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...Questioning your intentions every time you shave your armpits is exhausting. But “girlie” feminism does not advance a viable solution, nor does it assuage females’ anxieties about the authenticity of their efforts at self-improvement. Voluntarily choosing to objectify oneself may feel like empowerment. Yet such empowerment is ephemeral, given the inability of the female subject to control others’ interpretations of her choices. Brashly assuming traditional feminine tropes is no more productive than brashly assuming masculine ones: the taboo of the hairy-legged, power-suit-wearing, man-hating feminist from which...
...Feminism is too conflicted, and too confused, to tell me whether I should feel guilty for still owning a tube top. Perhaps this is a good thing: After all, doing what one is told, rather than assuming the agency to decide for oneself, goes against feminism and its existentialist ethics. Perhaps remaining conscious of the debate and begging the question is the best that...
...it’s in cinema—a very 20th-century development—that many of the most nuanced, sensitive portrayals of women over the last century can be found. The medium offers a liberating escape from the tired mini-skirt/power-suit dilemma over how to represent oneself outwardly as a woman. A film can instead represent a woman’s interiority, combining effects in ways that literature or a painting cannot...
Therefore, I ask all Harvard students to consider fasting—not as an experiment on religious grounds, but rather to improve as a person and learn something about oneself along the way. Tomorrow, skip the scalloped potatoes and reflect a little instead...
...with the person you’re with so that lines don’t get blurred in the heat of the moment. The importance of getting clear consent for sexual activity is paramount, yet the obligation to make smart choices in being clear about boundaries and not putting oneself in a position where rape is likely to occur is equally crucial to prevention. This discussion was largely absent from Sex Signals...