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Janet Staiger
As a theoretician and historian of American film and television, Janet researches and has published on the following topics:
- authorship theory,
- various modes of production including classical Hollywood, "Indie" cinema, and world cinema,
- cultural and political issues of representation, especially involving gender, sexuality, and race/ethnicity,
- genre theory,
- the historical reception of cinema and television, and
- historiographical issues in writing media histories
Janet has served on various national committees including the National Film Preservation Board of the U.S. Library of Congress (1992-96) and the jury for the American Film Institute's Television Awards (2010, 2012). She is past president of the Society for Cinema and Media Studies (1991-93) and has served on the Executive Committees of the Cultural Studies Association (U.S.) (2005-09) and the Reception Studies Society (2005-present). At The University of Texas at Austin, she was Director of the Center for Women's and Gender Studies (2001-04) and Chair of the University's Faculty Council (2009-10).
Author and editor of twelve books and over 60 essays, her book publications include:
- Political Emotions co-ed. with Ann Cvetkovich, and Ann Reynolds (Routledge, 2010)
- Convergence Media History co-ed. with Sabine Hake (Routledge, 2008)
- Media Reception Studies (New York University, 2005)
- Authorship and Film co-ed. with David Gerstner (Routledge, 2003)
- Perverse Spectators: The Practices of Film Reception (New York University Press, 2000)
- Blockbuster TV: Must-See Sitcoms in the Network Era (New York University Press, 2000)
- Bad Women: Regulating Sexuality in Early American Cinema (University of Minnesota Press, 1995)
- The Studio System (ed.) (Rutgers University Press, 1995)
- Interpreting Films: Studies in the Historical Reception of American Cinema (Princeton University Press, 1992)
- The Classical Hollywood Cinema: Film Style and Mode of Production to 1960, co-author with David Bordwell and Kristin Thompson (Routledge & Kegan Paul/Columbia University Press, 1985)
Work by Topic
Authorship Theory
Authorship and Film. Co-edited: David A. Gerstner and Janet Staiger. New York: Routledge, 2002. Includes: "Authorship Approaches," pp. 27-57.
"Creating the Brand: The Hitchcock Touch," in The Cambridge Companion to Alfred Hitchcock, ed. Jonathan Freedman. New York: Cambridge University Press (forthcoming).
"'Because I am a Woman': Thinking 'Identity' and 'Agency' for Historiography," Film History 25, nos. 1-2 (2013) 205-14.
"Analysing Self-Fashioning in Authoring and Reception," in Ingmar Bergman Revisited: Performance, Cinema and the Arts, ed. Maaret Koskinen. London: Wallflower, 2008. Pp. 89-106.
"Authorship Studies and Gus Van Sant," Film Criticism 29, no. 1 (Fall 2004), 1-22.
Modes of Production: Classical Hollywood, "Indie" Cinema, and More
The Studio System. Edited. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 1995.
The Classical Hollywood Cinema: Film Style and Mode of Production to 1960. Co-authored: David Bordwell, Janet Staiger, and Kristin Thompson. London and New York: Routledge & Kegan Paul and Columbia University Press, 1985.
"Proto-Indie: 1960s 'Half-Way' Cinema," in A Companion to American Indie Cinema, ed. Geoff King. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley-Blackwell (forthcoming).
"Considering the Script as Blueprint in 2012," Northern Lights [Denmark], 10 (2012), 75-90.
"Independent of What? Sorting out Differences from Hollywood," in American Independent Cinema, ed. Geoff King, Claire Molloy, and Yannis Tzioumakis. London: Routledge, 2012. Pp. 15-27.
"Das Starsystem und der Klassische Hollywoodfilm" ["The Star System and the Classical Hollywood Cinema"] in Der Star: Geschichte, Rezeption, Bedeutung, ed. Werner Faulstich and Helmut Korte. Munchen, Germany: Wilhelm Fink Verlag, 1997. Pp.48-59.
"Le commerce international du cinema et les flux culturels mondiaux: une approche neomarxiste" ["World Film Trade and Global Cultural Flows: A Neo-Marxist Approach"] in Une Histoire economique du cinema francais (1895-1995): Regards croises franco-americans, ed. Pierre-Jean Behghozi and Christian Delage. Paris: Editions L'Harmattan, 1997. Pp. 341-62. Rpt. in Film and Nationalism, ed. Alan Williams. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 2002. Pp. 230-48.
"I B Movies e il discorso de Hollywood sul pubblico." In Studi Americani: Modi di produzione a Hollywood dalle origini all'era televisiva, ed. Vito Zagarri. Venezia, Italy: Marsilio Editori, 1994. Pp. 263-269. Trans. Daniele Di Chiappari.
"Announcing Wares, Winning Patrons, Voicing Ideals: Thinking about the History and Theory of Film Advertising," Cinema Journal, 29, no. 3 (Spring 1990), 3-31.
"Standardization and Independence: The Founding Objectives of the SMPTE," SMPTE Journal, 96, no. 6 (June 1987), 532-537.
"'The Eyes are Really the Focus': Photoplay Acting and Film Form and Style," Wide Angle, 6, no. 4 (1985), 14-23.
"Blueprints for Feature Films: Hollywood's Continuity Scripts," in The American Film Industry, ed. Tino Balio. 2nd ed. Madison, Wisconsin: University of Wisconsin Press, 1985. Pp. 173-92.
"'Tame' Authors and the Corporate Laboratory: Stories, Writers, and Scenarios in Hollywood," The Quarterly Review of Film Studies, 8, no. 4 (Fall 1983), 33-45.
"Combination and Litigation: Structures of US Film Distribution, 1896-1917," Cinema Journal, 23, no. 1 (Winter 1983), 41-72.
"Individualism versus Collectivism: The Shift to Independent Production in the US Film Industry," Screen, 24, no. 4-5 (July-October 1983), 68-79.
"Seeing Stars," The Velvet Light Trap, no. 20 (1983), 10-14.
"Mass-Produced Photoplays: Economic and Signifying Practices in the First Years of Hollywood," Wide Angle, 4, no. 2 (1981), 12-27.
"Dividing Labor for Production Control: Thomas Ince and the Rise of the Studio System," Cinema Journal, 18, no. 2 (Spring 1979), 16-25.
Cultural and Political Issues of Representation
Political Emotions. Co-edited: Janet Staiger, Ann Cvetkovich, and Ann Reynolds. New York: Routledge, 2010.
Bad Women: Regulating Sexuality in Early American Cinema, 1907-1915. Minneapolis, MN: University of Minnesota Press, 1995.
"'Based on the True Story of': Political Filmmaking and Analogical Thinking," RS*SI Recherches sémiotiques/Semiotic Inquiry 30, nos. 1-3 (2010) (forthcoming).
"The Significance of Steven Spielberg's Old Mr. Lincoln: Political Emotions and Intertextual Knowledge," Jump Cut 55 (Fall 2013), http://www.ejumpcut.org/currentissue/staigerLincoln/index.html.
"The Cutting Edge: Emergencies in Visual Culture," Jump Cut (February 2006), www.ejumpcut. org/currentissue/SchaivoStaiger/index.html.
"Fault Line Stories: Families, Masculinities and Texas Dynasties," The Texas Gulf Historical & Biographical Record, 37, no. 2 (November 2001), 45-58.
"Cinematic Shots: The Narration of Violence." In The Persistence of History, ed. Vivian Sobchack. New York: Routledge/American Film Institute Readers, 1996. Pp. 39-54. Rpt. in Perverse Spectators.
