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WOMEN’S CYCLES (MOTORCYCLES, THAT IS) | TACKLING WIFE ABUSE IN AFGHANISTAN | SUMMER READING GUIDE & MORE! WOMEN’S NEWS & FEMINIST VIEWS Summer 2008 Vol. 22 No. 1 Made in Canada JANE RULES THE BELOVED AUTHOR SHARES HER THOUGHTS ON LIVING, LOVING AND WRITING SIZING UP FASHION JANE RULE 1931–2007 ZERO TOLERANCE FOR SIZE ZERO $6.95 Canada/US Publications TOSHI Mail Agreement No. 40008866; PAP Registration No. 07944 Return Undeliverable Addresses to: REAGON PO Box 128, Winnipeg, MB R3C 2G1 Canada FINDING THE GOOD Display until September 15, 2008 WhyIJoinedtheCAW AA Young Young Worker's Worker's Story Story Iusedto ButonceI think my got injured... job was the greatest... Nobody was Things changed when there I joined the CAW... to help... Nowthere'salwayssomeoneinmycorner. Wanna join? Visit: www.caw.ca or call 1-877-495-6551 Email: [email protected] SUMMER 2008 / VOLUME 22 NO. 1 news DOMESTIC ASSAULT IN AFGHANISTAN 6 by Lauryn Oates 8 CAMPAIGN UPDATES MY HEART BELONGS IN THE CAPE 12 by Anat Cohen ITALIAN WOMEN MOBILIZE 13 by Meagan Williams 6: Addressing Domestic Assault in Afghanistan WHAT IF EQUALITY RULED? 14 by Shari Graydon features HOW THE MEDIA KEEPS US HUNG UP 16 ON BODY IMAGE By Shari Graydon JANE RULES 20 It has been said that every child on Galiano learned to swim in Jane Rule and Helen Sonthoff ’s swimming pool. The couple bought their house on Galiano Island as a weekend getaway in the 1970s, fell in love with it and never left. Rule’s legacy is explored in this intimate interview completed in the year before her passing. 16: Hung Up On Body Image by Joanne Bealy ROAD WARRIORS 28 It is rarely a state of forever wedded bliss, the union of motorcycle and woman. As with all great relationships, there are there are highs and lows. There are moments a kick-start is needed—a good fight to reignite the love affair with our iron horse partner; a diversion from life’s many other trials. by Elizabeth Bokfi FIND YOUR OWN STYLE 36 I knew I had hit bottom when I realized how often I have been wearing the clothes that other people bought me. I have been wearing beige. I need to get back on track. Get back to me. 40: Toshi Reagon by Joy Parks HERIZONS SUMMER 2008 1 VOLUME 22 NO. 1 MAGAZINE INK MANAGING EDITOR: Penni Mitchell FULFILLMENT AND OFFICE MANAGER: Phil Koch ACCOUNTANT: Sharon Pchajek BOARD OF DIRECTORS: Ghislaine Alleyne, Phil Koch, Penni Mitchell, Kemlin Nembhard, Valerie Regehr EDITORIAL COMMITTEE: Ghislaine Alleyne, Gio Guzzi, Penni Mitchell, Kemlin Nembhand 55: The Tracey Fragments ADVERTISING SALES: Penni Mitchell (204) 774-6225 DESIGN: inkubator.ca WEB MISTRESS: Rachel Thompson/BlueMuse arts & ideas RETAIL INQUIRIES: Disticor (905) 619-6565 ARTS PROFILE PROOFREADER: Phil Koch 40 Toshi Reagon COVER PHOTO: Nathaniel Christopher by Karen X. Tulchinsky MUSIC MUST-HAVES Vida Hille, Christine Fellows, Sandrine, HERIZONS is published four times per year by HERIZONS Inc. in 42 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. One-year subscription price: $27.50 k.d. lang, Uh Huh Her, The Puppini Sisters, (includes GST) in Canada. Two-year subscription is $45.99 in Sara Melson Canada. 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And Here I Am In It by Di Brandt Change of The purpose of HERIZONS is to empower women; to inspire hope Plans: Women’s Stories of Hemorrhagic Stroke by and foster a state of wellness that enriches women’s lives; to build Sharon Dalestone, Obsession With Intent: awareness of issues as they affect women; to promote the Violence Against Women by Lee Lakeman strength, wisdom and creativity of women; to broaden the boundaries of feminism to include building coalitions and support FILM among other marginalized people; to foster peace and ecological 55 The Tracey Fragments awareness; and to expand the influence of feminist principles in Review by Karen X. Tulchinsky the world. HERIZONS aims to reflect a feminist philosophy that is diverse, understandable and relevant to women’s daily lives. Views expressed in HERIZONS are those of the writers and do not necessarily reflect HERIZONS’ editorial policy. No material may be columns reprinted without permission. Due to limited resources, HERIZONS does not accept poetry or fiction submissions. PENNI MITCHELL HERIZONS acknowledges the financial support of the 5 Go Home or Go Home Government of Canada through the Publication Assistance Program (PAP) and the Canada Magazine SUSAN G. COLE Fund toward our mailing and editorial costs. 