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...someone who claims she "knows something about the various strains of feminism," Kelly A. Bowdren could have fooled me. Contrary to what she might think, in her opinion piece entitled "With Friends Like These..." (The Crimson 12/8/93), Bowdren presents an interpretation of "feminism" similarly narrow in scope to that which she criticizes, proposed in a Lighthouse magazine article by Karen E. Boyle...
...While Bowdren correctly criticizes Boyle's assertion that "Harvard feminist" and the feminist movement say women must reject traditional female roles, Bowdren's characterization is not much better. After touting her own knowledge and stating that "the word 'feminist' carries a lot more baggage," Bowdren does a laughable job of reducing feminism to what she thinks "most feminist" believe: "men and women are equal because deep down men and women are the same...
...back cover, Peninsula runs a subscription ad parodying the "Why Ask Why" Budweiser commercial: "Why are scissor sales up?" Why, to cut off penises, as they state on page 7. "Why does Alice Jardine have tenure?" A better question might be, 'Where will she teach now, since Kelly Bowdren's take-no-prisoners expose proves she's just plain loopy?' "Why does my girlfriend own a gun?" Because as a Guardian, I support the Second Amendment: the right to bear arms, and the right to barefoot and pregnant: Yeah, Peninsula...
...Bowdren said she felt that the existence ofRadcliffe detracted from her experience as astudent of Harvard...
...feel that as a woman, I should be able to dothese things through Harvard. I can compete withmen. I don't need extra help," Bowdren said. "Tohave these extra programs is to say that womencan't hack it at Harvard...