Word: genderism
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...Zimmerman, who teaches a course on "Gender and Popular Culture in Japan" for Wellesley college's Japanese department, sees shojo's appeal from a more distanced perspective. "Shojo manga are popular because they tap into the social obstacles and challenges that girls face: feeling excluded by cliques, having crushes on boys, and often wrestling with issues of their own sexuality," she wrote me in an email from Japan. She continued, "But they are also popular because they present a glossy image of a different kind of existence where everyone dresses up fashionably and looks cute...
...Harvard nearly four decades ago, as part of the “strike” Class of 1969, many of my classmates had a very grand sense of the possible. Sure, we had problems—the men had the Vietnam-era draft, and the women faced far worse gender bias than now—but we were confident we could fix those problems. Our biggest dreams had little to do with money, and a lot to do with grand causes and personal journeys into the arts, teaching or elsewhere...
...Tribe noted that judges could potentially rule that their decision in the Goodridge case renders other marriage laws gender neutral as well...
Candidates David Cobb, Kent P. Mesplay and Lorna Salzman affirmed their commitments to peace, preserving the environment, and gender and racial equality before an audience of about 100 people at the JFK Jr. Forum on Thursday...
Three pairs of students, one of each gender, will work for the escort service each night, stationed in the Quad, the Yard and the River Houses. The escorts will wear clearly marked Harvard University Police Department (HUPD) vests and receive training, McLoughlin said. Each escort will also be in constant contact with HUPD and the transportation dispatcher...