us. We other women in the coalfields, grew out community, they have extended their imagined that people in London of the practical needs of the community, influence to every village life, even the thought we were still in clogs and flat but through their energy and initiative sacred male institution of Sunday cric­ caps. We’re northerners, you’re south­ they and the other women who make up ket has been brought within their remit. erners. When you had snow down in Bentley Women’s Action Group have “By weekend we’ve no money left out of London we’d say ‘well they’ve got ev­ created a profound and unprecedented Social and we don’t do meals in kitchen, erything else, they may as well have that change in the essentially male culture of that’s the time when you can get depre­ as well’. Before, we didn’t used to care the mining community. “Now when ssed. So we’ve organised games on Sun­ two sods what Margaret Thatcher were we’re in pub we sit with the men and join day. Women play men at cricket and doin’ with oil or price of oil, now we do in instead of chatting about kids and the rounders.” How have the men re­ because it affects us. ” “Put it this way” home and things. We sit with ’em and sponded to that? “You know, you’d says Bobby carefully “you read more talk about pit. We want to know about think we were playing test cricket at

Photograph by Raissa Page, (Spare Rib). Inset Women’s work under­ ground was banned in Bri­ tain in 1842. Lords. They take it so seriously, you to be independent of men they did not got through to them long a go.” know, ‘We’ll show them women’.” rest content with the arduous labour of “Have you ever seen a woman on a “One day” Sue said imitating them “womens work” in the kitchen. They picket line when you watch TV?” asked “they said ‘if there’s any cheating we’re wanted more involvement in the dis­ Sue, who now takes it in turns with her not playing anymore.’ They even make pute, they wanted to go picketing and husband to go picketing, so one of them us mark it officially on sheet - Bentley initially they were met with stubborn re­ can look after their two young children. Women’s Action Group versus Bentley sistance. “When they wouldn’t let us go “It never shows women on a picket line, pickets. They make us wear bloody pads picketing we all got together and played the camera seems to stop dead at and they couldn’t stand it if a woman hit a good one.” The 1984 British miner’s strike will go down in history as a crucial and bitter dispute. “We went on a rally for Women Against Pit Closures and said if anyone is in­ It is already into its tenth month and the terested in setting up a kitchen let’s get in contact with one another. Our first government and coal board have remained meeting were about five weeks into strike. We thought kitchens were a good steadily transigent. But it will also be idea because we women could then play recorded as a turning point in the lives a part and keep everybody together. We’d be able to feed everybody so we of hundreds of working class women who could keep fighting against pit closures, we didn’t expect it to last as long as this. have surfaced amid this strife and have At first you only got men in for food, women never came, they thought it shown a capacity for organising that has were only for men, now they come, and offended the pride of many a miner. kids. Everybody sits in with everybody, women don’t just sit together. We talk Here LORETTA LOACH from Spare Rib about everything: picketing, what’s been happening - they should have meets with two such women. strike headquarters down at kitchen be­ women. If the Notts women saw York­ cause everybody’s there.” hell with the union. The treasurer of the shire women on a picket line they’d When I arrived at Bentley pavilion union locally wasn’t keen at first and he just before lunchtime the kitchen was said we weren’t on books anymore” think differently about the strike. When Anne Scargill got arrested the cameras just preparing to dish up. There were (that means you are not covered by the went mad. Don’t get me wrong, I think about five women and two men in there, NUM if you are arrested) “but that were she does a wonderful job, but there’s one being a retired chef who offers his just a threat.” Bobby laughs. “They plenty of ordinary women doing the services freely in support of the strike. hate to think that women’s getting top Do men help? “They do come in and dog of ’em .” same but the tele ignores them.” wash up for us” said Bobby. “If we’re Bobby is the sort of woman who be­ busy they’ll muck in. They’ll do shop- lieves things can only be achieved if you Standing up to the men pin’ and sweep floor. Before if they’d contribute every bit of yourself to the Through their activity, the women have experienced the more general oppres­ been asked to do those things they’d fight. It’s not a position, that’s just the have said ‘who she bloody talking to’, way she is, pushed strongly and power­ sion they feel in relation to men though now they do it - don’t get me wrong, you fully by the emotional waves of the they would not refer to it as such. can’t change ’em in 22 weeks but they do strike. The first time she went picketing “We’ve stood up for ourselves. We’ve stood up to them. Like we say we’re it.” was a mass picket at Harworth colliery. But getting men to help seems to “I was petrified. I’d never seen so many going to London. At first it were ‘can we them undignified and compromising. police, you just don’t in a little village go to London,’ we used to think that we When the group was first set up, the like this. It were a weird feelin’. Then, should give a few days notice; break it to union offered them £50. The women you only have to see one scab and police them gently and get housework and washing done. Now sometimes you get a chose to regard it as a loan saying “we talking into their machines and down want to be self-supporting we don’t the line goes the whisper, ‘They’re com­ phone call two hours before you’ve got want nout to do with NUM. We wanted ing’ and you just erupt. There was no to go and we just drop everything and our own control. Can you imagine hav­ stoppin’ me, I broke through and got it’s ‘I’m off to London’.” The action ing men, they’d say T think you can do it over the other side of the road because it group is a place where, apart from busi­ like this or you can just have this. We was near scabs. At first they wouldn’t let ness, the women’s exchange stories didn’t want none of that. We wanted to me through, it was too dangerous, but I about the men’s reaction to what they have money, we wanted to have control said I’d catch a bus round there if they are doing. The example they give to of the place. At first we said let them go didn’t. First time on a picket line and I each other provides the momentum and picketing, we’ll feed ’em all, we don’t tuned two blokes back. I’ve told ’im” opportunity to overcome some of the need them we’ll do it ourselves. We’ve she said, nodding in the direction of her traditional passivity and timidity in the made every decision as far as running husband, “If you’d have let women go home. One woman bargained with her the thing is concerned.” Whilst wishing picketing in the beginning you’d have husband to be allowed to go to London Broadsheet, December 1984. 2 9 for a rally. She exchanged sex for his ever, ever wanted to listen. The NUM ens the day after we’d have conflab, ‘out permission. When she mentioned this to being all men; they wouldn’t listen, no- said last night when you got home? were some of the women in the group she said one is ever allowed near when there’s a it alright? Aye, nout mentioned.' A lot “I thought, what the hell am I giving in meeting, even kids aren’t allowed near. of the men have gone for women’s ac­ to him for,” recognising what she was Keith took Neil, he’s only ten, when I tion groups but we’re not scared, we’ve doing in order to keep him quiet. In the were in London. They turned him out. got gobs, we’ll use ’em.” beginning they were asking. Now they They wouldn’t speak in front of a non Unsurprisingly, hesitation and lack of are just doing. “If it’s an issue we’re NUM member and everyone looked confidence characterised the early days of a women’s involvement in the strike and this was felt as much in relation to “educated” women in London as it was to men. “When I first went to London” said Bobby “I expected to be laughed at, the way I spoke, the way 1 am, but I made some friends and that gives you more guts to do what you’re doing. It’s not really me, speaking in public, I get nervous but I think well, we are some­ body and we’ve got to do it. If more women could see and hear women such as me who’s not had a right good educa­ tion they’d see they could do it and we’d get on much better.” Sue, the more bus­ iness like one of the two, normally speaks at union meetings. “I make notes beforehand. I don’t go into great detail. I say what I’ve got to say and that’s it.” She mentions proudly her sister’s capac­ ity to rouse an audience. “She make ’em cry. I mean, she jumps around from one fighting on” said Sue “If the husbands round wondering who they were refer­ thing to another but it’s all her, from her say no the women come back and tell us ring to.” “You see” said Bobby “we’re heart, it’s truth.” and we’ll get on to them and say ‘what trying to change all this, not just in When they visited women’s groups in do you bloody mean no’. There’ll be no Bentley.” The women believe they London the Greek Cypriot women met comeback because he knows it would should be allowed in union meetings them with table of food, £50 donation come straight back