"Response to 'Ideology Takes a Day Off: Althusser and Mass Culture'," Studies in 20th Century Literature, 18, no. 1 (Winter 1994), 55-59. Rpt. as "The Places of Empirical Subjects in the Event of Mass Culture: Jeanie Bueller and Ideology" in Perverse Spectators.
"Self-Regulation and the Classical Hollywood Cinema," Journal of Dramatic Theory and Criticism, 6, no. 2 (Fall 1991), 221-231.
"Class, Ethnicity, and Gender: Explaining the Development of Early American Film Narrative," Iris [France], no. 11 (Summer 1990), 13-25.
"Securing the Fictional Narrative as a Tale of the Historical Real: The Return of Martin Guerre," South Atlantic Quarterly, 88, no. 2 (Spring 1989), 393-413. Rpt. in Perverse Spectators.
"Future Noir: Contemporary Representations of Visionary Cities," East-West Film Journal, 3, no. 1 (December 1988), 20-44.
Genre Theory
"Les Belles Dames sans Merci, Femmes Fatales, Vampires, Vamps, and Gold Diggers: The Transformation and Narrative Value of Aggressive Fallen Women," in Reclaiming the Archive: Feminism and Film History, ed. Vicki Callahan. Detroit, MI: Wayne State UP, 2010. Pp. 32-57.
"Film Noir as Male Melodrama: The Politics of Film Genre Labeling," in The Shifting Definitions of Genre: Essays on Labeling Films, Television Shows and Media, ed. Lincoln Geraghty and Mark Jancovich. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company, 2008. Pp. 71-91.
Historical Reception Studies of Film and Television
Media Reception Studies. New York: New York University Press, 2005.
Perverse Spectators: The Practices of Film Reception. New York: New York University Press, 2000. 241pp. Includes reprints of:
"Modes of Reception," in Le Cinema en Histoire: Institution cinematographique, reception filmique et reconstitution historique, ed. Andre' Gaudreault, Germain Lacasse and Isabelle Raynauld. Quebec, Canada: Editions nota bene, 1999. Pp. 305-323.
"Writing the History of American Film Reception," in Hollywood Spectatorship: Changing Perceptions of Cinema Audiences, ed. Melvyn Stokes and Richard Maltby. London: British Film Institute, 2001. Pp. 19-32.
"The Perversity of Spectators: Expanding the History of Classical Hollywood Cinema," in Moving Images, Culture and the Mind, ed. Ib Bondebjerg. Luton, England: University of Luton Press, 2000. Pp. 19-28.
"The Cultural Productions of A Clockwork Orange," in Stanley Kubrick's A Clockwork Orange, ed. Stuart Y. McDougal. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2003. Pp. 37-60.
"Finding Community in the Early 1960s: Underground Cinema and Sexual Politics," in Swinging Single: Representing Sexuality in the 1960s, ed. Hilary Radner and Moya Luckett. Minneapolis, MN: University of Minnesota Press, 1999. Pp. 38-74.
"The Romances of the Blonde Venus: Movie Censors Versus Movie Fans," Canadian Journal of Film Studies, 6, no. 2 (Fall 1997), 5-20.
"Hitchcock in Texas: Intertextuality in the Face of Blood and Gore," in "As Time Goes By": Festskrift i anledning Bjorn Sorenssens 50-arsday, ed. Gunnar Iversen, Stig Kulset, and Kathrine Skretting. Trondheim, Norway: Tapir, 1996. Pp. 189-197.
"Taboos and Totems: Cultural Meanings of Silence of the Lambs." In Film Theory Goes to the Movies, ed. Jim Collins, Hilary Radner, and Ava Collins. NY: Routledge/American Film Institute, 1993. Pp. 142-54.
Blockbuster TV: Must-See Sitcoms in the Network Era. New York: New York University Press, 2000.
Interpreting Films: Studies in the Historical Reception of American Cinema. Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press, 1992.
"Creating the Brand: The Hitchcock Touch," in The Cambridge Companion to Alfred Hitchcock, ed. Jonathan Freedman. New York: Cambridge University Press (forthcoming).
"'Based on the True Story of': Political Filmmaking and Analogical Thinking," RS*SI Recherches sémiotiques/Semiotic Inquiry 30, nos. 1-3 (2010) (forthcoming).
"'Nuking the Fridge': Great Expectations and Affective Reception," in Zuschauer? Swischen Kino und sozialen Netzwerken, ed. Wilfried Pauleit. Berlin: Bertz + Fischer Verlag, forthcoming.
"'The First Bond Who Bleeds, Literally and Metaphorically': Gendered Spectatorship for 'Pretty Boy' Action Movies," in Feminism at the Movies, ed. Hilary Radner and Rebecca Springer. New York: Routledge, 2011. Pp. 13-24.
"The Centrality of Affect in Reception Studies," [on Sweeney Todd] in Film-Kino-Zuschauer: Filmrezeption/Film-Cinema-Spectator: Film Reception, ed. Irmbert Schenk, Margrit Tröhler, and Yvonne Zimmermann. Marburg, Germany: Schüren, 2010. Pp. 85-98.
"Kiss Me Deadly: Cold War Threats from Spillane to Aldrich, New York to Los Angeles, and the Mafia to the H-Bomb," in New Directions in American Reception Studies, ed. Philip Goldstein and James L. Machor. NY: Oxford University Press, 2008. Pp. 279-88.
"The Revenge of the Film Education Movement: Cult Movies and Fan Interpretative Behaviors," Reception: Texts, Readers, Audiences, History 1 (Fall 2008), 43-69. http://www.english.udel.edu/RSSsite/Staiger.pdf
"Cabinets of Transgression: Collecting and Arranging Hollywood Images," Particip@tions 1, no. 3 (2005) http://www.participations.org/volume%201/issue%203/1_03_staiger_article.htm
"Film, Reception, and Cultural Studies," The Centennial Review, 36, no. 1(Winter 1992), 89-104.
"Reception Studies: The Death of the Reader," in The Cinematic Text: Methods and Approaches, ed. R. Barton Palmer. Georgia State Literary Studies, no. 3. New York: AMS Press, 1989. Pp. 353-68.
"'The Handmaiden of Villainy': Methods and Problems in Studying the Historical Reception of a Film," Wide Angle, 8, no. 1 (1986), 19-27. Revision reprinted in Interpreting Films.
Historiographical Issues in Writing Media Histories
Convergence Media History. Co-edited: Janet Staiger and Sabine Hake. New York: Routledge, 2008.
"The Wertham Case: Evaluating Effects of Media Theories," in Moral Panics, Social Fears, and the Media: Historical Perspectives, ed. Sian Nicholas and Tom O'Malley. New York: Routledge, 2013. Pp. 46-55.
"Film History, Film Practices," Scandia [Sweden] 76, no. 2 (2010), 13-30.
"The Future of the Past," Cinema Journal 44, no. 1 (Fall 2004), 126-29.
"Matters of Taste, Subtexts of Rank," Framework 45, no. 2 (Fall 2004): 76-80.
"Hybrid or Inbred: The Purity Hypothesis and Hollywood Genre History," Film Criticism, 22, no. 1 (Fall 1997), 5-20.
"The Pleasures and Profits of a Postmodern Film Historiography," Norsk medietidsskrift [Olso,Norway], 2, no. 2 (1995), 7-17.
