@prefix ns0: . @prefix edm: . @prefix dcterms: . @prefix dc: . @prefix skos: . ns0:identifierAIP "f7cea643-c409-4431-8eb3-bc0029185a7d"@en ; edm:dataProvider "CONTENTdm"@en ; dcterms:isReferencedBy "http://resolve.library.ubc.ca/cgi-bin/catsearch?bid=1213576"@en ; dcterms:isPartOf "Kinesis"@en ; dcterms:issued "2013-08-15"@en, "1990-03-01"@en ; edm:aggregatedCHO "https://open.library.ubc.ca/collections/kinesis/items/1.0045735/source.json"@en ; dc:format "application/pdf"@en ; skos:note " /larch 1990 Special Collections Serial IWD listings inside Kinesis welcomes volunteers to work on all aspects of the paper. Call us at 255- 5499. Our next News Group is Weds., March 7, at 1:30 pm at Kinesis, #301-1720 Grant St. All women welcome even if you don't have experience. PRODUCTION THIS ISSUE: Frances Wasserlein, Susan John, Tarel Quandt, Linda Choquette, Sandy Jones, Lisa Schmidt, Christine Cosby, Joni Miller, Sudesh Kaur, Faith Jones, Pam Cooley, Marsha Arbour, Charlene Lin nel, Susan Prosser, Gladys We, Winnifred Tovey FRONT COVER: Lino-cut '\"People of Crossroads\" (South Africa) by Mphathi Gocini EDITORIAL BOARD: Marsha Arbour, Gwen Bird, Winnifred Tovey, Nancy Pollak, Michele Valiquette, Terrie Hamazaki CIRCULATION AND DISTRIBUTION: Rachel Fox, Esther Shannon, Cat L'Hirondelle ADVERTISING: Birgit Schinke OFFICE: Esther Shannon, Cat L'Hirondelle Kinesis Is published 10 times a year by the Vancouver Status of Women. Its objectives are to be a non-sectarian feminist voice for women and to work actively for social change, specifically combatting sexism, racism, homophobia and imperialism. Views expressed in Kinesis are those of the writer and do not necessarily reflect VSW policy. All unsigned material is the responsibility of the Kinesis Editorial Board. SUBSCRIPTIONS: Individual subscriptions to Kinesis are $20 per year or what you can afford. Membership in the Vancouver Status of Women is $30 or what you can afford, includes subscription to Kinesis. SUBMISSIONS: Women and girls are welcome to make submissions. We reserve the right to edit and submission does not guarantee publication. If possible, submissions should be typed double spaced and must be signed and include an address and phone number. Please note: Kinesis does not accept poetry or fiction contributions. For material to be returned, a SASE must be included. Editorial guidelines are available on request. ADVERTISING: For information about display advertising rates, please contact Kinesis. For information about classifieds, please see the classified page in this issue. DEADLINE: For features and reviews: the 10th of the month preceding publication; news copy: 15th; letters and Bulletin Board listings: 18th. Display advertising, camera ready: 18th; design required: 12th. TELEPHONE: 255-5499 Kinesis is produced on an IBM PC using PC TeX and an LC-800 laser printer. Additional laser printing by East- side Data Graphics. Camera work by The Peak. Printing by Web Press Graphics, Burnaby BC Kinesis is a member of the Canadian Magazine Publishers Association. Angela Davis on the fallacy of the \"universal woman\" and plenty more 12 INSIDE Womens' Programs slashed 3 Abortion clinic accredited, trashed 3 NAC pops Tory balloon at UN 8 Glenda Simms new bead of CACSW 8 Trade deal a great deal of grief 5 by Lisa Schmidt Women on campus spurred on by Montreal 5 by Tarel Quandt For survivors, Free, long-term counselling a must....7 by Joni Miller \"Liberation is a package deal\" 9 by Adela Makuka Miriam Tlali's weapon against apartheid 11 transcrjbechpy Louie Ettling & Nicky Hood iyh'ByJ Blues a hybrid movie 14 by Shelly Quick Women in VIEW in review 16 Recollecting Our Lives: the review 18 by Bonnie Waterstone Elly Danica: DON'T-A Woman's Word 19 by Christine Morlsette Makeda Silvera is a mover and shaker at Sister Vision Press 15 /i/A-yc/ t-ZUV O Movement M atters ....2 What's News? 6 by Linda Choquette Letters 20 Bulletin Board 21 compiled by Donna Dykeman Kinesis is Indexed in the Canadian Women's Periodicals Index, and the Alternative Press Index. CORRESPONDENCE: Kinesis, Vancouver Status of Women, 301-1720 Grant St., Vancouver, B.C. V5L 2Y6 Second class mail #6426 ISSN 0317-9095 KINESIS Movement Matters \\X\\XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX\\XXXXXX\\\\XXXXXX\\X\\\\\\\\XXXXXXXXXX\\\\X\\X\\\\XXXXXXXXXXXXX\\XXXXXXXX\\ Nxx^xxxxx^xxxxx^^ Movement patters listings Information Movement Matters is designed to be a network of