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INSIDE: International Women'~ Day '89 ASWAC's Mailing Address Is: Box 1573, Edmonton, T5J 2N7 Alberta Status of Women Action Committee MARCH NEWSLETTER 1989 Volume 10, Number 2 INSIDE: International Women'~ Day '89 ASWAC's mailing address is: Box 1573, Edmonton, T5J 2N7. The Edmonton office is located at 9930 - 106 Street, on the lower floor with the rest of the Edmonton Women's Building. Phone 421-0306. Office hours are Monday to Friday, 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. 1988/89 Board Members ASWAC Lethbridge is located in the Women's Resource Annette Aarbo - Edmonton Centre on top of Woolworths, at #202, 325 - 6 Street Noreen Bell-Geekie - Edmonton South, T1 J 2C7. Phone 329-8338. Maria Seeber - Edmonton Jane Haslett - Edmonton The Calgary ASWAC office is located in the Old Y Centre Helen Greaves - c/o Edmonton Office for Community Organizations, #303, 223 - 12 Avenue Shelley Scott - c/o Edmonton Office S.W., T2R OG9. Phone 233-0731 for recorded informa- Phyllis Jackson - Bawlf tion and to leave messages. Jean Munn - Calgary Marilyn Seelye - Calgary Jacqueline Preyde - Calgary Anne McGrath - c/o Calgary Office Since January, ASWAC has gratefully received dona- Nancy Miller - Calgary tions from the following wonderful people: rytary-Ann Debbie Foster - Lethbridge Warunkiw, Lorna Keating, Barbara Janzen, Gloria Rita Kolpak - Lethbridge Chalmers, Inga Jesswein, Jennifer Wolfe, Leslie Stewart, Elaine Roberts, Sharon Yasinski. Also, we'd like to send a big thank-you to all the women who volunteered their 1988/89 Regional Representatives time for the Edmonton Women's Building Fundrais\9r on January 28. Elaine Peters - Calgary 285-1214 Addie Miron - Lethbridge The AS WAC Newsletter is produced in Edmonton by the 327-4396 Newsletter Collective, with contributions from across the province. Feedback, input and suggestions in the Lois Soderstrom - Westerose form of ideas for articles. graphics, and especially no- 586-2091 tices of events that are happening in your area would be very much appreciated. Here are the deadlines for Gerry Bailey - Westerose upcoming newsletters: (temporarily out of the country) April/May Newsletter - Deadline: Monday, April 17 Joan White Calf - Camrose (Theme: Motherhood) 672-2210 June Newsletter - Deadline: Monday, June 5 July/August Newsletter - Deadline: Monday, July 24 Kathleen Davies - Edmonton September/October Newsletter-Deadline: Wednesday, 452-8722 September 13 Lori Crocker - lnnisfail The deadline means that the item must be in the Edmon- 227-1141 ton ASWAC office on that day; if items can be sent in earlier, it would be appreciated. Elin Harley Barlem - lnni~fail 227-2927 Thanks to all contributors, and to the Newsmagazine by Alberta Women collective and Nola Erhardt for typeset- *All numbers are home phone numbers. ting and layout, and to Central Web for printing. The Alberta Status of Women Action Committee grate- fully acknowledges the financial support it receives from Cover illustration courtesy Canadian Union of Postal the Secretary of State Women's Program. Workers (CUPW) ASWAC Newsletter 2 Seminar Held On "Exploding The Myths" by Shelley Scott candidate for Lethbridge-West, featured excerpts from various popu- On Saturday, February 11, a day- spoke next about the subject of lar songs, which she used to illustrate long seminar entitled Feminism: Women and Politics. She pointed out the ideas about love and sex which Exploding the Myths was held in that it was not until 1920 that white are prevalent in our society. Debbie's Lethbridge at the Women's Resource women in Canada got the vote, and discussion covered a wide range of Centre. Co-sponsored by ASWAC- not until 1960 for native women; as a topics, including birth control, sexu- Lethbridge and the New Democrat result, the political system has been ally transmitted diseases, sexual as- Women's Section, the seminar con- developed by and for men, and sault and abuse and pornography. sisted of four workshops and was women have had neither a long his- Debbie told us that while 25 per cent attended by about 25 women. tory of political involvement, nor an ofGrade9and 50 percent of Grade 11 students are sexually active, less than one-third of them are using contra- ceptives regularly, and she discussed the realities in Alberta's health care system that allow this situation to continue. The final workshop of the day was entitled Whose Language? and was led by former ASWAC Board member Terri Ann Marco. Terri Ann stated that language not only reflects reality but also provides a framework and a back-up for e\/erything we do, so It is important to examine it. Her discussion included topics such as: who gets to talk more, who Seminar Participants (Photo by Shelley