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From “karma cards” used in the board game “C’est la Vie! The Game of Lesbian Life,” manufactured by Play on Words in Ann Arbor, Michigan. The object of the game, in which players “travel through life’s events such as softball, camping, careers, womyn’s festival, commitment ceremony, and retirement,” is to accumulate both cash and “karma tokens.”

You see your best friend’s girlfriend at a party—without your best friend—and then make out with her until 4:00 a.m. Forfeit two tokens.

You pass up the opportunity to intervene in the racially based maltreatment of a co-worker because “it doesn’t concern you.” Forfeit two tokens.

You slide into second base with your cleats up, injuring the second-base player. Forfeit two tokens.

You become involved in a heated debate, yet manage to share your beliefs in a calm and peaceful manner. Collect one token.

You host a “Welcome Party” for a lesbian co-worker who is new in town. Collect one token. You blow off your volunteer work shift at the Womyn’s Festival. Forfeit two tokens.

You are in a committed relationship but are sending sexual innuendos to the shortstop on your ball team. Forfeit two tokens.

You take your Saint Bernard, Stella, to the Children’s Hospital on Saturdays to visit the young inpatients. Collect one token.

You declare your home off-limits to family members who refuse to recognize your domestic partnership. You protect your sacred space. Collect one token.

You offer your services, gratis, as legal defense for gays in the military. Collect one token.

You write a love note on your partner’s banana skin when you are packing her lunch. Collect one token.

Your catcher is 0 for 3 after her third time at bat. You pat her on the back and say, “Don’t worry. The beer and burgers will still taste good.” Collect one token.

You listen objectively to your straight friend’s problems with her stupid boyfriend. Collect one token.


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June 1997

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