<p>“Smith was the kind of place where you hear words like “hetero-normative patricarchy” in common discussion.”</p>
<p>LOL - and so true!</p>
<p>I cracked up during the Family Weekend talk with Pres. Christ last fall when someone (apologies if it was anyone here) stood up and asked, with a hint of anger, why the students at Smith were not politically active. About a hundred jaws dropped to the floor. Pres. Christ handled it with aplomb, stating very calmly that, in her experience, Smithies were among the most politically active students in the country. </p>
<p>I still wonder what that mother expected of Smithies, because obviously they were not measuring up to her standards.</p>