BOOS, BRAVOS AND TIDBITS

By the Bionic Bitches

BRAVO: To Carolyn Buhl, Director of Preterm, who has shown incredible guts by daring to appear on national television to talk about the abortions she had. The Bitches would like to see a show of community support cards, flowers, phone calls -because you know who else is going to be letting her know they heard her.

TIDBIT: Speaking of Right to Lifers, if you live in Cleveland Heights, you better keep watch over your city council. There will be a public hearing April 29 in the morning for the purpose of hearing input on changing the laws that regulate abortion clinics in Cleveland Heights.

TIDBIT: Boo-Hoo. We're going to miss Sharon Owens and Linda Preuss, the two women who started and ran the restaurant at the Three of Cups. They served up many a fine meal enjoyed by the Bitches and others.

BRAVO:

To Linda Preuss who will be going to California to work with Judy Chicago on completion of the monumental woman's piece, The Dinner Party, Bravo to Linda for finding her way back to the loom. An encouragement to all women kept by the demands of survival away from their desks, drawing boards, palettes and pianos.

BRAVO: To Judy Rainbrook, who finished her first quarter at Electronics Technology Institute at the top of her class. She also had an excellent attendance record.

BRAVO: to the Cleveland Rape Crisis Center which just received substantial funding to continue its work with women who have been the victims of violence.

TIDBIT:

Boo-Hoo. Prime Time, a feminist magazine aimed at the older woman, has ceased publication. A belated bravo to Marjory Collins for her dedication, devotion and conviction in keeping it going. Prime Time had a broad appeal. It spoke to women of all ages, classes, races and sexual preferences, but never compromised its radical humanist, feminist stance. The dedication and conviction were not in short supply, but the money and the energy were.

BOO: Whatever happened to Nancy Drew and her skeptical but loyal friend George? If she's not being pre-empted, she's being rescued by one of the Hardy Boys. Yucch!!

BRAVO: to B. J. of the women's bar at New Dimensions, who removed the song "Sometimes When We Touch" from the jukebox when a Rape Crisis Advocate pointed out it contained the line: "Sometimes I'd like to break you and drive you to your knees." Violence is not passion.

BRAVO: to Pat Schroeder, Congresswoman from Colorado, who chastised her colleagues recently during the Panama Canal Treaty debates. There seemed to be too many Congressmen concerned with gaining popularity by defying the President and too little concern for what was clearly in the national interest. Her quote: "We need some nannies around here for the boys. We need some warm milk, we need some cookies and then maybe we can have a little better decorum in this body and be able to deal with a little more substance."

TIDBIT (women's history): Malvina Reynolds,77, died in March. Her song, "Little Boxes", was a famous folk classic in the 60's. Such songs as "We Don't Need the Men," "No Hole in My Head," "You Can't Make a Turtle Come Out" and her recent song about that infamous Jaidson judge have made her well known in the Women's Movement. We will miss her courage and her humor.

BRAVO: Anita Bryant says her show business career is apparently over because of her outspoken opposition to homosexual rights (Plain Dealer, 3/18/78). Let's all keep on boycotting Florida citrus products, fresh and frozen, and maybe she can retire altogether!

BRAVO: To Gail Gorski, 25, who has become United Airlines first woman pilot. Well, that's one. Now just 200,000 other occupations to "liberate." You too can be a "first." Look around.

BRAVO: To Beth Ann Shannon for suing the L.A. Police Department. She called police when she thought a man was following her near her home, located in the area where the Hillside Strangler has been active. After driving around without locating the man, the policeman announced to Ms. Shannon, "Well, I hate to tell you this, but it's us." The remark frightened her so badly that she jumped out of her car.

Why is it men think raping and killing women is a joke?

TIDBIT (rumor): Word has it that WomenSpace turned down a grant from United Torch. If the BB's can get this confirmed, we want to give WS a Bravo. Getting funding from United Torch in this city is like trading a vaginal infection in for a case of venereal disease.

BOO: To all those WSW readers who have boos, bravos and especially tidbits but haven't sent them in to the Bitches.

TIDBIT: Has everybody opened a new checking account at Euclid National Bank since Rita Coriell started working at their Cedar-Fairmount office? I haven't seen her yet but I've heard her voice at the drive-in window and it sounds just as good as it does on stage.

SIGNS OF THE TIMES

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People's History May 29,1824

Women weavers in Pawtucket, R.I. join first joint strike of men and women workers in the U.S.

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