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She did what to two hundred and fifty one men in a ten hour period? How? These are just some of the reactions that people have when first hearing about pom star Annabel Chong's sexploits. For those unfamiliar with her story, Chong is the woman who, in 1995, set a world record by having sex with 251 men in a ten hour period. This magic moment was captured on video tape and brought to the public through the brilliant produc tion of master John Bowen. Yet, the most enduring ques tion of all is why? Why would any one do such a thing? I, admittedly, jumped to certain conclusions. Money, fame, messed up child hood. None of these guesses would prove correct. After watching the documentary, Sex: The Annabel Chong Story (see review), I real ized that a whole slew of complex philosophical and psychological motivations were at play. I recently had the pleasure of sitting down with the articulate and
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well humoured Grace Quek, better known to the public as original Gangbang Queen, Annabel Chong. In town promoting the documen tary, she talked about the her views on feminism, her role in the pom industry, as well as many other interesting topics. T ribune: There is a lot of commentary in Sex that deals with your views on pom and feminism and how the two relate. How do the two co-exist in your life? Grace Quek: I think that for sometime, pornography was some thing that a lot of feminists [were] not willing to address honestly. I felt [pornography] was important to address as a social phenomena and how it relates to men and women. It's the virgin-whore thing. The good girls, who are virgins, are now called feminists. And then there's the bad girls, the whores, the victims, on the other side who the feminists would either try to save or condemn them. T: So, feminism and promis cuity don't have to be independent. C o n tin u e d on P age 2 0
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Women from the McGill, Concordia and Montreal Communities joined in a loud and energetic “Take Back the Night” march through Montreal last Friday. The event protests violence against women and children. The rain didn’t discourage 75 participants who carried placards and banners high as they walked shouting and chanting through the streets of the McGill ghetto, down town Rue Ste. Catherine and the Jeanne Mance public housing pro jects. The march culminated with a gathering at Place des Arts and a brief “Speak Out” and candle-light ing ceremony. As the rain let up, the group gained a few more supporters from Royal Victoria College, as well as interested looks and a police escort. Residents stood at doors and win dows to read signs proclaiming “La rue, la nuit, les femmes sans peur,” “Fuck the patriarchy,” listening to the boisterous and loud chants of
“Women: unite! Take back the night,” “Yes means yes and no means no, however we dress and wherever we go.” “Circus girls” on stilts attend ed the event and each participant wore a sticker proclaiming “Refuse to be a victim.” Bikes, hazard tape, noisemakers and maracas enriched the atmosphere of the march. The foul weather and a lack of advertizing, however, marred atten dance at the march. “I’m disap pointed with the turnout,” clinical psychology Ph.D. student Dana Small said, attributing it to the rain and an “attitude that the fight to stop violence against women is already won. People are cozy with our situation but there are realities of violence we cannot ignore.” “We should all be aware and not victims,” U2 Environmental science student Christie Young said of women today. “Letting our selves be locked in is as bad and dangerous as being those who do lock in women.” “[This event is about] women
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reclaiming spaces and making the night safe, for women,” Gala Arhof the Women’s Union and organizer of Take Back the Night this year, said. “[It] emphasizes visibility because women will be out there, on the street, at night. I hope women will leave with a sense of solidarity or it will encourage them to be active,” Clare Jennings, external coor dinator of the Sexual Assault Center of M cGill’s Students’ Society felt that women still did not have the freedom they should. “[Tonight] women have the right to walk around the streets at night which is not our current situ ation. Our presence tonight shows that this must change,” Jennings explained. "I think it’s not only important to have a presence but to make a lot of noise because [vio lence] is something we are fre quently silent about. The more noise we make and the more we talk about it, the more important C o n tin u e d on P age 5
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For more information contact Wojtek Baraniak, VP Community and Government Affairs, at 398-6798 or visit the Alliance’s webpage ® www.casa.ca