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| Title | Pointblank Times, Vol. 3, No. 1, [January 1977] |
| Alternative Title | Pointblank Times, Vol. III, No. 1, [January 1977] |
| Date | January 1977 |
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| Language | English |
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| Original Item Location | HQ75 .P64 |
| Original Item URL | http://library.uh.edu/record=b3767189~S11 |
| Digital Collection | Houston and Texas Feminist and Lesbian Newsletters |
| Digital Collection URL | http://digital.lib.uh.edu/collection/feminist |
| Repository | Special Collections, University of Houston Libraries |
| Repository URL | http://info.lib.uh.edu/about/campus-libraries-collections/special-collections |
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| Note | Incomplete date, 1977, printed on front page. |
| File Name | index.cpd |
| Title | Page 1 |
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| Transcript | r pointblank times 50<t a lesbian/feminist publication houston, texas vol. Ill no. 1 January 197 "The crucial, central issue of feminism is violence, the power relationship Millett, Martin Speak Out In this issue: •The Hite Report •Lesbians Faking It? •Calendar of Events BETWEEN THE SEXES. - Del Martin There is a theory that a culture is either erotic or violent. As women's history begins to pour out about the centuries of rapes, beatings, and burnings, it becomes painfully clear that we are a violent culture, not an erotic one. And though our ability to perceive has been as severely mangled as our bodies, we are making a beginning. Two women who care a lot about other women-- Kate Millett and Del Martin--visi ted Houston in recent weeks and gave us some perception pointers. Kate Millett on Female Sexuality Within an hour after her plane landed here, Kate Millett was at a press conference expounding on the virtues of the clitoris: "If it doesn't move the world, it does move a lot." Kate, who describes herself as a "lazy, hedonistic artist-type," was making a rare speaking appearance, sponsored by the Women's Affairs Dept. at UH. Author Of Sexual Politics and Flying, Kate is open and relaxed about what she calls "my lesbianism or bisexuality—whatever the phrase is this week. Politically, lesbianism is the more Important phrase." Her Oxford accent and her ironic wit come through immediately; her warmth permeates more slowly. Kate brought us some pretty painful examples of the way men have defined and mutilated women's sexuality. She described four gruesome types of clitoral "operations" practiced around the world, including circumbustion--the removal of the entire clitoris by charring with a glowing coal-- continued on page 2 |