Clearly, Father Jenkins is saying it is absolutely permitted under notions of academic freedom to study '[The] Vagina Monologues,' to require a class to read 'The Vagina Monologues' and to perform it in class. We're not clear what would happen if - totally hypothetically - the department of FTT decided to put on a production of 'The Vagina Monologues' as part of the theater season. Would we be able to do it or not? |
I think it's too early in the conversation to be making judgments about whether our autonomy as a department will be threatened. I think the thing that needs [to be] clarified is the difference between sponsorship and endorsement. |
I think some people thought that the event was advocacy of homosexuality. It wasn't. It isn't. Nobody could think 'narratives, filmmakers and spectatorship' is a statement about advocacy. |
It's a specially customized shirt on demand. |
That's what a good film department does -- creating an active dialogue and talking about good film. |
The title was misunderstood by a number of people. We needed to make it clear that this is an academic investigation about a group of films. |
The university is a place for intellectual discussion. That's why works we disagree with should be performed, read and discussed. |
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