Word: photographs
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Santa last week bought an ad in The Crimson with a photograph of her Santee, Tammy E. Butler '95, hamming it up at a "biker" theme party...
During my numerous pilgrimages to the exhibit, I kept returning to one photograph (which had a certain voyeuristic appeal) of a couple getting ready for their ceremony. The young principals were in relative deshabille--she in a camisole and fuzzy slipers, he, barefoot in trousers and unbuttoned shirt. Their postures suggested the easy familiarity which comes from living together. If this then was the case, why, other than the obvious tax benefits, were they getting married...
...night, I was called by someone who claimed to be doing a story on Harvard's social life for the Independent, and wanted to include some information on WAC. I answered some questions over the phone, and then set up a time to meet the next day for a photograph of the organization's co-chairs. Friday came, and I met with the young "reporters." It was a busy day, and I did my best to accommodate them by rearranging my schedule. I explained WAC's goals, and consistently responded to what I considered to be thoughtful and interested inquiry...
...later that night that I was informed that the whole interview and photograph had been a prank performed by two Final Club members as part of their club initiation. For those of you who are unaware, Women Appealing for Change is currently sponsoring a boycott of the nine all-male Final Clubs in an appeal that they go co-ed. As part of our goal, we have done our best to avoid antagonistic relations, and worked hard to create a friendly atmosphere and inspire healthy dialogue between Final Club members and the rest of the Harvard community. Our movement...
...understand the nature of a collegiate prank, and perhaps assembling the co-chairs for a photograph could be found amusing to some. But to feign serious interest in our organization, to conduct both a phone interview with me and to meet with me again in person, and to elicit from me my heartfelt opinions on an issue to which I have devoted much of my time and energy, all for a joke--this, to me, is emblematic of the very attitudes that certain clubs promote. I have also been informed of another initiation rite involving the same club. This time...