"This Moving Image I Have Before Me," in Image as Artifact: The Historical Analysis of Film and Television, ed. John O'Connor. American Historical Association Institutional Services Program. Malabar, Florida: Robert Kreiger Publishers, 1990. Pp. 247-75.
"The Politics of Film Canons," Cinema Journal, 24, no. 3 (Spring 1985), 4-23. Dialogue response in 25, no. 1 (Fall 1985), 61-64.
"Theorist, yes, but what of? Bazin and History," Iris [France], 2, no. 2 (1984), 99-109.
"The History of World Cinema: Models for Economic Analysis," co-authored: Janet Staiger and Douglas Gomery, Film Reader, 4 (1979), 35-44.
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Thought you guys would like to know :D
I hope his body holds up well enough to take advantage of it!
I hope his body holds up well enough to take advantage of it!
Mark has received a USO wild card!Lisbeth 08-19-2005, 09:35 AM Thought you guys would like to know :D I hope his body holds up well enough to take advantage of it! MariaV 09-01-2005, 01:24 PM Too bad it didn't work out. :sad: Here's the short video of the post-match press conf. http://mfile.akamai.com/8585/wmv/ibmusopen.download.akamai.com/8589/2005/int/int083105_06.wmv bad gambler 09-01-2005, 01:41 PM i watched the match maria, flip was pathetic :rolleyes: Lisbeth 09-02-2005, 12:24 AM Yes, a shame he couldn't make more of it :sad: I think Mark basically has two options at this point - retire or go back to challengers to get some practice and match play. He'll probably get an AO wildcard but that won't do him any good if he hasn't played more. MariaV 09-04-2005, 12:58 PM BG, don't be so hard on the guy. :hug: Mark said at the press conf he'll go back to challengers and do whatever needed to get back on track. I so hope he can do that and be really really well prepared for the AO 2006. :hug: flip_fan 09-05-2005, 06:46 AM ...i dont blame people for slagging him off. the way he played against kucera was absolutly disgraceful. i dont think he's played that bad at a grand slam before, and should not have been given the WC. Mark said he will be playing a couple tournaments in china, then maybe return to play challengers... im seriously confused about what to think. 1 minute your reading reports of him looking sharp in practice - the next u watch him move around the court like a grandpa. for the sake of my site (and sanity) i hope we start to see some positive results soon! bad gambler 09-17-2005, 10:55 PM flip received a WC to the Thai Open :shrug: MariaV 09-18-2005, 10:04 PM Well, they needed to replace Marat with another 'hunk'. ;) :tape: BG!!!! :hatoff: Hope you're doing OK. :) bad gambler 09-28-2005, 03:07 PM maria :wavey: arrgghh why couldn't flip capitalise on his chances yesterday against muller :mad: MariaV 09-28-2005, 09:35 PM Yeah BG, but he fought hard according to the score so ... maybe there's still some hope. 6-7, 6-2, 5-7. cecilija 09-28-2005, 09:37 PM poor mark he has to be one of the unluckiest player in the last 10 years along with coria, nalbandian and cañas :( anyway his career was pretty pretty good :) flip_fan 09-29-2005, 04:36 AM Yeah BG, but he fought hard according to the score so ... maybe there's still some hope. 6-7, 6-2, 5-7. I think he's getting close to getting some good results. The big thing about this match for me was the way he came back in the second set. It shows that his confidence didnt fall to pieces and he didnt give it away (which he might of done in the past)... the only thing is he's still not match fit. On the big points he got nervous and tightened up and made some errors. If he was match fit he wouldve won in straight sets comfortably. In the past Mark has never had any problem serving out a set, let alone a match! And from the pics ive seen, he looks quite lean and starting to tone up espcially his arms, he's not giving up so im sure all this persistance is gonna pay off... probably when people least expect it too! MariaV 09-29-2005, 07:46 AM Hey Jill. :wavey: Nice new avvy. ;) And sorry about your site, it was lovely but sure work has to take priority. I wish all the best to Mark too. And welcome Cecilija! :bigwave: |

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Del Amor To Race For BMW Motorrad Competicion Team In 2011 CEV/Spanish Stock Extreme Championship
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Javier Del Amor (34).
Motorrad team, 2010 Spanish champions in Stock Extreme, with his last rider Javier Fores, who will go next season to World Moto2 Championship, have signed with Javier Del Amor for the upcoming 2011 season, in order to win again the championship of Spain in the CEV.
The Catalan finished third in the 2010 season with Ducati, getting 1 win and 3 second places. Del Amor will defend the colors of Motorrad to get the Stock Extreme Championship in 2011, and will take his new bike, the BMW S1000RR back to the elite of the CEV once again.
The first contact with the S1000RR was the day after the last round of the championship in Jerez, where Catalan could test the power of his new bike with the team and Michelin technicians, already its 34 on the fairing.
The good relationship between both riders, Forés and Del Amor, give us one of the most significant moments of the end of the season, because after a nice battle in the track and winning in Jerez, Fores gave his BMW to Del Amor, wishing him the greatest achievements in 2011.
Javi del Amor also had tested the bike with Team Motorrad in Almeria circuit to continue making contact between rider, motorcycle and tires.
Javier del Amor # 34: "I´m very happy to be with Motorrad next season, this year Team have shown the great potential they have, bike and tires. The first contact with the bike was so good, i was feeling S1000RR BMW's positive, as it has a very fast cornering and fits much of my driving style. I want to start working at 100% with the whole team, BMW and Michelin, we will fight for the title next season"
Manuel Alonso, Team Manager Motorrad Competicion: " Del Amor is for us the best rider in Stock Extreme category for 2011, the previous test with the bike were so good for him and team. We are sure we will fight again for the victory in each race next season, Del Amor is a proffesional rider with a lot of years of experience and sure we will be better team with him. Also we have again the support of Michelin and Bmw so i think we keep the same combination of the last season when we get the Spanish Championship"
The first round of Championship returns to Jerez in Spain next April 17 to the circuit where BMW Motorrad and achieved their last victory, and where Javier del Amor began his preseason.
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cdpro2 using pic18f452 for control
Managed to get the cdpro2 module working with a PIC18F452, and playing music with the built-in dac today. Next up is to get the pcb made for this project. I will be using the pcm1792/4 along with the ad1896a. I am prototyping it now.
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13th October 2003, 06:42 PM | #2 |
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closeup. Power supply on the left, regulating both 5v and 9v for the transport. Below the regulators is an inverting opamp with a little bit of gain to get some music playing out of the speakers.
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13th October 2003, 06:46 PM | #3 |
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Here is a closeup of the lcd that I am using, an Optrex 20x2 blue C505 one, identical to the ones used in the Apox kits.
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looks good. how does it sound so far just as all stock stuff?
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Here is a closeup of the transport, showing the power going in from the regulators, and then the audio coming out from the built-in dac on the other side. Once I get the prototype dac finished, I will use the i2s interface instead.
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13th October 2003, 06:51 PM | #6 |
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Current regulators used, both LM317T adjustable (had them on hand). They are being fed a couple of volts above what the are regulating to, so they are running nice and cool. I haven't decided what to use for the regulation on the final prototype, but this is working fine now. Any suggestions for the power supply for +5 and +9?
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13th October 2003, 06:53 PM | #7 |
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Here is a picture of the PIC microcontroller board that I am currently using. It utilizes the PIC18F452, and I added 5 buttons for testing for now (will show other buttons later). They are all tied into a single ADC pin on the PIC, so they can be extended to a lot more buttons easily, while still taking one pin.
