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...suggests a discomfort with political dissent, and an inclination for everyone to toe their respective ideological lines, rather than confront difficult questions. This campus missed an enormous chance to ask the questions sparked by Lo’s flag: Whose opinions are we willing to entertain seriously even if we disagree with them? To what extent do we temper our unequivocal support of free speech when faced with ideas we find distasteful...
Belligerent cops aside, McCarthy doesn’t want to confront everyone who mistakes her for a man. “I usually don’t say anything because it just creates an awkward situation,” she says. “And if gender is such a nebulous concept anyway, why should I care what people call...
...over with our parents and blockmates and lovers, mulled over how we’ll respond if hecklers jeer or an ancient uncle sees our picture in tomorrow’s Crimson. We’ve decided that personal discomfort is a small price to pay if we can confront this university with an opportunity to think hard about heterosexual privilege. We’ve decided to give you something to chew on after you’ve polished off that Chick...
Most important of all, the Harvard community itself must confront the issue of sexual violence on campus. We need to work towards becoming a community where rape is not tolerated. With the acceptance and implementation of the Leaning Committee’s recommendations, Harvard will effectively be saying that sexual assault is morally despicable and legally criminal behavior that is wholly unacceptable in our community. It is our obligation as community members to follow this lead...
...labeled Exposed Film. Will shining a light inside be ruinous as well as revelatory? Their dialogue is interspersed with brutal images of murder and rape as depicted in the fictional film. In a scene set during the shooting of the internal film, Armenian and Turkish actors are forced to confront the history that they either never learned or learned to suppress. "[Canada] is a new country, so let's just drop the f___ing history," Turkish actor Ali (Elias Koteas) tells Raffi...