@prefix ns0: . @prefix edm: . @prefix dcterms: . @prefix dc: . @prefix skos: . ns0:identifierAIP "0cd0e02d-b3cc-427a-8591-9200dc380101"@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, "1989-10-01"@en ; edm:aggregatedCHO "https://open.library.ubc.ca/collections/kinesis/items/1.0045736/source.json"@en ; dc:format "application/pdf"@en ; skos:note " A OCTOBER 1989 Forget it, at the Pharmasave price KINESIS ; Not In The Dallies Special Collections Serial f¬ß¬ß- Kinesis welcomes volunteers to work on all aspects of the paper. Call us at 255- 5499. Our next News Group is Thurs. Oct 5, at 1:30 pm at Kinesis, #301-1720 Grant St. All women welcome even if you don't have experience. PRODUCTION THIS ISSUE: Marsha Arbour, Gwen Bird, Jackie Brown, Linda Choquette, Donna Dykeman, Lu- cette Hansen, Kim Irving, Faith Jones, Nancy Pollak, Winnifred Tovey, Bonnie Wa- terstone, Trish Webb. FRONT COVER: Protesting the storming of the university of San Salvador, El Salvador—July 1989. Photo by Jean Kavanagh. EDITORIAL BOARD: Marsha Arbour, Gwen Bird, Nancy Pollak, Noreen Shanahan, Winnifred Tovey, Michele Valiquette. CIRCULATION AND DISTRIBUTION: Gwen Bird, Esther Shannon ADVERTISING: Marsha Arbour OFFICE: Esther Shannon 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 $17.50 per year or what you can afford. Membership in the Vancouver Status of Women is $25.50 or what you can afford, includes subscription to Kinesis. SUBMISSIONS: All submissions are welcome. We reserve the right to edit and submission does not guarantee publication. All 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. Kinesis is a member of the Canadian Periodical Publishers Association and is indexed in the Alternative Press Index. CORRESPONDENCE: Kinesis, Vancouver Status of Women, 301-1720 Grant St., Vancouver, B.C. V5L 2Y6 Kinesis - is .produced on an IBM; PC using PC TeX and an in-house laser printer. Additional laser, printing by East- side Data Graphics. Camera work by The Peak. Printing by Web Press Graphics. 00^ ES Bt9 ■KsSlmSB^I r^ w ^TLj ^p|Qn iwp\\ &>/ 7^2 HH^>!* \\ hx In Canada, domestic work can be a form of indentured labour 7 Moms-and-kids are an endangered species on Vancouver's vicious housing scene 12 In Visible Colours is bearing fruit 15 INSIDE REtfOtM ? Family maintenance program challenged 3 Jo Arland: the advocate who never gives up... 4 Movement Matters.... ....2 Forget it, at the Pharmasave price 5 Women, disability and work 5 Taxing times under Tory tax attack 6 What's News? 8 by Linda Choquette The trappings of domestic work 7 by Joni Miller Delighting in the rough, long waters 9 Commentary ..14 by Gwen Bird by Jill Bend Asian/Pacific Island lesbians gather ...10 by C. Allyson Lee El Salvador: where activists are captured ....11 by Jean Kavanagh Making Waves by Lauri E. Nerman ..18 In Visible Colours: \"we don't have to be passive\" ...15 by Lynne Jorgesen In Other Worlds ...20 Nancy Spero: images of rage by Susan Leibik ....16 by Melanie Conn Pain, resistance in the prison maze ...17 by Susan Stewart Bronwen Wallace ...19 Bulletin Board ...21 by Erin Moure compiled by Donna Dykeman Second class mail #6426 ISSN 0317-9095 CORRESPONDENCE: Kinesis, Vancouver Status Women, 301-1720 Grant St Vancouver, B.C. V5L 2Y6 of KINESIS Movement Matters Movement jmatters listings Information Movement Matters is designed to be a network of news, updates and information of special interest to the women's toovement. Submissions to Movement Matters should be no more than 500 words, typed, double-spaced on eight and a half by eleven paper. Submissions may be edited for length. Deadline is the 18th of the month preceding publication. Unlearning anti-Semitism The Tikkun Olam (Repairers of the World) Organizing Committee is a group of Jewish women who have joined together to organize a series of workshops dealing with anti-semitism. These workshops will be based on the principles of unlearning racism: we all learn and internalize racism, we are damaged by this information, and we can unlearn these racist attitudes. Thus, the workshops will be a way to unlearn the anti-semitic attitudes we have all internalized. The first workshop—the Tikkun Olam workshop—is for Jewish women only and will be held the weekend of November 10- 12 at Camp Alexandra in Crescent Beach. Bria Chakofsky, chairperson of Kadima and Maureen McEvoy ba ma (Cand.) Counselling Psychology 732-3227 Areas of expertise: sexual abuse, relationships, sexuality, depression, ACOA f Press Gang Printers 603 Powell Street Vancouver, B.C. V6A 1H2 253-1224 SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL WOMEN'S PRESS 33 CARDSf fHv/RECORDS co-chairperson of the New Jewish Agenda, will facilitate. The workshop will be based on feminist and lesbian- positive principles. The November workshop will cost from $20-$200 on a shding scale, and registration opens October 16th. A May, 1990 workshop will be open to Jewish and non-Jewish women. For more information call Karen at 875-9112 or Sandy at 274-4065. DAWN papers now available The DisAbled Women's Network Canada (DAWN) is happy to announce their set of four position papers which investigate issues of concern to women with disabilities: Who Do We Think We Are: Self-image and Women With Disabilities; Beating The 'Odds:' Violence and Women With Disabilities; The Only Parent in the Neighbourhood: Mothering and Women With Disabilities; and Different Therefore Unequal? Disabled Women and Employment Equity. Each paper costs $5.50, or $20 for the set (includes postage). Women with a disability who are unable to afford the suggested cost may send whatever they can to help cover shipping costs. DAWN does not have the resources to do billings, so individuals and groups are asked to include payment— cheques or money orders—with their orders. Send payment and orders to DAWN Canada, 10401 Finlayson Drive, Richmond B.C. V6X 1W8 Attention: women in trades Surviving and Thriving: A Canadian Perspective on Women in Trades and Technology is a new book based on the National Conference on Women in Trades and Technology held in Naramata, B.C. last October. p- FOR |~EMINIST THE0RY& ITERATURE parTacus BOOKS 311 W. HASTINGS ST. 