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The Virus of Critical Social Justice

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The Importance of Women's Studies

Inherently opportunistic viruses exploit the vulnerabilities and weaknesses of the systems they attack. Women's studies programs are allowed to settle into corporate universities and regenerate themselves by manipulating portions of the academy under their control. Note that this model also assumes that students do not merely receive information as in the more traditional disciplines but instead that they utilize information and knowledge systems to develop particular skills, tensions and insurrectionary priorities. Further, students do form coalitions with professors and other students to promote progressive fields and to enact institutional and social change.

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