Word: genderism
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...Gender-neutral housing is not an altogether bad idea. Though unconventional, it expands student choice in living situations, and if living with roommates of different genders improves a student’s quality of life, then by all means, students should be allowed to do so. We depart from the Staff, however, in their belief that transgender students should receive priority for gender-neutral housing. The problem of insufficient gender-neutral housing will not be alleviated by prioritizing the interests of transgender students over the rest of the student body. Apart from the fact that doing so would be unfair?...
...address his disregard for logic. Lacaria argues that because there was no radical feminism in the 19th century South, there could not have been problems of gender. This argument only needs to be written explicitly to expose its incoherence. More importantly, however, gender was a crucial part of how people, especially Southern male politicians, understood the political climate of antebellum America...
...Mexico will ultimately fall a political prey, not to force, but to a superior population, insensibly oozing into her territories, changing her customs, and out-loving, out-trading, exterminating her weaker blood.” Who can read this passage and remain oblivious to the intersection of gender, politics, and territorial expansion? I hope that I won’t need to point out the sexual innuendo in the passage for Mr. Lacaria to grasp its meaning...
...some elements of each category can surely be found in each American Muslim, and this reality does not come across. Still, Barrett’s reflections on the fissures that exist between American Muslims—important issues of Shiite versus Sunni, blame for Sept. 11, degrees of orthodoxy, gender, and race—even as they fight for unity are both necessary and insightful. Despite its shortcomings, “American Islam” provides a much-needed look into the lives of a burgeoning but too often overlooked sector of the American population. —Reviewer Jessica...
...Jessica C. Coggins ’08 is a women, gender, and sexuality studies concentrator in Cabot House. Her column appears on alternate Thursdays...