In addition to immersing ourselves in obscure texts, complicated p-sets, and generally tough shtuff, sometimes a Harvard gal (or guy) just has to pick up a copy of Glamour. We could spiel about how such magazines  reinforce gender stereotypes, lack racial diversity, support self-image problems, play into the maddening aspects of celebrity culture, etc. etc…. but we probably don’t need to. And as we say, here at Noice we don’t hate, we appreciate – or at least as much as possible.

All of that in consideration, the November Glamour issue made a small Harvard shout-out that we felt we absolutely must share. Kate Dillon fans rejoice, they’ve done a whole spread on plus size women and she’s in it!
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Don’t be so crude! We’re Honoring Our Teachers.

What’s that you say? “Honor Our Teachers Profs” doesn’t make any sense? Stop trying to defy the logic and just play along. Here at Noice we don’t hate…we appreciate. And this week we really appreciate:

Enough to consider switching concentrations?

Professor Yukio Lippit
History of Art and Architecture

This prof, some may describe as an Asian Richard Gere, deserves some serious appreciation as a bright spot in Harvard’s faculty. This semester he’s teaching the Core Lit-Arts B class on Japanese Woodblock Prints (but you lucky History of Art and Architecture concentrators can look forward to HAA 188j or 287k in the Spring). When he’s not adding his face and wonderfully soothing lecture voice to an already attractive set of course materials, he’s busy researching and writing some stellar books. We like Yukio ’cause he’s notoriously accessible to his students and sincerely devoted to what he teaches. We also dig that he’s an alum too (class of ’93!). Mad props, sir, mad props.

This song pretty much says it all. We love our profs!

Image courtesy of The East Asian Art History Program website