The Harvard-Radcliffe Gender Divide
How Quad terminology on housing day perpetuates derogatory gender norms.
I teach Expository Writing to first-years on a Tuesday/Thursday schedule, which means that every year I have two sections that meet in the immediate aftermath of River Run and Dorm Storm. In these sections—and in the ones leading up to them—I hear one word on repeat: Quad-ed. In preparation for being placed into upperclassmen houses, […]