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Urvashi: "Vassar taught me how to organize: pickets, sit-ins..." -- I think VC needs more of this. #smashinghistory

Keynote discussion - "pay attention to what they tell you to forget." // the graying of our flamingly pink lives #smashinghistory

"Sure, we have our glitter people, but we also have athletics" -- admissions pamphlets "euphemisms" #smashinghistory

The archive as a place to work through contested identities - and to write oneself into these histories #smashinghistory

"Paradox of queer rsch: how to honor the identity of hist. actors but also take something of value useful to current time" #smashinghistory

LGBT lives in the archive -- "we have an overwhelming desire to find ourselves in history" - Angela Mazaris '98 #smashinghistory

Concluding sentiments of the Generations plenary: *"Keep Vassar Weird!"* #smashinghistory

We can't allow them to oppress us - must stand up and take the power back; it begins as graffiti & escalates to incidents #smashinghistory

Lita Lepie '70 on administrative inaction: "this is a form of terrorism" #smashinghistory

Radical suggestions to combat Davison graffiti: security cameras, vigilantes #smashinghistory

Student stresses "Color-blindness" as a form of racism in response to comments by white male alum panelist #smashinghistory

Administrative response to death threats/sexual assault directed @ LGBT ppl @vc in the 80's: "you people are too flamboyant"#smashinghistory

Musings on the Generations plenary: "The moment creates us, only if we are willing." - Nancy Dean '52 #smashinghistory

Taylor 102 is packed for the Keynote presentation - "The Pink in the Gray" #smashinghistory

Hope to change the campus climate if it's been done b4 - need to hold other students accountable for creating a safe env. #smashinghistory

A student highlights who administration classifies as marginalized today: heterosexual males, conservatives, and athletes #smashinghistory

Emotional response by alums in reaction to rise in number of sexual assaults on campus #smashinghistory

"There is something ill in the sex culture on campus if students are not making it feel safe for e/o" - Chris Fawley '03 #smashinghistory

Legend of the Homohop: the dance where straight boys would hook up with each other, explore sexuality #smashinghistory

Thoughts on the Homohop discussion: created to be a safe space & a queer space #smashinghistory