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This second event in the Harvard Student Lecture Series was organized by the Harvard Diggers Society, a group that promotes student expression and ideas. The Society contests what founding member Talia B. Levin ’12 describes as a “culture of intellectual exclusivity” at...
Alexandra A. Petri ’10 opened the event with a comedic burst, asking the audience to pick the side of a coin to determine whether she would deliver a lecture on fan fiction or salmon, ultimately lapsing into quips about high school prom.
Kristin N. Rose ’12 delivered a lecture entitled “Feminists Have Better Sex,” touching on issues ranging from contraceptives to the definitions and misconceptions of feminism.
Davis and Levin were part of a group of friends who gathered this past fall to organize an undergraduate-led lecture series, best described as a student reincarnation of Harvard Thinks Big. Levin emphasized that people of all backgrounds
Levin said the Diggers Society started planning the second of the Harvard Student Lecture Series before January Term, envisioning an event that would promote self-definition and spark student dialogue free from “intellectual intimidation.”