broadsheetNEW ZEALAND'S FEMINIST MAGAZINE # SEPTEMBER 1982 NO. 102 S1.80 l’EACHERS COLLEGES / ! 6 SEP 1982 ' ! « ir^ n ri A » '- "All political parties will talk a great deal about their ‘w om en’s policies’. Unfortunately most will be little more than window dressing. National’s plans go far beyond this.” “Women’s Rights — A National Cause” — the National Party’s 1975 manifesto on women. The Sonja 6avies Story continues • Black Australia and the Brisbane Games • The end of the E.R.A. era • Health Bonanza! Broadsheet looks at Thrush, Depo Provera, Black Women and Diabetes, a Rape Victim’s Struggle,.and how to defend yourself agarnst the office lecher. / . Registered at (tie GPO Wellington as magazine .. / FRONTING UP are urged to participate too, because we can BROADSHEET OFFICE REPORTERS NEEDED learn from our “failures” as much as from our “ successes” . What new structures, pro­ is at: 1st floor, Gane Building, We NEED badly, women who can report on cedures has your Collective devised. How do 43 Anzac Avenue, Auckland. all sorts of things for us. Mainly these are you handle interpersonal conflicts, “hiring” and Office hours: 9-4, Monday to Friday Behind the News and In Brief items. What you “firing” ? Is your collective closed or open, Phone number: 794-751 need to do this: writing skills, but not why? Does consensus decision-making always Our box number is: necessarily professional ones, experience of work? Have you been forced to vote? What PO Box 5799, Wellesley St, feminism (say working in a feminist group and about power? How do you run meetings? All Auckland, New Zealand reading). Ring and talk to Sandra if this in­ these and many other crucial questions are terests you. rarely discussed openly. By sharing our pro­ DEADLINES FOR FUTURE cesses, we can build stronger organisations. UPCOMING ISSUES ISSUES We have plans for Special Issues later this year APOLOGIES Deadline for November issue: and early next. For December we plan a visual We have joked (red-faced) that Broadsheet September 10 issue and this is an open invitation to you to should publish a regular column called Deadline for December issue: contribute. We want this issue to explore how “ Apologies to Donna Awatere” . In the July/ October 10 we get across political ideas in a visual form, August issue of Broadsheet, we made an Display adverts, classified adverts, small an­ could be cartoons, collages, photographs, awful mistake with her heading (again!) It nouncements, “What’s New” and news can whatever takes your fancy. We’re not just talk­ should have read “ Korerotia Wahine Ma” . We reach us up to two weeks after this date. ing about beautiful graphics but expressing are very, very sorry to have once again mess­ feminist political ideas visually. The feminist ed up Donna’s article. movement has often been accused of being ENVELOPING too wordy, too intellectual, academic etc. This JOB AT BROADSHEET Enveloping of the October issue will be on Sun­ is a chance to try getting ideas across in day, 26 September. All women and children another medium, so please help explore this Unfortunately, our layout person, Julie Downie welcome. The bookshop is open during stuff­ concept. is leaving this month. We are therefore look­ ing which starts at 10 am and usually finishes For March next year, we are aiming for a ing for a feminist with layout and design skills about 2 pm. Even an hour or two helps us. feature on collectives. We want collectives to to take over this job and join the collective. See share their experiences, ideas about collec­ Classified Ads page for futher details. This is tives etc, with Broadsheet. Defunct collectives a paid position. THE ROADSHOW ______ Broadsheet’s Travelling Roadshow was greeted with wild enthusiasm wherever it went (see a few of the congratulatory letters in this month’s letters pages). Consequently we’re talking about Roadshow No. 2 already, and hope to have something on the road by March next year. For those of you who missed it, or who have nostalgic memories of it, writer Renee Taylor will share her view of the show with readers in the October issue of the magazine. VOLUNTEERS WANTED Desperately needed, regular volunteers at Broadsheet. As times get bad, more and more women are getting jobs. Consequently our pool of student and unemployed helpers has dwindled . to vanishing point. We are beside ourselves trying to cope with the volume of work that goes through the Broadsheet magazine office and the bookshop, so please offer your services. Although we most want -f? regular helpers — that is, people who can £ come in say one day a week or fortnight - w e = also always have plenty of work for women