Herland Sister Resources

The NCAA has named five players and one coach to the Division I Women’s Basketball 25th Anniversary Team. Honored are five players who combined to win 11 national championships during their respective careers and the winningest coach in the history of men’s or women’s basketball.
The 25th Anniversary Team consists of Cheryl Miller, who led the University of Southern California to team titles in 1983 and 1984; Chamique Holdsclaw, who led the University of Tennessee Lady Volunteers to championships in 1996, 1997 and 1998; Diana Taurasi, the University of Connecticut guard who led the Huskies to three consecutive championships in 2002, 2003 and 2004; Bridgette Gordon, who helped lead Tennessee to championships in 1987 and 1989; and Sheryl Swoopes, who led Texas Tech University to the national title in 1993.
Selected as the coach of the team is the legendary Pat Summitt, who has led Tennessee to six national championship titles and 16 Women’s Final Four appearances during her illustrious career that began in 1982. Summitt, who just recently topped 900-career wins, is the all-time leader in every NCAA tournament coaching record including titles, appearances, games, wins and winning percentage. She has led Tennessee to 24 consecutive tournament appearances.

Out lesbian tennis player Amelie Mauresmo became the number one female tennis player in the world .  Mauresmo, a French citizen, has been public about her sexual orientation since she nonchalantly came out to a French newspaper in 1999 and told reporters she was in love (with then-girlfriend Sylvie Bourdon, a nightclub owner) and that her relationship with Bourdon improved her tennis.
Mauresmo was unprepared for the media attention she received around this disclosure of her sexual orientation, or the flurry of homophobic comments made by fellow women’s tennis stars. Among the most inflammatory was Martina Hingis’s statement that Mauresmo was “half a man.” The remarks were just as quickly retracted, but players continued to comment on Mauresmo’s aggressive game on the court and muscular physique, which challenged their more conventional notions of how women present themselves and play tennis. Regularly Mauresmo was said to play like a guy.
At the same time, the Williams sisters were tearing up the courts with a style very similar to Mauresmo, but they were not being compared to men (although they did face an equal amount of derision for not being feminine enough).

April 2006 Events
Mary and Louise  Saturday April 1st Full Circle Bookstore  7 pm
Mary and Louise  Tuesday  April 4th Galileo’s  8:30 pm
PFLAG  Tuesday April 4th Church of the Open Arms 7 pm
IRIS in concert at Chelsea’s Diversity Weekend in Eureka Springs April 7-9
Herland Work Day   Saturday April 8th  11 am
Herland Potluck Cookout and Games  Saturday  April 8th  5 pm
Mary and Louise  Saturday April 8th UCO Jazz Lab  8:00 pm $7
OGLPC  Monthly Meeting Monday April 10th Neighborhood Alliance  7 pm
Eliza Gilkyson in concert Friday April 14th at The Blue Door
Herland Video Night  Saturday April 15th 4 pm
Herland Board Meeting  Sunday  April 16th 4 pm
Talking Circle: Our Mothers Saturday April 22nd 5 pm
Herland Scrabble Game  Sunday April 23rd 1 pm
Mary and Emily  Tuesday  April 25th Galileo’s  8:30 pm
Sisters of Swing Wednesday April 26 Festival of the Arts Deck Stage 6 pm
Catie Curtis in concert  Saturday April 29th at The Blue Door
Herland Spring Retreat  May 19-21 Roman Nose State Park

Potluck Cookout
On Saturday, April 8th, at 5 pm (after our work day), we’re going to fire up the grill and fix some hot dogs and not-dogs (vegetarian dogs) and play some backyard games. If it’s raining we’ll play indoor games and cook the hotdogs inside. We’ll provide the dogs, fixins, plates, drinks, etc. You bring a side dish or dessert. Even if you can’t come for work day, please join us for the cookout.

Work Day
It’s time for pruning, planting, and painting. Gather your rake, clippers, and work gloves and join us on Saturday, April 8th for some good outdoor work that will leave you feeling refreshed. We will be trimming bushes, cleaning out flower beds, planting new flowers, and touching up some outside paint. We will be starting at 11 am but come whenever you can. If you hang out till about 5 pm, we’ll fire up the grill (see above).

L word Video Night
On Saturday, April 15, 7 pm, we will watch the fifth and sixth episodes of the L word, Season 3. In the last two episodes, Jenny returned to LA with her very butch girlfriend and her friends don’t know what to think. Tina went to work for Helena Peabody and Bette is still unemployed—friction there! Bette went to Washington for a Senate hearing on the arts and was propositioned by a tough female senator. Alice is still working on letting go of Dana, who has a suspicious lump in her breast. Kit is falling for Bette and Tina’s “manny.”
As always, bring something to snack on and join us for another two episodes of America’s best lesbian soap opera.

Talking Circle: Our Mothers
On Saturday, April 22, at 5 pm at Herland we are going to have an informal potluck dinner and “talking circle.” This is a time for women to reflect and share about their mothers. Particularly if you have lost your mother, you may want to share your thoughts and feelings in this safe and comfortable environment.

Scrabble Games
Join us on Sunday, April 23, at 1 pm at Herland for a few games of Scrabble and some pizza. Our competitors range from the novice to the expert so come and play at your preferred level.

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