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.
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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.Peter Holland
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
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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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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.
Peter Holland
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