to the group. When when they are discussing business which and the warmth and understanding of we first met in a pub it were "Oh he’ll not concerns them. “This strike has been on another community who had faced let me go to pub and we’d say, ask him, for 24 weeks and we’ve done everything strife. Maria, one of the workers, said and if he said no we’d be on to him.” the men have, we’ve done more, we’ve “Our community are very sensitive to is­ The Bentley Women’s Action Group done kitchens, speaking, rallying, pic­ sues like these, they have a long history and no doubt others like them has rival­ keting, the only thing we haven’t done is of struggle, and they relate to it straight led the union as the key organising vehi­ to go down pit and we intent to do that away.” Bobby thanked them, shook all cle in the community. The implications when the strike is over.” their hands and embraced them, their of this for women hardly needs em­ kindness had moved her to tears. phasising. Out of the material need to Men’s jealousy Through the experience of the provide food their energy has been re­ Are some of the men jealous of the trips Bentley women the language of politics leased and they have drawn strength to London, the meetings, the sheer ex- has woven its way, giving shape and from the powerful role they now play in citment of being active? Bobby’s hus­ meaning to the wealth of things they are things. Through their impulse, chal­ band has been in the NUM for 22 years encountering. “Do terms like sexism lenges are being made to myths and as­ and he said to her “you’ve done more have any meaning for you?” They sumptions cherished for centuries in the mouthing in 22 weeks than I’ve done paused. “Oh you mean men slaggin’ off mining community. Mr Scargill may ever, the whole time I’ve been in the women? Yes, they’d shout things at walk on water but he does so because union.” Sue said, “They'd never in their women on picket lines and we’d go up unknown to him, the imagination and wildest dreams have imagined that we and say ‘we’re not here for stuff like initiative of women is providing the would be where we are today. They that’. It makes ’em think.” Sue believes scope and thrust of this rebellion. “Mar­ thought we’d be saying ‘we’ve got to that one of the reasons women have had garet Thatcher didn’t bargain for us. have help'. They make remarks, like the confidence to speak out is because of Can you imagine what would happen to when we got union mini bus to go to Greenham Common. “It was only strike if Kitchen fell through - they’re Nottingham they said ‘bloody marvell­ women that made peace camps, it was depending on us.” ous they can get mini bus they want.’ the women that made a stand for peace. “I think women wanted a say before And if we had committee meeting in I know men agree with it but it took about coal issue, about strike. But no­ pub we’d stay for a drink after, that nig­ women to get up off their arses and do body has ever let them, nobody has gled them at first. When we got to kitch­ something before things moved.” 30 Broadsheet, December 1984. Bobby mentioned a rally where “even We’d have all cracked up if we’d not had A POEM the men” gave a standing ovation to a the group.” Such a long dispute like this woman from Greenham. They’re bril­ places an immense strain on the women liant those women!” and their relationships. Managing on so­ WORKING “The line up here was that they were cial security, worrying about feeding WOMEN scruffy lesbians and there were lesbians and clothing a family, arrears on HP in one camp and junkies in another. I payment can all prove too much. “One know they do that, I know they do have woman in the group split up from her By Marylynn Boyes lesbians there, but they’re fighting for a husband, she’d got three little kids and it cause. I could see that and people got her down, she’s gone home to her Dedicated to... Jane Stevens, Sonya shouldn’t slag ’em off for what they do.” mam.” For the most part, the existence Davies, Kathleen, Bev, Melanie and of the group lessens the feelings of anxi­ all the mighty Margarets I know I’m not a feminist b u t... ety and isolation that all of the women Cleaning lady - Part-time casual “I’m not a feminist” said Sue “I don’t feel. By sharing day to day problems (I know the job’s a dirty bore) know though. I’ve got feminist views on some of the pressure is relieved. Have But you’re lucky, get your mop out some things, I read your magazine, I things changed in the home at all? “Yes, Sweep those fag ends off the floor. agree with some of it but I'm not what Kit” (Bobby’s husband) “has to do yous are, you’re too feminist you are, more. This morning I thought, I can’t Rural lady, wife and farmhand but when they appeal to you” she gives shop I’m too tired, and before I knew it You’ve done it all (remember an example “like when police called you he’d looked to see what was needed and the pioneers) before (Bobby) a fucking lesbian on the picket gone. Any other time it would have Keep the butter vats a churning lines you were saying T was scared, did been me saying, “go for a loaf duck.’” Export - Export - Export More. he think I was?”’ Bobby joins in, “when “It’s the same if we go to one of our Boil the billy, feed the lambies we talked about it with these feminists houses for meetings, none of us make Sweep those fleeces off the floor. they said, ‘why be scared, there’s nout tea we say to ’em put kettle on love.” Do Office lady wants to change things to be ashamed of’ and they put their you think that after the strike the (Run the company next, I’m sure!) point to us and it were logical, so I said changes that have taken place will go Boil the billy, show the man in to young Anne, ‘your place or mine!”’ back? “I don’t think any of us will allow pick those notes up off the floor. Sue interrupted, “But that’s making a that, it will be job share. The women mockery of lesbians!” “We weren’t have had a good thing, they’ll not be Factory missy, tired and sassy though” replied Bobby. back to it especially the young lasses.” What you got that look on for “When Maggie Thatcher came to But this is not a normal time for the Clock in smartly, we’ve got deadlines power a lot of it were to do with women. people of Bentley. It is an exceptional Tubes of toothpaste, tubes galore! I think we thought, great, woman rulin’ period of industrial and social militancy. Screw the caps on, pack those boxes country, it’ll be money in pockets and If the women have the confidence and Sweep those rejects off the floor! for women high up in the country with energy to continue organising after the Full-time missus - housewife lady good jobs, educated women, it was. She strike, their bargaining power in rela­ (Lucky girl - she knows the score) said we could buy our council houses but tion to men will no doubt diminish. Got a man whose got a job she conned us, she wanted us to have a Being politically involved in matters re­ Knows that one plus one - makes four! mortgage so we would be frightened. lating to the men is one thing but when it Dishes, socks, school committees You know, ‘give ’em everything they comes to issues independent of them Pick the babies off the floor, want and they’ll not come out on strike’. will they be so tolerant? Boil the billy, peg the clothes out Before we’d have never talked politics Nevertheless things in the coalfields Do it all - then do some more! or religion now I’d have my say on of Britain will never be as they were Potty training isn’t working both.” prior to the strike. The working class Scrape the faeces off the floor. The women have sustained their or­ women in these communities have, ganising effort for over six months. through intense personal struggle Professor lady - must be dreaming When they speak of the group they refer realised some of their strength and po­ Wants her name above the door. to the friendship and bond that has tential. “We can’t lose this close bond. Boil the billy, brew a brainstorm grown between them. “We really want Instead of asking a bloke we have asked Scoop your thesis off the floor. to stick together and we’ve said that each other. It’s brilliant. We’ve fought Sister Mary, smile and show them after the strike we can’t let it go, and for this. After, we might join the Labour Father’s chambermaid chaste and poor when we meet we always say don’t Party and form a women’s section. I’ve Light those candles, run those errands forget it’s our fight and we’ll be here told yer we’ll be here right to the end Chapel, kitchen, phone and door. right to the end and after it. We no and after.”□ Boil the billy, press the linen longer stand behind men, we stand with Pick those prayers up off the floor. them .” It has given them all confidence. Donations and message of support to: Bentley “Linda who lives up the road, we took Women’s Action Group, 53 Briar Road, Armthorpe, Fifth-form girlie, fresh from classroom Doncaster, and National Women Against Pit Closures What could she want (Black, what’s more) her to London and she hardly opened Group, c/- NUM St James House. Vicar Lane, Shef­ her mouth. She does now. If she hears field. Sorry lassie - all jobs taken Thanks to Sue, Bobby and their husbands Kit and Hold on while I show the door. anyone pullin’ us down she’ll stand up to Keith for their friendliness and hosptiality and to all the ’em. Her mom has said, ‘God, this has men and women of Bentley colliery. Reprinted with We’ve got someone to boil the billy, really brought you out of your shell.’ permission. Lick your Dreams up off the floor. Broadsheet, December 1984. 31 Sylvia Baynes looks at Mae West’s assertive, independent and funny heroines.

