Word: feminist
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...students read French theorists like Helene Cixous and Luce lrigaray and discuss such issues as androgyny, female-female bonding, and patriarchally defined syntax. But when I took an informal poll in a room full of guys the other day--"What do you think of when you hear the word `feminist'?"--the first response was, "Holly Near aiming a pair of pruning shears at my crotch...
Feminism has become a dirty word. Sure, we all support equal rights, but no need to be feminist about it. Images of castration and folk singers, not to mention hairy legs, lesbianism, hairy armpits, man-hating, facial hair, pantsuits and pushiness, are routinely associated with feminism in conversation and comic strips...
These stereotypes may not be new, but the extent to which they have superseded all positive images of feminism is new. Consequently, few men or women at Harvard call themselves feminist, at the risk of being labeled and dismissed...
Causing commotion runs in the Reagan family. More than a year ago, First Son Michael made headlines by hinting at differences with his stepmother Nancy and disclosing that the President very rarely sees his grandchildren. Maureen Reagan is, like her father, a conservative, but also has been an outspoken feminist. Her free-spirited half sister Patti Davis, who uses her mother's maiden name, has had tumultuous but unsuccessful careers in acting and music. She has come out with a novel, Home Front, a thinly disguised autobiography about growing up as the daughter of an actor who becomes Governor...
...fellows come to Harvard at a "period of transition in their careers," says Donovan. Past fellows include Washington Post columnist David S. Broder, feminist Betty Freidan, and Vermont Governor Madeline Kunin...