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...means that you think living outside of that binary is equally ridiculous. It’s not just a linguistic distinction, it’s a question of real, lived experiences of Harvard students who have been harassed, beaten up, chased, and threatened because they don’t conform to their attackers’ conceptions of “maleness” or “femaleness.” You don’t even have to be transgender to be a victim; you just have to look different than the stereotypical male or female gender norm...
...department is fairly atypical —the general flavor is unlike most other spots on campus. Is there any sense that a department within Harvard should conform to a kind of liberal arts mindset that VES may or may not precisely...
...connected to the business of trying to make art and art-making more central to the Harvard experience. VES as a department is fairly atypical —the general flavor is unlike most other spots on campus. Is there any sense that a department within Harvard should conform to a kind of liberal arts mindset that VES may or may not precisely fit?Well, I think that the closer you get to the courses we give and the faculty who teach them, the less atypical we really look. The analogy shouldn’t really be with the humanities...
...last week’s Female Orgasm Seminar, in an e-mail. “I would rather use a LifeStyles condom than not have sex or have unprotected sex.” She said Japanese-brand condoms such as Kimono and Inspiral were thinner and stronger, because they conform to higher safety regulations. “If Harvard is interested in students having safer sex, we should be given the condoms that are least likely to break!” she wrote. “It is nominally more expensive, but so worth it.” Mellor also...
...pressure to conform will go on, of course, until the equation changes--in other words, until there are more women of color in a position to call the shots. For now, says Patricia Gillette, a San Francisco labor lawyer, being a minority woman in business is still "a double whammy." But in the meantime, companies that recognize and boost the hidden talent within their ranks will profit in more ways than...