Letters
      to
      the
      Editor
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Dear
      Cover
      to
      Cover
      Reader,
     
    
   
   
    
     
      I
      am
      responding
      to
      your
      comment
      on
      the
      lack
      of
     
     
      photographs
      in
      the
      paper.
      As
      the
      "paid"
      (not
      very
     
     
      well
      may
      I
      add)
      photographer,
      I
      don’t
      have
      a
      sonar
     
     
      telling
      me
      when
      these
      dozens
      of
      events
      are
      taking
     
     
      place.
      Anyone
      who
      is
      putting
      on
      an
      event,
      or
     
     
      knows
      of
      a
      news
      worthy
      event
      is
      welcome
      to
      leave
     
     
      me
      a
      message
      at
      the
      office
      or
      come
      and
      see
      me
      on
     
     
      my
      Office
      hours
      (Wednesday
      1-3).
      As
      I
      have
      a
      very
     
     
      busy
      schedule
      I
      don’t
      have
      time
      to
      hang
      around
     
     
      campus
      night
      and
      day
      waiting
      for
      something
      to
     
    
   
   
    
     
      happen.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      In
      reply
      to
      “equipped
      with
      a
      great
      camera”
      the
     
     
      camera
      is
      mine,
      I’m
      equipped
      with
      nothing
      but
      a
     
     
      darkroom,
      with
      an
      enlarger
      that
      is
      hardly
      working
     
     
      well.
      The
      paper
      does
      have
      their
      own
      camera,
      it’s
     
     
      ancient
      and
      works
      poorly.
      So
      if
      you
      do
      want
      me
     
     
      to
      "get
      snapping”
      leave
      notes
      of
      events
      in
      my
     
     
      mailbox
      and
      ask
      student
      union
      to
      supply
      me
      with
      a
     
     
      new
      enlarger.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Your
      frustrated
      Photographer.
     
     
      Dear
      concerned
      female
      student,
     
    
   
   
    
     
      I
      have
      a
      few
      thix:gs
      I
      would
      like
      to
      say
      in
      direct
     
     
      response
      to
      your
      ietter
      to
      the
      editor.
      Actually,
      I
     
     
      have
      more
      than
      a
      few
      things
      to
      say
      and
      deciding
     
     
      where
      to
      start
      is
      the
      hard
      part.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Let’s
      start
      where
      you
      began
      your
      letter.
      You
      said
     
     
      you
      don’t
      agree
      with
      the
      Campus
      Women
      page.
     
     
      You
      seem
      to
      feel
      that
      by
      putting
      this
      page
      in
      the
     
     
      paper
      the
      contributors
      are
      segregating
      the
      sexes.
     
     
      This
      is
      a
      lean
      in
      logic
      that
      I
      can’t
      quite
      follow.
      The
     
     
      way
      it
      is
      written
      in
      your
      letter
      it
      appears
      to
      me
      that
     
     
      you
      are
      placing
      the
      blame
      on
      women
      for
      any
     
     
      Segregation
      that
      might
      occur.
      Women’s
      issues
      deal
     
     
      with
      situations
      that
      women
      have
      been
      forced
      to
     
     
      confront.
      They
      are
      reacting
      to
      situations
      that
      are
     
     
      present.
      Not
      creating
      these
      situations.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Who
      are
      these
      "biggest
      women
      libbers"
      you
      know
     
     
      that
      are
      trying
      so
      hard
      to
      be
      like
      men
      that
      they
     
     
      forget
      they
      are
      women.
      I
      know.
      quite
      a
      few
     
     
      feminists
      but
      none
      that
      fit
      this
      description.
      The
     
     
      only
      characters
      I
      have
      ever
      been
      aware
      of
      that
      even
     
     
      remotely
      fit
      this
      description
      are
      cartoon
      stereotypes
     
     
      left
      over
      from
      the
      seventies.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Then
      you
      generously
      reduce
      all
      goals
      of
      feminism
     
     
      (or
      womens
      lib
      as
      you
      like
      to
      call
      it)
      to
      a
      futile
      plea
     
     
      for
      respect.
      A
      little
      looking
      into
      what
      feminism
      is
     
     
      really
      all
      about
      will
      dispel
      this
      myth.
      I
      believe
      in
     
     
      feminism.
      I
      do
      not
      believe
      in
      male
      exclusive
      radical
     
     
      feminism.
      Do
      not
      make
      the
      mistake
      of
      lumping
      all
     
     
      into
      one
      grand
      stereotype.
      As
      an
      aside,
      I
      must
      say
     
     
      I
      agree
      with
      you
      that
      mutual
      respect
      among
      all
     
     
      people
      would
      make
      the
      world
      a
      much
      better
      place
     
     
      to
      live.
      But
      I
      don’t
      believe
      this
      is
      only
      thing
     
     
      feminists
      are
      concerned
      with.
      Before
      you
      decide
      for
     
     
      feminist
      what
      they
      want,
      why
      don’t
      you
      take
      the
     
     
      time
      to
      really
      talk
      to
      some
      of
      them
      and
      ask
      them
     
     
      what
      it
      is
      they
      are
      trying
      to
      accomplish.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Then
      the
      real
      grand
      finale
      to-
      this
      letter
      was
      a
     
     
      description
      of
      how
      wonderful
      you
      thought
      it
      would
     
     
      be
      to
      have
      a
      family
      and
      children.
      As
      if
      feminists
     
     
      don’t
      have
      these
      feelings
      as
      well??!!|
      Do
      you
      think
     
     
      women
      libbers
      and
      feminists
      are
      these
      sexless
      beings
     
     
      desperately
      trying
      to
      be
      like
      man
      and
      despising
      all
     
     
      that
      is
      female.
      I
      certainly
      hope
      not.
      I
      too
      look
     
     
      forward
      to
      having
      a
      career
      as
      well
      as
      having
      a
     
     
      family.
      I
      know
      many
      feminists
      who
      are
      very
     
     
      feminine
      wonderful
      women.
      I
      also
      know
      some
     
     
      feminists
      who
      are
      men.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      I
      would
      never
      discriminate
      or
      act
      harshly
      towards
      a
     
     
      man
      due
      to
      my
      feminist
      beliefs.
      I
      feel
      feminism
     
     
      concerns
      man
      and
      women
      equally.
      There
      are
      good
     
     
      people
      and
      there
      are
      bad
      people.
      You
      can’t
     
     
      generalize
      based
      on
      sexes.
      I
      give
      my
      respect
      to
     
     
      people
      who
      earn
      it
      not
      to
      someone
      because
      they
      are
     
     
      male
      or
      female.
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      The
      UPEI
      X-Press
     
    
   
   
    
     
      October
      25,
      1990
     
    
   
   
    
     
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