Word: sexistence
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Another student wrote back that slut was a “sexist, derogatory term...
...March, she played a part in the temporary shut-down of the Eliot House open e-mail list after someone made a post to the list using the word “slut,” which she calls a “sexist, derogatory term...
...board member of the Coalition Against Sexual Violence (CASV), Keel has made her name this year routing out what she considers sexist language and symbols...
...went to most of my reunions, especially from the 15th reunion on. I have been very involved in the Committee for the Equality of Women at Harvard (CEWH), which evolved out of our 35th reunion. Part of the class discussion that year was whether Harvard was as sexist as when we were in college. We were charged with trying to research this and report back at the 40th reunion. That subgroup became quite a little family...
...other people are being taken in by reality TV's deceptions (which the critic himself--or herself--is able to see through) or are being led astray by its unsavory messages (to which the critic is immune). When a reality show depicts bad behavior, it's immoral, misanthropic, sexist or sick. When The Sopranos does the same thing, it's nuanced storytelling. We assume that viewers can empathize with Tony Soprano without wanting to be him; we assume they can maintain critical distance and perceive ironies between his words and the truth. Why? Because we assume that people who like...