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...Black, lesbian, feminist, writer, scientist, historian of science, and activist”—a series of words Hammonds used to describe herself in a 2004 article in “The Black Studies Reader”—the Dean has made a point to emphasize diversity, having previously served as the University’s first senior vice provost for diversity and development...
Perhaps I was lucky in that I started out post-graduate life free of a clear path. I graduated from college in 1963, the year that Betty Friedan fired the shot heard around the world and ignited the Feminist Movement—at least in my white, middle class, college-educated world. It is hard for students today to understand how momentous it was to read The Feminine Mystique: how staggering it was to grasp that the path I imagined when I entered college was far too limited. My subsequent path, therefore, was always built upon conflicting expectations about what...
House: Kirkland Concentration: Studies of Women, Gender and Sexuality Hometown: Sleepy Hollow, NY (heads do, in fact, roll) Ideal Date: A picnic dinner followed by a late night (skinny) dip in Walden Pond. What do you look for in a girl/guy: A feminist sensibility. Where to find you on a Saturday night: Look for the gaggle of unruly gay men and listen for Lady GaGa and I’ll be in there, somewhere. Your best pick up line: Wanna see me burn my bra? Best or worst lie you’ve ever told: That stylized flannel you?...
...Which was more likely, they asked - that "Linda is a bank teller" or that "Linda is a bank teller and is active in the feminist movement." Overwhelmingly, subjects chose the second answer, even though simple logic shows that each additional fact makes the answer less likely to be true...
...organization staffed largely by feminist women, PETA would not do something that we felt contributed to the very serious problems that women face. PETA’s “naked” demonstrators and models choose to participate in these actions because they want to do something to make people stop and pay attention. We believe that people (including men, as shown in the link that Ms. Fiske provided to our “I’d Rather Go Naked Than Wear Fur” campaign) should have the choice to use their own bodies to make social...