File spoon-archives/marxism-feminism.archive/marxism-feminism_1997/marxism-feminism.9711, message 27


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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