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Photographs clockwise: Mae West cl932; inset, with her sister Beverley in the mid-twenties; As the rising vaudeville star, cl913, age 20; En route to Hollywood and a whole new career, 1932. Opposite page, “Goodness has nothing to do with it,” from Night After Night, 1932; With her maid Libby Taylor, in her Hollywood apartment, 1934; As Klondike Annie with Lucille Gleason, probably 1935. All photographs from The Films of Mae West by Jon Tuska.

3 2 Broadsheet, December 1984. “In my long and colourful career,” money in their hands, most managers ing from her. Despite this, her transition wrote Mae West in her autobiography began to see things my way.” from stage to screen was a surprisingly “One thing stands out; I have been mis­ With Hollywood: smooth one. Her movies do not look understood . . . All my life, I would not “Instead of having censors see my like stage plays on screen. She was conform to the old fashioned limits they finished pictures I’d submit a script. Be­ aware of the possibilities which existed had set on a woman’s freedom of action. fore giving it to them I’d add hot lines in the medium of film and the way she Or the myth of a woman’s need of male and jokes that I knew they’d c u t. . . as I could adapt them to her own advantage. wisdom and protection.” expected, the censors snipped the hot­ Alexander Walker tells how she “stage- Mae West only made 12 films if one test lines but left the material I had plan­ managed” a scene in her first film Night counts her appearances in the more re­ ned to shoot in my scripts.” after Night. cent films Myra Breckinridge and Sex­ For her film Every Day’s a Holiday, “In this Prohibition-era story she has tette. She was originally a stage actress, Mae West said the Hay’s Office, (more to check her wrap with a cloak-room who made her way in Vaudeville and or less the censorship office) “notified us lady who cries, ‘Goodness, what lovely Broadway, mainly starring in plays that they would give the picture a ‘B’ (for diamonds’. ‘Goodness had nothing to she had written herself. It was not until adults only) clearance. But they would do with it,’ drawls Mae West. Then, in­ 1932, when she was 40, that she turned give it an ‘A ’ (for general audience) if stead of the film cutting directly into the to Hollywood and a film career. Her two lines were cut out. They were, ‘I next scene on a roar of audience laugh­ reputation is based on the ten films that wouldn’t even lift my veil for that guy,’ ter, as the director, Archie Mayo, had she made in the decade between 1932 and T wouldn’t let him touch me with a intended, the camera at Mae’s sugges­ and 1943. ten foot pole.’ So naturally I cut the two tion was held on her like the eye of a She was allowed a reasonably free offending lines and said I’d hate to have watcher in the stalls as she sashayed her hand in making her films because they Mr Hay’s mind on a good low morning. ” way up the grand staircase into George saved Paramount Studios from bank­ When Mae West arrived in Hol­ Raft’s speakeasy. T don’t have to wait ruptcy. Her main battle was with the lywood she was at the height of her for the laughs,’ she told Mayo. ‘I just censors. As she explains: career. Her character and talents were sort of roll with the punch line. When I “Censorship was always a problem already fully developed by her stage ex­ walk up those stairs, that’s the roll’.” during my vaudeville days, and to get perience and she had no need to alter Mae West came to Hollywood at the away with what I wanted to do on stage, her projection of herself in making right time - soon after the introduction I had to pull every trick I could think of. movies. With her strength of personality of sound. Her kind of comedy depended When I rehearsed my material, I’d do she was able to ensure that her pictures upon her being heard as well as seen. As my utmost to tame it down . . . then at centered around herself in the same way a caption her famous invitation: Why the first show, I’d pull out all the stops. that her stage productions had done. don’t you come up sometime,see? When audiences lined up with ticket The other players had to take their tim­ would lose much of its effect. Film, too, Broadsheet, December 1984. 33 “Don’t ever make the same mistake twice unless it pays.”

From left: Charlie McCarthy and Mae West with Edgar Bergen, radio comedian, 1937; Mae West with Charles Winninger in Every Day’s A Holiday, 1938; and with Jim Timothy j in court, 1941, aged 48. Opposite from left: During the revival of Diamond Lil, 1948; Reading her auto­ biography, cl955; and during Myra Breckinridge, 1970, age 77.

tended to enhance what attributes she plays seem shallow, bored, vain and self tain things in marriage - the right to a did possess. She was short, a fact she absorbed, eternally filing their nails, ar­ title and a front seat in the lap of lux­ often concealed by wearing extra high ranging their hair, and admiring them­ ury.” heels and trailing gowns. Yet this did selves in mirrors. But this is a mask they “When I was fourteen,” Mae West not matter in her pictures, for film often hide behind. They miss little of said in an interview, “I resented men makes people look larger than life. what is going on and their comments in­ having all the freedom of sex and from It is important to realise that in all dicate an underlying shrewdness. Her then on I thought women should have it Mae West’s plays and films she is really characters, burlesque queen and enter­ too.” “Mae West on screen always re­ only playing herself exaggerated and tainers, had to live by their wits in a tains the decision about whether to com­ self parodied. As she puts it: “I do domi­ petty and hypocritical community, use mit herself to a man for an extended nate my pictures. Everything is written their intelligence and remain constantly time,” says Mellon, “and she is wary around me, and that includes men ... I on their guard. Seen this way, some of about choosing one partner for life. carry the sex interest, the love interest, her quotations become understandable. ‘Ever meet a man that could make you the drama and the humour - and some­ “Brains are an asset to the woman in happy?’ she is asked. ‘Sure, lots of times the tragedy. There are very few love who’s smart enough to hide em.” time’, is her reply. In I'm No Angel a personalities in history that could do Film critic Joan Mellen points out that fortune teller promises West a man in that,if any I m my own original creation.” men were most often the predators of her life, to the swift retort ‘What only In ner selt mockery ana use ot exagg­ the kind of woman West portrayed in one?’ ” Unlike Hollywood custom the erated gestures Mae West’s perfor­ her films, and for whom she has sym­ characters in her films generally try to mance extends into the realm of camp. pathy - poor uneducated women living avoid committing themselves to mar­ Sontag says of her in her Notes on on the margins of a hostile society by riage. “A dame that knows the ropes Camp: Successful Camp ie - the film singing in saloons. And it is in response isn’t likely to get tied up.” To the ques­ performances of Mae West - even when to such treatment that West advises tion, ‘What excuse has a gal like you for it reveals self parody, reeks of self love! these women to take all you can and give running around single?’ Mae replies “I In the twenties West wrote a play called as little as possible. The context is one of was born that way.” The Drag, which has a sympathetic unceasing struggle against potential and And, argues Mellon, “the West homosexual theme. In an interview in actual victimization.” character, despite her sexism will 1971 she readily identified with camp. It is not surprising that her characters neither acknowledge nor accede to “Camp is the kinda comedy where they in this situation are rather cynical. the superior wisdom of any man. In­ imitate me. In the twenties and thirties “Don’t ever make the same mistake terestingly, the characters of males the gay crowd was usin’ us. It’s finally twice, unless it pays.” “Once I was poor, which she creates in her films are often got out to the public.” I didn’t know where my next husband of personalities rich in talents of their Outwardly, the characters Mae West was coming from.” “Women want cer­ own - the inventor in Go West, Young 3 4 Broadsheet, December 1984. “When I’m good, I’m very good, when I’m bad, I’m better.”

