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so few women that were willing to
do it, and I felt like I didn’t want this
movement to be represented by only
men,” she said. “I think that a lot of
the images in the media of anar
chists as being about individualism
and personal beliefs and personal
desires defines something that I
would relate to a sort of machismo.
That alienates me and many of the
women that I know.”
While it is difficult to define the
“female perspective” within the an
archy movement when there seems
to be no unified perspective, that
seems to be the case with male anar
chists as well. The beliefs of both the
male and female anarchists are as di
verse and varied as its members.
“A little secret about the [anar
chist] community here is that there’s
an infrastructure that's been going
on for years,” Lucy Humus said.
“There’s houses that are being main
tained and things like Food Not
Bombs and free school and Jaw
breaker Gallery and places where
people can stay when they come
into town. That infrastructure is al
most entirely maintained by women
and has been for years.”
Humus is a member of the local
anarchist community but said she
chooses not to participate in the
protests and rioting, typically more
male-dominated activities. Instead,
Humus is involved in planting and
maintaining the community garden
at Scobert Park. She knows the
name of practically every plant
growing there and spends a lot of
time reading horticulture books.
Humus said her dream is to start a
library where people could come
learn about self-sustainable garden
ing, drink teas from herbs that grow
in the garden, check out horticulture
books and get seeds from the gar
den’s seed bank.
“As far as subversion goes, get them
in the garden,” Humus said. “To me,
that’s a really cool way to unite the
community, because people who eat
together get to know each other. ”
Cater focuses more of her time on
communicating the anarchist message
than gardening. She helps to produce
Cascadia Alive!, the anarchist public
access show, which airs live Wednes
days at 9 p.m. on cable channel 97.
She said that she would really
like more women to get involved
with the show and she is committed
to communicating the anarchist
message in other ways, as well.
“I take it on as my personal revolu
tion to boldly go and engage people
in conversations and answer their
questions,” she said. “I’ve gone so far
as to give steelworkers my home
phone number, if they want to ask me
questions about anarchism and they
have. That’s the real work that we
need to do is with individuals.”
Male anarchists recognize the
contributions that women such as
Cater make to the cause.
“Women play a strong part in the
anarchist movement in what is con
sidered behind the scenes type
work,” Steve Heslin said. “We do
have a problem right now with men
doing a lot of the public relations
work, which portrays the move
ment as more male-oriented.”
Cater said that from talking to
women she senses a frustration that
gender issues often get pushed aside
and are not seen as important.
“It’s very frustrating to most women
that I know that the connection be
tween domination of the planet and
domination of women, the domina
tion of indigenous people and the
domination of everything that’s free
and wild and alive isn’t connected.”
There’s a sense that until more
women are willing to speak out pub
licly, the feminist perspective within
the anarchy movement will remain
unheard. Cater said she thinks this
contributes to the perception that
there are more men than women in
the anarchy movement.
“I see the women playing really
strong roles, but it tends to not be in
the sun,” she said. “Women are the
great organizers in this community.
When the media shows up, the men
are the ones that stand in front of the
cameras and speak.
“The women tend to be slower to
jump on to the rhetoric wagon, more
willing to question the viability of
strategies and tactics, more able to
see the long run.”
Ride-along
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plastic till) full of needles marked
with the biohazard warnings
caught mv eye. Of course, I had to
ask the question if they were actu
ally used needles, which launched
more stories of drug users.
What I found to be most incredu
lous was that you can actually be
walking down the street, higher
than a kite, and as long as you’re
not breaking a law. the police can’t
cite you, regardless of your age.
They can take you to detox, but as
long as you have no drugs on your
possession and aren't driving a ve
hicle, no ticket or arrest. However,
I, as a 20-year-old, can be cited for
walking down the street after enjoy
ing a glass of wine (or a case of beer)
with my parents. Interesting the
way things work.
I also learned the wide variety of
reactions to police presence. Almost
without exception, the sight of the
uniform and badge commanded re
spect and politeness into the hearts
of all ne’er-do-wells, noise violators
and fog light drivers. Most of the
people pulled over or talked to were
very courteous — it’s interesting
what putting your insurance rate on
the line will do to you — and were
extremely appreciative when they
were let off with a warning.
Among the other officers, there
was definitely a bond apparent
when they jousted each other about
their spouses’ cooking, their exer
cise regimens and the collars of
their uniforms. They were casual
and friendly, and included me in
their conversation, filling me in on
layman’s terms for police-speak.
They also taught me the ways of be
ing an effective detective, such as
not slamming the police car door
when exiting to cover a house.
Oops.
One University student gave me a
perspective on police even fresher
than my own. Wyel, an exchange
student from Jerusalem, had his first
encounter with the EPD outside of
Doc’s Pad, where Hubbard and two
other officers were ensuring party
goers had a safe ride home.
After noticing us while tangoing
with a new found love in the park
ing lot, Wyel decided to see what
all the talk was really about. He told
the officers that everyone he talked
to since being in Eugene said to
avoid the EPD at all costs, and was
polite enough to refrain from using
any of the reasons why.
But as the officers and Wyel
stood around shooting the breeze,
he continuously exclaimed how
wrong that stereotype was. And af
ter a couple good jokes, Wyel shook
hands with the officers, and re
sumed the tango.
So we resumed to our high-speed
pursuit of the bikes. In reality, we
were taking a call to corner some
unruly bikers who had been evad
ing cops by riding into undrivable
areas. Nevertheless, it was exciting.
While “staking out” the potential
area where the bicyclists were esti
mated to emerge, Hubbard talked
about how he handles the stress of
being a peace officer.
The ex-college football player
and son in an Irish family of 14 de
scribed himself as happy, adept at
handling stress — which he sheds
by regular workout sessions and
working on his house. It wasn’t
hard to see that Hubbard really en
joys his job, which he loves mostly
because he gets to talk to people
and interact in a work environment
that is never the same. Of course,
the irregular sleep schedules aren’t
fun, but they’re all in a day’s work.
So on a “slow Wednesday,” I was
convinced of the professionalism
displayed by Officer Hubbard and
his coworkers. The night was an edu
cational experience that I encourage
all students to consider trying once.
Maybe next time, I’ll even get to
go on a true car chase.
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