Dr. Kamikaze and Cookie Cooks on Women’s Poker Hour July 4, 2010
Posted by Jennifer in : feminism,poker , trackbackWomen’s Poker Hour featured two fascinating guests on our last two shows.
First we interviewed Kami Chisholm aka “Dr.Kamikaze”, a gender studies professor and feminist film-maker turned poker pro. Although a HORSE specialist, Chisholm placed fifth in her first No Limit Hold Em 2010 World Series bid, the Ladies event. She was adamantly against men playing in the ladies event and even called out Shaun Deeb when he sat at her table. My co-host Amy Zupko and I asked her about being a woman in a male-dominated field, and whether people treated her differently and she responded matter of factly, “I am a butch lesbian, so my experience is different than a lot of women.” Dr. Kamikaze explained that she felt her image worked to her advantage in the Ladies Event, in that she was able to bond with the other ladies at the table, but also had a more intimidating, aggressive image. Kami also talked about the acceptance of gays and lesbians in poker, and the lack of sponsorships for openly gay players. I’m sure Dr.Chisholm was thrilled when she found out shortly after our chat that Vanessa Selbst signed with pokerstars!
We also interviewed player and promoter Zeljka Penzinger aka Cookie Cooks from Croatia. Cookie is a member of the Ladies Pokerica team and organizer of an upcoming poker tournament series in Croatia. Her favorite hand is queen nine suited, an inadvertent plug for 9queens. Unfortunately for me, Cookie has my header dominated. Speaking of which, I added a gallery by photographer extraordinaire Suzy Gorman to my photo page.
The next Women’s Poker Hour will feature Amanda Musumeci, the new bodog girl. Amanda was born and raised in Philly, and was featured in a recent Inquirer article. Amanda was insightful on bankroll management, game selection and the ladies event, so be sure to look for that show soon on womanpokerplayer.com.
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Great show
Thanks Jen
Very nice!
chisholm is a thief, angleshoots her investors, and is not a professor. she’s a self-centered narcissist that represents everything wrong with feminism and every other equality movement and literally zero that is right with it. and she really isn’t good at poker at all, either. please, jen, stay away from her.