June 18, 2004

What Feminism Means to Today's Undergraduates

By KATE DUBE

"I didn't like this essay," Jack (let's call him) says loudly. "I'm just not a fan of feminism." Jack is a student in a freshman English class that I teach at the University of New Hampshire. He is a good student, but I wouldn't say I'm a fan of his critical specialty, broad generalizations.

The discussions in the small groups around the classroom have come to a halt.

"OK," I say. "Why aren't you a fan of feminism?"

"I'm just not," says Jack.

I wish I had a

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