Word: genderism
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...religious or political norms. The authorities of the Tudor and the Stuart eras, failing to uncover these anonymous authors, in turn executed printers.By the 18th century, anonymity became less a matter of mortal safety and more a strategy for marketing. Readers and reviewers were left to speculate on the gender and identity for the author. Jonathan Swift, author of “Gulliver’s Travels,” for instance, went to rather elaborate means to preserve his secrecy. He arranged for the manuscript to be transcribed to disguise the handwriting, and the manuscript was later delivered...
...Courtney A. Fiske ’11 is a social studies concentrator in Lowell House. Her column, “the F-word,” will explore contemporary feminism, gender norms, and relationships on alternative Tuesdays...
...religious issues were just as touchy as issues of sex are for us. 4. FM: Do you still think these topics are taboo in America? In American universities? MBK: No, not really. However, I would say that at most American universities, there are a lot more courses on sex, gender and sexuality than there are at Harvard. Harvard is surprising in offering so few courses on this topic. 5.FM: Your interests lie in the area of nineteenth-century British literature and culture. Be honest—were we dirtier then or now? MBK: We would be shocked by each other...
...Charles River has been identified as a missing 31-year-old Waltham man, according to Jake Wark, a spokesman for Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel F. Conley. The name of the individual has not yet been released. Initial attempts to ascertain the body’s age, race, and gender proved fruitless because of its advanced state of decomposition, according to Wark, but the body was ultimately identified through dental records. An autopsy was performed yesterday to gain more information, including the cause of death. The district attorney’s office suspects no foul play at this time...
...Harvard swing” that would characterize upper-class cool at the time, he pursued boxing, rowing and bird-watching with fanaticism and kept a zoo with lobsters, snakes and a tortoise, according to the Harvard Guide. Though it would be decades until the department of Women, Gender and Sexuality would come into existence, Roosevelt had all the characteristics of a concentrator. His senior thesis eschewed the chauvinistic currents of his Harvard masters and mates—he wrote about gender equality, even proposing that women keep their own names in marriage.While Teddy may have never quite...