Man (Randolph Scott) and the success­ she tells a young actor, “as long as had been falsely accused. ful executive in I’m No Angel (Cary you’re oversexed.” Compare this with The West character chooses who she Grant). It is in relation to men of talent an earlier comment made by West, grants her sexual favours to. As Mellon and not merely the inadequate male that “There’s something about every man. A says of the 1930s films: “W est. . . trans­ she makes it clear that their qualities man be short, dumpy and rapidly get­ forms allure on the part of the women would never oblige letting go her judge­ ting bald - but if he has fire women will into an item of pride, power and au­ ment for theirs.” like him.” Perhaps here is the essential tonomy. She transcends the cultural Mae West reverses the traditional sex difference between pornography and meaning of sexually availability in roles. “This reversal,” ' says Mellon, erotica. In Myra Breckinridge her men women because she separates it from “often renders her men uncomfortable have ceased to be human beings and servility and servitude. West looks over and off balance, her first victory. They have instead become mere objects for the field, reduces and discards, takes approach her expecting to enhance their her gratification. In West’s earlier films lovers at will, but never surrenders free­ masculine pride and sexual self-esteem they were all individuals in their own dom or control. In She Done Him - at her expense. It is true that men right. “A man’s kiss is his signature,” Wrong Cary Grant offers ‘Let me take often become her sexual objects, leav­ she proclaims in My Little Chickadee. your arm,’ to which she replies: ‘It ain’t ing us with the old pattern of exploiter- Each lover is different and unique. In a heavy; I can manage it myself.’ She exploited that has long distorted rela­ sense, in her later films, she has become takes a first step toward challenge of the tions between men and women.” This is a victim of her own image. expected female role’, she abrogates to particularly true of West’s two later The characters of the 30s films do not herself all the insolent privilege, haugh­ films made in the 1970s: Myra Breckin­ come across as totally self centred and tiness and self-esteem which our culture ridge (1970) and Sextette (1978). Here self absorbed. There is a generosity in had until her time in film granted the is her attempt at role reversal taken to these characters, a certain honesty, a male alone.” its logical conclusion. There are flashes sense of justice and fair play. When she While her films are not autobiog­ of the earlier West, but most of the realises that by staying in Nome, she will raphical there are some aspects of her humour is gone. In Myra Breckinridge implicate the man she loves, Klondike life included in them. The courtroom She is a Hollywood agent collect­ Annie returns to San Francisco to face scenes in I’m No Angel and M y Little ing young men, the female equivalent of murder charges. She befriends the weak Chickadee tend to reflect her own ex­ the rake, notching up sexual conquests and defends them. Her self irony is a perience. In My Little Chickadee without any regard for the feelings of form of honesty. In My Little Chickadee Flower Belle, is asked by the judge: others. These young men should be pos­ the W.C. Fields character is in danger of “Are you trying to show contempt for sessed not only of the standard “six being hanged. Flower Belle is instru­ the Court?” “No,” replies West “I’m feet”, but also the required “seven in­ mental in saving him, not because she doing my best to hide it.” ches”. “I don't care about your credits,” has any feeling for him, but because he Broadsheet, December 1984. M FROM NEW WOMEN’S PRESS A novel The first of the Maori future, women’s $13.50. Herstory. $9.95.

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WHINA by Michael King OTHER HALVES by Sue McCauley A meticulously researched and absorbing biography of the This powerful novel ought to be compulsory reading for most visible and controversial Maori leader of our lifetime, any New Zealander.' New Zealand Times who organised her first protest action at the age of A hard-biting but sensitive story of an extraordinary re­ eighteen in 1914, and led the Maori Land March in 1975. lationship that transcends the barriers of age, class, culture Traces, for the first time, Dame Whina Cooper's colourful and race. Winner of the 1982 Wattie Award and the 1983 public career, and the excitement and argument that New Zealand Book Award, and now a major motion accompanied it. Illustrated with 140 photographs. picture. Hodder & Stoughton 36 Broadsheet, December 1984. i What strikes the modern observer of signals assumed to bind men to women. Lady Lou works is raided by the police. the 1920s and 30s in America was the She is also ironic when men assume that Lady Lou is arrested by Cary Grant, the blatant hypocrisy and double standards her sexuality is an invitation to easy vir­ undercover policeman with whom she of the times. It was the era when Pro- tue. Lady Lou (in She Done Him has flirted for much of the film. But he hibiton was law, yet Speakeasys Wrong), admiring a nude portrait of doesn’t put her in the wagon with the flourished; law and order was advo­ herself, wishes only that it were not rest of those arrested. Instead she and cated, but politics at both local and na­ ‘hung up over the free lunch!’ ” he enter a cab, then he takes her hand tional level were riddled with corrup­ To the question “I wonder what kind and removes all of her rings so that he tion. Scandals abounded. There were of woman you are?” Flower Belle, in can place a small diamond engagement many people in authority who preached My Little Chickadee, replies “Sorry: I ring on her finger. It is assumed that one form of morality and practised can’t give out samples.” In Belle of the they will marry. Lou murmers to Cary, another. Nineties a would-be boyfriend tells her as she murmured to a former lover, She defies the conventional morality “I must have your golden hair, fascinat­ “Dark and handsome.” of the time by playing the role of the ing eyes, alluring smile, your lovely “You bad girl,” Cary comments. “bad woman” unrepentant. Of her film arms, your form divine . . . Mae: “Wait a “You’ll find out,” she both warns and I'm No Angel she said “I wrote the story minute. Wait a minute! Is this a prop­ promises him as the picture ends. myself.” It’s all about a girl who lost her osal or are you taking an inventory?” Joan Mellen concludes her chapter reputation, but never missed it.” Or Also “contrary to popular belief,” with a compliment to Mae West “Whose commenting on films in general; “Vir­ says Mellen, “the image of West is only appeal as a new women approaches the tue has its own reward, but no sale at the partially that of a woman soliciting by universality of Chaplin. West was the box office.” When asked: “Do you wiles the support of a man or his gifts. In auteur of films redolent with wit in know what happens to bad little girls? all her films West earns her way, making which the punchline always went to the Mae replied “Yeah . . . Prosperity.” hard work appear easy. In most films women. It should not be forgotten that In My Little Chickadee she is asked to West plays professional entertainer, she worked in a medium devoted to fill in for the local school mistress who is one of the few areas for economic inde­ glorifying male prowess and female in­ absent for the day. West walks into the pendence open to a woman of her li­ capacity. And it took courage heroic in classroom to see the following verb con­ mited resources and education, espe­ its time (she was jailed for ‘indecency’ as jugation chalked up on the blackboard: cially during the depression era when the author of one of her plays) to pre­ “I am a good boy, You are a good girl, her films were made. Thus even as sent Hollywood with a reversal of roles He is a good man!” “What’s this,” en­ Diamond Lil she is primarily supported and a manifest contempt for the culture quires West, “Propaganda?” by her work.” The Mae West character which had so long demeaned the “Mae West understands the fact that is a career woman. capacities of women.” in our culture women have obtained ac­ In her films Mae West’s forte was In the final analysis the West charac­ ceptance primarily by offering their often the one-line crack: “I used to be ters, however else they may be labelled, bodies in contract, although the pattern Snow White, but I drifted.” “He’s the are women who manage to keep their has been surrounded by legitimacy to kind of man who picks his friends - to own integrity. They live according to conceal its meaning. Often her license, pieces.” “Give a man a free hand and their own terms. Thus in My Little Chic­ bawdy humour, sexual explicitness and he’ll try to put it all over you.” Also used kadee Flower Belle is run out of town bravado are invested with a challenge to was the short quick dialogue capped by because of her reputation. Her lover is those who disapprove. It is true that the punch line. the masked bandit. She is warned that Mae West, no social revolutionary, does Catlett: “Why you’re the kind of she may only return home when she is not project new values. But within the woman that’s got to be handled with kid “respectable and married.” But “rather existing structure of attitudes defining gloves.” than capitulate to the norms of a society the appropriate responses of men and West: “Yeah! Kid gloves, furs, that would not acknowledge her exis­ women, West turns the tables. It is she clothes, and a couple of diamond tence in terms other than marriage and who is superior and achieved, she for necklaces thrown in!” family, Flower Belle prefers to live whom sexual command affirms Winniger: “Now tell me Miss elsewhere.” If Mae’s characters are not feminine strength.” In My little Chic­ Peaches, do you keep a diary?” “respectable” in the accepted sense of kadee., W. C. Fields says: “I never argue West: “I always say, keep a diary and the word, they are quite open and hon­ with a lady!” To which she replies: Play­ someday it’ll keep you.” est about it. What is more they are pre­ ing safe huh!” Or the character in Klon­ Butterworth: “You know, you’ve pared to laugh at themselves. Their self dike Annie who says to her: “I can al­ been arrested twenty-five times in the mockery is both an expression of their ways tell a lady when I see one.” last six months?” honesty and their enjoyment of the role. * “Yeah?” replies Mae “What do you tell West: “Well, no woman’s perfect.” In Mae West’s own words: “When ’em?” As Lady Lou in She Done Him I’m good, I’m very good, when I’m bad , “There is,” says Mellen “another Wrong someone hails her, “Ah, Lady I’m better.”□ facet to West’s rebellion against sexual Lou, you’re a fine gal, a fine woman.” orthodoxy. She is relaxed about sex, not “One of the finest women who ever Bibliography faintly hysterical, as Hollywood custom walked the streets,” Lou returns. In the Mae West, Goodness Has Nothing To Do With It. New usually required. She treats her adven­ same picture a person introduced her York, 1975. tures with bountiful humour and her comments: “I’ve heard such a lot about Joan Mellen. Women And Their Sexuality In The New Film. London, 1974. exaggerated ‘sexy’ walk is at once a you!” Lady Lou responds “Prove it.” At Alexander Walker, Sex In The Movies. Penguin. sexist ploy and a mockery of the sexual the end of the movie the saloon where 1966.