Scott) interrupts who and who gets to select the topic of conversation; the differ- Pat Chuchryk of the University of opportunity to have our experience ences in the way that men and women Lethbridge Sociology Department represented. Joyce strongly encour- speak; and the way words have had began the day with a workshop aged all women to get more involved their original meanings obscured and entitled No, I Don't Hate Men. Pat in the political process because, she degraded -- words such as hag, talked about the anxieties and fears suggested, if we do not, we are "writ- crone and spinster, that were once some women feel about calling them- ing the powers that be a blank positive and are now being re- selves feminists, and how the state- cheque". claimed. ment, "No, I don't hate men" sums up After lunch, Debbie Foster led a The seminar was an excellent and many hidden assumptions about workshop entitled It's My Body. Deb- comprehensive introduction and how they fear they will be perceived. bie is an ASWAC Board member and exploration of feminism and a real "I -don't hate men" is also a way of sexuality counsellor and her highly learning experience for all the women saying, "I'm not a lesbian", "I'm not innovative and informative workshop in attendance. aggressive", "I like children" and all the other things that women may feel a need to defend themselves against. Co-ordinator Hired Pat took the participants through ASWAC-Lethbridge has hired Rita a very thorough exploration of the J. Kolpak as office co-ordinator for the feelings of anger and hatred and what Lethbridge Women's Resource women can do with those feelings, Centre. Office hours are: Monday and ended with a definition of femi- from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. and Tuesday, nism that is about loving and accept- Wednesday and Thursday from 1 ing ourselves and each other as p.m. to 4:30 p.m. Regular meetings women. are held every Wednesday night. Call Joyce Green, the New Democrat Rita J. Kolpak (Photo by Shelley Scott) 329-8338 for more Information. 3 March Edition FROM CALGARY: LEAF Extravaganza Gets A Mixed Review by N. Sophie Sticate Their mime against the background music was hilarious; I wanted to go so badly. It was billed as the Legal it was the most entertaining political response to sexist Education and Action Fund (LEAF) Roadshow; I had music have ever seen. imagined it as the political/feminist extravaganza of the A dramatic monologue was presented by Aritha van year. The cheapest tickets, however, were $30 and I could Herk, a Calgary writer. She was the Grim Reaper: dressed not possibly put a concert that high on my priority list. in black, scythe in hand. At first, I was not impressed. She Then, on a cold and stormy morning, a friend called. She talked about women and art. I thought it was dramatic, but had complimentary tickets; I was ecstatic. in a pretentious fashion; it was certainly all too morbid. I went to the show full of expectations: great music, a I did not immediately understand the message, but my little comedy, friends and a political message with which distaste for the presentation did make me think. She I was almost certain to agree. My expectations were not talked of women, art and poverty. She asked us if we knew borne of experience had never attended a concert like how many women artists die at a young age, and die in this before. poverty -- as we sat there, celebrating culture with a The concert was long; it lasted two and a half hours feminist bent, did we remember reality? At first I was very and it was a mixed revue: singing, comedy, dance, annoyed: afterwards. I felt the performance to have been dramatic monologue and even a rock and roll band. the most compelling political message of the evening. Connie Kaldor hosted the evening and performed the Buffy Ste. Marie was billed as one of the main attrac- opening numbers. Her music and lyrics were very moving tions of the show. She came on stage in a hot pink, and I thought, "Here I go, I'm going to cry all night." Her sequined, mini, mini dress. I didn't mind that; I figure songs reminded me of how it feels to be female in 1989 ... a liberation is largely about choice and she can wear what little joy, a little laughter, a little love, a little tragedy. she wants. A terrific comedy group, the Clichettes, performed Her voice is powerful and moving. I do appreciate the twiqe. They are a "lip sync" group and they satirized two odd love song, but some of her music was disturbing. I do songs: Walk Like A Man and Paul Anka 's Having My Baby. not like songs about "gain' up to Whipple Creek to have a little fun" when the protagonist is male and the fun is his A Woman's Place Bookstore "little girl". On the other hand.
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