“In our classes, women from the Global South get read and sympathized with; then, when the conversation begins, left behind,” Catarina Shi SC ’29 writes. “Without genuinely engaging with the lived experiences of women different from us, campus feminist discourse risks becoming something that celebrates empowerment in the abstract.”
Author: Catarina Shi
OPINION: When you travel, don’t start with English
The modern expectation of everyone to speak English quietly places the burden of communication on local people in linguistically diverse areas, treating them as the ones who must adapt.