Word: sexistence
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...admit that a student government would not be perfect in a simple majoritarian scheme is to admit to the failures of Harvard's grandiose scheme of the microcosm of Harvard in the Houses. I doubt that Harvard is inherently racist or sexist, though some students disagree, but I am certain that the homogeneous nature of many of the Houses, and perhaps Harvard as a whole, insulates most students--and the Faculty and administration--from the diversity and open-mindedness which the University so articulately continues to profess...
That women have been given short shrift by male academicians and men in general is an historical fact; however there is nothing inherently sexist in the structure or methodology of the academic disciplines. Women's studies programs may be springing up across the country, but they exist solely as a symbol. There is no distinctly "feminine" science, history or philosophy. Indeed, to imply that there is would be outrageously sexist...
Lisa Henson, 21, was a fast-talking freshman when she complained that the Harvard Lampoon was "the most sexist organization on campus." Hardly a sentiment to win her favor among the club's 45 members, almost all of them male. But over the past two years, the daughter of Muppet Creator Jim Henson clearly made a few "Poonie" friends. Last week she beat out all male rivals for the Lampoon's presidency, to become the first woman to achieve that position in the organization's 105-year history. The deciding factors, says a Lampoon staffer: "Consummate social...
...famous folks in People, it never captures the unique flavor of People's celebrity profiles; the parody doesn't look at the amusing laundry list--current success, difficult childhood, early hard-times, current sexual partners--that makes People's cover stories so wonderfully predictable. Bad taste, usually of the sexist variety and a Lampoon trademark, seems pleasantly absent--all the more remarkable because of an apparently all-male production staff. But perhaps I (also all-male) merely missed the offensive parts...
...Souza said that Ralph Manuel, dean of the college, wrote a letter accusing the paper of printing "racist, sexist and ethnic slurs and other matter of obviously bad taste." Review editors hope Reagan's letter will answer such criticism, D'Souza said...