news, updates and information of special interest to the women's Wvement. Submi aid be no more eleven paper. Submissions may be edited for length. Deadline is the 18th of the month preceding publication. ■ Philippine Women Centre planned A group of Philippine women in the lower mainland are organizing a Philippine Women Centre. As members of the BC Committee for Human Rights in the Philippines, the women have been concerned about the various problems encountered by Philippine women in Canada, especially domestic workers. Their goal is to establish a centre organized on the basis that members share a common interest on issues relating to their reality as women of an ethnic minority in Canada. As well, they hope to preserve and increase awareness of their cultural heritage, and uphold the principle of human rights and freedom for all Philippine women, wherever they live. Membership is open to all women who are partly or fully of Philippine ethnic origin and who have established residency in Canada. Support is welcome from all, and people are encouraged to donate to the Centre. To make donations or for more information, write the Philippine Women Centre, PO Box 640, Port Coquitlam, BC V3B 6H9. Telephone 464-7899. Lesbian, gay studies awards Tne Toronto Centre for Lesbian and Gay Studies is launching a series of annual cash awards to honour individuals and groups who make significant contributions to the development of lesbian and gay studies in Canada. These awards are intended to inspire a vision of the exciting possibilities of gay and lesbian studies in Canada and to reward the often unrecognized labours of gay and lesbian researchers, writers and creative producers. The awards will be broad in scope: they could salute an outstanding film or video, a play, a book or an essay; they could honour a single work or the lifetime achievements of an individual. Nominations are now open for the 1990 awards. The centre wants to hear from anyone who is aware of a person or organization they consider worthy of such recognition. Send details of your nominee^) (name, address, contribution) to: The Awards, Toronto Centre for Lesbian and Gay Studies, Suite 100-129, 2 Bloor St. West, Toronto ONT M4W 3E2. Nominations are open until March 31; four awards of $200 each will be given. Sounds and Furies coffeehouse Among the many exciting events planned in connection with Celebration 90/Gay Games III in Vancouver this August, will be the Sounds and Furies Coffeehouse for women. \"We would like to offer a comfortable, relaxing environment in the midst of the hectic activities of Celebration 90,\" says Pat Hogan, one of the organizers. The coffeehouse will feature a quiet atmosphere, light meals and non-alcoholic beverages as well as some good entertainment. Sounds and Furies Productions is a group of women with an interest in the further development of the local women's music scene. Their long-term goal is the establishment of a women's music festival in or around Vancouver. \"There are certainly enough talented women around to do a major festival in this area. We consider the coffeehouse as a first step in that direction,\" says Hogan. Sounds and Furies Productions will be fundraising for the coffeehouse and the future women's music festival during the coming months with a series of small benefit events. To contribute to this project with a donation or to become involved as a volunteer, call Jackie Crossland at 682-3109. Environmental Youth Alliance The Environmental Youth Alliance, a mere two months old, has grown to 15,000 members and has recently published its first issue of a newspaper of the same name. The EYA is a national organization run by young people that unites existing environmental clubs within junior and senior high schools and universities. The EYA newspaper aims to inspire and encourage young people to get involved in environmental issues: the 10,000 copies of its premiere issue have been sent to Our thanks to VSW members, who support us year 'round with memberships and donations. Our appreciations to the following supporters who became members, renewed their memberships or donated in February: Sandra Bauer • Naomi Black • Fatima Cor- reia • Maria Correia • Gail Cryer • Robyn Dowling • Teresa Gibson • Sharon Goldberg • Mary E. Hackney • Deborah La Rose • Paula McNicoll • Carol McQuarrie • Patricia Maika • Joan Meister • Sandra S. Moe • Barbara Osborne • Tracy Potter ♦ Shelley Price • Jan Pullinger • Linda