Word: genderism
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...those who have seen the film before, the new scenes fill out the commentary about gender roles in the original version of Alien, which is generally credited with creating the first female action hero in the form of Weaver’s Ripley. After Ripley attempts to quarantine the explorers in the Alien’s opening scene, she and a professional rival nearly have a physical altercation. The scene pits Ridley—the first major female action hero—in a catfight that reveals the lack of respect for her authority held by the rest...
Drag Night is a hallowed annual event scheduled for tonight in Adams House. Adams was once known as the artsy, gay-friendly House before randomization, and the night has ostensibly offered a space for students to toy with gender and sexuality. Isn’t that a good thing? Maybe we all want to swagger or saunter around a bit more—and we’re grateful for a safe community in which to do this. But Drag Night doesn’t always foster the kind of freedom and diversity it purports to. Prince Charming...
...with a possible new name, the concentration will see a restructuring that aims to define additional tracks, called “foci,” that students may pursue within the committee. The two new tracks will be called “Gender” and “Gender and Sexuality...
...It’s going to accommodate more students,” he said. “It’s going to put us in concert with our peer institutions. It’s going to render more visible the ties and tensions between [studies of women, gender and sexuality...
Discussion about the place of gender and sexuality studies began seriously last year, with an unofficial Faculty committee that convened to hash out ways of centralizing those studies at Harvard. Epps said he convened the group after he was approached by several students from other departments seeking ways to plan courses of study that included issues of women, gender and sexuality...