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Janet sat the jar of flowers in the centre of the table just “You can still tell me. Treat me as your confidante. as Ruth came out of the bathroom. After all I know you so well.” “Did you wash yourself properly?” He closed his eyes and turned away from her, fingers “Y es.” drumming the table. “Neck? Ears? Between your legs?” “Oh I’m sorry. I don’t know why I’m doing this. Let’s “Y es.” start again. ” She took an obvious deep breath. “How are Little liar, you’ll only have sat in the bath and chewed you? What have you been doing lately?” Who have you the flannel. “Well come on then. Get your pyjamas on. been doing lately? D addy’ll be here so o n .” He stared at her, his eyes like sludges of brown. She’d “Don’t know where they are.” never liked brown eyes, you couldn’t read them. Janet sighed. “Go and get the clean ones from your “You’re the one who wanted this,” he said. “I was happy drawer. And hurry, I’m giving you your favourite tea. with our marriage. Remember?” Egg on Toast.” “Huh! Well! What did you have to complain about? “And bacon?” It was all right for you!” “Oh all right.” Anything to keep you quiet. “You did what you wanted ...” Just as she was about to butter the toast he came in the “Oh God,” she said, “what’s the use?” door. He looked at her as if he was about to say something “You’re early.” She knew her voice sounded accus­ else and then he put his new brown hand to his chin and ing. rubbed it. Was this new hand doing anything different to that Pippa? Was he making an effort for her? “Didn’t have much to do.” He took a bottle of wine from his brief-case and put it in the fridge. “Look what happened to your mother,” she said. A bit too familiar, she thought, that’s my fridge, my “Off her rocker. Still getting up to feed non-existent cows. Still cowering and apologising to your father and environment, you should have asked. “I’ll be with you in a minute,” she said, “go and sit in the other room.” he’s been dead for twenty years!” He went. Like a child doing as it was told. “So?” he said. “W hat’s that got to do with you?” “I’m saving my se lf before it’s too late.” She tried to analyse her feelings as she slid the egg-slice “Christ!” He slammed his fist on the table. “Christ!” under the egg and put it on the toast. I know what he’s doing. Smelling nice. Looking nice. Bet he wouldn’t even blow-off. She lay the bacon beside the egg and toast and took it into the other room. And there he was read­ ing a story to Ruth. She felt herself snigger as she said. “Come and have your tea.” But when Ruth looked so disappointed she said, “Daddy can read while you’re eating.”

After Edmund had put Ruth to bed, kissings, squeal- ings, and another story, she said, “How come you do all this now ?” “I’ve told you,” he said, “I’ve done a lot of thinking.” “Come and sit at the table,” she said, “and I’ll bring the meal in.”

H e opened the wine and poured it with a twist to his wrist like a waiter. She looked at his arm and hand and saw a browness she’d never noticed before. He must have been in the sun quite a bit. She knew he was taking more exercise these days, riding a bike, going for runs. People had told her . . . He bent to pick a spoon up from the floor and she wanted to put her hand out and touch him. Why did he suddenly look so different ? So attractive? “How’s that Pippa woman?” “Don’t let’s talk about her.”

M Broadsheet, December 1984. a d \ u s t m e fl t He took a deep breath and stared up at the ceiling. “Things were never that bad for us, were they? We “Sometimes,” he said, in a quieter, more controlled haven’t tried to destroy each other?” voice, “sometimes I think you really must be nuts.” She sat and watched his desperate, twisting face, “Oh, I’m sure I am,” she said at the same time as he wanting to get up and scream, throw things around the said, “I don’t know what you’ve got to moan about. You room . . . had a good life with me. I didn’t hit you . . . Stop you “Remember that picnic we had by the river?” he said. from doing anything.. . You didn’t have any money wor­ “Making love in the bushes? Terrified that someone ries . . . Not really,” he said, a questioning, appealing ex­ might come?” pression on his face. She waited for him to say, but it was only you, like he “No. No.” She put her hand out and touched his arm. always did. Nearly saying it herself when he didn’t. “Listen it doesn’t matter, I don’t know why I’m bother­ He smiled. A warm understanding smile. “We have ing to go over it again. You didn’t come here for this, did so many good memories. How can you throw them all you?” aw ay?” “What did I come for?” “You can’t throw memories away. They’re always “We were going to be civilised. Talk about our th e re .” child.” “You know what I mean, for Christ’s sake!” “Oh yeah? He pushed his chair back and looked ex­ “Now we’re getting back to normal. I knew you pectant. hadn’t really changed.” “Would you like some more to eat?” “Stop it, Janet!” “Yeah, that was really great.” “I’m sorry. I don’t want to say these things. I want us “You noticed there were beans and garlic in that ? All to be nice to each other. Because we do have the the things you say you don’t like?” memories, a shared life together . . . And you do mean “Is that so?” so much to me. You always will . . .” She brought the coffee in frothy with cream and cinna­ “Isn’t it work making an effort, then? For Ruth, if no- mon. “I’m only doing this because you’re my guest. I ex­ one else?” pect you to do it when I visit you.” “Let’s not go over that again. Please.” “You haven’t been invited yet.” “What better relationship will you get? Don’t you “Well, if you invite me, that’s what I expect.” think, better the devil you know?” He smiled. “Of course you can come. Don’t be silly. It’s your “I don’t think I want a relationiship ...” I just want house too. A lot of your things are still there ...” someone to hug, she thought, take away the pain. “Oh “I won’t come unless you invite me.” She sat away God.” She felt as if a little tap had been turned on in her from him on the opposite couch. eyes and hot water was rushing down her face. “For God’s sake, Janet. You can come any time. “Hell, Janet. W hat’s the matter? Darling, don’t try.” Stay. If you like . . .” His eyes seemed to get darker, al­ He was up like a shot and sitting at her feet, hand taking most hypnotic. her shoulders, trying to see her face. “I can’t, won’t come back. Please don’t say it.” I am falling, she thought, doing just what he wants. “I’m sorry . . . This coffee is nice ...” Why is this happening to me? Why have I no control There was a loud thumping from upstairs. over my body? I don’t even know what it’s going to do “What the Hell’s going on up there?” any more. God damn it, I hate myself. She let him pull “Just the children running around. That’s nothing to her to his chest, smelt his new male strangeness. Felt what it can be.” nervous and excited as he undid buttons and then with “I thought you couldn’t stand noise?” great gentleness began to take her clothes off. Somehow “You can get used to anything if you have to.” If only the world had stopped. Things were happening to her someone would tell her what to do. Give her an answer. but she couldn’t tell where one sensation began and “Saw Charles and Pru the other day,” he said. another ended. It was as if she was flying through space, “How are they?” dying, giving birth, being born . . . Her voice and his “Still the same. Arguing and fighting. I felt quite em­ mingled in great sighing waves, I love you . . . love you .. barrassed, actually.” . love you . . . And then everything subsided and he was “Why do they go on destroying each other?” lying beside her glistening with perspiration and tears. “Perhaps they love each other?” She looked into his face. Could see the satisfaction “Love? Oh for God’s sake! They’ve got so used to and happiness. “It doesn’t make any difference,” she each other they can’t let go. I don’t know what you call said.n th a t.” FICTION BY FRANCIS CHERRY Broadsheet, December 1984. 3 9 WHATS NEW Arts: Wednesday to Come by Events: Wellington Women Renee at Theatre Corporate Against Pornography meets until Xmas. A superb play, most Wednesdays at 7.30pm well worth seeing. and has an office in the New­ Trial Run, Melanie Read’s film town Health Centre (28 Han­ has viewers sitting on the edge son St, Newtown) which is un­ of their seats, an excellent thril­ fortunately not staffed as yet. ler at the Lido, Manukau Rd. For more details, ph Chris 899763 or Barbara 873776 or write to WAP,' PO Box 475, Wellington. Are you interested in Anti-Racism Gathering: The Tauranga Men’s Action Col­ Health, Healing and lective and Women’s Reflec­ tion-Action Group are plan­ Herbalism? ning a weekend gathering at Aongatete Lodge, Wrights Road (Tauranga side of We offer DIPLOMA and GENERAL Katikati) from 6pm Friday 7 IN TEREST COURSES in all these areas. December to 3pm Sunday 9 December. Wheelchair access. For a FREE BROCHURE outlining our Contact person Kate Cosgriff, VAANA ph 480230 (evenings) Peter HOME STUDY COURSES for 1985, write to: Hosking Ph 410946 Tauranga. 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The winning innocent woman, who thought shows a bewildered Fanny five Auckland City Art Gallery is story will be published in the she knew it all, came to terms years on - still trying to make showing fifty drawings by with feminism, trendy lefties and March 1985 issue of New Out­ sense out of sex and celibacy, Leonardo Da Vinci (1452- life itself. overalls and babies etc. look. Stories should be sent to $5.25 $5.25 1519) from 21 Nov - Feb 24, New Outlook Short Story 1985. Award, P.O. Box 56 191, Au­ Debra Bustin’s work will be at ckland 3. A stamped addressed Benton Ross Publishers Ltd. the City Art Gallery, 65 Vic­ q , n PO Box 33-055 Takapuna envelope and $2 should accom­ Denton Koss Auckland 9. Tel. 491-357 toria St, Wellington, 24 Dec - pany each entry. The deadline 23 Jan. for entry is 24 Dec.n 4 0 Broadsheet, December 1984. ...wM S^nsrs» con+vi^nhoni tte m 35 3* *31 kb -ro^w y ^ l t J SAf) l i W ^ 7 7 ‘ ^ , , fc\jcK[a^ck.

