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Her
ideas need more than "sharpening."  When she stops grinding her axe
and
starts doing actual research and analytical thinking, I suspect she will be
able to contribute some valuable insights to museum literature.

Why is a feminist perspective considered to be "grinding an axe". Would
one say the same about an extreme marxist or postmodernist framework
for thesis research. After all, isn't it only because Sally is starting with a
particular hypothesis that her research questions and methodology are
going to be interesting enough to produce "valuable insights"? This is the
beginning-not the end of the research process.

Kathryn Mathers
Pretoria