Schultz • Sandy Shreve • Catherine Simpson • Carol Snider • Diane Thome • Verna Turner • Susan Witter We are extremely pleased that our February fundraiser, Recommending Women, was highly successful. We extend our thanks to our sponsoring women for their support of Recommending Women and VSW: Margaret Birrell • Gene Errington • Margo Harper • Dr. Helga Jacobson • Lynn Smith • Dr. Veronica Strong-Boag • Joan Wallace • Dr. Elizabeth Whynot. A special thanks goes to our co-sponsor VanCity Credit Union—in particular, Coro Strandberg, Board of Directors and Linda Cromption, Vice-President, Human Resources. And, of course, our thanks to all the women who attended or sent donations in support. Your commitment to VSW is deeply appreciated, especially in this time of further cutbacks to VSW in the federal budget: every English-language junior high school and over in Canada. (A French edition is planned.) To contact the EYA, write to PO Box 29031, 1996 W. Broadway Ave., Vancouver BC V6J 5C2 New book on feminism, education Feminism and Education: A Canadian Perspective brings together articles by academics and researchers associated with the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education. A \"sampler\" in the field of feminism and Canadian education, the book's major topic areas include: patriarchy and education; teachers, mothers and schools; and disciplines, programs and curriculum. Edited by Mary O'Brien, Frieda For- man, Jane Haddad and Dianne Hallman, Feminism and Education is available for $14.95 plus $2 handling from the Centre for Women's Studies in Education, OISE, 252 Bloor St. West, Toronto ONT. M5S 1V6 Pro-Canada? The Bossier's available The Pro-Canada Dossier is a publication designed to educate and inform people about the impact of the Free Trade deal and other aspects of the neo-conservative agenda: for example, the proposed Goods and Services Tax. An attractive newsletter brimming with facts,, cartoons and charts, The Dossier invites groups and individuals to reprint its articles, contribute information—and subscribe. Published by the Pro-Canada Network, The Dossier is available for $20 (individual rate) and $40 (institutional rate). To subscribe, or for a sample copy and information about the Pro-Canada Network, write to 251 Laurier Ave. West., Suite 904, Ottawa ONT KIP 5J6 Lois Arber • Caroline Askew • Conni Bag- nail • Gloria Black • Lorraine Cameron • Marjorie Cohen • Dawn Currie • V. Dahl • Amy Dalgleish • Diana M. Davidson • Julia Day • Johanna den Hertog • A. Jean Elder ♦ Diana Ellis • Claudia Ferris ♦ Janet Fraser • Jane Gaskell • Arlene Gladstone • Patricia Graham • Lynda Griffiths • Miriam Gropper • Anita Hagan • Katherine Heinrich • Eileen Hendry • Beth Hurt • Dr. Naida D. Hyde • Alice James • Pauline Jewett ♦ Eve Johnson • Faune Johnson • M. Lynne Kennedy • Catherine Kerr • Nancy Knickerbocker • Diane Lake • Patricia Lane • Andrea Lebowitz • Patricia Lee • Heather Leighton • Flora MacLeod • Dr Kathryn McCannell • Arlene McLaren • Audrey McLaughlin • M. I. Mahan • M. Patricia Marchak • Darlene Marzari • Margaret Mitchell • Shona Moore • Myrtle Mowatt • Margaret Norman • Leila Paul • Janice Pentland- Smith • J.C. Prior • Valerie A. Raoul • Wendy Robinson • Catherine Robertson • Mary Rowles • Patricia Russell • Susan Sanderson • Angela Schira • Carole Anne Soong • Mary Lee Stephenson • Glinda Sutherland • Edith L. Thomas • Frankie Tillman • Jessica Swail • Hilda Thomas • Dr. Gayle M. Way • Rike M. Wedding • Betsy Wood • Diane L. Wood We also gratefully acknowledge generous donations from Barber-Ellis • Glorious Foods by Susan Of Course • Thomas Hobbs Florist • Helen Krayenhoff • Press Gang Printers • Mary Lee Stephenson, CS/RESORS Consulting Ltd ie K/nes/s As we go to press, the office is filling with steam. Understandable. For the last three days, women from various centres and groups have been meeting here to strategize a fight- back to the cuts to the Women's Program (see page 3 for details). We're mad—no, we're furious—as we assess the damage these cuts could do. How is Kinesis affected? As far as we're concerned, the Secretary of State has cut our funding. Our publisher, the Vancouver Status of Women, is still awaiting specifics of a cut, but SecState has repeatedly said they will no longer fund Kinesis. VSW will continue to dispute the government's view that a femimst newspaper isn't an appropriate vehicle for advocacy and public education, and will continue