March, 1990

GAY PEOPLE'S CHRONICLE Page 15

Dykes to Watch Out For

The

MESSAGE FOR

RING! RING!

MMM, EMMA... THOSE FISHSTICKS WERE DELICIOUS.

I'M SORRY... AFTER COOKING FOR MY FAMILY ALL THOSE YEARS, I JUST DON'T HAVE MUCH ENERGY TO PUT INTO IT ANYMORE.

HI! THIS IS EMMA. I CAN'T COME TO THE PHONE RIGHT NOW BUT IF YOU LEAVE A MESSAGE I'LL CALL YOU BACK... MELP!

HI BABE! IT'S ME? I WAS JUST THINKING OF YOU AND FELT LIKE HEARING YOUR VOICE.

... GUESS I'LL HAVE TO SETTLE FOR THE RECORDING, BUT EVEN THAT GIVES ME A THRILL...

HEY, I MEAN IT! I LOVED THEM! MY HAPPIEST CHILDHOOD MEMORIES ARE OF EATING FISHSTICKS IN FRONT OF THE FLINTSTONES.

YOU'RE

SWEET. MMM... YOU SMELL SWEET TOO. WAT IS THAT?

...I ALSO WANTED TO COORDINATE PLANS WITH YOU FOR THE WEEK. END. REMEMBER, I TOLD YOU VICKY INVITED US TO BRUNCH SUNDAY?

UH D'YOU WANNA

GET THAT?

NO.. SHELL HANG UP IN A SECOND. RELAX.

OH, A LITTLE OF THIS, A LITTLE OF THAT EAM, IT'S SO NICE TO BC ALONE WITH

YOU AGAIN,

LET'S NOT GO! ILL TELL HER WE'RE BUSY. I'P MUCH RATHER STAY IN BED WITH YOU... I MISS YOU!

RELAX?

YOU TOO.

RING.

I MISS THE MOLE ON THE INSIDE OF YOUR LEFT THIGH! HERE'S A KISS FOR IT-SMAK!-HOPE YOU'RE HAVING FUN! LOVE YOU! BYE-CLIK. WHAT?! IS SOMETHING WRONG?

EMMA!

UH... WELL, IF IT DOESN'T BOTHER YOU, THEN I GUESS IT DOESN'T BOTHER ME. MMM... PLEASE DON'T STOP MASSAGING MY NAVEL.

Unusual

Plight

CLARICE

·LARICE AND TONY ARE JUST RETURNING FROM THEIR SUPPORT GROUP

FOR LESBIANS IN

ELATIONS

YOU'VE BEEN PESTERING ME FOR MONTHS ABOUT HAVING A COMMITMENT CEREMONY I FINALLY AGREE, AND NOW YOUTE HAVING SECOND THOUGHTS!

SHEESH! IF THAT'S SUPPORT I DON'T THINK LEVER WANNA SEE ANTAGONISM!

I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE YOU RALLY WANA GO THROUGH WHIT

YES,/DO! AND AFTER ALL THIS, YOU'D BETTER WANT TO GO THROUGH WITH IT TOO!

OH, COME ON! EVERY. ONE WAS VERY SUPPORTIVE. EXCEPT TANYA, OF COURSE.

OKAY, OKAY... AS LONG AS YOU'RE CERTAIN IT'S THE RIGHT THING

DO YOU THINK SHE'S RIGHT? ARE WE JUST MAKING A PATHETIC BID FOR APPROVAL FROM A RACIST, IMPERIALIST, MISCWISTIC, HETEROSEXIST SYSTEM THAT WANTS TO DESTROY EVERYTHING WE STAND FOR?!

CLARICE, TANYA SAID THE EXACT SAME THING ABOUT YOU GOING TO LAW SCHOOL AND ME BEING A C.FA. IT NEVER BOTHERED YOU BEFORE!

WELL YEAH, BUT...

OKAY. WHAT

IS GOING ON?

HERE

CLARICE! YOU DIDN'T!

SHRIEEEEK!

I'LL BE YOUR LAWYER IF YOU'LL BE MY ACCOUNT

resistance

HOW DID YOU FEEL WHEN YOUR MOTHER SAID YOU WERE TOO OLD TO BE KISSED GOODNIGHT?

ANYA MASZEWK! LCSW

LONDARY

LOOK, THIS IS ABIRD! I CAN'T BELIEVE IM PAYING GOOD MONEY TO SIT HERE CONAN NG ABOUT MY MIDDLE-CLASS, DR. SPOCK CHILDHOOD WHILS HOPELESS PEOPLE ME STARVING IN THE STREETS! IT'S RAL!

IMMORAL? WHY?

WHY? LOOK OUT THE WINDOW, ANYA! WAR! RAPE! DRUG ABUSE! RACISM! WITH ALL THE PAIN IN THE WORLD IT'S SELFISH FOR ME TO SIT HERE WHINING ABOUT HOW MY MOTHER WOULDN'T KISS ME GOODNIGHT WHEN I WAS SOX!

AH. WELL LET ME TRY TO FOLLOW YOUR LOGIC. IF ONLY YOU WEREN'T IN THERAPY, ALL THE PAIN IN THE WORLD WOULD CEASE TO EXIST. IS THAT IT?

NO! THAT'S NOT IT AT ALL!

WELL, THEN WHAT HARM COULD IT DO THE WORLD FOR YOU TO CONTINUE IN THERAPY? AFTER ALL, IT MIGHT EASE YOUR PAIN. THAT'S THE THEORY, AT ANY RATE.

MY BAN? BUT I WASN'T ABUSED! MY PARENTS DIDN'T BEAT ME OR SPOND MY LUNCH MONEY ON THE DRUG HABITS! I HAD A HAPPY CHRUBHOOD!

MAM-HMA WELL. LET'S GO BACK TO YOUR MOTHER MOT KISSING YOU GOODNIGHT.

JEEZ, WILLYOU FORGET THAT?? I'M SORRY! PENTINED IT!

I'D STILL LIKE

TO KNOW HOW IT MADE YOU FEEL

I DON'T KNOW! WHY DO YOU KEEP ASKING ME THAT? HOW AMI SUPPOSED TO

low

HOW I FELT ??

WELL, HOW

ARE YOU

FEELING

RIGHT

NOW?

ISN'T OUR TIME UP YET?!

GOODNESS!

SO IT IS! WE WE CAN TALK MORE ABOUT THIS NEXT WEEK. WALL THE SAME THE K ALL RIGHT?

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