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PEEP BREATHING, Lora the skill with which to com- Ezekiel whose eyes burn with thor of Aotearoa.□ M— H joy, New W om en's munciate the feel of a day, a religious fervour at the drop of Sandi Hall Press 1984, $13.50 meal and a person. a hat. Here is Captain Cosmic Radia, the main character, is Chuckle - before the Blast, he What a satisfying book this is in one of a very small settlement was Normal Norman in his own SECOND-HAND CHILDREN so many ways. For those who of people who live in Antarc­ mind - a man whose technical Heather Marshall, find the world an exceptionally tica. She has been selected by knowledge of electronics, nuc­ Hutchinson 1984 $18.95 negative place in view of the her people to make the journey lear energy and the misuses of nuclear threat always hanging north to Aotearoa to find out it brought him into himself. Second-hand Children, by over us, this book offers a posi­ who the nearest land people The Roadwomen are the les­ Heather Marshall, is a tender tive look at survival after the are, how they live, and what in­ bians, women strongly suppor­ and lovingly recalled record of Melt, as Lora Mountjoy calls formation they can provide her tive of one another, disdainful growing up in the 30s depres­ it. with that might be useful in her of most men (Rainy Spring is sion in New Zealand. Mavis, The setting is, with one ex­ own land. an exception) and who live by Ann, Chrissie, Cynthia, Freda ception, Aotearoa After the In describing life in travelling the roads in their and their mother live in Blast. Life prior to then is cal­ Aotearoa after the Blast, Ms bright caravans, healers and Petone. Their father has died led Before, and Ms Mountjoy Mountjoy has found a channel givers. They are feared by male and we follow the struggle to has mingled very credibly the for exploring different percep­ groups like the cowboys who make ends meet, witness the things we are familiar with now tions of living. Here are the pound up and down the roads contrivances with clothes, - radios, teevee, showers, people of Rainy Spring’s tribe - waiting for a good rape, but shoes and food. We share the toilets - with what in her vision he’s a man that Radia herself Radia manages to escape that daily keeping up of appear­ happens after-caravans, tribal feels a strong sexual attraction awful experience. ances so no-one will guess how settlements, horses, and a to - ^nd his tribe is mainly The Deep Breathing of the poor they really are. largely Maori population. women, all of whom inter-act title has several thematic as­ We are there on Chrissie’s It is richly written. The story lovingly and sexually without pects in the book itself: it re­ first day at school. A day she is deliciously full of detail, and jealously. lates to the alpha meter that had longed for since she had to Ms Mountjoy has a strong Here are the Christians, a Radia carries which she plugs wait an extra year because the sense of the environment, and largely male group headed by herself into whenever she feels school starting age had been a need to get in touch with her raised to six as an economy alpha rhythms to calm herself, measure by the government of centre herself. It also relates to the day. It had been a long year the heavier air of Aotearoa, but during that time Chrissie moister and richer in oxygen, it had learned to read and write. seems, than that of her An­ With great excitement she be­ tarctic homeland. gins school and almost at once And it relates most clearly to is initiated into one of the great her non-physical experiences: unwritten rules. You are not al­ the meeting with the youngster lowed to be different. Chrissie, Siwa, a boy of 12 who is a a left-hander, is forced to write psychic and has much stronger with her right hand. Neither prowess in this area, as the Chrissie’s unhappiness nor her book eventually demonstrates mother’s protestations have when Radia goes east (a touch any effect on the teacher’s de­ of Journey to the East here) termination to achieve this. and meets with Pine, and, on a Of course, if, through no sunny day’s walk to the river, fault of your own, you remain takes an unusual journey her­ different, then you’re really in self. For me, I found that I was trouble. The Home boys, a constantly expecting some bunch of miserable orphans larger revelation from Radia from the local orphanage, herself about her homeland, or badly dressed, miserably fed, perhaps a deeper examination are bullied by the teachers and of spiritual values, but I know some of the children. Chrissie that other readers may well not and her sisters learn very find that a lack. quickly that it matters whether The thing I found least “suit­ your parents have money or able” about the book is its not. In that case, the teachers cover: one look, and I assumed have to tread warily. In the it was a book for children. It case of the Home boys with no- isn’t, though young people one to defend them, they are from twelve onwards with good prime targets. reading skills will like it very So many incidents in this much. All in all, a satisfying book brought back memories book from another good au­ for me. The pecking order in 42 Broadsheet, December 1984. fore the onslaught of Japanese she thinks they are bandits. It is is the town with its faults and militarism. By writing the all the more tragic that having good points presented so book, she hoped to put the survived such episodes she was clearly that it becomes rep­ tragedy before the western unable to banish her own de­ resentative of so many small European public in the hope mons.□ towns one has known. There that something could be done. Jan Tan are the people whose lives After spending some time in mingle with Louise’s for better or worse. I found myself in­ Hongkong, Shanghai, and HIGH COUNTRY WEATHER Canton, Robin Hyde travelled volved with Louise, wanting Lauris Edmond, Allen & her to decide a certain way, and north by train to the area Unwin/Port Nicholson around Hsuchowfu in northern wishing that her creator had al­ Press, 1984 $14.95 China, which was being con­ lowed room for a third option, tested by the Japanese and In High Country Weather, by that of choosing herself. High Country Weather is Chinese armies. This was the Lauris Edmond, Louise, the most interesting part of the narrator, looks back to the year brilliantly constructed, stylish, book for me. Unlike many when she and her husband, as one would perhaps expect western male war correspon­ Tom, come to Arawa, a small from reading the writer’s the school community, those dents, Robyn Hyde did not high country town. Tom is ex­ poems. Everything fits, yet its who bring lunch and those who have a group of Europeans to cited and pleased with his new such a light touch that its only say they didn’t because they hide behind, she was not off­ position as principal of Arawa after finishing the novel that didn’t want any. The real icially attached to any general High. Louise is unhappy at one realises just how careful reason is, of course, that they staff headquarters and had to being uprooted from her Lauris Edmond has been. couldn’t afford to. The agony rely on her own wits and re­ known and loved life in Wel­ The end left me with a sense that comes from wearing hand- sourcefulness to survive. lington. She sees changes in of loss which Louise, herself, me-downs when the original She tried to identify with the Tom, changes in their relation­ looking back, seems to carry. owner is still at school with people, eat their food, speak There is an acute perception you. The shoes that pinch, but their language, and see them as about the way decisions are still have to be worn because human beings carrying on their made, the effect that external there are no others, or the daily lives in spite of the disrup­ happenings can have on them, shoes patched with cardboard tion and terror of the bombing. the struggle it is to arrive at which gets soggy and useless in Although written almost fifty something that, while painful, the rain. years ago her descriptions of is immensely satisfactory. Still, there are many humor­ the Chinese countryside are as “Already she could see her­ ous incidents too, and some fresh as if they had been writ­ self as less charming, less open, triumphs. Cynthia finds out ten today. Her interest in, and less idealistic. All these aspects that to admit, at last, that she is respect for the Chinese people of herself she had taken so poor, means she gains a friend is outstanding at a time when much pleasure in - they would and a lot of satisfaction. racist, or at best patronising at­ go. There would be something I liked the unsentimental titudes toward anyone who gained perhaps?” look at the mother. Mrs Logan, wasn’t white were com­ Perhaps.