to fight SecState for the Kinesis editor's salary. But the reality is, our publisher no longer has the stable level of funding to guarantee the production of this newspaper. Kinesis readers need to be aware that without increased financial support—subscriptions, donations, advertising—no feminist publication in this country will survive. What do we want from you? Well, there's a list. Letters of support for Kinesis and VSW should be sent to politicians (see pg, 3 for details) Send us copies for our files. We write for you—please write for us. (You can never get too many love letters.) Send us a donation. Any amount helps— and we can provide a charitable tax receipt, Subscribe. And suggest to every library and organization you associate with that they subscribe, too. (Libraries do respond to requests from the public.) Advertise. H you run a business, or belong to a union or community agency, take out an advertising contract with us. Call us at 255-5499 for a rate sheet (we're very reasonable). Get involved. In the coming months, we'll be needing plenty of woman-power to coordinate our survival strategies—and we always welcome new women in the newsroom. Call Nancy for information. And now, for something not completely different: our hellos and goodbyes. This month, Kinesis bids adieu to our production coordinator, Winnifred Tovey. Women who had the good fortune of working with Winnifred on the last six issues will testify to her skills. She's a crackerjack trainer, an exciting graphic designer, and a font of newspaper tricks and lore. She also possesses the calm of a summer lake at dawn. It's hard to know what will be missed most: the crackerjack or the calm. Bye- bye, Winnifred, and thanks. Christine Cosby is our new production coordinator. She's a newcomer, fresh from SFU's The Peak, and we're very happy she's joined us. Also coming on board is Rachel Fox, our new distributor. Welcome to Christine and Rachel. Corrections In \"Others Among Others\" (Kinesis Dec/Jan. 1990), some errors were made in the transcribing and editing of the taped discussion among the artists. The transcriber, Susan John, regrets any distress these errors may have caused. She may be contacted at 4654 W. 12th Avenue, Vancouver BC V6R 2R3. KINESIS ///////////////////^^^^ ///////////////////////^^^^ news Women's Progam slashed No centres, no staff, no service by Nancy Pollak Canadian women's centres and publications have been devastated by budget cuts to the federal Women's Program. The cuts strike at the very heart of the grassroots women's movement. In British Columbia, Quebec and Newfoundland, an estimated 100 local centres have had their operational funding completely eliminated under the Conservative's February budget. Some BC centres are already predicting their doors will close by April. Three national publications— Healthsharing, Canadian Women's Studies (CWS) and Resources for Feminist Research (RFR) have also been cut by 100 percent. Other national and regional groups have received a range of cuts. The National Action Committee on the Status of Women (NAC) is awaiting official word— in 1989 they were promised a 50 percent cut over three years. Research bodies such as Vancouver's Women's Research Centre and Canadian Congress for Learning Opportunities for Women lost 20 percent. The Vancouver Status of Women (Kinesis' publisher) is in limbo awaiting specifics about a funding loss. Altogether, a total of $1.6 million—or 15 percent—is being slashed from the Women's Program, a department of the Secretary of State (SecState). Since 1989, the program has been whittled away by 30 percent—in the name of \"deficit reduction.\" Women in BC have reacted with outrage to the SecState cuts—and they aren't buying the deficit reduction line. It's a drop in the bucket [$1.6 million],\" said Suzie Kram of the White Rock Women's Centre. \"This cut is a statement that the issues we stand for are inconsequential to the government. \"After all, women's centres don't contribute to the Goods and Services Tax, and we can't be traded under Free Trade. Women's centres are the voices around daycare and housing and poverty— and the government just doesn't care.