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...white males of European descent, most of them wealthy property holders. Like some of his co-revolutionaries, Thomas Jefferson, who was primarily responsible for the soaring language of the document ("We hold these truths to be self evident, that all men are created equal . . ."), owned black slaves. In this context, what could "equal" mean? And why were only "men" created that...
Since this movie demonstrates Clover's point, and since it places that point in a context that is satirically aware of the violent and depersonalizing traditions of our visual popular culture, it just may be that Thelma & Louise is in fact better than any of its exegetes have made it sound. It remains the most intriguing movie now in release. No other cheers one's argumentative spirit, stirs one's critical imagination, and awakens one's protective affection in quite the way Thelma & Louise does...
...possible that evil is a problem that is more intelligently addressed outside the religious context of God and Satan? Perhaps. For some, that takes the drama out of the discussion and dims it down to a paler shade of Unitarianism. Evil, in whatever intellectual framework, is by definition a monster. It has a strange coercive force: a temptation, a mystery, a horrible charm. Shakespeare understood that perfectly when he created Iago in his secular and motiveless malignity...
...when a Crimson article printed quotes attributed to Jewett and Assistant Dean of FAS Jeffrey Wolcowitz which seemed to blame victims of sexual assaults for not clearly expressing their unwillingness to engage in sexual activity. Jewett and Wolcowitz later said that their comments had been taken out of context...
...would be this lateral function that would be important. It's the University-wide perspective and the capacity to think, plan and move the institution that way rather than within the context and confines of each separate school," Rudenstine says...