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After coming to Harvard as openly lesbian, Smith came out as transgender his junior year and has recently taken steps to further the transition. His refreshingly candid approach to talking about transgender, queer, and feminist issues has gained appreciation around Harvard’s campus among friends and strangers alike...
...contributions here are lively and accessible. Madhu Kishwar, the legendary Indian feminist, rejects as "naive" the idea that bride-burning can be linked to Sita's popularity. In the story, Sita eventually leaves Rama and raises her children alone in an ashram, believing that a husband who does not treat her well is dispensable. Sita may be the model for the long-suffering women of Indian TV and film, but novelist Ranga Rao argues that she also influences the strong-minded females in the beloved stories of R.K. Narayan...
...Italy are held by women, less than in Kuwait. In last year's Global Gender Gap report from the World Economic Forum, Italy ranked 67th out of 130 countries. Such figures are particularly shocking for women like Elisa Manna, who is old enough to remember Italy's muscular feminist movement of the 1970s. "Back then, young women wanted to become doctors, lawyers - professional people," says Manna, director of the Department of Cultural Policies Centre for Social Studies and Policies (CENSIS) in Rome. "It was terrible to get ahead in your profession because you are beautiful. Now, it's absolutely...
Sommers said that feminist thought, especially at many universities, focuses too heavily on bashing males and victimizing women, triggering a backlash among students...
Campus sex blogger Lena Chen ’09-’10 voiced similar objections, saying that Sommers had oversimplified current feminist theory. True Love Revolution co-president Rachel L. Wagley ’10 said she was not surprised Sommers’ speech sparked this debate...