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Perhaps Rachel does not mean the question geographically. Perhaps I should answer that I consider myself a fairly liberal feminist with an odd sense of humor. Or that I grew up without a TV and therefore have a vast hole in my basic cultural knowledge...
Perhaps America has become too complacent in the 90's. We take our equal rights for granted. Women, accustomed to the the slew of victories accorded them by the feminist movement, are shocked by the mere suggestion of male aggression. If Stoll had been a woman who called three male Crimson editors "pricks," then the moment would have passed without anyone even batting an eye. But reverse the roles, and suddenly a marginally sexual insult becomes the basis for scandal...
...lack of cultural diversity, teachers say,limits the perspectives students may encounter inExpos. Cross cultural, feminist and otherapproaches to writing that might interest somestudents have been neglected, some teachers...
...account of Tailhook's reputation, a militant feminist "security patrol" with Guardian Angel-like berets and walkie-talkies circled the perimeter to protect other women on the hotel grounds, but the leader admitted that "it seems to be a pretty tame crowd. They're all old. I guess what we're doing is - mostly symbolic." Participants in the Mrs. America pageant, who happened to be convening in another hall 200 yds. away, also displayed uneasiness. Mrs. Florida, Jacqueline Mallery Solomon, said she had "expressed my concern" to the hotel and asked for "proper security...
...this is no feminist treatise. It's a bigOliver Stone blockbuster hellbent on reducing itsaudience to tears. The soundtrack soars (well, theJanus theater had a few problems with it, but itwould have soared...) as characters cry, hug orglow with confidence. My only qualm with "The JoyLuck Club" was a moment of silence near the end.The entire audience could be heard snifflingduring this brief break, and I couldn't help butthink that Wang and Stone had engineered it justso that we could all report to our friends,"Everybody cried...you must...