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...Kahnawake face patriarchal norms that force them to marry to preserve “blood purity” while disenfranchising women of mixed heritage. Another film, “The Sari Soldiers,” profiles six Nepalese women on divergent ends of the political, economic and social spectrum during Nepal’s civil war and democratic revolution. The prejudices and sufferings depicted in these films serve to underscore and pay homage to the women’s resilience. They depict sexual violence, poverty, political instability, and community strife, but do not seek to perpetuate the idea of women...
...casualties in the Iraq War were punishment for America’s acceptance of gay rights. Their highly objectionable tactics have largely been met with mockery, disdain, and vocal opposition. The Westboro Baptist Church has essentially succeeded in offending rational people at every point on the political spectrum. Given that the WBC is little other than a marginal group with no real agenda or goal besides the spread of hate, it is dismaying that their spiteful rhetoric will be present at Cambridge Rindge and Latin. The upside to their ignorance and spite is the validation that it lends...
...continuum model like the one Hyman proposes could help solve this problem by recognizing that people aren't always one thing or another. They're sometimes just a little depressed or a little anxious. To avoid medicalizing normal stress, the DSM-V would set a cutoff point within the spectrum. Of course, determining the right cutoff point for the DSM's 350 illnesses would take an enormous research effort, one that has begun for some disorders like depression but probably hasn't even been thought about for rare problems like sexual sadism...
...After two remarkable seasons that carried the Harvard skaters through such a wide emotional spectrum, this current Crimson group had a tough act to follow...
...needed to get done.”The Crimson displayed consistency, accumulating wins and points up until the end. Freshman Meghan Leddy won her first Ivy League title in the 200-yard backstroke, setting school and meet records. In two races on the opposite end of the event spectrum, the 1650-yard freestyle and 50-yard freestyle, Harvard dominated, placing four in the top five for the distance event and three in the top six for the sprint, illustrating once again the enormous depth of its young squad.“There is something very special about this team...