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...first time British impresario David Sefton attended the summer arts festivals in Edinburgh, he shared a cramped apartment with a feminist comedy group called Sensible Footwear and a stand-up duo called the Brown Paper Bag Brothers. As offbeat as their names might suggest, they fit into the Edinburgh scene perfectly. Known for showcasing obscure acts and up-and-comers, along with more classical fare, these festivals are fertile grounds for talent scouts. Now, 20 years later, Sefton is still mining the Edinburgh festival grounds each summer. "There are a lot of companies I discovered in Edinburgh that I went...
Adams' high-profile disappointment mirrors a larger-scale feminist frustration. The percentage of female seminary students has exploded in the past 35 years, from 4.7% in 1972 to 31% (or roughly 10,470 women) in 2003, and it continues to accelerate 1 to 2 percentage points a year. Yet women make up only about 11% of the nation's clergy. This is not totally unexpected, since more conservative denominations do not ordain women and are exempt on First Amendment grounds from equal-opportunity laws. More startling, however, was a set of data on 15 Protestant denominations in a 1998 study...
According to a social studies concentrator who has worked closely with Burch, problems began two weeks ago when Burch was told that her e-mail signature—which, in addition to the journal link, contained a quote from feminist punk musician Kathleen Hanna—was inappropriate. Burch said her Harvard e-mail account was shut down, and she was placed on paid suspension from work while the Office of Human Resources and her supervisors administered a full investigation...
Lajer-Burcharth, an expert in 18th and 19th century French art, has also taught extensively on critical and feminist theory. She could not be reached for comment over the weekend...
...Doing away with final clubs is not a priority of the University, and it is certainly not my priority as a feminist on this campus, either,” Amole writes. “I would much rather spend my time and energy for more important causes, like getting a women’s center...