Word: posterer
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...poster that has hung virtually unnoticed by students in the Lowell House dining hall for years was removed yesterday, after a student joined employees in complaining that the picture reinforced racial stereotypes...
...poster, which depicts seven small black figures carrying over-sized watermelons and eggplants on their heads through a field, hung in the serving area of the dining hall, immediately opposite the hot entree line...
According to Mellody R. Hayes '99, who issued the complaint, the poster was blatantly offensive...
Finally, it is interesting to note Oppenheim's selective blindness in the observance of BGLTSA posters. While the phrase "oppressive paradigm" may remain for him an amusing snippet of lit-crit jargon, the pervasiveness of outspoken heterosexuality on this campus cannot be denied. Has Oppenheim never seen a heterosexually risqué poster for a Harvard dance, a cappella concert or theatrical production? While innocuous enough, the prevelance (and thus the privileging) of heterosexual behavior and the attendant invisibility of homosexuality legitimizes a climate of homophobia. If, on the other hand, Oppenheim is offended solely by the word "vulva...
Clit Notes. The clitoris is a female sexual organ. The slang term "clit" sounds like "Cliff," the title of a popular series of study aids. The queer community would like you to see the word "clit" in a public setting. This should shock you. Seeing a poster like "Clit Notes" will help accustom you to the notion of overthrowing oppressive paradigms...