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...world.”Scott says she draws inspiration for her books from “pretty much anywhere and anything.” Anne Fausto-Sterling’s essay “The Five Sexes: Why Male and Female Are Not Enough” galvanized Scott to write “Shadow Man,” of which the premise is that there are human beings who have mutated into seven sexes. One of the planets in the book only recognizes the male and female sexes. Scott says she identifies with all of her characters—sometimes...
...rather than taking one last new shot at those elements which have so thoroughly disturbed me during my time here, I’d love to take this opportunity to re-write the past. As a columnist, I got some stuff right, and even more stuff wrong. My final act will be to expose the latter, and in a move that is seemingly out of touch with journalistic practices, make a huge deal out of the corrections...
...family, have to know things numbers can’t convey. Records are all well and good, but they don’t tell the whole story. And then you, the writer, can conclude, ducking out without telling the whole story either.I’m absolutely guilty of writing this kind of article. Sure, it’s a bit of a cop-out, but if done right it achieves its purpose. I like to think I can do it right. I’ve probably written this article for the same athlete on several occasions (if you know...
...personal life in the pages of The Crimson, I’ve always written about things I appreciate.First, I wrote about the benefits of the First-Year Outdoor Program (FOP), and how it eases the transition to college life. Then, my close relationship with my mother inspired me to write a piece about incessant phone calls and the necessity of communication. After junior parents weekend, I envisioned what my roommates would be like as adults coming back to our 30th reunion. Then, this year, I wrote about my favorite place at Harvard—Mather House?...
...abilities or performance of particular groups of students—either by sex, race, or religion.” But he says that the poor performance of African Americans is still an issue. “I still support affirmative action as strongly as ever,” he writes in an e-mail. “Just why African American students tend to perform below what prior grades and test scores would predict remains an unsolved problem.”DOUBTING DIVERSITYThe University defended its admissions policies that considered race a factor in an amicus brief it filed with...