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Which prominent feminists? The person who says the most reprehensible things in the article, Diane Davis, is not a prominent feminist. I've never even heard of
by novia 8y ago
Which prominent feminists? The person who says the most reprehensible things in the article, Diane Davis, is not a prominent feminist. I've never even heard of her. I looked up her wikipedia page, and it looks like her main hobby might be updating her own wikipedia page.
The other person quoted, Dana Bolger, who said Title 9 has mostly been used against predatory men, seemed like they were being quoted out of context. Nowhere did Dana Bolger say, "historically this has been the case and it needs to stay that way."
Googling Dana, she actually responds to the article on her Twitter page, saying much the same thing that I do in my comment.
https://twitter.com/danabolger/status/1029369826710564866 https://twitter.com/danabolger/status/1029369826710564866
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- JoelMcCracken 8y agoFrom the article: "Soon after the university made its final, confidential determination this spring, a group of scholars from around the world, including prominent feminists, sent a letter to N.Y.U. in defense of Professor Ronell. Judith Butler, the author of the book “Gender Trouble” and one of the most influential feminist scholars today, was first on the list." I assume this is to what grandparent was referring.
- dwighttk 8y agoThe signatories of the letter mentioned in the article, which you can download here: http://leiterreports.typepad.com/files/butler-letter-for-avital-ronell.doc http://leiterreports.typepad.com/files/butler-letter-for-avi... (it's a 37KB .doc) There were 51 by my count, but I didn't count carefully. (also that might not be the final version)
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