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Popular culture alliance forms The Alliance for Popular Culture in B.C. (APCBC) was officially formed September 10, 1989 to act as an umbrella for popular cultural workers of all disciplines in networking, skill sharing and encouraging the creation of \"people-based\" culture that advocates social justice. The founding meeting attracted a broad spectrum of performers/artists, including representatives from AYA, the Raging Grannies, the Euphoniously Feminist & Non- Performing Quintet, and Katari Taiko. The meeting decided to publish a directory of popular culture workers' skills to be distributed to the general public. A shding scale APCBC membership fee was set at no charge to $15. For more information about the APCBC and its future activities, contact #104 1955 W. 4th Avenue, Vancouver B.C. V6J 1M7. Telephone (604) 738-2283. Support for access, custody problems Munroe House transition house in North Vancouver has started a support group for women who are having problems with custody and access. Over many years, workers have observed the devastating effects of court decisions on women and children in these areas and have often felt helpless to give adequate support and advocacy. In the new group women will receive mutual support through any crisis, as well as information and coping strategies from other participants. The goal of the group is not only self- help, but information gathering to educate the pubhc and legal system about the grave difficulties that can arise from court ruhng. The group will meet at the downtown Vancouver YWCA; childcare and bus fare are provided on request. For information about meeting times, call Nancy or Ajax at 734-5722 (Munroe House). Correction The Women's Studies program at Simon Fraser University is sponsoring a pubhc discussion on \"Working in the Union\" on November 21 in the evening, at the Robson Square Media Centre. The discussion is part of the \"Women, Work and Unions\" series. Call 291-3593. Inside^ Kinesis H September was the month the Editorial Board said goodbye to two longstanding members: Esther Shannon and Noreen Shanahan. A recently retired editor of Kinesis, Esther's formal connection to the paper will continue through her capacity as VSW administrator. UPRISING BREADS BAKERY Goodies like: Maple nut cookies (sweetened with maple syrup), Santa Fe cornbread with jalapeno peppers, whole-wheat ginger apricot scones and lots more... 1697 Venables Street Vancouver 254-5635 A part of CRS Workers' Co-op Noreen, our intrepid reporter and features writer, is merely taking a leave of absence. She'll be back in the new year. The Editorial Board is the group of women who oversee general pohcies and practices of the paper (content, advertising, finances—to mention a few areas). The board consists of paid workers—the editor and production coordinator—and Kinesis volunteers, and any woman who fulfills board membership criteria is eligible to join. (In other words, the Editorial Board is not an elected body). The criteria is available from the office: the main requirement is a demonstrated commitment to the paper. Please give us a call (255-5499) if you're interested in knowing more. Gwen Bird, our typesetter since May 1988, is also moving on. Gwen was a newcomer to Kinesis when she landed the typesetter's job and she proved a joy to work with. Besides readily grasping the eccentricities of our typesetting program, Gwen handled the stresses of deadline mania with aplomb. Her overall interest in feminist journalism led her to the Editorial Board, and she has contributed a number of feature stories (see page 9). Lucky for us, Gwen will still be around, although not on keyboards. Replacing her is Joni Miller. Joni is a seasoned typesetter, a writer (page 7, for instance), designer and all-round newspaper woman. We're very pleased to have her become such an integral part of the Kinesis production team. Colleen Penrowley has been hired for our subscription renewal project and will be bringing her considerable computer skills to bear on that domain. Welcome to both Joni and CoUeen. Finally, we bid farewell to Etta, our Bulletin Board cartoonist. Contributing a monthly cartoon is a nail-biting, cliff- hanging act of creation—and we're grateful that Etta chewed and hung as long as she did. Thanks, Etta KINESIS //////////////////////^^^^ ////////////////////^^^^ NEWS Taking a flawed program to court by Jackie Brown and we did, September 15, 1989. A Charter challenge Two Vancouver lawyers plan a Charter challenge to the GAIN Amendment Act, which gives the province exclusive rights over maintenance orders for women on social assistance in B.C. (The FMEP—-see accompanying article). Gwen Brodsky, of