I'm going to give you the benefit of the doubt here. It seems like what you are trying to say is that Lindy was so correct in terms of talking about the existence violence against women, rape culture, and how men use "it's just a joke!" violence threats to silence women that it is POSSIBLE she foresaw this backlash…

I honestly felt embarrassed for him at the end, it was so clearly not funny and inappropriate. Additionally, it proved Lindy's point, which - c'mon, Jim! - she didn't need help doing. The look Lindy gave him after he said that was just the picture of condescension and disgust, I loved it, and good for her not to…

"Oh sorry, must have the wrong room-whaaaaaaaaat?"

Nailed it.

Oh yay! I posted about this yesterday....and it looks like Insider Higher education has taken notice of this blog as well, and has some interesting comments from fellow educators/staff at UNM and NYU on the original tweet. I found this comment in particular very telling regarding Miller's underlying thoughts on…

I love that you suggest something in this image shouldn't be promoted, and everyone assumes it's the farting piece, and not necessarily the sexual connotation...our priorities are apparently firmly rooted in our bum-etiquette, there is no changing that.

"God, can't a girl have a quick read in a crowd without Angelina Jolie showing up GAWD."

The only good thing to come out of this: Fuck yeah! Fat PHDs

That was my first thought too - imagine if she'd gone and SAID SOMETHING THERE, the headlines would be that she made it all about her. Honesty, missing funerals is something that people do for multiple different reasons, and given what she has been struggling with and how related it is to this funeral, I find it…

"I'm a bubble person."

I think those are just her normal hands, possibly on the smaller side...but I think it's just the speed/angle/poor quality of the gif that is creating the illusion of "mini hands."

Oh Megyn...you did good, especially considering you're a bit out of practice here. Keep it up!

"Nature condemned this child to an assured death."

Agreed! The fact that the government has to engage in such philosophical gymnastics really shows the total lack of compassion and common-sense they have for the mother's well-being (and their unwavering commitment to their own "principles").

This is probably not the best source to cite for this (sorry, would welcome others on this!), but I've always thought that 23-24 weeks was the lowest point of "age of viability", so yes technically - given an otherwise healthy pregnancy and few complications - a 26 week old could live (about 80% chance, according to…

I think going into this a little more is helpful...basically, the Health Minister is allowing her to have a Caesarean section that will end her pregnancy, but because the fetus is at 26 weeks it's not considered an abortion. This is just her "delivering her baby", according to the government.

Agreed.

Oh my godness, that sounds amazing! As a child I was more savory fixated, and would get up and dunk my fried chicken-cutlets in the inch of olive oil still in the frying pan. Dear god....

Academic doesn't necessarily mean "highest level of evaluation", and honestly her keeping these at a more introductory level has made them useful discussion-generators for some of my first-year undergraduate courses on gender studies. Far more accesible, and students can use them as a jumping off point for lots of…

Can't blame the kid for trying though....they do look tasty. Also, I personally can't chide anyone for these sorts of momentary gross-out choices, since as a child I would regularly take bites out of WHOLE BUTTER STICKS.