“Women's studies needed a syllabus and so invented a canon overnight. It puffed up clunky, mundane contemporary women authors into Oz-like, skywriting dirigibles. Our best women students are being force-fed an appalling diet of cant, drivel and malarkey.” ForceStudyStudentsNeededContemporaryDietsFedsCantMundaneCanonDrivelSyllabus Book:Free Women, Free Men: Sex, Gender, Feminism Source: Free Women, Free Men: Sex, Gender, Feminism
“I understand why so many Americans are fed up with government. The 112th Congress was almost universally derided as the worst ever. It was the most polarized body since the end of Reconstruction, according to one study, and I grew embarrassed by its partisan bickering, inactivity, and refusal to address the vital challenges facing America.” EndsBodyGovernmentAmericaChallengesStudyWorstGrewCongressAddressesFedsEmbarrassedRefusalPartisansReconstructionFed UpInactivityBickering Author:Olympia Snowe
“For me, study is a divine and daily imperative, and I study a page of Talmud daily so that I am not only teaching. My teaching is constantly being fed by my learning.” StudyTeachingDivinePagesFedsImperatives Author:Erica Brown