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...sister's cultural development, I was instantly on the job, and on Christmas morning she unwrapped a new Janet Jackson CD and a new 90-minute mix tape from me, titled "Girls with Guitars." Within a few months, the mix tape had triumphed, and she was passing feminist folk music along to her friends--kind of scary...
Oppenheim writes that feminist activists need "to take a little time-out for a good old-fashioned reality check," arguing that "Surely, sexism, sexual harassment and sexual assault are issues that belong to everyone. Why are women's meetings any more deserving of protected space than anyone else's?" While issues such as sexism and sexual assault might "belong to everyone," the victims are disproportionately female. Their experiences are unique and can be emotionally and physically debilitating. The reasons for assault extend beyond the simple realm of "public safety" and into the more complicated ways in which gender hierarchy...
...level of participation and the muted visibility of this feminist activism continue to plague Harvard. Oppenheim, perceiving women's groups merely to be a place for fuzzy self-esteem games, questions the existence of the Ann Radcliffe Trust at a time when advocates for women's issues should no longer remain silent. Oppenheim shows his lack of understanding when he asks, "As for the existence of 'emotional support,' don't we all need a bit of that?" Perhaps what's really needed at Harvard is not a women's center to address intricate issues of gender politics, but a center...
...time for the feminist activists on this campus to take a little time-out for a good old-fashioned reality check. Some committees, in order function effectively, have to limit their membership. The overwhelming majority of undergraduate women are not complaining of any rampant discrimination by Harvard. Sexual assault is a matter of public safety, not gender politics. The non-discrimination sword cuts both ways. We all need more meeting space and an occasional...
Surrounding this parasite of literature is a cast of characters as diverse in chronology as they are in personality. There's an angry and suicidal Ernest Hemingway who acts as Garnett's servant, the under-recognized and frustrated feminist author Djuna Barnes, the heroine-addicted mother of Eugene O'Neil, and the aforementioned Anas Nin, played with delightfully French self-absorption by Karen MacDonald. Not to mention the entire cast of characters from The Brothers Karamazov, with Alyosha Karamazov (played with effective, i.e. not annoying, wholesomeness by Sean Dugan) serving as Durang's Everyman character in this absurdist romp...