ō who can Just drop in on a casual basis. So q please don’t hold back! These are some of the o jobs you can help us with: typing, filing clipp- c ings and overseas feminist magazines, dispat­ ching book and magazine orders to mail-order customers, typing address labels, pasting up copy, filing photographs, looking after buyers BrOAdsHeeT bjRthdAY MuRaLj in the bookshop, stock-taking in the bookshop, recycling envelopes, processing new subs. Julie Downie, our layout person, especially can As a Birthday Gift to Broadsheet Claudia Pond Eyley designed this wonderful mural — that's do with a regular helper. This person, or per­ Claudia putting it on the wall in the photo. Vanya Lowry, Louise Rafkin and Helen Courtney sons, can learn past up, which is an interesting helped with the painting. You certainly can’t miss Broadsheet now. As you climb the stairs and useful skill to have. A person who already onto floor one of 43 Anzac Ave, you are greeted with this full-colour depiction of feminists has these skills would be snatched up and in struggle. Over by the bookshop door there's another painting, and inside are some especial­ cossetted right away! ly stroppy women breaking free from their chains. And a BIG women’s symbol. Thanks Claudia! Broadsheet, September 1982 1 grateful. Thanks to the other High on Woman Congratulations to Broadsheet, Saying Thanks Power____________ Renee, the cast, and all those who readers who’ve already helped us helped to bring us in “the sticks” Dear Broadsheet, in this way. Dear Broadsheet^ a breath of fresh air. Please find enclosed $5 to pay We are writing to thank you Rewriting herstory I hope the breeze increases, and for the extra cost of the special. for bringing your Revue to that more of such productions Also to pay for the increase in Dear Broadsheet, Napier so providing us a wonder­ come this way in the future. Well price of the other magazine since We all know how much fun ful night out. We enjoyed the done, a truly grand effort. I last paid. I am not sure if this men have rewriting history but I women who performed for us Yours in sisterhood, is enough, and will send more if think women should stick to the and appreciated their message, Kay Junge not enough. facts. their talents and vivid per­ The special has just arrived and The first United Women’s sonalities so much. Tauranga Dear Sisters, looks good to me. I really enjoy Convention in 1973 was accor­ For both of us it is the first op­ Last night I attended your your magazine and look forward ding to Judith Aitken (Ju­ portunity we have had to get travelling Roadshow, I cannot to it. ly/August 1982) organised by together with other women and describe how fantastic and en­ “Deidre Milne, Toni Church and more importantly, with women L. Duncan joyable it was. The writer and the Margaret Wilson”. This is less who are like-minded. There were Westport actors were wonderful. With a than 1/3 correct as Deirdre Milne about 100 persons present and I lack of the New Zealand-wide Ed note: Thanks L. Duncan. The was based in Wellington when was awed by the tremendous conventions as were held in the special anniversary issue of the Convention was being power and energy that radiated past this was a much needed Broadsheet (July/August) cost a organised in Auckland, Margaret through the whole theatre all the meeting of out-of-town sisters and lot more to produce than normal Wilson was a speaker at the Con­ time and couldn’t help thinking a reminder of what we are still issue of the magazine, hence the vention, not an organiser, and that if women could but unite the fighting for (if needed). cover price of $3.50, as opposed many other women not mention­ world over with that same power Margaret Blay recited a poem to the normal $ 1.80. A full-colour ed helped to make the Conven­ and togetherness, we would be called “Old Woman”. 1 wonder if cover, better paper, extra pages tion possible. invincible. it would be possible for you to and a larger typesetting and prin­ As is noted in the UWC 1973 So thanks to those of you who print this or let me know if it is ting bill has put Broadsheet out Report (p7) the Convention ac­ made it possible, we came home printed elsewhere. of pocket to the tune of several tually grew out of an enormous­ as high as kites on nothing more Thank you Broadsheet, and thousands. Although the cover ly successful one-day seminar than Woman Power! congratulations. price was raised for shop sales, “Women in the Modern World” Yours in sisterhood, Yours in sisterhood, subscribers got the magazine as sponsored by the WEA and Kate Collyns and Jan Joy Gillespie, a bonus, as part of their subscrip­ organised by myself.