4 months off? They get 4 months to research and work on their publications. Plus they have graduate students to advise, duties towards the university, conferences to organize/attend and grant applications to write. The real money comes only as a full professor, after you’ve spent years working evenings and weekends to…

My husband right now. *all the high fives*

I love my name (Daniel) because my mother told me that I was originally going to be named James, but about a week before I was born my grandmother (her mother-in-law, who happened to love the name James) did something to piss her off and she named me Daniel out of spite towards my grandmother.

This is kinda me being a pedant but I do think it’s actually an important point.

Questionable taste in authors aside, apparently Amber’s type is “middle-aged rich dudes who are astounded by her literacy”.

I say that if pursuing this calling helps her feel better, then we leave her be. She’s not likely to convince anyone of anything, nor harm anyone else.

Yes, and of course you understand exactly how the Judiciary Branch and criminal law works in Brazil. Except you don't.

The first. The latter is perfectly fair, provided she’s naturally producing the testosterone.

Well, in my case there was an eyewitness at the bar and more witnesses to my response, which absolutely should have been enough to get him booted. I suspect there would also have been video footage, but the hotel never bothered to look because the police never bothered to ask.

Not sending people to prison for non-violent crimes is not that radical an idea, actually.

What a coincidence! It just so happens that there’s virtually always something objectionable about the voices of women who speak up in public. I’m sure it has nothing to do with internalized sexism. Just like how women are criticized for every vocal trait imaginable—saying “like” too much, upspeak, vocal fry—while men…

i was hoping for jill stein bc that would have actually been surprising

Hillbillies love that tune?

When I was pregnant, I could not believe how many women on pregnancy boards were stressed about their ability to groom their pubes before Ob/Gyn appointments. I found it so upsetting that amidst all of the joys/pains of pregnancy that would even register as a “concern”.

That’s exactly what our city meter maids said, too!

I thought of manwhohasitall immediately! Hands down my favourite twitter account!

Point of interest from here:

not to be a complete jerk, but I honestly feel like this attitude is why we still have such a long way to go with how CSA is dealt with and why there are so, so, so, so many abusers who get away with is for decades and decades and have scores and scores of victims: because it is uncomfortable and upsetting and a lot…

If “It’s Quiet Uptown” doesn’t get you, “I established the first private orphanage in New York City” will.

I don’t think they’re trying to address any issue - this is too complex and we don’t even know everything, yet. I’m sure they just want to be sensitive to the fact that for a few hours at least, people don’t want to see the image of people with guns - fake or not. I imagine they don’t feel comfortable carrying a…