When I read it, I assumed she was probably joking. Then I noticed the hyphenated last name. I'm not so sure now. Sincerely, Jennifer Zachary-Higgins, BMC ‘05
I wondered about that also. The class of '05 throws me off a bit. Usually the hyphenated name is used by womyn libbers. Not willing to take the name of the man they marry they wish to retain the man's name with which they were born.
I would be willing to bet you $100 that this is a serious letter from a real "girl" at Bryn Mawr. The hyphenated name is a common occurance at small eastern liberal arts colleges. LOTS of FEMINAZIs. I was the President of my fraternity at Swarthmore College and we used to have the girls from Bryn Mawr come over and party with us. Most of the girls were of the ditsy, dumb blond type. But every once in a while one of the blonds would bring one of their FEMINAZI troll roommates to our parties. Scary, brings back bad memories.
Presumably, she is the daughter of a womyn's libber.
Anyway, Bryn Mawr is out there as far as political correctness goes, so I tend to believe this is for real. Besides, later letters responded to this letter, taking it seriously.
If you want to know just how politically correct Bryn Mawr is, check out this paragraph copied from this website:
http://www.fruvous.com/00rev/000430.html
"Maypoles most of you probably know a little bit about so I'm going to describe the Bryn Mawr tradition of the Mayhole. As we all know maypoles are rather phallic, so Bryn Mawr, being a womens college has supplemented it with a mayhole: a large pink parachute covered with flower petals. The Mawrters (Bryn Mawr students) make a large circle around the mayhole and link arms. The mistress of the mayhole (or some such title... I can never keep them all straight) then binds the arms of the women with toilet paper representing the patriarchy. A chant begins... "Hey hey! Ho ho! The patriarchy has GOT to GO!" and goes on until the mistress frees one person from the bonds of the patriarchy. That person then goes and frees another and so on until all are free of the patriarchy and run to the mayhole and fling it about sending petals flying into the air. The lesbians and their girlfriends run under and kiss while Dar Williams' "As Cool As I Am" blasts over the loudspeakers. It's a lovely tradition. I love this school."