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• Postmodernism is an academic theory, originating in academia with an academic elite, not in the world of women and men, where feminist theory is rooted.

  Catharine MacKinnon

  Men, Feminist, Academia

  Catharine A. MacKinnon (2007). “Are Women Human?”, p.62, Harvard University Press

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• Law in the United States is at once a powerful medium and a medium for power.

  Catharine MacKinnon

  Powerful, Law, United States

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• Instead of being lionized and admired for her genius, instead of being able to earn a decent living as a writer, Andrea Dworkin was misrepresented and demonized.

  Catharine MacKinnon

  Genius, Able, Decent

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• It's particularly hard to take being stabbed in the back close to home. There's always a feeling of betrayal when people of your own group oppose you.

  Catharine MacKinnon

  Betrayal, Home, People

  "Are women human?" by Stuart Jeffries, www.theguardian.com. April 12, 2006.

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• Can postmodernism hold the perpetrators of genocide accountable?

  Catharine MacKinnon

  Genocide, Perpetrators, Postmodernism

  Catharine A. MacKinnon (2007). “Are Women Human?”, p.58, Harvard University Press

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• In my opinion, no feminism worthy of the name is not methodologically post-marxist.

  Catharine MacKinnon

  Names, Feminism, Opinion

  Catharine A. MacKinnon (1987). “Feminism Unmodified: Discourses on Life and Law”, p.60, Harvard University Press

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• In not having an appointment at Harvard, I'm in the company of a great many people whose work I admire tremendously, in particular women of color.

  Catharine MacKinnon

  Color, People, Great Men

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• In all these situations, there was not enough violence against them to take it beyond the category of sex; they were not coerced enough.

  Catharine MacKinnon

  Sex, Violence, Enough

  Catharine A. MacKinnon (1987). “Feminism Unmodified: Discourses on Life and Law”, p.88, Harvard University Press

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