Saturday, October 13, 2007
Here She Is....
The Times: Drew Gilpin Faust, Harvard University’s first female president, was inaugurated Friday and offered a spirited defense of American higher education against demands that it quantify what it is teaching and focus primarily on training a global work force.
The Globe: Rather than give a list of priorities for Harvard in her address, Faust defended American colleges against attacks on their quality and said Harvard and other universities should become leaders in national conversations about education.
The Crimson: As expected, Faust explicitly avoided laying out a road map for her tenure in her 30-minute speech, calling inaugural addresses "by definition pronouncements by individuals who don’t yet know what they are talking about."
The Times: Drew Gilpin Faust, Harvard University’s first female president, was inaugurated Friday and offered a spirited defense of American higher education against demands that it quantify what it is teaching and focus primarily on training a global work force.
The Globe: Rather than give a list of priorities for Harvard in her address, Faust defended American colleges against attacks on their quality and said Harvard and other universities should become leaders in national conversations about education.
The Crimson: As expected, Faust explicitly avoided laying out a road map for her tenure in her 30-minute speech, calling inaugural addresses "by definition pronouncements by individuals who don’t yet know what they are talking about."
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There you go again. Focusing on physical looks. As if a message could be read in the hills and dales of the skin, in the oceans of the eyes, in the forests of the corporeal body. Why? Why oh why? What does it mean?
I find it intriguing that you don't think Faust should mention that she's a woman in her speech but you devoted 535 words to her physical appearance and 765 to her speech.
It appears that the fact that she is a woman remains a topic of interest, and not just to her.
It appears that the fact that she is a woman remains a topic of interest, and not just to her.
As I said quite clearly in the post you're referencing, others will write about it regardless, so why does she need to raise the subject herself? I am only proving myself correct!
I was actually reacting to what you said in the comments:
" If I downplay the fact of her gender, it's because Harvard is so late on elevating a woman to the post (not entirely it's fault, given the length of presidencies) that it's a far smaller story than it would have been ten or so years ago."
Honestly I don't know why I'm engaging in this dialogue. Something about your views about women just doesn't make sense.
Sincerely,
11:21 a.m.
" If I downplay the fact of her gender, it's because Harvard is so late on elevating a woman to the post (not entirely it's fault, given the length of presidencies) that it's a far smaller story than it would have been ten or so years ago."
Honestly I don't know why I'm engaging in this dialogue. Something about your views about women just doesn't make sense.
Sincerely,
11:21 a.m.
I don't think I've actually expressed any views on women, and I think it's important to emphasize that. I've expressed views on whether Drew Faust should make a public issue of her gender, and that is an entirely different matter.
Your topics of interest and how you approach them certainly seem to suggest that you do have views on these topics.
For an explanation of why LHS didn't open the letter:
http://www.thecrimson.com/blogentry.aspx?blogID=45&ref=573
http://www.thecrimson.com/blogentry.aspx?blogID=45&ref=573
The fact is that you are largely unaware, it seems, of how incredibly sexist your many observations about women are and several of your posters have tried to let you know this without any response from you that goes beyond defensiveness. That's too bad---because you have so much insight into so many other things. Furthermore, your preoccupation with looks--of men and women--tells us more about you than about the issues you purport to address.
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