□ is sharp-tongued, quick tem­ monplace. Renee pered and a real survivor. She Robin Hyde’s lack of judge­ is a tower of strength and she ment, her gentle observations WOMEN DRAW 1984, Paula needs to be. of both the Chinese people and Youens & Susanne Perldns I’m glad Heather Marshall Japanese soldiers at war are (eds), The Women's Press__ wrote Second-hand Children. I what distinguish this book from 1983, $7.9 5 ______think its a book which would be other contemporary accounts. suitable for adults or older chil­ Although she hated what the A collection of feminist car­ dren. I’m glad somebody re­ Japanese did she was able to toons mainly from Britain. It members.□ differentiate between their ship, and she doesn’t like what includes the work of 66 car­ Renee policies and the Japanese she sees. toonists including Paula themselves. She recounts sev­ Louise renews her acquain­ Youens and Susanne Perkins DRAGON RAMPANT,______eral instances in which she was tance with Nigel Mackintosh, who edited. The book is the re­ chairman of the board whom sult of an invitation for women Robin Hyde, New Women'» kindly treated, in marked con­ trast to the war propaganda of she'd met years before when to send “their hopes, fears and Press 1 9 8 4 , $11.95. the time which portrayed the both of them were much fantasies for 1984”. Robin Hyde died from benzed­ Japanese as evil, sadistic con­ younger and less settled. They The cartoons are grouped rine poisoning in August 1939 querors. grow to love each other. Louise under various titles such as not long after Dragon Ram­ Towards the end of the has to choose what she will do. “Winning Bread”, “Home pant was released. She took book, Robin Hyde is so casual Will she opt for this new re­ Notes”, “War, war, war”, her own life, exhausted by dis­ about her walk to safety lationship or remain with Tom “Life in general” etc. There is a ease and disappointed by the through the Japanese lines that and the children? wide range of graphic styles. lack of interest in the book and one almost forgets that she is in I like Louise. I liked her hesi­ People who think that car­ the failure of her efforts to great danger. She saves herself tations, her inadequacies, her toonists can’t draw will find move the western powers to do after being stripped and beaten interior life, that secret process some evidence in this collec­ something to help China. by a group of Japanese when which lies under the face she tion. Sure, the idea is the im­ Robin Hyde was desperately she finally throws her remain­ presents to the world. portant thing, but there is a concerned for the Chinese ing money and rings in their I liked the way Lauris Ed­ iimit. For example, Annie people who were helpless be­ faces. They stop, shocked that mond weaves her story. There Lawson’s stick figures detract Broadsheet, December 1984. 43 basis on which to fight for bet­ ter conditions of work for childcare workers. This is an issue which will become more urgent as childcare provisions increase. Her article and work is most important. Viv Porszolt, a trade un­ ionist, gives a mistressly analysis of the relationship bet­ ween Marxist theory of labour and housework in Taking It Closer To Home: the Domestic Labour Debate. Although her subject is not easy to present lucidly, Porszolt does so. Her argument proceeds logically, is intellectually stimulating and should arouse debate. The bib­ liography she provides is very useful for women who want to read further. These three articles are valu­ from communicating the have launched this first issue of of New Zealand literature to able contributions to the grow­ humour. New Zealand’s very own counterbalance the pervasive ing New Zealand literature on The natural environment for Women’s Studies Journal - male view served up in our women as workers, paid and a cartoon is the printed page Margot Roth, Candis Craven, schools and universities. unpaid. where it can at least have the Hilary Haines, Claire-Louise Next I went to Joan Shields’ Jan Robinson’s article on virtue of breaking up large McCurdy, Aorewa Mcleod and research on the meat industry- colonial Canterbury - Canter­ areas of print. A collection Pat Rosier. Also to Jenny Ran- Women Meatworkers and the bury’s Rowdy Women: such as this is bound to be a kine, the designer, who has Gentleman’s Agreement - as I Whores, Madonnas and mixed bag and too much of a produced a visually elegant and didn’t know much about the Female Criminality - illumi­ “good” thing. So in the sense of pleasing publication. All in­ subject. She presents the re­ nates part of our history. The publishing new talent and de­ volved can feel very proud of sults of a 1983 survey into women whose criminal of­ veloping feminist cartoon their work. women as meatworkers and fences are detailed sound fas­ drawing the book is worth­ Similar journals in Europe, the attitudes of management cinating. Robinson refers to while. Marie-Helene Jeeves is Britain and America, such as and unions towards them in a Anne Summers’ Damned one who manages to be visual, Feminist Studies in the US, and very clear way. This is an in­ Whores and God's Police, Pen­ inventive and funny. Her car­ Feminist Review in Britain teresting and valuable piece of guin 1975, about women in col­ toon of a woman icing a cake is publish papers and articles work. Also on women as work­ onial Australia, which I found done with feminist insight. which are more academic than ers is Helen Cooke’s article very interesting when I read it The cover is great.a magazine articles and provide Childcare Workers (U nder­ several years ago, and com­ Helen Courtney important information and paid as Surrogate Mothers. pares the Canterbury women stimulus for changes in Cook is the ex-president of the to the Australians. Perhaps FRUSTRATION and people’s thinking and actions. Early Childhood Workers’ Robinson could write a book If this journal provides this for MORE FRUSTRATION, Union and has made childcare like Summers’ for New Zea­ New Zealand, it will fill a big Claire Bretochor, Methuen, her area of academic study. land. gap in the present range of Her findings won’t surprise $12.95 and $14.95 Because I work in education feminist publications. feminists but will provide a and am often filled with despair Claire Bretecher, a Frenchwo­ There are eight articles in man, draws comics for adults. this first issue, and one long Funnier than SPUC, more book review. Six are research politically correct than bean articles and provide a base for sprouts and sharper than a Bic further work. All are well-writ- shaver, these two collections of ten, carefully presented with cartoons satirize the affluent references and bibliographies, middle classes. 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/> 'y . y u u S *. 'tym A/e>- Cl L u & ld -C O A i r S ^ s t ^ W 2S&'a & S t2 * * -«Sr y raset eebr18. S 4 1984. December Broadsheet, 2t y t j2 a T-f y y . 1967, has now been reprinted which range back to her past, by New Women’s Press in their share her feelings about the New Women’s Classics series. church, her mother, her own Nest in a Falling Tree is inadequacies, her growing pas­ about love and possessiveness, sion for Red. We become in­ about patterns and loss. Maura volved in the cramped confines Prince, 42, lives at home with of her life so that when there’s a her blind and sick adoptive chance of relief for Maura mother. Red, a young man (such as when Mrs Prince goes who works at a local supermar­ to hospital) we feel a parallel ket, comes to stay as a boarder. lift of the spirits. Maura, whose life has been I enjoyed re-reading this bound up until now by patterns novel and I’m glad New of behaviour imposed by her Women’s Press has re-issued mother, is fascinated by his it.a youth, his vigour and his appa­ Renee rent isolation. Red is just as demanding as 16 A im S T S a t J U S T ______Maura's mother although ' DESSERTS CAFE, September Maura doesn’t see the analogy. 