Diana Blaine

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name = Diana York Blaine
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birth_place = United States
residence = California
citizenship = United States
nationality = American
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field = Feminism
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alma_mater = UCLA
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known_for = radical feminism and abortion rights for women
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Diana York Blaine is a professor at the University of Southern California. She specializes in philosophy and feminist theory. Currently she is a senior lecturer there and is a faculty of their writing program [http://www.dianablaine.com/about.html] . She has been criticized for being a radical feminist and stated that “I hold every single male on this campus responsible,” Blaine wrote, “because every single male on this campus has the responsibility for stopping rape.… Because they all rape? Of course not,” she added. “But because only men rape and only men can stop other men from raping” [http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2006/05/10/usc] after the USC Trojans football scandal [http://media.www.dailytrojan.com/media/storage/paper679/news/2005/04/11/Opinions/New-Football.Rape.Accusation.A.Dark.Stain.On.The.University-919103-page2.shtml?norewrite200605161432&sourcedomain=www.dailytrojan.com]

Education

Diana Blaine received her PhD in English from University of California - Los Angeles in 1995 [http://college.usc.edu/faculty/faculty1003110.html]

Honors

She has received several awards including Remarkable Woman Award, 2005-2006, Top 10 Faculty/Staff Mentor, 2004-2005 and Advanced Writing Teaching Award, 2003-2004 [http://college.usc.edu/faculty/faculty1003110.html]

Topless controversy

Dr. Blaine received considerable media attention when she showed her college class topless pictures of herself [http://www.knbc.com/news/9180230/detail.html] and also posted them onto Flickr. With a total of three topless photos, most of them were taken at the Burning Man festival. Her actions caused the conservative student group called the CardinalMartini who accused her of being a feminazi [http://neveryetmelted.com/?cat=589] and sent her photos from her blog and her Flickr page to the college authorities and the media. So far USC officials have stated that her actions did not violate their code of conduct [http://www.aaup.org/statements/Redbook/1940stat.htm] [http://www.villagevoice.com/2006-05-16/people/usc-s-topless-professor/] . She has received support from the Raelian movement but many students have stated that her conducts were very un-professional [http://raelianews.org/news.php?item.171.1] [http://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/9182828/detail.html] .

Topfree projects

Her topless controversy as USC led her to join top-free organizations such as GoTopless which are ultra-feminist organizations that strive for equality among men and women in aspects such as covering up one's breasts [cite web|url=http://www.gotopless.org/news.php?item.4.1|title=GoTopless.org|accessdate=2008-08-22]

References

External links

* [http://www.dianablaine.com/about.html Personal Blog]
* [http://flickr.com/photos/dianayorkblaine Flickr Page]
* [http://usccollege.usc.edu/tools/mytools/PersonnelInfoSystem/DOC/Faculty/WRIT/vita_1003110.doc Blaine's Résumé]