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...people’s privacy and leave them alone when they ask to be.” THE CELEB AFFECTSometimes though, it seems that the time is always and the place is everywhere. Plus, the proliferation of religious groups lining the Square cannot only be attributed to evangelicals and feminist Christians. Instead, the large number of proselytizers infiltrating the “Peoples’ Republic” has begun to expand to include newer religions looking for recruits. Now, for example, a Harvard student en route to Qdoba could actually get a side of Scientology with their burrito. There...
...describe her.” “I have a lot of sympathy for her ideas on architecture. However, for example, her position towards feminism is much more difficult for me to be sympathetic with.” Moholy-Nagy’s antagonism toward the feminist movement in the ’60s is seemingly at odds with her own pioneering position in architecture.According to an article by the historian Judith Paine, Moholy-Nagy called herself a “beachcomber of history, an unaffiliated digger after treasure and debris buried under the tides of conformity...
...Ruler is that of Tajirika, a dimwitted political schemer. His tale, too, deals with chauvinism. Tajirika is married to Vinjinia, the perfect wife, who accepts his many affairs. Along with the Ruler, he represents the corrupt, repressive status quo. Tajirika is frightened by the specter of a feminist movement and the increasingly outspoken reaction of women against the increasingly intolerant political regime. These women seem utterly foreign to Tajirika’s traditional vision of the quiet, demure housewife. In response to the political upheaval caused by the feminists and other progressives, Tajirika, feeling more and more politically impotent, turns...
...wrangled publicly over details of the party's controversial disarmament policies. That dispute had barely ended when former Prime Minister Callaghan, 71, revived it by disagreeing with them both. Then while Foot was striving to dispel the notion that he was a tired and ineffective leader, his wife, Feminist Writer Jill Craigie, was quoted as saying that her husband would step down soon after the election to make way for a younger man. Worse yet, the Labor leader did not flatly contradict the report...
...Feminist proponents of the ban argue that without it, social pressure from family and peers would force women to wear headscarves. This idea implies that women can be liberated only by restricting their freedom. It demonstrates a lack of respect for the autonomy of women and their ability to make their own decisions. If Turkey wants to promote women’s autonomy, it should do so directly, particularly by protecting women who choose to wear or not wear the headscarf from discrimination and retaliation...