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PURPOSE AND GOALS, page 2

Implicit in our statement of purpose is the recognition that women exist as a separate nation in a country with no geographical boundaries.  Our intention is to create a physical community within that nation whose structures are evolved through exploration of female forms, whose politics are derived from its constituency, and whose purpose is to educate through aesthetic activity.  The existence of a feminist community is in profound conflict with the general society in which it occurs.  The fundamental conflict is not primarily one between men and women but between the world views of people who participate in feminist vision and the traditional world views of the society in which they work and live.  The ability of a feminist community to disrupt does not lie in its apparent separatism but in its strong critique of our culture's values and its position as a concrete alternative.  The existence of a public forum for women's culture is essential to the dialogue that women must now have and it is feminist education in its most fruitful form.