Word: feminist
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...French idea lies there, at the intersection of technology and creativity." From such high-minded but vague declarations the colloquium often descended into special pleading and ideological posturing. Novelist Mary McCarthy called on the French government to permit Poland's Radio Solidarity to broadcast in France. Feminist Kate Millett deplored the "severe lack of representation of women" at the meeting (85 out of 350). U.S. cultural "imperialism," particularly in the form of the internationally popular TV show Dallas, was repeatedly attacked. Not a few guests foundered on the generalities and the pretension. The grandiose talkathon, hinted one American participant...
...Divinity School's women's studies program grew directly out of the women's liberation movement of the late 1960s and early 1970s. At a time when many social institutions came under reevaluation from a feminist perspective, the inequities of religion were clearly delineated. Religious institutions were singled out for excluding women by policy from leadership roles. Likewise, the traditional identification of God as a male raised serious theological debates as to why authority should be linked with masculinity...
Today, more than half the Divinity School's students are women, a statistic for which the administrators of the women's studies program take partial credit. "The program is a draw for a lot of very excellent feminist scholars," explains Susan Brune. A third-year student. Brune criticizes the school's overall curriculum for being short on feminist theory and methodology, but says she chose to come to Harvard because of its women's studies program...
...sign of increased awareness of feminist perspectives at the school is the fact that nearly all of the professors use so-called inclusive language in their lectures, reflecting the view that any god who is addressed as "He" cannot be meaningful for all people. Consequently, professors use words like "Godself" to replace "He" and "the Nurturer" to replace "the Father." As one student observes, "It's very uncool at the Div School not to use inclusive language...
...care, adequate security services, and responsive procedures for dealing with sexual harassment. Issues like these are only consistently addressed by RUS. The community benefits in a different fashion from our sponsorship of events such as the annual women's student faculty dinner, an all women's band or a feminist play...