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I expect it to be a while until I can listen to it in a final prototype form. For the dac now, I am just verifying that it works as wired on a protoboard. I won't give it a detailed listening until I get the pcb done. Here are the chips that I have been playing around with for the dac, I think that I have settled on the pcm1792, along with the AD1896a for now. I probably will switch to the TI SRC4192 once I am able to obtain some of them. I should be posting details on the digital side of the dac once I finish getting the schematic worked out. -- Brian |
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every picture you put on i grab and put up on my gallery page : O )
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Here is what I am going to use for the buttons (I will have them set into my aluminum front panel. I think that they will work fine for now. I haven't been able to find anything else that I like. I just have the bottom 9 buttons wired up now, and haven't decided if I want the "direct access" buttons on the transport.
They are taken from an old Luxman D-112 player. -- Brian |
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Nov 16, 2013
Question - If I use 10.5 millimeter static rope to extend my top rope from the master point of my gear anchor (3-4 pieces equalized with a cordlette) do I need to double it (static line is already tied in a loop) or can I just use it as a single line.
I usually double it up, but recently extended it just as a single line using a figure eight on a bight on each end to clip the climbing rope on one end and into the master point of the cordlette on the other. I know this is not redundant, but either is the 10.5 rope I am climbing on.
Daniel Evans
From Twentynine Palms, CA
Nov 17, 2013
Are you going to die? Probably not. But it's not redundant, so no. It's not hard to make an anchor redundant. Take the extra time and effort to do so.
vincent L.
From Redwood City
Nov 17, 2013
I would feel comfortable TRing on that . Are you certain there are no sharp edges the static might contact?
The static will move and stretch slightly as it is weighted and unweighted . That movement against an edge or abrasion might be dangerous.
Nov 17, 2013
True this is not redundant. First off, it is good to see someone who actually comprehends extending an anchor over the lip or far enough down the rock that it isn't dragging the dynamic rope over abrasive surfaces or sharp edges. It surprises me how often I see people who are grinding their ropes out and doing outright asinine and sometimes dangerous things on a top rope.
So to answer your question of whether this system is unsafe or not. Generally I will say you're fine as you're working with a 10.5 static line. This is a much beefier piece of anchor building gear than most people employ but its a nice piece to have. It would take a A LOT of force over a sharp edge to cut all the way through the static line. It also takes a lot of dragging a cable this size over abrasive rock to coreshot it or damage it. With that being said, you can still screw things up. If you were to have the static line tied in a loop it would create redundancy assuming you tie a master point. However, this isn't always necessary in the name of safety. If you do in fact use the static line as a single cable, just make sure it is extended beyond anything that could damage it or cut through it. In most cases you would be aware that such things would happen well before they actually do. If you are setting up a top rope that has multiple climbs from all angles under it. Make sure to pad the edges of the rock with a pack or even carpet. It is also possible to take tubular webbing and feed the static line through the webbing to create an extra layer of protection. This all quite honestly is overkill but good practice. Everything we use in climbing is overkill. 25kn carabiners...
david doucette
Nov 17, 2013
jtmann wrote:
I usually double it up, but recently extended it just as a single line using a figure eight on a bight on each end to clip the climbing rope on one end and into the master point of the cordlette on the other. I know this is not redundant, but either is the 10.5 rope I am climbing on. Thoughts?
i wouldn't do that. that is the same as only using one piece of webbing or one piece of anything. you're essentially toproping on one piece of rope. there is no redundancy. if that one piece of rope or webbing goes, your anchor fails. with the static rope you have, there is no reason to do that setup. you can make a better system using the static line you already have.
here's the way i do it that works for me;
using static line to make a V is my preferred method.
i took an anchoring class years ago at jtree and still use the method one of the instructors taught. it's the simplest method and i've used it hundreds of times to set up TR anchors.
it involves some webbing and static line (my static line might be 25' or so) like you have. here's my basic setup and the order in which i do it;
1. loop boulder with webbing. i almost am always able to sling a bolder with webbing. i use a 50' length of webbing so i can sling most boulders.
2. clip a locker to the webbing that is looped around the boulder. take one end of static line, tie a figure eight on a bight and clip it to the locker.
3. now run my static line to over the edge to see where i want my powerpoint. like Muff suggested, i use a 3' of webbing over the static line where my powerpoint is. i now make my powerpoint and hang it over the edge.
4. put three ovals on the powerpoint, attach the rope and toss it over. the power point should be sitting exactly where you want it over the edge and the rope should be running smoothly over the biners.
5. now take the other end of the static line and run it back to two cams that are put into cracks. i make a double loop figure eight now (see lueben's climbing anchors book page 220-221) and put a bunny ear on each cam. cinch everything down and you essentially have created a V with your static line. it is now redundant because you have 2 lines going to your powerpoint. if one gives, you got the other one. everything is equalized fairly well and taught.
couple of points. there are people who will TR off 3 cams I don't do that. if i'm using only cams, i'll always do 4. i'll do a sliding knot to bring two together then do the procedure i just described.
as i said, 90% of the time i'm able to sling a boulder, it's just the method i prefer and it doesn't take me anymore time to set it up. i've done this on atlantis, dairy queen, thin wall, trashcan, playhouse.
in summary, boulder/webbing for one end of the static line, two cams for the other end of the static line. safe, simple, efficient, and fast setup.
i never ever have webbing going over the edge, because that's what i use the static line for. i only use webbing to sling a boulder. static line is the best method for TR setup in my opinion.
static line going over an edge is fine. i've been using the same static line for 10 years and it's still solid. i've had that over many edges in jtree. i check it everytime i go out. the 3' piece of webbing on the powerpoint does need to be replaced, i just haven't gotten around to do that yet. static rope stretches very little, if at all.
hope that helps!
From O
Nov 17, 2013
Thanks everyone for the responses. David, I have used the "V" method you described (and have studied the same anchor book you referenced). I seem to have trouble obtaining good equalization with this method. I feel like one end of the static rope is pulling more weight off of either the slung boulder or the cams on the other end. I guess I just need to practice this more. Thanks again.
From SLC and Moab, ut
Nov 17, 2013
1. Take an anchor clinic with Marcus Jollif.
2. If you won't do that figure out how to use the static line with a BHK to create a MASTER-point and achieve redundancy.
3 If you have enough static depending on the anchoring components used you may be able to eliminated the cordelette all together.
Good luck, be safe.
Sean Peter
From IL
Nov 17, 2013
You're not gonna get perfect equalization, but with a TR it's not that crucial. Getting it very close is good. One end of static line to sling a boulder. Two cams for the other side of the v. BHK or similar for masterpoint. Use a sliding x or cordlette to equalize the two cams, then clove hitch the static line to the sliding biner on the x.. That lets you tinker with the slack way easier and you can get both lines of the v taught quite quickly. Then just back up the clove (lots of people don't - it's a safe knot but just LOOKS meager.)
From SLC and Moab, ut
Nov 17, 2013
SeanPeter2 wrote:
You're not gonna get perfect equalization, but with a TR it's not that crucial.
Couldn't disagree more. With a BHK it is possible to equalize a top rope rope anchor very easily.
Anchors SB equalized, not sort of equalized. It is critical as large loads can be generated in Troping.