the Pubhc Interest Advocacy Centre, and Carolyn McCool, of the Legal Services Society, will challenge the legislation under section 7 (security of person) and section 15 (equality rights) of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. The action, to be filed sometime in October, will be brought on behalf of parties which the lawyers cannot name at press time. A Vancouver woman is taking legal action against the B.C. government, claiming that current spousal support pohcies for women receiving income assistance discriminate against families with more than one child. Monica Rosenberg, who has two children, launched her Supreme Court action in August through the Legal Assistance Society of B.C. Under current regulations, the Ministry of Social Services and Housing (MSSH) allows each family \"unit\" to keep up to $100 in spousal support payments in addition to the monthly welfare payment—regardless of the number of children. Anything above the $100 exemption is deducted from the welfare cheque. According to Rosenberg, the pohcy is discriminatory because it apphes only to the first child in the family when each is entitled to equal support. Says Rosenberg, who has also been involved in lengthy and messy custody and maintenance battles with her ex-husband, \"The ministry is discriminating against each child and minimizing each child. If there is more than one child, then each has to share the $100. That's not treating children as equals.\" She is also angry that the deductions are made even when the recipient parent has received nothing in previous months. \"It's a bureaucracy dealing with these things in their own way,\" says Rosenberg, whose ex-husband is apparently thousands of dollars in arrears. H a woman is entitled to a certain amount in support payments per year, she says, it shouldn't matter how or when she receives the money. For Rosenberg—a community activist and member of the Society for Children's Rights to Adequate Support (SCRAPS)—the court action is not just about money. She sees it as part of her responsibility to expose the feminization of poverty. \"There is a pohtical process involved with this and it can shift with the stroke of a pohtician's wand. I was an independent person and I have been put in this position very abruptly by the way the system deals with a parent's wrongdoing. The children and I are paying for it. It's a man-made poverty and I'm not responsible for it but I will be responsible for trying to remedy it,\" Rosenberg says. Universality at risk The Tories' minus-3% solution by Nancy Pollak The Conservatives are combining a new trick with an old one in a move some analysts say signals the end of universality in Canadian social programs. The new trick—dubbed a \"claw- back\" by its critics—threatens universality by forcing people who achieve a certain income level to pay back all or a portion of their family allowance benefits (or baby bonus) and old-age pensions. The old trick—\"de-indexing\"— gradually lowers the income level at which the clawback is triggered, forcing more and more people to pay back benefits. Under de-indexing, programs which formerly kept pace with the annual rate of inflation are instead allowed to lose ground. The Tories favour a de-indexing figure of \"minus 3 percent\": inflation may increase by 5 percent annually, but benefit or eligibility levels will only be adjusted upwards by 2 percent. Under the Tory budget announced last April, old-age pensions and the family allowance will be subject to a de-indexed claw- back mechanism. Pensioners and families with children will forfeit 15 cents in benefits for every dollar of net annual income over $50,000. The number of people affected will grow each year, because the income ceding level will not increase as quickly as inflation. \"In a few years,\" says Jean Swanson of End Legislative Poverty, \"few people will be eligible [for benefits].\" Opposition to the clawback is gathering steam. At a meeting in mid-September, a national senior citizens' group decided to pursue a court challenge of the proposed legislation. The National Pensioners' and Senior Citizens Federation beheves the clawback is \"outright age discrimination\" and may violate the equahty provisions of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. Equally significant is their fear that the clawback represents a direct attack on universality, the cornerstone of Canadian social policy which dictates that all citizens have a right to certain benefits, regardless of income. Recent comments by the chairperson of the Commons finance committee have given substance to this fear. In August, Conservative Don Blenkarn informed a pensioner that, \"We have decided to eliminate universality and we do that in a sense by the clawback in both family allowance and the old- age pension ... \"While the clawback may be unfair and sneaky, it is there.\" Swanson views the clawback as a Tory strategy to trash universality and \"raise the least pubhc outcry ... it's hard to explain \"inflation minus 3 percent\" in a 3 second news chp, which is ah most people C i hear about it.\" In 1985, the Tories backed down from a scheme to de-index old-age pensions after pensioners launched massive protests. The family allowance wasn't as lucky: de-indexed at minus 3 percent then, the baby bonus is already diminished. $e.rWazk-0£ fafic 5S|/ $).mtf7.1wMirTJorel&,fr%^ t Oti/jQyiz em/tot dur^xM. ho^j^ %-Vhrty? __ Ma, -tA&jfctut \\