Word: feminist
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...that in engaging cases he wouldn't start with the result and work his way backwards," says Michael Stein, a visiting professor at Harvard Law School who clerked for Alito from 1990 to 1991. In the case of an Iranian woman seeking political asylum in 1993 because of her feminist views, Alito affirmed that feminist opinions in general could constitute political statements for which a woman could reasonably fear persecution. But he rejected her bid for asylum, ruling that she did not prove she would be singled out for her beliefs...
...raped her -- she cut off his penis. The organ was surgically reattached, and all's well that ends in media bewitchment: John, acquitted of the rape, appears as a jovial guest on the Howard Stern Show, while Lorena, whose case is still pending, has become something of a feminist folk hero...
...didn’t long for Rapunzel’s long tresses? The moral of these memories: just one slipper, two kisses, three balls, and four brave princes later, these good females were rescued from bad fruit and several very wicked witches. In spite of the well-justified feminist disgust for these pathetic Disney damsels (has anyone really listened to Snow White’s pre-pubescent vocal tones?), I can’t help feeling nostalgic for a time when a man saved his woman. Before bad boy meant good catch, and before nice guy meant lame date. Before...
...Musser, GSAS (tentatively ’08) P.J. Harvey. I’ve had a lifelong obsession with her…I guess you could call it a girl crush. When she performs, she dances around the stage, and screams and moans. She’s got a more feminist vibe. I think some people would respond to it, but she’s not that popular, even though she did open for U2 in 2001. Corey A. Pedersen ’06 That’s easy–Snoop Dogg. Ever since sixth grade...
...While his decision may seem contradictory, his clerks say, it actually illustrates Alito's style. He is willing to look at the law in ways that help protect people, but he is ever mindful of the specifics of a case. The woman won in philosophy-that feminists are entitled to protection-but lost on the facts because she failed to prove to Alito that she herself was such a feminist in danger of persecution...