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...verb “becoming” invites both passive and active interpretations of Beauvior’s concept. Passively construed, the phrase contends that a person is made into a woman by social forces beyond her control; coerced into compliance with norms of femininity that she has not chosen, a woman, in expressing her sexuality, is merely reifying the oppressive social constraints imposed on her. Actively construed, the phrase implies that women can consciously engage in the formation of their identities, insofar as they can choose to either comply with or resist prevailing gender practices. In this vein...
...number of really strong projects. This was a difficult choice,” Leonard said. “There were quite a few all of us would have been happy to see as the winner.” Scharpf’s project was chosen because, in addition to addressing a specific social issue, it will create jobs in the affected community, encourage sustainable agriculture, and promote discussions about sexual health, Leonard said. The Business School would like to expand the fellowship in future years if budgets allow, Leonard said. While Scharpf said she finds the growing profile of social...
...will be joining his brother Harold H. Koh ’75—a former dean of Yale Law School who was chosen as Legal Adviser to the State Department last week— in Washington...
...cover story "On the Trail of Terror," it was nothing short of a romantic attempt to legitimise terrorism [March 16]. No religion preaches the killing of innocent human beings. Every man has the right to choose, and they have chosen to kill. It is immaterial whether they are born in poverty or privilege. A cover story on the extraordinary acts of heroism by ordinary Mumbaikers in the face of this act of cowardice by these terrorists would have been more appropriate. Ajay Swaminathan MD, CREWE, ENGLAND...
...Bush's chosen theme, Michael Coffey, the executive managing editor of Publishers Weekly, says it reminds him of a book penned by another President who was trying to salvage his reputation: Richard Nixon's 1962 bestseller, Six Crises, in which he tried to set the record straight about such uncomfortable topics as the Checkers speech and his role in the Alger Hiss case. "The fact that Bush is apparently structuring his memoir around a number of key decisions that he made, to me strikes a similar chord with Nixon's approach," Coffey says. "I don't imagine that Bush...