Smith College 2010 Commencement Speaker Rachel Maddow

Rachel Maddow delivers the commencement speech for 2010 Smith College graduates. Because comments can get out hand with celebrities, that feature is deactivated for this video.

[@BuddyCoopers]

I absolutely love this woman.

[@Estanir]

That is a very wise advice. And is so true. A lot of people have learned it the hard way.

[@MrAkilwil]

She's so smart, that she expected those graduates to realize what she was saying. Be innovative, and look for glory not for fame. If you are in the day-to-day workings, you see the famehound every day throwing you under the bus. She said from her heart, be true to your heart. That's deep!

[@TSquared2001]

U can definitely appreciate her statement of life being long if all goes well.

[@CaptainHar]

Would someone please play this for Donald Trump.

[@flexifelix]

deactivated?

[@irishfire12061985]

isn't she amazing? *faints*

[@tikkunolam613]

Any time a group is excluded from a discourse, it should cause us pause. When men are excluded from Feminist discourse in a systematic way, as they have been and continue to be in places such as Smith (which excludes men from enrollment), you have an impoverished dialogue and a limited perspective for finding positive sum solutions to the problems of gender inequality. When the Other others another Other, it may be an understandable reaction, but we should not confuse it with justice.

[@DirectionlessStudent]

I don't disagree with your main point, but you need to consider Smith as a whole. First off, men are NOT eliminated from discourse -- nearly half the faculty is male. More importantly, Smith's raison d'etre was the simple fact that at the time of its founding women could not receive an education comparable to men. It was established specifically so women could go to a college and receive an equal education in anything -- STEM or otherwise. The tradition remains, in part, because women are STILL not treated equally. Not paid equally, not treated equally by their peers in scientific circles, not treated equally in any leadership position. Thus, Smith remains a haven where they know they will be respected on the merits of what they do, and not relegated to a lesser status just because of their sex. That is NOT a bad thing, nor would it be in any way improved by admitting male students.

[@JASCOBAR]

She talks about Prohibition and it was government control liberals that pushed it like they'd like a gun ban or Cap & Trade. IDIOT HER>>>>>>>