I just ordered a framed one for the hallway outside of our department
office. THanks for the reminder to do this!
Maureen
On Sat, Sep 21, 2013 at 2:09 AM, helen lauer <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Dear Prof. Lindemann,
> I'm very sorry. Thanks for not getting annoyed with me---you are
> absolutely right; 25 years outside of the cyber connections in West Africa,
> means I'm out of the loop of everyday communication cues so I don't know
> what changes in vocabulary have developed to demonstrate sensitivity. Very
> sorry to offend, of course.
> Please, can you tell me what the uproar was about the CSW poster?
> I am hoping someone will give me an address to which I can send money and
> then receive the CSW poster.
> Helen
>
> ------------------------------
> *From:* Hilde Lindemann <[log in to unmask]>
> *To:* helen lauer <[log in to unmask]>
> *Sent:* Saturday, September 21, 2013 5:52 AM
> *Subject:* Re: CSW poster
>
> Dear Helen,
>
> I’m sure you’ve never thought about it or you wouldn’t have used “retard”
> the way you did in your post to the FEAST list. The term once passed as a
> jocular way of characterizing someone who was ignorant or stupid, but even
> in those days it was a hurtful and stigmatizing way of referring to someone
> with a cognitive disability. And these days it is widely taken to be an
> offensive slur against the disabled. Where you live the word may pass as
> acceptable and that is probably why you used it, but perhaps you could
> rethink it and refrain from using it again. We all have biases of various
> kinds and, I think, have to help each other be aware of them, so I hope you
> do not mind my bringing this to your attention.
>
> Best wishes,
> Hilde
>
> Hilde Lindemann
> Professor of Philosophy
> 368 Farm Lane
> 503 South Kedzie Hall
> Michigan State University
> East Lansing, MI 48823
> [log in to unmask]
>
>
>
> On 9/20/13 2:09 PM, "helen lauer" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> wait, wait, wait.
> i'm way out in the sticks here, in West Africa; I had to look up CSW
> philosophy poster on the internet to even know what these posts are
> referring to (thank god again for the internet!)
> and I'm -- uhm --
> baffled
> i guess is the word for it.
> What could be the problem?
>
> I could see if they were all naked...
>
> ????????????????????
> I'm usually really good at figuring out whatever there is to object to in
> any situation but this has me completely stumped.
> Please someone explain to this retard what is the fahchahda all about.
> Helen
>
>
>
>
>
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> *From:* "Gill, Kathleen A." <[log in to unmask]>
> *To:* [log in to unmask]
> *Sent:* Friday, September 20, 2013 5:56 PM
> *Subject:* Re: CSW poster
>
>
>
> We don't have one at this moment, but very soon we will!
> Kate gill
> St. Cloud State University, MN
>
> On 9/20/13 12:49 PM, "Mecke Nagel" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> >Hi all, We had it framed, and it is prominently displayed in our main
> >office, next to our mailboxes.
> >Best,
> >Mecke Nagel
> >State University of New York, Cortland
> >
> >From: Rebecca Kukla <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>>
> >Reply-To: Rebecca Kukla <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>>
> >Date: Fri, 20 Sep 2013 13:45:41 -0400
> >To: "[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>"
> ><[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>>
> >Subject: Re: CSW poster
> >
> >Yeah we display it and there wasn't a moment's hesitation at Georgetown.
> >That's just incredibly weird and backwards.
> >
> >Rebecca
> >
> >
> >On Fri, Sep 20, 2013 at 1:40 PM, Eva Kittay
> ><[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote:
> >It is hugely visible in our philosophy office. You cannot miss it. What
> >kind of idiotic objection could there be???
>
> >On Sep 20, 2013, at 1:30 PM, Hilde Lindemann
> ><[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote:
> >
> >> Hi FEASTers,
> >>
> >> I just got an email from someone at University College Dublin asking
> >>how many philosophy departments in the U.S. display the CSW poster in
> >>public spaces. It seems men at UCD are forbidding her to display it, and
> >>she wishes to have evidence that this is done in the U.S.
> >>
> >> So, if the poster is publicly visible in your department, could you
> >>please let me know?
> >>
> >> (I know, I know. But she wants ammo.)
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >>
> >> Hilde
> >>
> >> Sent from my iPhone
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