Sean Peter
From IL
Nov 17, 2013
I don't disagree. It should be very well equalized and is easily done so. But there are loads of tests from sterling ropes and the like that show you'll never get PERFECT equalization. But to the eye and the very rough method of feeling the tension in both legs by hand- its easy to get it very close. But I wouldn't kill myself on a TR setup to go so far as to use a huge loop of static line to make a mega-equalette that would achieve a much closer to perfect equalization.
From Los Angeles, CA
Nov 17, 2013
I would make every effort to double the static back to the anchors. With a single strand, not only is it not redundant, but the stretch from weighting and unweighting will be greater and the rope will wear sooner, especially at JTree. Also, if the edge is that far away, then the stretch will be even more. Using some 1" tubular or a piece of carpet to protect the edge is a really good idea.
Russ Walling
From www.FishProducts.com
Nov 17, 2013
It is critical as large loads can be generated in Troping
Really? Define "large".
Joshua Reinig
Nov 17, 2013
What you are referring to is the Fox method of building a TR anchor. It is AMGA standard for large extensions over edges . Learn how to do it with an instructors tether and it will make it safe and easy to get to your master point !
david doucette
Nov 17, 2013
jtmann wrote:
Thanks everyone for the responses. David, I have used the "V" method you described (and have studied the same anchor book you referenced). I seem to have trouble obtaining good equalization with this method. I feel like one end of the static rope is pulling more weight off of either the slung boulder or the cams on the other end. I guess I just need to practice this more. Thanks again.
the trick to equalizing is;
1. set it up with step 1-4 as described. the weight of the rope keeps that side taught.
2. the trick to equalize now is using the double loop figure eight. playing with each ear will give your system perfect equalization but it does take practice get the double ears as you have to keep pulling one and pushing the other. but these ears are the key to the equalization system.
so yeah, practice with the double loop figure eight and you'll be able to setup a perfectly equalized system anywhere.
From SLC and Moab, ut
Nov 17, 2013
hikingdrew wrote:
I would make every effort to double the static back to the anchors. With a single strand, not only is it not redundant, but the stretch from weighting and unweighting will be greater and the rope will wear sooner, especially at JTree.
Oh god. Please take an anchor clinic. Single strands tied with a BHK is redundant.
1500 pounds/7ish KN.
Enough that components of an anchor could fail, especially if shock loaded in a poorly equalized anchor.
Russ Walling
From www.FishProducts.com
Nov 17, 2013
1500 pounds/7ish KN.
Granted that is a pretty big number but the method used to get the number by R&I was a little suspect. I wish they had more info about the test methods in the article.
In the real world, toprope falls should be more like their first set of tests which showed numbers much more reasonable, and less than half of the 1500lbs reported.
As to the OP: 10.5 static to good anchors with two strands going down to the climbing rope is best and so beyond bomber it is funny. One strand is mostly likely fine too, but there are really too many variables to declare this on the internet.
From O
Nov 17, 2013
Thanks for all the posts. Just seeing that there is a debate over the matter is enough for me to make sure to use two strands of the static rope. I guess I was just trying to make the TR setup quicker. Although it is probably safe with the single strand, it's probably better to take the extra few minutes to make it all redundant. Thanks all.
From Los Angeles, CA
Nov 18, 2013
cdec wrote:
Oh god. Please take an anchor clinic. Single strands tied with a BHK is redundant.
I have, but I think you misunderstood. I don't mean double the static back to each of the anchors, just that there are two strands, one to each anchor, and a BHK in the middle. This is what was recommended by our rock instructor.
Guy Keesee
From Moorpark, CA
Nov 18, 2013
Listen to FISH.... he is big and beefy, like ME... and has a ton of experience loading anchors.
Just remember to be nice and not set up your TR on the classic - busy - climbs.
It gets pretty old to go to JT and find folks TRing climbs that they have zero chance of getting up. .... read HOT ROCKS
Last time I was there we did our warm ups and then hiked over to the "goal route", we sit down and wait for the party on the climb to clear out - but they had promised the route to another party....a TR comes flying down...Ok we can wait a bit more... NONE of them could even do the opening moves!
Then, even though they couldn't climb the route, they started holding CLASSES for all the GF's and Kids.
I went over to the leader, and quietly asked if we could pull his TR out of the way....and quickly climb the thing.. but he said NO-WAY.
So we left.....
Please dont be that Douche Bag.... share the climbs.
Ryan Nevius
From The Range of Light
Nov 18, 2013
Good thing there are a few thousand other routes at Josh.
From boulder, co
Nov 18, 2013
By all means, double up the static line.
But, considering that big wall climbers commonly jumar a single line, and sport climbers take huge whippers on a skinny rope, and that the toprope line itself is non-redundant, I'd say you're fine not doubling it up.
Also, it's technically not true that the static rope extension is not redundant, since there is a bundle of independent core strands.
Guy Keesee
From Moorpark, CA
Nov 18, 2013
""Good thing there are a few thousand other routes at Josh.""
Thank God for that.
T Roper
From VA,NM,UT,CT,MA
Nov 18, 2013
Ryan Nevius wrote:
Good thing there are a few thousand other routes at Josh.
Lou Hibbard
From Eagan, MN
Nov 30, 2013
One other thing to consider is just toproping from on top. No need to extend the anchor. Especially at Jtree if you lead one good gear route and want to do the poor gear route next door it's a lot faster to just belay from on top. Rap on one tied off rope strand and climb.
Lee Green
Dec 2, 2013
When I was climbing in PA I found I needed to extend my TR anchor a ways. As I was mostly on a kayak trip, I didn't have a lot of my gear with me, but I found an effective and surprisingly cheap solution. I picked up a cargo strap at a truck stop. Sure, it was a single line, but rated at 54,000 lb (about 240 kN) I think making it redundant would be pretty redundant. It's 4" wide, very abrasion-resistant, extends over a cliff edge with a nice wide contact area so it holds up well. Even has a sewn loop in one end, perfect for a locking 'biner.
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Well-watched moderation !!! I tend to think you should also move all the related "sub-threads" like 2SK170V,... and God know what to here. I also appeal to the moderators to stop people advertising his own sales in other people's Swap Meet or GB threads, allegedly out of carelessness. GB: Kerafol Keratherm Red Isolators (TO-220 / TO-247) Such behaviour is simply rude and treats others with contempt. Patrick Last edited by EUVL; 25th March 2010 at 05:40 AM. |
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Speakers come and go amidst pointed applause. Then, an older woman steps up. She wears a cotton shirt and a sensible, conservative haircut. With a ruddy complexion and a wholesome face, she could have been raised on a family farm near here. The audience quietly waits for her to add to the argument against gay partnerships. Instead, shaking, she begins to speak: "I can't tell you how scared I am to get up here. I think it's a good idea.
"I am a lesbian," she continues, voice quivering, but growing louder, "and I am a good person. You would be happy to know me and have me as your friend. Probably, homosexuals are the last group of people about whom you can still talk about like they are not there. Please, stop separating people from one another." That's all.
The woman, Carole Kohler-Crowe, is there with her partner, Cheryl Kohler-Crowe. They live in Gilroy, where they work with children who have disabilities. "It's really a nice community," Carole says, still trembly, "except for this. I didn't feel safe here. ... This is not something we would normally do. I didn't think anybody was going to speak out for me and I thought all these people should have a face to see, to know where their fear and hate was going."
