Author Archives: Jessica Svendsen

Graphic Feminism

Months ago, I walked in the Women’s Center, expecting to easily enter. I certainly did not expect to be confronted with a group of men, ebulliently shouting, as I heard it, “Dick! Dick! Dick!” while they carefully arranged themselves, edging as close as possible to the sign that boldly declares: “Yale Women’s Center.” While grinning, »

Mr. Leslie Brisman. Mr. David Bromwich. Mr. Langdon Hammer. Mr. Harold Bloom. None of these professors influenced my decision to devote my four years at Yale to studying the English language. On the contrary, it was a female associate professor. Since teaching her life-changing course, my professor has left Yale, having fallen victim to the »