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Why do you think the Canadian Olympic The poetics of [our] space men's hockey team got knocked out? I was quoted in a rather decontex- happens in the public forum, but and exercise agency. While there are tualised statement in the February in the private sphere as well. Living undoubtedly issues of race and class 13 edition, in an article discussing in residence is one place where this at work, women living together are Nigel Wakita the fate of Madge Hogarth House is made obvious. In co-ed dorms, more "equals" than women and men His inner child spat up ["Dorms too expensive to fix," Febru• as is reflective of society in general, living together (as is the nature of pa• and cried on my plane ary 13] as saying that "there was more women and men are often in com• triarchy). 1 am by no means arguing competition among women in other petition for space to voice opinions. that segregation of the sexes should I think there was a lot of pres• dorms." This statement needs to be Women's voices are heard less fre• always occur, but that there needs sure on them to win. I think it clarified. quently, and the need to be validated to be an alternate forum for those has a lot to do with the diferent While women's voices are increas• by the more powerful group (men) is women who choose to live in this ice size — But that shouldn't ingly heard more clearly thanks to the urgent for many women. This leads to circumstance. Women living together really matter because they've work of many devoted feminists in a form of "competition" in which the can support each other in addressing won on it before. the fight against patriarchy, patriar• less-powerful group (women) may or their own oppression on a day-to-day chy is by no means gone. We live in an may not be heard by the dominant basis. oppressive patriarchal society that is and have to work for their own space. This same argument applies to Tom Kineshanko built on hierarchies that oppress and Women's-only spaces have worked the existence of the Women's Centre Wore a captain's hat rob those who are not the dominant to combat this, giving women a on campus. While it is of course im• until it flew away group of their voice. This not only place to exert their own autonomy portant for there to be male allies in the fight against patriarchy, power Chemistry.