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...tried. With (almost) every present I included a note, a cheesy nonsensical rhyming note, the kind even Hallmark would reject...
Although many were delighted at the possibility of peace, others were shocked that Prime Minister John Major had been dealing with terrorists, especially leaders of the hard-line Ulster Protestants who reject any change in Northern Ireland's union with Britain. But the British government rode out the storm, arguing that it would have been remiss had it not responded to the I.R.A.'s overtures. Major insisted that he would only begin full negotiations after the I.R.A. had demonstrated that it had renounced terrorism permanently...
While Bowdren correctly criticizes Boyle's assertion that "Harvard feminist" and the feminist movement say women must reject traditional female roles, Bowdren's characterization is not much better. After touting her own knowledge and stating that "the word 'feminist' carries a lot more baggage," Bowdren does a laughable job of reducing feminism to what she thinks "most feminist" believe: "men and women are equal because deep down men and women are the same...
...record straight, for anyone who has and will misconstrue the term: "feminism" has many different strands and meanings, and cannot be pigeonholed into one narrow definition. While Bowdren admits that feminists form a "disparate group," she continues to address and reject one kind of feminism, that which includes Boyle's superwoman/have-it-all idea. In reality, there are liberal enlightenment feminists, cultural feminists, radical feminists, and more. There's a place for Mary Wollstonecraft, Mary Daly, Katie Roiphe and Madonna in feminist discourse--all of whom, I would argue, can be called "feminists" in one way or another. For your information...
...exclude either personal or professional role from my life experience," writes Boyle, "would be to reject my definition of feminism." For Boyle, being a "conservative feminist" means a career as "wife, mother, doctor, and soldier...