Connexions articles from January 1 1995

Connexions archives from January 1 1995

Fuki Kushida: Action Is Life
January 1, 1995... Tokyo. I got off the train along with hundreds of people, but upon leaving the stairs I had my first pleasant surprise: the quarter of Nishi Oghikubo, on the west side of Tokyo, is busy, but not frenetic. Low wooden houses, narrow little streets...

Nancy Cardenas: Mexican Poet & Playwright
January 1, 1995... Nancy Cardenas, Mexican poet and playwright, was born in Coahuila, in 1934. She studied at the Autonomous University of Mexico and at Yale University. She has been employed as a journalist, theatre director, actress and translator. Cardenas's...

Elizabeth: An Elder Inuk Remembers Her Life
January 1, 1995... The name of the informant has been changed. This story took place in Arvilinghaurmiut, which is in the Pelly Bay area of Kitikmeot, in the Canadian Arctic. I first went to the Canadian Arctic in November 1972. It was my intention to remain there...

Sakuntala Narasimhan: This Journalist Won't Mind Her PS and Qs
January 1, 1995... Sakuntala Narasimhan, a recognized journalist in India today, came to her profession in a round about way. She discussed her career and self image with Frauensolidaritat during her stay in Vienna in September of this year. Q: You are a columnist...

Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah: Political Leader and Head of Household
January 1, 1995... Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah is Namibia's Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, President of the Namibia National Women's Organisation (Nanawo), a mother of three, and head of household. Heike Becker spoke to her about her life in politics and at home....

Eileen Giron: Activist, Artist, Entrepreneur
January 1, 1995... Eileen Giron lives in San Salvador, El Salvador. She is the General Manager of a ceramics workshop, and owns a small coffee plantation. She is an artist, feminist, and disabilities activist. She is a wheelchair user and founder of the disability...

Tatiana Okunieskaia: A Star's Comeback from the Gulag
January 1, 1995... MOSCOW. "Hello . . . Tatiana Okunieskaia?" "Yes, it is I, who is speaking?" I don't believe it. On the other end of the phone is the same woman I saw yesterday in a piece of silent film from 1934. An old director who teaches at VGIC, the Moscow...

Hulda Flood: Socialist, Agitator, Feminist Pioneer
January 1, 1995... Hulda Flood - is it a household name? Not really. Yet for several decades, she was one of the Social Democrats' prominent figures, and worked as party secretary in the '30s and '40s. An early Mona Sablin, in other words. No, not exactly. Marianne...

Anke Feuchtenberger: All Women Are
January 1, 1995... Berlin, Spring 1991. The Berlin Wall is open, but the dividing lines between people still exist. The language is German, and yet it is different: The life experiences that serve as a basis for communication diverge greatly. This is also true for...

Suor Fabiola: A Nun and Her Cellular Telephone
January 1, 1995... Suor Fabiola is a Roman with a Milanese accent, from her open smile to her strong handshake. She is called the Sister of the Little Phone because she uses a cellular phone, which makes her a little different, but also because she is one of the few...

Hebe Rosell: Her Voice, Her Self, Her Life
January 1, 1995... With her exceptionally good voice, those clear and serene eyes, a woman artist in every sense of the word shared a secret with me: not about success or fame, but simply about her faith in herself and in doing what is most important in her life,...

Miriam Tlali: Don't Ask for Permission to Write
January 1, 1995... South African-born writer and author of Miriam at the Metropol, Miriam Tlali, visited Namibia in the course of 1993. Sister asked her why she writes and whom she writes for. How did you start writing? I was in the habit of reading a lot. My...

Margarita Murillo: Fierce Resistance
January 1, 1995... Margarita Murillo, the Honduran activist, recently visited Dublin. The author of "Woman of the Maize," published by Saoirse Press, Margarita told Helen Fallon about her life in Honduras. Q: Margarita, tell me a little about your background. A:...

Vicky Tauli Corpus: The Women Rally; the Men Begin to Change
January 1, 1995... An advocate for the rights of indigenous Filipinos, Vicky Tauli Corpus has been an activist in the Philippines Women's Movement for 20 years. She is a leader within GABRIELA, a coalition of more than 100 women's organizations, and Director of the...

Elizabeth Khaxas: To Love Another Woman
January 1, 1995... A woman who is considering an alternative relationship asked me how one becomes a lesbian. I told her that it's impossible to switch to a lesbian identity and lifestyle overnight, but that she could do what I did. . . One day when I was thirty, I...