15 Domestic Problems HERIZONS gratefully acknowledges the support of the Manitoba Arts Council. MARIKO TAMAKI The Fame Game Publications Mail Agreement No. 40008866, PAP Registration No. 35 07944. Return Undeliverable Addresses to: PO Box 128, Winnipeg, LYN COCKBURN MB, Canada R3C 2G1, Email: [email protected] 56 Clean Sweep Herizons is proudly printed on Forest Stewardship Council- certified paper that is 50% recycled, including 25% post- consumer, acid-free and chlorine-free. 2 SUMMER 2008 HERIZONS letters HOMELAND KUDOS Thanks to you for publishing the article by Maya Khankhoje, “Homeland. Security.” in your Spring 2008 issue. It was a most lovely read. I read the piece as one who also did not grow up in Canada—but who followed a much less circuitous route to get here—and it aroused many issues related to the meaning of home and homelands, and the role of people, as well as place, not only in where one settles, but how settled one can feel there. Thanks to Herizons for once more providing good food for thought. ABBY LIPPMAN Montreal, QC contributors ANNA LAZOWSKI KERRY RYAN Anna Lazowski is a producer at CBC Radio, Kerry Ryan lives and writes in Winnipeg. She is a working on shows like Definitely Not the Opera regular contributor to Herizons and her poems and The Signal. A syndicated music columnist, have appeared in several journals and Anna lives in Winnipeg with her husband Mike anthologies. Her first collection of poetry, The and their son Silas. Sleeping Life, was released by The Muses’ Company (J. Gordon Shillingford Publishing) in April 2008. UMA PARAMESWARAN Uma was born and educated in India and has lived ALEN ZUKANOVICH in Winnipeg since 1966. She is the author of several Alen (pictured here at work with youngest daughter works of fiction, including the award-winning Mila) co-owns Inkubator Design with Sanja collection of stories What was Always Hers. Zukanovich. Together, Alen and Sanja pursue excellence in magazine design and raise their JILLIAN RIDINGTON daughters, Pasha and Mila, in Toronto. Jillian has written extensively about violence against women, pornography, women with JOY PARKS disabilities and environmental issues. With Robin Formerly a columnist for the long-defunct Body Ridington, she has worked with the Dane-zaa First Politic, Joy Parks wrote this issue’s article on Nations for three decades. Their latest publication is When You Sing it feminism and fashion on page 36. Last year, her Now, Just Like New (University of Nebraska Press). Jillian lives on short story “Instinct” (The Future Is Queer, Arsenal Galiano Island, B.C. Pulp Press) tied for the 2007 Gaylactic Spectrum Award. LAURYN OATES GIO GUZZI Lauryn is Herizons’ correspondent in Afghanistan. Gio Guzzi has been a keen and devoted member of She has worked throughout Central Asia, the Herizons’ editorial advisory committee for more Middle East and Africa to advance women’s human than 13 years. When she is not mulling over rights by working with local women’s organizations editorial submissions, she works at the Women’s and their international supporters. She is completing a Ph.D in language Health Clinic in Winnipeg as the Coordinator for Birth Control and education at the University of British Columbia. Unplanned Pregnancy Counselling. HERIZONS SUMMER 2008 3 Welcome Home! Come on in to Herizons new website at www.herizons.ca Here you can relax and read your favourite articles content from past issues for your pleasure. 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Enjoy yourself ... and stay a while! first word BY PENNI MITCHELL Go Home or Go Home If you told me a few years ago that equality would cease to be NAWL board member Pamela Cross sees the changes this a Status of Women policy objective, I would have said you way: “The Harper government is trying to silence women’s were paranoid (or else paraphrasing Margaret Atwood).