le~jemme~ en ntarChe A selection o£ quotes and news items from recent 1ssue~ of feminist journals, magazines and newspapers that reach our office, From STING LIKE A BUTTERFLY, Miss, State University: "There will be a Women's Action _Movement booth for student3 outside the bookstore d>~ring fall registl'ation at MSU, Each commitee is asked to prepare a poster or simi- lar display outlining its purpose and achievements, We are also looking for ideas for handouts, etc , " (A good idea for campuses in New Orleans come Septem\ler?) From GOLDFLOWER, Minneapolis, Minn.: "Lack of funds and the stigma of being branded 'the othet rape center' has forced the feminist oriented Rape Crisis Center to close its doors for the summer, hut staff members have indicated an intention to reopen service after extensive reorganization." photo by Veronica Mullin From BIG MAMA RAG, Denver, Colorado: Women's Transition House has opened at 1895 Lafayette to provide a place for "women needing a refuge to escape a tnan who beats them and their children, needing a place to stay while looking for an apartment or a job, and others needing company daring an emotional crisis." There is a a-t-tack 24 hour crisis line (255~2435) and a van for women who need transportation, By Mary Gehman The sun must have known and so did the From MAJORITY REPORT, New York, N.Y.: Rose bushes; they might have warned ''A New Jersey coalitiotl of women's rights advocates found Of the lurking presence outside the gate that 67o/o of women state employees make less than $8,000 The sky must have sensed it and so did the a year, • Although women comprise approximately one~hali Kittens; they might have screamed out of the state government work !orce, men carry home two Against fate out of every three salary dollars paid by the government, 1 It could have rained, For example, noted the feminist advocates." Given all the odds against help and Also from MAJORITY REPORT : Sudden silence of things good • healthy, complete "The Health Fair (in June) at Queensboro College was a There was 1ittle chance for the forces of right tremendous success, Health services offered free included A gun at her neck, half man hearing tests, blood pressure examinations, glaucoma Against lips trembling white screening, oral pathology, pap tests and mammography and Fear so big oF violence penetrating thermography examinations, venereal disease testing for Early moming light syphitis, gonorrhea, and whatever, and TB tests. Ot:.eens Knowing screams would be vacuumed away by NOW had an extremely popular booth where all the lat~ Spaces of no one around est information on women's health issues was 1.vailable In that distance she found including birth control, abortion, and self~exammation," Enough courage to fight . From FRANCE ACTUELLE, Paris, France: He ripped off his gauze mask "A French law passed in December 1972 confirmed inter~ And fled through thickets national regulations on pay eq•.1ality between men and Across railroad tracks women. It also provided French wome:t legal recourse to Stuffing the gun into his pants assure their right to ~qual pay. The law states that the Where it belonged elements considered in determining a person's pay must Substituting for impotence be identical for men and for women, and that categories Escaped and oblivious once again and criteria or work~level classifications and promotion As white cops wailed to the scene must be the same for both sexes, So easily she could have died Between warm tears and hot blood Alone except for the telephone His fist a cannon of history The Sisters Helping Sisters His heart another blunt stone in the Abortion Counseling and Referral Echelons of rape Collective has a new phone number; 524-5382 . Call evenings after 6:00 . Intellectually we can speak forever The collective will be regrouping On the battle between the sexes in September and is looking for And all its complexes women to join them. Contact the Yet but for the hand that takes above number if interested. up the gun--dishwater hand--and Shoots straight into the sun, It will never rain on our tears! 9