1 9 8 4 . She and Red become lovers when Mrs Prince has a heart at­ There is one card in the tack and goes off to hospital for feminist Tarot that carries with five weeks. Later, after it the interpretation that “the another trip to hospital, Mrs querent once again is struck by Prince dies. At first this seems, the awesome power of in spite of some guilty feelings, women.” This exhibition is like the answer to Maura’s di­ that. lemma. She can sell the house, Here, within the cosy arms buy a flat; she and Red can live of Just Desserts, a restaurant together somewhere where that has moved its location but they won’t be bothered either lost none of its serene friendli­ by the gossipy attentions of her ness (or food!), 19 women’s mother’s friends or the inter­ about most schools' failure to work glowed. These are not Phillips is an account of her ex­ vention of Red's mate Len. women who have a recognise sexism, let alone periences in launching her Maura’s blindness to Red’s real work to combat it, I was very background of successful book. Another Little Drink ... intentions matches her exhibiting: for most, it is their interested to read Sue Middle­ Won’t Do Us any Harm? by mother’s physical blindness ton’s article - Sex Role first time. In such cases, it is a “Laura Shaw” is a woman’s ac­ and her growing possessiveness rare pleasure to see such a high Stereotyping: A Critique. Her count of her own alcoholism. I corresponds to the demanding thesis is that current theories of standard of work, spanning found it totally lacking in politi­ and tyrannical expectations of media as diverse as sculpting stereotyping are oversimplified cal analysis. Both these articles her mother. Maura's love for and photography. and not very useful. She also were lightweight compared to Red though is very real and her The exhibition was or­ expressed the need for more the others and more suitable actions are motivated by that, New Zealand research. ganised by Adriana Tuscia, for a magazine. I don’t think whereas her mother’s motiva­ whose single entry The Town These six research articles every article has to be heavily tions seem to be due to the are very useful, well-written that Blew Away was unfortu­ academic but they should have need to have power over some­ nately not for sale. It is a water­ pieces of work which should substance. Maybe the editors one in her world where power stimulate further research. Hil­ colour of the kind of strength felt these two articles provided was severely limited. and surety that I am accus­ ary Haines' book review of a contrast to the other more Maura is a woman who has Ann Oakley’s autobiography tomed to seeing on the cover of solid offerings, a more perso­ been stunted by her life experi­ The New Yorker, buildings Taking It Like A Woman is nal touch, and perhaps other ences; her relationship with her also excellent and made me de­ leaning into the wind, hands of readers will find them more mother is well presented, al­ the clock still in place, but the termined to read it. Oakley has satisfying than I did. But as an though I felt a bit uncomforta­ written much on housework numbers several dreams to the addict of the printed word, I ble about the way the dice right. A gem of a painting. and motherhood and is, to me, can take as much of the solid seemed to be loaded in one of the most important con­ Jenny Purdey has three writing as the journal can pro­ Maura’s favour as far as the works in the exhibition, and temporary feminist researchers vide. reader is concerned. Her and writers. From Haines’ re­ most notable for me is her All in all, a fine beginning mother doesn’t seem to have superb sculpting - kauri carved view, Oakley articulates in this and here’s hoping for many any attractive facets at all. On book conflicts about love, into an eminently feel-able more exciting issues.□ the other hand Red is pre­ shape, its line and form owing work, family and indepen­ Helen Watson sented so that we understand dence common to many something to Picasso’s styles, his attraction for Maura, al­ and beautifully so. Sally women at the present time. I WEST IN A FALLING TREE. Joy though at the same time we will buy it immediately. Smith’s acrylic enamel on can­ Cowlo y , Now Wo m e n 's_____ hope she won’t be taken in by vas titled Two Women is the The two remaining articles Pros», $11.95. ______his double game. first work I’ve seen from this were rather a disappointment. The strength of this novel The Post-Natal Check: Joy Cowley’s first novel, Nest lies in the way we learn about Mothers Matter Too by Jenny Above, some of the “16 artists” in a Falling Tree, published in Maura. We follow her thoughts who exhibited at Just Desserts. 4 4 Broadsheet, December 1984. across the room, and from that artist, but I shall be on the the two birds walking without are both new artists to me. distance, it had the enigmatic lookout for it from now on. any feeling of strangeness in Lune Ray’s Root Dream made The vibrancy of her work is the mystic land of growing me smile even as it gave me a quality of a Japanese line sketch of a fish. On coming to comparable to that found in the things. The stream divides the whole array of connections - it, it showed me a rainbow work of Debra Bustin - the picture, light and dark, death walking barefoot in the dust, arching over quintessential New painting almost wriggles with and life, and through it all, the summer over, shoes that fit like Zealand islands. The artist says life. feathered friends walk and skin, strong feet, the smell of that the purity of these two Jaki Baker’s Wimminspirit talk. Ana Kirsten has two old tired leather . . . Lidija forms are constant sources of Celebration Bowl is a triumph works in the exhibition, both in Cukor presents a piece titled inspiration to her; her assem­ in several ways - the first be­ very different mediums and Explorations in brush and inks bly of them produces a tranquil cause she has been potting only both are centrally strong. Ana that is beautifully balanced, image, perfectly balanced and since April; the second because has chosen a neon pink to back with a controlled movement mirroring flawless natural she has caught an essential the black cardboard cut she ti­ suggestive of a curiosity going force in her bowl, the women tles Lesbian, which is a deft outwards from the centre. beauty. Although the exhibition is ti­ dancing around its perimeter representation of the closed Lindy McIntyre presents one tled 16 women, there are 19 ar­ and embodying both a pagan hand - with the fingers of it as of her inimitable cartoon-like tists represented here - and the and a “civilised” ritual; and the women, watching women. pieces, a subtly satirical com­ women’s music and drama that third because the bowl sold in­ Sand Hall’s photograph Fasci­ ment on the perception of accompanied this opening stantly - the first item to sell in nation of Death gave me even women that advertisers have, counterpointed the most over­ this remarkable exhibition. more reason to celebrate the and a comment on the rigours riding quality of the whole af­ The power of Brenda return of this artist to a medium of home-making. ternoon: the consistently Harford’s Storm makes it vir­ where she records the world’s Dilys exhibits a single piece, strong, consistently fine crea­ tually a centrepin for the women with a consistently Rainbows 3. broken into three tive power of women.□ exhibit, holding the various creative eye. tiny pen and coloured ink pic­ works into a cohesive display. Lidija Cukor and Lune Ray tures. I saw this piece first from Sandi Hall Vivid pink and yellows are laid against deep blue and black to mass onto the three triptych panels all the power of a storm, whether of nature, or of the heart. Helen Todd’s Kaipara, in Have you secured your copy of crayon and chalk, has soft fold­ ings of hills bared down to the MAORI SOVEREIGNTY? strength of their bones and wrapped in the grey clouds of a winter’s day. An unexpected joy was the little watercolour by Lynda Have you subscribed to Topp (who, in the catalogue says with the same exuberance BROADSHEET? that her piece displays “not bad for a musician, eh!”). It’s enti­ tled Singing in the Rain and is an abstract but there’s nothing abstract about the laughter in Do your friends have copies? the painting, or the limpid lovely colours she has chosen. 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