Date: Tue, 18 Nov 1997 17:35:41 -0500 From: Doug Henwood <dhenwood-AT-panix.com> Subject: Re: M-FEM: Women's Studies at New Paltz, and the Wall St. Journal Paul Zarembka wrote: >These letters underline the point I have made on the UB-UUP list, that we >should defend the conference itself, and thus defend Women's Studies, and >not only defend the academic freedom issue (which is of course also >important). Yeah.I remember a rant years ago, reported in Alexander Cockburn's Village Voice column, about "contentless liberalism" and its defense of free speech. Academic freedom is important, but "we" should stand behind the whole enterprise of women's studies too. Doug
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