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Judith Batalion '00 is a history and science concentrator in Adams House. Talya M. Weisbard is a social anthropology concentrator in Eliot House. They are co-chairs of this year's Take Back the Night committee...
...that Take Back the Night (TBTN) enters the stage, here at Harvard and across the nation. Observed April 19-25, TBTN is a national attempt to bring to light issues of violence against women. This year at Harvard, though, TBTN, is taking on a broader focus. According to Talya Weisbard '00, co-chair of TBTN, she and others involved in planning the week-long event decided to "broaden the mission to include other women's issues and to plan events that empower women and help women feel strong." In the minutes from their planning meeting, TBTN was described as focusing...
...always makes me uncomfortable when people use the term `J.A.P.,' but I occasionally use it too" says Talya Weisbard '99-'00, Co-Chair of the Progressive Jewish Alliance, indicating a degree of Jewish ambivilance about the terms...
Some terms generally considered racist or otherwise derogatory change meanings depending on the contexts in which they are used. The homophobic slur "queer," for example, can be empowering when co-opted by the gay community. Stereotypes of Jewish women, however, do not have this redeeming quality, according to Weisbard...
TBTN originated as "a rally against violence against women" in 1978, Weisbard said...