Cheryl nods: "It's kind of like they don't know that these are people they are talking about." Carole is the only one who will speak tonight as a gay person. In a 3-2 vote, the Gilroy City Council, with the vote of Mayor Don Gage, recommends against the domestic-partners registry.
FOR GAYS who have recently transplanted from elsewhere, Santa Clara County can seem like a haven of tolerance--a nice place to settle down. Like straights who choose to live in the South Bay, gays and lesbians come here to set up an IRA, buy an Accord and maybe raise a family. Apple Computer was one of the first companies to offer benefits to same-sex couples, and in many tech companies it is not unusual to find a company-sanctioned Gay-Lesbian-Bisexual employees' group. Even Lockheed has one.
In February of this year, the San Jose Unified School District quietly approved domestic partners benefits for district employees. The city of Palo Alto had approved a similar policy in December without major incident. But the ferocity of the response from the conservative Christian community, both locally and nationally, caught many registry proponents off-guard.
Time magazine reported last week that stopping gay marriage--and domestic partnerships--was the religious right's "top priority" for 1996. And in a preemptive strike against an expected Hawaiian Supreme Court ruling which could legalize gay marriage in that state within the year, the California Assembly recently voted 41-31 against recognizing same-sex marriages. Nearly a dozen states have taken similar measures.
The county registry, as proposed by Honda, is mostly symbolic. The proposal would not allow partners legal privileges accorded to married couples, not even hospital visitation rights. The registry would merely provide a certificate which may or may not be recognized by area employers. "It's a small crumb of acknowledgement," says Ralph Serpe, executive director of the Billy DeFrank Lesbian and Gay Community Center. "But now that the churches have stepped in and said, 'No,' it's really raised the stakes."
In the wake of the school district's action Feb. 1, Pastor Peter Wilkes called a meeting to rally fellow pastors and parishioners against what he views as a first step toward gay marriage. In a half-page ad taken out in the San Jose Mercury News on March 24, evangelical churches organized by Wilkes expressed their concerted dissent. Wilkes wrote:
... those who aim to destroy the battered biological family have prepared one more attack upon its distinctiveness. They want to redefine family so that any homosexual, bisexual or heterosexual live-in arrangement is equivalent to marriage. If it succeeds, this will undermine the distinctive commitment which is the foundation of the biological family. God has ordained that only a man and a women [sic] can create children ... God stands for marriage; He made the biological family. We oppose all efforts to undermine it.
According to Wilkes and pastors like him, each signed church is independent and most would prefer to stay out of politics. However, Wilkes says, "We are utterly united on this issue ... I predict that there will be thousands of Christians out [in opposition to the proposal]. And this is nothing compared to what you will see in the Midwest. Make no mistake, this is against the will of the American people."
Wilkes defines himself as a spokesperson for the opposition. He was central in organizing a March 7 Christian Right protest against the school district's approval of domestic-partners benefits. There, Wilkes called a list of Silicon Valley companies which offered domestic-partners benefits to employees "a list of shame." Evangelical Christians have since packed Santa Clara County Human Relations Commission and city council meetings to voice their opposition.
In the pivotal February meeting called by Wilkes, the pastor outlined the arguments of the Christian Right against the "gay agenda" to parishioners and pastors at the church where he ministers. After a standing ovation, a woman sobbed as she pleaded for parishioners to "pray before God" for help.
Another parishioner called the domestic partners registry a "plan of Evil" and encouraged others to "pray against the Evil One." Parishioners spoke of gays "harvesting children" to become homosexual, of the battle of light against darkness. One man assailed what he called an "artificial distinction, the separation of church and state. Christ," he said, "is Lord even of State." At the March school board hearing, opponents of the domestic partners plan predicted the end of Western civilization, comparing current events with events precipitating the fall of the Roman Empire.
Going to the Chapel
IN WILKES' VIEW, gays have chosen their lifestyles if not their orientation and can also choose to discard them. He is not anti-gay, he says. He loves gays: "They're such delightful people," he has said. Rather, he is against what he terms a gay "lifestyle" and seeks to lead errant man-lovers (there is little mention of lesbianism) away from their sinful path and toward mercy. Wilkes claims he once assisted a gay man who was suicidal, who then "stopped practicing the gay lifestyle and became Christian and married a woman." Is the man no longer gay? That's not the point, Wilkes says. He no longer practices his homosexuality. He resists temptation--that's the important thing.
Wilkes is seen by some in the gay and gay-accepting Christian communities as a tough opponent. Charming and reasonable, his aristocratic accent lends dispassionate immunity to his argument.
Nonetheless, his secular and biblical dialectics against the homosexual lifestyle and the "wrongness" of being gay are disputed by researchers, gay activists and other Christians.
Among them are researchers like Larry Burtoft of Focus on the Family, who argues that "personal distaste for a behavior is not, in itself, a sufficient basis for moral censure." All sexual acts under the sun are described explicitly in gay-rights opposition literature. Most, however, are not limited to or predominant in the gay community, researchers note.
As a result of some acts, Wilkes and his colleagues argue, there are medical consequences, including AIDS and hepatitis. Lesbians, with the lowest rates of HIV infection in the general population, are not mentioned.
Gays, these Christians say (again sidestepping lesbianism), are by nature promiscuous--"The level of promiscuity when you're driven by that sex drive is staggering," Wilkes shudders. Finally, Wilkes and others dispute the 10 percent figure, originally from Kinsey, used to estimate the number of gay men and women in society, (updated estimates range from nearly 14 percent, for men, to less than 1 percent of the population). And they assert there is no conclusive proof that being gay is biologically rooted. Though Burtoft grants, in his widely circulated paper "Setting the Record Straight," that "the truth [about gay origins] most likely will be found 'somewhere in between,' in the interaction between biologic and experiential factors."
The Christian portraits of gay behavior are presented piecemeal, without causal links. How societal factors such as hostility and disapproval, as well as efforts to block gays and lesbians from forming durable relationships and families, might contribute to gay behaviors and psychological problems is absent from the discussion.
According to an amicus brief submitted to the U.S. Supreme Court in 1994 by the American Psychological and Psychiatric Associations and the National Association of Social Workers, "It is well established that homosexuality in and of itself bears no necessary relationship to psychological adjustment. The social and other circumstances [however] in which lesbian and gay men live, including exposure to widespread and intense prejudice and discrimination, often cause acute distress." Studies estimate that an average of 44 percent of gay and bisexual people have been threatened with violence because of their orientation.
Further studies by sexual behaviorists show no correlation between homosexuality and child molestation (a frequent charge), or bad parenting. In fact, research cited by the county social services report shows gays and lesbians make good parents and that their own sexual orientation does not cause their children to be gay. And, the APA asserts, "despite stereotypes to the contrary, gay men and lesbian women often form committed relationships that share principal elements of heterosexual marital relationships that are based on deep emotional attachments, and endure for decades."
Exhaustive figures can support both sides of the debate--the same numbers are used to support different views. "We are dehumanized," says Robert Bray of the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force. "Gay people are constantly engaged in a pro and con of myth vs. fact. If we tried to keep up with all the reports those people put out, that's all we would do. It makes you almost wish for the Cold War again."
Just Say No to Sex
THE FUNDAMENTALIST debate hinges on the argument that a gay man or woman has a choice about, if not their sexual preference, then their sexual behavior. Pastor Wilkes makes no claims that gays can change their orientation, but argues that gays and lesbians can and should control themselves, postulating a position for gays in society in which gays are denied satisfying sex lives, recognition of their romantic relationships, civil rights and families--in the interests of protecting "the biological family."
