Word: self
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...form of a mix tape; now my highest ambition is to share with her some songs I've really loved. In the end, this is a higher ambition. If she loves those songs as I do, then they are a more lasting form of indoctrination--a real gift of self, if you want to give it a less totalitarian spin...
...undergraduate women are not complaining of any rampant discrimination by Harvard." Yet the lack of complaint and awareness lies precisely at the heart of the issue (what is activism but the exposure of previously unrealized problems?)--an issue that must have escaped his notice as he busily and self-righteously attacks members of the U.C. for not attending the town meeting...
...level of participation and the muted visibility of this feminist activism continue to plague Harvard. Oppenheim, perceiving women's groups merely to be a place for fuzzy self-esteem games, questions the existence of the Ann Radcliffe Trust at a time when advocates for women's issues should no longer remain silent. Oppenheim shows his lack of understanding when he asks, "As for the existence of 'emotional support,' don't we all need a bit of that?" Perhaps what's really needed at Harvard is not a women's center to address intricate issues of gender politics, but a center...
...diverse in chronology as they are in personality. There's an angry and suicidal Ernest Hemingway who acts as Garnett's servant, the under-recognized and frustrated feminist author Djuna Barnes, the heroine-addicted mother of Eugene O'Neil, and the aforementioned Anas Nin, played with delightfully French self-absorption by Karen MacDonald. Not to mention the entire cast of characters from The Brothers Karamazov, with Alyosha Karamazov (played with effective, i.e. not annoying, wholesomeness by Sean Dugan) serving as Durang's Everyman character in this absurdist romp...
...does not get confused by the changing roles. My personal favorite, Debbie the Cat (Bill Maskiell '02), captures perfectly the essence of feline nature with a human personality. Such humor makes Letters not only a dramatic and moving testament to the universal human need for freedom and self-fulfillment, but also a funny and delightful play to watch...