Word: lifting
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 2000-2009
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Ensler’s project is to lift every woman out of the false consciousness that is life in the patriarchy. The play suggests that everyone with a vagina will love her vagina if given the chance—and if she doesn’t, it must be due to patriarchal oppression and/or sexual assault. But false consciousness is inherently condescending. It tells many women—perhaps even most women—that their way of living and thinking and presenting themselves as women is inauthentic. The paternalistic implication is that Ensler knows what these women really think...
...Lift Every Voice
...thought it was a terrific ballgame,” Sullivan said. “The Yale kids really got a lift from their fans, certainly when they came back to tie the game...
MEANWHILE Ghost Busted Every night for three months, just before 2 a.m., a mysterious voice awoke Alfred Mansbridge from his sleep. "I won't take the lift down," intoned the voice. The 69-year-old milkman searched his house for the source - without luck. But instead of turning to exorcists, Mansbridge called in the environmental health experts. What they found under the stairs was no disembodied spirit, but a novelty Spider-Man watch...
...council must also lift the ban on negative campaigning. Candidates should feel free to scrutinize one another’s platforms and council history, making for a more lively political debate. To this end, candidates should also have more time to campaign officially and more money to spend on these campaigns. Current restrictions consign candidates to pursuing quick and cheap strategies of name recognition such as saturating the campus with fliers. With changes to the bylaws, candidates could have more time and resources to tackle the issues that matter to voters...