"Jesus was uninvolved sexually," notes Wilkes.
At this, David Harvey, the jolly pastor for the Celebration of Faith Praise and Worship Center, and a former music minister for Bethel and Cathedral of Faith churches, which oppose domestic partnership, chuckles. "Ask Pastor Wilkes if he would like to live like a eunuch. Ask him if he would walk a mile in my shoes," he counters. Harvey left the evangelical churches, he says, when he was called by God to minister to gays and lesbians, "to show them God still loves them." He believes the church leaders championing the anti-gay agenda "are like the Pharisees in the Bible" who denied that Jesus was the savior. "They didn't believe him because they were constrained by [religious] law. It was blasphemy to them. They're so sincerely convinced that they're right--that they're wrong!"
The modern-day Pharisees Harvey describes see the "gay revolution" as one more step in society's downward spiral, predicted in Romans and leading to Revelations. The fact that gays act on their romantic and sexual desires is an example of how American society, which was fine until the end of the 1950s, has dropped everything of worth in pursuit of individual gratification. But Pastor Harvey refers to the shame and judgment gays are faced with: "Who in their right mind would choose that?"
The Shocking Reality
AT THE BILLY DEFRANK Lesbian and Gay Community Center in downtown San Jose, lesbians and gays--as advertised--are selling sodas, answering phones and shelving books. It is a far cry from the depictions of debauchery and decadence ascribed to the community in fiery church oratory.
"Mostly we are just going about our lives," says director Serpe. "You know, going to the grocery store, going to the ATM. It's shocking, really!" he says. "Right now there's a lesbian here and do you know what she's doing? She's using the photocopying machine! Now, if this were a straight office, she'd be photocopying her butt, but she's not, she's photocopying a piece of paper."
Although Serpe jokes about his religious detractors, he is troubled by their claims. "You are talking about me," he says somberly. Serpe was raised Catholic, and through high school, lived his parents' dreams, making captain of the football team and class president. All along, he says, he knew he was gay. This was, he recalls, not an idle observation or a blithe act of "individual gratification." At the age of 25, when he finally chose to come out, he was disowned completely, and has not seen his parents since--a circumstance which causes him agony.
Today, Serpe has been in a relationship with the same man for 14 years. As an activist, Serpe is somewhat accustomed to dealing with insults from branches of the Christian community, but worries that others may not be.
"What the good pastor doesn't realize is that there are young people in his own congregations who are gay, and it's their own version of hell they're going through. What [ministers] are doing will promote their destruction and alienation. It produces years and years of angst-ridden denial, of self-loathing."
Out Before God
THE MOST POTENT stories of gay men and lesbian women come from those who grew up within evangelical churches. Vaughn Beckman, 36, an ordained minister at First Christian Church in San Jose, was inspired to go into the ministry by the teachings of Billy Graham. Beckman was 13 when he accepted Christ as his savior. Following in the religious tradition of his family, he enrolled in Liberty University and Liberty Baptist Seminary in Lynchburg, Va., where the Reverend Jerry Falwell serves as chancellor and pastor.
In 1984, Beckman received top honors in the department of theology there. He continued to excel in his ministerial studies, but at the same time was conscious of what he calls an "affectional orientation" toward men. Shaken, he attempted to submerge his feelings beneath his studies. "When you're sitting in one of those pews, it puts you in a tremendous state of denial, and you can be in a fantasy world that you believe that you're not who you really are." Beckman even married a woman in 1983. "We resolved to be the best married couple possible," he recalls. "But, for me, it was like marrying my best friend."
The Beckmans moved to San Jose in 1985, and in desperation, Vaughn began attending Christian counseling sessions designed to straighten out gays. "I tried very strongly to change, and I tried with every power and every ounce of strength. We all expected to have some kind of divine healing."
But "conversion therapy" was a dubious success. Men, he recalls, would use the occasion to ask each other out. "I have yet to find someone for whom it's worked. It mostly teaches you that to be dishonest is a good way to keep your faith. I felt there was no honesty and no real help, and [knowing that] was probably one of the most painful experiences in my life."
Beckman sees the evangelicals' arguments as the worst kind of dispensationalism. "They know that many portions of scripture are not applicable to the modern world. There are actually very few passages about homosexuality and many more about heterosexuality and divorce, and those are overlooked or redefined in the context of the time period. There are at least a couple people in that newspaper ad that are divorced." Beckman claims people from churches in the ad have come to him for counseling because of their homosexuality.
"I had a Pentacostal pastor curled up on my couch in fetal position," Beckman relates. "I think it's vulgar to be so dishonest. There are a number of people in leadership positions who are lesbian and gay in those churches and they feel horrible. There is no wholeness in their lives. To believe what their faith is saying they have to hate themselves, and I do not believe that is of God."
In the Family
JOYCE IS A 38-year-old lesbian who, while open about her sexuality, prefers not to use her real name in a newspaper article, to protect her family. She grew up in the evangelical churches listed in the Mercury News ad. Her father even founded one. She continues to socialize with church members, her childhood friends. But Joyce, a pastor's daughter, claims she was molested as a girl by family members who attended the church.
In her family, she says, "there was lots of raging and fear, and physical abuse. There are no exceptions [in the churches]. They are human beings and they are not excluded from sin."
Her experiences, she says, paved the way for her lesbianism. "I don't really bond with men," she admits, although she is attracted to them. Joyce first started to recognize her sexual orientation when she became friends with a lesbian in her church at the time, Cathedral of Faith. Her friend was not out. "Gays in those churches live in secret. People are bound by that horrible shame and what I call abuse. I'm not blaming those people, they did what they knew."
Coincidentally, Joyce's partner, Adena, once sought comfort at Cathedral of Faith before the two women met. Adena was baptized at Cathedral of Faith in September of 1985, but says she felt shunned by the church and did not return.
Joyce and Adena live together with their adopted child. "I am honoring who I am now and what I believe," Joyce says. What the churches preach, she says, "is not about God, it's about fear," and fear makes for a grand crusade. "That's where all the money is," Joyce says. Joyce and Adena will be "married" in a commitment ceremony later this month. Joyce's family won't attend.
A New American Family
AS PASTOR for the First Unitarian Church in San Jose, Lindi Ramsden prefers not to focus on gay and lesbian issues. But as an uncloseted lesbian, the first to lead a mostly straight congregration in California, she supports the domestic-partnership proposal. She and partner Mary Helen Doherty are raising an 11-year-old adopted son, Ben, a bright, outspoken champion of underdogs, and a 23-year-old foster son, formerly homeless, who is currently studying aircraft mechanics in the Navy. Family portraits decorate the walls above Lindi's desk.
It is not unusual for gay and lesbian parents to take in children who would otherwise be without families and children with disabilities. In the new county report, staff at foster services describe gays and lesbians as "an invaluable community resource in that they are willing to accept children with a broader range of difficulties" than other couples, and are particularly skilled at doing so.
As a parent and pastor, Lindi is worried about what children will hear during the rapidly degenerating domestic-partners debate. "There is a lot of talk about sexuality in all this, but people forget that sex ultimately is an act that means two people are as close as they can get. It's not just that gays and lesbians want to have sex with people. They fall in love." It is to foster family love that Ramsden conducts commitment ceremonies for gay couples at her church. "If there are ways in which we can form commitments to each other, we should. I believe in long-term relationships. I believe they contribute to safety, depth of intimacy and to stable communities and families."