\" SecState has rationalized the 100 percent cut to women's centres by saying that the funding of \"services\" was inconsistent with the Women's Program mandate. Work involving advocacy and public education to improve the status of women are considered eligible. Yet advocacy and educational work—along with direct services— are precisely what will vanish if rural and small town women's centres close. The Port Alberni Women's Centre typifies the essential role of a local group. Coordinator Heather Nelson describes how her centre offers landlord/tenant assistance, welfare rights advocacy, research facilities for students, resources on women's issues for the community, and support groups for adult survivors of childhood sexual abuse. \"We cannot afford the cost of these services [without the core grant],\" says Nelson, \"and the around communications), social housing funds were decreased, daycare went unmentioned—and transfer payments to the provinces (i.e. health and education dollars) were severely curtailed. \"No, we won't wait until the end of March to meet with you.\" Kathy Dornan (left) of the North Shore Women's Centre, and Donna Cameron (right) of Penticton—two of the many centres affected by the cuts. With others, in the office of, and on the phone to, Mary Collins MP. community will be severely jeopardized without them. We are the grassroots communicators of information to people.\" Like many rural centres, Port Alberni women provide the base for activities by other agencies. The centre's Family Court Advocacy Program, run by the provincial Legal Services Society, provides women with vital assistance on custody, maintenance, access and separation matters. Nelson says the centre—and these programs—may have to_ close April 30, \"but not until every avenue is explored.\" Already, plans for the Third Annual Island Women's Conference—230 women attended last year—have been put on hold. \"This is the beginning of a 100 percent fight for survival,\" says Nelson. The public fight for survival was launched in North Vancouver on February 26 when representatives from women's group's marched into the office of MP Mary Collins—the newly appointed Minister Responsible for the Status of Women—and demanded she intervene to stop the cuts. Collins was not available (as Kinesis goes to press, a meeting with her is underway). Collins is unlikely to be either an ally or effective: the cuts came from Secretary of State Gerry Weiner; Collins is new to her portfolio—and she has never demonstrated any disagreement with Tory economic policy. This Tory budget reads like a litany of loss for women, Native peoples and people living in poverty. Besides the cut to the Women's Program, millions were slashed from Native services (especially As well, the federal government will limit the amount of money it contributes to social programs such as welfare and daycare under the 25-year old Canada Assistance Plan (CAP). (In the past, Ottawa has matched provincial expenditures in these areas.) Activists such as Penny Coates of the Canadian Daycare Advocacy Association consider the 'capping of CAP' the end to any hope for a national daycare program under the Tories. Many femimsts see a relationship between diminished social spending and the cuts to women's centres and publications. \"They've cut the critics of Tory economic and social policies,\" says editor Amy Gottlieb of Healthsharing. \"They've hit women's and Native communication and advocacy groups—it's a political cut.\" Not at all, said Len Westerberg, press secretary for Gerry Weiner in an interview with Kinesis. Asked to explain the 100 percent cut to periodicals, Westerberg said \"the ethnic press complained. They have always complained about the subsidies to Native and women's publications.\" As well, said Westerberg, \"one quote in the Globe and Mail will reach more people [than your magazines] ... there are other ways to communicate.\" Cuts to the three national publications represent the high-profile damage to femimst communications: many local groups produce newsletters which will disappear when centres close. The survival of Healthsharing and the two women's studies journals, CWS and RFR, is now in doubt. \"We have enough money until the end of April,\" says Gottlieb of Healthsharing, Canada's most widely circulated femimst magazine. \"We're going to have to go on the offensive, politically and financially. We'll be asking women to take out subscriptions, to make donations ... .\" Westerberg advised women's organizations to \"trim the fat and use that good old Canadian ingenuity\" in order to survive economically. There is, of course, no fat to be trimmed. The Penticton Area Women's Centre, with one half- time paid staff, provides community services at the ultimate cut- rate—volunteer-rate. \"Where is the savings?