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...hysterical portrayal of the medallioned, chest-wigged Casanova on the verge of his carefully catalogued ten-thousandth conquest comes across much better than the rather insubstantial angry feminazis. The plot is just as dominated and enslaved by the experiences of Snaporaz as a housewife is by the male oppressor...

Author: By Edward P. Mcbride, | Title: Fellini Flouts Feminism in Film | 2/15/1996 | See Source »

...another motorist, also black, on the Belle Isle Bridge over the Detroit River. The driver allegedly beat Word with a tire iron, then watched as she flung herself to her death off the bridge. "She wasn't killed by Mark Fuhrman," orated Farrakhan. "She wasn't killed by the oppressor. She was killed by her so-called Brother because he was mad she had bumped into his shiny...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MARCHING TO FARRAKHAN'S TUNE | 10/16/1995 | See Source »

...eviction action. The eviction went beyond the concepts they were used to. Prolonged propaganda activities were required after the action...to explain why we were obliged to undertake such a harsh and cruel action." Mr. Rabin finds it suitable to talk about the "great suffering" of the oppressor, the soldiers who expelled the Palestinians from their homes. Thus he emphasizes the mental "suffering" of the oppressor and neglects the harm inflicted on the oppressed and dispossessed. George Orwell would have been impressed...

Author: By Ramy Tadros, | Title: Israel's 'Independence' Day | 5/3/1995 | See Source »

...oppressed people cannot be coequal indecadence with the oppressor and be the moralauthority," Jackson said...

Author: By Valerie J. Macmillan, | Title: Jackson Defends Affirmative Action | 4/24/1995 | See Source »

...moons ago, Harvard administrators quite reasonably decided to shut down the tiny Linguistics department. Then there were protests, as the dozen or so linguistics students took up tongues against their oppressor. Their angry letters epitomized excellent grammar and syntax, though they were most certainly devoid of common sense and the old Crimson spirit...

Author: By Brad EDWARD White, | Title: The Celtic Myth | 1/25/1995 | See Source »

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