Ramsden understands the fears evangelicals have: "There's a lot that's changing very rapidly in society. We have families where two parents are working, there's a lot of economic stress. The underlying fabric of society feels very frayed. People are looking to commit to deeper values. That's a positive impulse, but it's misdirected in fear."
"How is my committed relationship to a woman I love and to the children we love, how has it taken away from your lifestyle? I think we've made the world a better place."
A Home by Any Name
JUST OFF OF Greer Street in a Palo Alto neighborhood known as midtown, a friendly community network refers to itself as "queers off Greer." In just one residential block, seven or eight gay and lesbian couples go about the business of raising families and making a living. Tom Hartland, 43, and Jay Davidson, 48, are one such couple. Their clean, sparsely decorated, wood-tiled home shelters the two of them, as well as a 7-year-old daughter and a 14-year-old son, both from Tom's former marriage. The children, Elizabeth and Brian, are also cared for by their mother and an extended family which has--at first reluctantly, then fully--embraced Tom and Jay's relationship. Tom and Jay registered as domestic partners in 1992 and have enjoyed some benefits through the city of San Francisco, where Jay works as a first-grade teacher.
On Valentine's Day this year, Tom and Jay registered again, with 16 other couples, in Palo Alto to show symbolic support for the city's new domestic partners registry.
Their lives in pricey Palo Alto, far from the campaign of evangelicals farther south, are shed light on what life might be like if gay relations were to become sanctioned by the state. Both men radiate calm maturity, an ease of style that makes those around them feel childlike with restlessness. They sit on their couch tonight, with daughter Elizabeth between them, sometimes holding hands.
Their stories are familiar.
Tom was 13 when he realized he might be gay. He was delivered to the priest by his parents at his Episcopalian Church. "That same priest would try to seduce me 10 years later," Tom notes with a chuckle. At the time, the priest told him to try to become comfortable with himself. The advice was unacceptable. Tom embarked on his own campaign to re-program himself using a technique he calls "heat re-focus"--he'd think of women when he became aroused.
"It tied me up in knots," he says. Nonetheless, Tom married a woman to whom, he says, he remained faithful for 10 years, until his divorce in 1989. Jay underwent a similar struggle, fueled by passion to create a family life he never had. Jay divorced his wife in 1971. For 10 years after the divorce, Jay was gay, single and hardly dated. "I didn't have to have somebody just for the sake of being with somebody."
Persuaded by friends, Jay placed an ad in the San Francisco Sentinel: "Objective: a monogamous life together in which we share all joys and sorrows and give each other consideration, attention, respect, affection and space." That was in November 1990. Tom responded by mail and the two met for tea. "We knew," Jay says.
Tom remembers the day his son, Brian, then 8, asked him if he and Jay were gay.
"I said, 'Why do you ask?' And he said, 'Just tell me.' " And I said, 'Yes.' It was all the courage I could muster just to say that one word." Brian then asked Tom if he could change. The father explained to his son that he had tried very hard, but could not. "For another year, he would ask, who did I like better, him or Jay?"
Since then, Tom and Jay say they've built a stable life relatively free of incident. There is the occasional kid who is not allowed to play with their son, but Brian has many friends and is definitely attracted to girls.
Elizabeth, a second-grader, says she calls Jay "Uncle Jay," and when she introduces him she says, "This is my uncle and he's gay with my dad." Does she get teased? "Sometimes my friends like to say, 'two gay men, one brother, one sister.' That's what they say--but it's true."
Tom and Jay and many of their friends are gay families, leading well-adjusted Silicon Valley lives. "Most [gay] people I know have children. I haven't seen any variance in the urge to have a family," Tom says. There are plans for Passover with a group of other same-sex couples, and the children's mom. And life goes on.
When Tom and Jay dwell on the actions of those who would oppose their right to commit to each other and receive support, it is with bemused detachment. "I don't think my children should have to hear any of that," Tom says with the tone of a protective parent. Jay, meanwhile, muses, "There's a video that a lot of these people get their information from, what is it? The Gay Agenda. They focus on these outrageous acts."
"What if we based our image of heterosexuals on Las Vegas and prostitutes?" Tom asks, "We'd say: Look at all those child molesters!"
"You sure can't have those heteros be teachers! You can't let those straight people get married!" Jay jokes.
They can laugh, but the issues aren't distant after all. Tom's brother is an evangelical Christian and politician active in opposing gay rights. He has not visited Tom's home or acknowledged Jay.
Here in Tom and Jay's living room, it's easy to believe gay marriages have already come to pass. Tom and Jay's neighborhood is just like neighborhoods across the country where gay and straight couples fix dinner and tell stories. There are just as many gays and straights as ever, only now gay couples openly raise their families. The days when gays and lesbians were driven to shame are over. "Soon, it'll all seem pretty gauche," Jay predicts.
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And Their Little Dog, Too: Ralph Serpe, (rear) director of the Billy DeFrank Lesbian and Gay Community Center, his partner Tom Kushner and dog Brick stepping out on a sunny afternoon. The couple has been together for 14 years--"probably because I'm Italian," Serpe quips.
From the May 9-15, 1996 issue of Metro
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Stacey Robbins wrote about her family's "Nature Month" experiment in her blog, staceyrobbins.com. Little did she know then that the "month" would last from August to December. Here are a few excerpts:
Day 2
The nighttime is dark for a reason and I'm becoming aware that our culture has spent generations seeing it as something to conquer or defy.
And I fear, mostly for the sake of efficiency. And efficiency is almost always about money. It talks like this:
"If we can invade the dark with light, we can get more work done."
And please don't think I'm against efficiency, I'm not. But I am against trading my soul for the sake of it and I have a little more time to think about that – now that it's pitch black and all – and my thoughts, that get set aside during a busy day, seem to come forth to be settled with during the night.
Maybe that's what we're avoiding by keeping everything light all the time and working/playing all the time .... maybe we're just avoiding our thoughts.
Our 'self.'
Day 6
Night 6 of our Nature Month where we have almost no electricity and have been turning the Wi-Fi off ... but not enough.
... Well, this has been bothering me a lot. Especially today. Since he's not on call anymore and our main and major excuse for having the Internet is gone. So, at some point, I turned to Rock tonight – while he was reading the news and I was watching Political Animals on Hulu.com (all by candlelight) and I said, "I want to say something but I don't want to say it."
He seemed concerned so, I pulled the Band-Aid off quickly:
"I want you to call Time Warner to have them turn the Internet off, starting tomorrow."
He turned to me relieved and caught.
I said, "We're doing the same stuff we do, only in the dark. And that wasn't the point." He hung his head and laughed, nodding and looked back up into my face, "Rock, I don't want to get to the end of this month-long experiment and say, 'We did it. But we didn't do it.'"
Day 26
The boys have slept really well despite outside noises and no fans creating white noise to cover up those outside sounds.
They've slept with night air all summer, even during the hottest times – no air conditioning, no fans.
I'm really grateful for this experience and that I have a willing husband and adventurous kids.
Here's what I posted on Facebook tonight. It sums it up rather well:
The breeze is beautiful. It's lighter outside than it is in the house because the sun sets on the other side, hiding us in early darkness.
This has been a special time. The candle lighting feels ceremonial.
The dark feels sacred.
But that's because it is. We just don't always allow ourselves to experience it.


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