Words from the girl patch editor, Katy:
I realize that there is something very big that I want to
do. I'm waiting for the cue, the boiling rise of a
pre-revolution, a saving of the world, a panic, and a
deprivation so uncontrollable, I will know when to begin.
But how can I wait for the cue, when I can hear the
call to do something the right thing at
present, as I sit? I have seen the need, I have heard
sermons and lectures on the need, I have even heard the
proposed solutions. But how? I want to move people in such a
way, a way that they will want to move others, get them to
rise...to say something. I read about the troubles, the
social problems that contain sub-problems within themselves,
and I sigh, and I think that someday I will know what my
place is in changing that, even if that change is minor. I
want to boycott, create, speak, protest, strike...I want to
start a movement that sweeps the nation, so powerful in its
creativity and inspiration, that those who have feared
change the most, will acknowledge and accept it.
I suppose my pamphlet is my feeble attempt. A sneaky
avenue to get someone to read about my so-called
plight, more so, my desire. I must say: I am sincere.
I am aware of my privleges in this society, I do not deny
them. I am aware that my feminism is not your feminism. I am
not the representative. I am aware that I am part of a
generation that isn't quite sure what it's part of; however,
filled with more intensity and complexity than any
"Newsweek" definition.
My vision does not include a circle of children from around
the world, joined by peace and a sing-song dance hand in
hand. More so, a choice, having the option, written
invitation to join that circle, but to turn it down if one
so desires. For access, to reject without explaination. In
short, for people to just be: to be without having to
demand, fight, struggle, or die for that right to be.
katy vawter
Good books recommended by girl patch:
1. Optic Nerve - 32 stories
by Andrian Tomine
(comic/art)
2. To be Real
Telling the Truth and Changing the Face of
Feminism
edited by Rebecca Walker
(essays)
3. Coffe Will Make You Black
by April Sinclair
(novel)
4. Junglee Love
by Ginu Kamani
(short stories)
5. A People's History of the US
by Howard Zinn
(real history)
{Here are some books Wag recommends}
6. Duplicate Keys
Jane Smiley
[ all her stuff rawks]
(short stories)
7. Drunk With Love
Ellen Gilchrist
(Short stories)
8. Handmaid's Tale
Margret Atwood
(Future Fiction)
"Take responsibility to learn about others"
The preceeding autobiographical-analysis of zine writting
was taken from inside the front cover of Girl Patch #3.
Spring 1996 issue. If you read a good book, see a cool
graphic, watch an intense show, etc. write to Katy: submit
your writtings, clippings, and doodles!
Info about girl patch:
katie vawter
3064 sw fairmont blvd.
portland, oregon 97201