\" asks the centre's Donna Cameron.\"The cost of replacing our services would be 100 times our grant.\" Cameron is particularly angry that the work of trust-building groups such as those for sexual abuse survivors is jeopardized. \"It would be an abomination to end those groups without warning,\" she says, adding her centre is now facing an end-of- March closure. As Kinesis goes to press, BC women's centres and organizations are mounting a public campaign to pressure the Tories to rescind the cuts. As well, feminists will be demanding the Social Credit government, in particular the Minister Responsible for Women's Programs, Carol Gran, respond to this crisis in women's services. Get involved Tell Gerry Weiner, your local MP, Mary Collins and Brian Mulroney what you think of these cuts* Write them (House of Commons, Ottawa, Ontario KlA 0A2), phone them, visit them. Let Carol Gran know, too: call her in Victoria at 387-1023, or write to Parliament Buildings, Victoria BC V8V 1X4. And contact your local women's group. They need your help. Everywoman's Abortion clinic vandalized by Jackie Brown Vandals destroyed over $20,000 worth of medical equipment in a daylight break-in February 25 at the Everywoman's Health Centre in Vancouver. Witnesses said two men used crowbars to pry off a metal protective screen on the outer glass doors, then broke through those and the inner glass doors. One man apparently stood watch while the other entered the building and destroyed an aspirator—used to perform abortions—and an ultra sound machine. Police arrived at the scene a short time after the clinic's security firm called in the alarm but the vandal was in and out in just minutes. Clinic spokesperson Hilda Thomas said the man knew exactly what he was looking for. \"Whoever did it was clearly looking for specific medical equipment,\" said Thomas, adding that a computer, photocopier and other equipment was untouched. Confidential patient files were also undisturbed. The doors and metal screen were replaced the same day and the clinic has since acquired another aspirator which is on loan for a month from a sister clinic in the US. The damaged aspirator may be repairable. In other, better news, the BC College of Physicians and Surgeons has granted the clinic a three-year accreditation—the longest ever issued to a provincial medical facility. The accreditation not only confirms that the clinic meets the college's stringent requirements, but it also recognizes the centre's commitment to the highest quahty health services, says Thomas. \"It's the longest accreditation ever given, even to a major hospital,\" she said. \"It means that we are very good at what we do.\" On that basis, the clinic's board has asked for a meeting with Health Minister John Jansen to once again discuss full funding for the clinic. At present the Medical Services Plan of BC covers only a portion of the clinic's costs associated with an abortion. The meeting with Jansen is scheduled for sometime this month. The board has also submitted a brief on the proposed federal abortion law (Bill C-43) to the house of commons committee reviewing the bill. (As Kinesis goes to press, Bill C-43 remains at committee stage.) The clinic's brief opposes the re- criminalization of abortion, which would be illegal unless a woman's health is affected. \"It's absurd,\" says Thomas. \"A woman cannot get an abortion unless she is physically or mentally 'sick' yet all the evidence shows that there will be serious consequences to her health if she is denied access.\" The brief also states that since doctors will make the decisions about a woman's health, women will lose their right to choose on abortion. And it says that if the bill is passed, many doctors will refuse to perform abortions for fear that a third party might challenge their patient assessments. Thomas says the clinic would not meet requirements of the law since clients make their own choices and sign a consent form before talking with a doctor. As a result, she says, a third party See Clinic page 4 KINESIS March 90 Across B.C. xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx x^5xxxx ^ av fi 1*0111 the CPC Women's Com 111 idee. ... socialist women working together for equality, choice and economic justice British Columbia Teachers' Federation 2235 Burrard Street, Vancouver, BC V6J 3H9 731-8121 or toll tree 1-800-663-9163. FAX 731-4891 >