This may not be news to some of you, but Dr. Sandra Bem died on Tuesday. She was prolific in feminist psychology and women's & gender studies fields, and one of the first psychologists to critically begin to study gender on a spectrum. Her 1971 sex-role inventory (though controversial) is still one of the most widely…

Sitting here all alone, running a low grade fever, unable to drink due to illness, and also unable to attend a super fun party due to illness....help pass the time with some terribleness, please?

Interested in the Donald Sterling saga, but not wanting to engage in any socio-cultural reflection regarding race in America? Hoping to use linguistic chicanery to reaffirm that the only true injustice is against the white man who was only trying to stop his biracial girlfriend from "associating" with black people -…

Come play the most wonderful game available for groupthinkers who want to hasten their decent into Hell!

Let's play! I have wine in hand, Netflix on in the background, and two pups in my lap so THIS IS THE MOMENT, PEOPLE!

Location: Austin TX

This story just popped up on NPR, but it has been reported in past years as well. The image to the left is from January 30, 2014, taken by astronauts on the International Space Station - and no, that is not the Sea of Japan - it's North Korea (the picture below demonstrates the scale of this difference better.)

Did you wake up this morning and say "Wow, you know what I would really love? A sandwich, but worse."

If you happen to be in the Pittsburgh area before March 30, check out the Pittsburgh's Toonseum (are you kidding me, how wonderful is this name!) exhibit on the work and evolution of women's roles in comic books. Personally, I am scheduled to be in PA two days after it ends, so I'm already looking into getting into…

I always felt like my thing was helping people get better at their thing.

As we all count down to Valentine's day, it's time to take account of our romantic pasts - real and fictitious. Personally, I have found my imaginary sex life to be much more random, exciting, and ridiculous than my real one. And dreams are the weirdest of all sexual experiences; they can feel so real even when they…

O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!
I've rescued a beamish boy!

I cannot access my original comment or thread to apologize directly on the mainpage, but I want to say I am very, very sorry for calling Marceline from Adventure Time a "D-Lister." Clearly it upset people - but I promise it was an AT reference! IT WAS A JOKE! ALL THE JOKES (but maybe this one was too obscure).

Badass Digest, a website/blog offshoot of the Alamo Drafthouse, seems to have recently learned what a Men's Rights Activist is. This happened through the traditional MRAwareness method of suddenly being attacked on the internet. Apparently, this is one of Badass Digest's "11 Satanic Rules" for the blog community:

Welp, I totally didn't overspend on this little dude. Nyope. Definitely didn't treat my credit card like a magical mood-altering device. And buying it in a slightly too-small size? This brave move will certainly boost my commitment to weight loss, definitely a smart decision all around.

I would really love the opinion of people not in my cohort about a serious professional issue. For years, I have straddled the fence between two increasingly different worlds: "Women's and Gender Studies" and "Men & Masculinity" studies in psychology. My intention was to have a greater understanding of the gender(ed)…

As ISAWOMARGONEKISSINGSANTACLAUS pointed out, things are getting real for some Jezzies, as is the way of the holiday season. On the flip-side, we have the other time honored tradition of people trying to mask their hurt, disappointment, and anger by dressing it up in holiday gear. And by "it" I mean pets, and by…

I guess "self-learning" isn't quite right, since MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses) are online classes created by huge teams of faculty, assessment specialists, tech workers, etc...but I'm thinking of taking one on edX on Computer Science, to "further myself", but I have no experience actually TAKING ONE. Which is…

One of the best things about work is carving out precious moments of time to not be at work – with the caveat being, of course, that those moments “rejuvenate” you. Eight, nine, ten hour workdays obviously demand breaks, lest we all end up being puddles of drooling, bumbling idiots trying to fix an Excel issue by…

Did you happen to miss this conference on America's race-war, held in the basement of Washington’s Ronald Reagan building? Yes? Well, don't you fret - Lauren M. Fox of Salon has you covered, and has highlighted some of the most pivotal moments from this well-attended (almost nearly 100 people went!), critical…