Feminist social ethicist Beverly Wildung Harrison's "The Power of Anger in
the Work of Love" also contains a wonderful feminist reflection on robes
and processionals. I tried to attach the pdf but the file was too big.
Email me off list if you would like a copy.
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Rebecca Todd Peters
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On 1/31/14 4:08 PM, "Alison Reiheld" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>Honestly, folks, I just like the little hats.
>
>More seriously, I think this is a great idea, Jen and Judy et al. Our
>department
>has a spare set of undecorated robes for folks who need to attend
>graduation,
>which was very egalitarian (donated by an emeritus). They are not always
>available, so it is still good to have one's own set and I do now, at
>great
>personal expense. A more egalitarian system--whether departmental communal
>robes or handing them down feminist to feminist--is most certainly to be
>desired.
>
>Neat idea,
> Alison
>
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>Quoting Bonnie Mann <[log in to unmask]>:
>
>> I should add that every time I wear them, I have the words from Virginia
>> Woolf about the Profession of the Sons of Educated Men in my mind, and
>> it makes me laugh.
>>
>> ---
>> Dr. Bonnie Mann
>> Associate Professor of Philosophy
>> Department of Philosophy
>> University of Oregon
>> Eugene, OR 97403-1295
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>> On 2014/01/31 03:20, Jennifer Benson wrote:
>> > Hello Folks,
>> >
>> > The recent conversations about the visibility of older philosophers
>> > sparked an interesting non-theoretical exchange between Judy Andre and
>> > myself.
>> >
>> > I am in need academic robes because my college is very fond of
>> > regalia, parades, and fancy-dress-up-events. To underline the point,
>> > consider that graduation at Washington College not only involves all
>> > the faculty in robes, it includes a 6-foot-six George Washington
>> > impersonator, on horseback. (The horse usually objects to the whole
>> > business.)
>> >
>> > So I wrote to Judy Andre, who is now retired, asking if she might like
>> > to pass her robes to another feminist. I like the idea of this
>> > because the robes of an emerita feminist have more meaning for me than
>> > just robes on a hanger. Further, I'm good at making jam and baked
>> > treats, which is how I intend to thank Judy. The whole approach is
>> > more personal than going online and choosing whatever company makes
>> > robes for graduations and choirs. Also, I had reservations about
>> > robes in general, owing to Daly's critique of the ceremonial robes of
>> > the patriarchs, etc.
>> >
>> > Robes passed from feminist to feminist... for me that is a uniform
>> > become good luck charm.
>> >
>> > Others on the FEAST list open to the idea?
>> >
>> > --Jennifer
>> >
>> > Dr. Jennifer Benson
>> > Assistant Professor, Philosophy
>> > Washington College
>> > 300 Washington Ave
>> > Chestertown, MD
>> > 21620
>> >
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