Word: genderism
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...other colleges across the nation, first focusing on other Ivy League schools and historically black colleges. The current issue of Remix is “definitely geared more for the Harvard black community and especially more for males, but we are looking to diversify in terms of audience and gender,” Brown said. Anderson added that the BMF also hopes to eventually reach a high school audience with the magazine. Harvard Black Alumni Society Student Affairs Chair Victoria Shannon ’03, who is also a student at Harvard Law School, commented that the magazine...
...American, Korean, and other international students to Ewha Womans University in Seoul for a five-week study of Korean history, politics, and culture. Designed to foster cultural and academic exchange among students and faculty, the program features courses on Korean literature, art history, post-World War II politics, and gender relations. “This will be a fascinating new way to understand Korean culture,” wrote Professor Eun Mee Kim, dean of international studies at Ewha, in an e-mail. Initiated after many years of scholarly exchange between the Harvard-Yenching Institute and Ewha, the program...
EXPECTING. PRINCESS KIKO, 39, daughter-in-law of Japanese Emperor Akihito; her third child, news of which has quieted a heated national debate over a succession law as the public awaits word of the baby's gender; in Tokyo. With no male heirs in sight--both Kiko and Crown Princess Masako have so far given birth only to girls--many Japanese have been clamoring to revise the law to allow an empress and subsequently her children to ascend the Chrysanthemum Throne, an event Japan has not witnessed in more than two centuries and officially banned...
REALITY'S PATIENT ZERO returns in a new season filled with twists: tribes start out divided by age and gender, and in each episode a contestant is marooned alone on an isle that hides an immunity idol to protect against the weekly vote-offs. But gimmicks aside, Survivor always comes down to the casting, conflicts and characters, and so far the competitors in this set are promisingfrom a "fire dancer" to a retired space-shuttle astronaut. He should know a thing or two about being stuck with a small group for extended periods...
...Crown Prince Naruhito, 45, and his wife Masako, 42, have had only one daughter, 4-year-old Aiko. Naruhito's brother, Prince Akishino, 40, and his wife, Kiko, 39, have two daughters. So Koizumi's panel suggested that succession should pass to the Emperor's firstborn, regardless of gender. Assuming that Naruhito succeeds his father, Emperor Akihito, Aiko would then be in line for the throne. The panel's plan seemed wildly popular and Koizumi vowed to introduce a bill to modify the law this March...