But... isn't she away from her kid too, if you're the one teaching him/her? Seems an ironic question for a parent to ask her kid's... teacher.

And it's "Hillary" not "Hilary." :)

Remind you of anyone? And pins, really?

Awesome.

"'Hun'? Oh, how adorable, you're being patronizing because you think I'm a woman."

*discreet

If you get stuck or need suggestions or just want to chat about your thesis, you should tell me! (That sounds arrogant but my BA and half a PhD (so far) are in the subject and I always love talking about philosophical problems.)

What a jackass. I don't know what kind of revenge you can get (and remember that whatever you do, he will spread more rumors about you, probably saying that you're a psycho ex with bad self-esteem who suggested hooking up with him despite how he treated you).

You can start immediately, but I'd use some discretion. It can be very hurtful to know that your ex started fucking other people five minutes after dumping you (or whatever).

Ooh, what's the paper about?

The two body problem in academia is fucking brutal. But coastal offers are great — even if you're apart for a while, the concentration of schools on both coasts lends itself to one of you being able to relocate so you can be together. For that reason alone, it can make sense to take a coastal job even if you have a…

The conjunction of your original post and your reply is hilarious.

"Cracker" doesn't have the same weight as most epithets where race is actually part of the denotation. That said, words of this sort are always problematic, and the best strategy is to avoid all of them. There's no need to augment our race-neutral insults with terms designed to include racial characteristic in the…

Reminded me of the Onion headline: "Health Officials Urging Americans To Do Something, Anything For 30 Minutes A Day."

What, your friends don't pose grinning next to starving children in refugee camps in Chad and South Sudan, and post the pics to FB with the caption "Angelina Jolie was busy so I took her place :)"?

Mmhm, maybe he and the kid in the Steubenville video should get to know each other.

"The most interesting part of his whole defense rests in this small segment regarding women in film [...]"

Did you read the thread? If so, read it again.

Ok. I doubt we'll agree on this. But if you really think his appreciation is nonsexual and others are reading too much into it, how about if she was eleven, same pose, same tiny dress, same heels. Would you find it creepy then?

Then why not keep it private?