“Women are naturally competitive with each other,” she says, “and I think it takes another level to step out of that comfort zone and not guard ourselves from each other. But I love seeing other women perform. It’s cool to share this man’s world with each other.”
SPECIAL FEATURE: PRIDE, PREJUDICE, AND THE PATRIARCHY
Brown is retiring this year, and the university she leaves is very different from the one of her tenure suit that began more than 30 years ago. But while much has changed, Brown’s story contains a certain timelessness, particularly in the current struggle by women against institutions traditionally dominated by men. Like an Austen novel, Brown’s battle forces a reckoning with the type of sexism society tries to hide from itself. As Brown says, “Making the people who had done this have to defend themselves and be accountable, that was worth it.”
ALL I REALLY NEED TO KNOW I LEARNED IN JOURNALISM 101 WITH KLARFELD
I always describe Klarfeld as someone who tended the net in hockey before goalies wore face masks.
DIG THIS: TRADING PLACES, GLOW YOGA, NRBQ!
Yes, even this week there’s tons of cool stuff to do!
SPEAKING WITH THE ENEMY: MY CHAT WITH THE GUY WHO IS ‘STANDING UP AGAINST ANTI-WHITE BIGOTRY’ AT BU
“I have never been involved in any ‘white supremacist’ group such as KKK, neo-Nazis, skinheads or whatever else,” Gage wrote. “That is why we founded the NYF.”
ON BU’s DISGRACEFUL HANDLING OF THE SAIDA GRUNDY SITUATION
My alma mater also sent out another kind of letter this past week: solicitations for donations.
