I don't know who That Call is, but it has to be embarrassing for him.

Such was my fear. So go many thoughtful teachers, and who can blame them for finding employment that encourages and rewards their thinking.

Please keep teaching forever. I know it can be miserable and thankless, but please know that there are parents who cherish thoughtful teachers, wish there were more of them, and are trying to find better ways to recognize, reward, and compensate the ones who deserve it.

Well, my most popular class was a course on applied ethics and Stargate SG-1. I've taught stories by Vonnegut (I love Harrison Bergeron), Gibson, a lot of Dick,... I dip pretty heavily into comics, as well (mostly 90s-era Vertigo stuff), and scifi standards like Star Trek (TOS & TNG), GATTACA, Metropolis, etc.

*laugh*

"Users' Manual" might have been a better label.

I can't speak for Violet, but I could not get over how an abusive relationship was being peddled to girls and women as perfectly healthy and romantic. If Twilight was being sold as light fluff that people shouldn't take seriously it would be one thing, but they weren't and as a result a bunch of girls and teens now…

You banned a book, and did so unironically. That's... really something. At least you didn't hold a book burning in the quad. Did you also ban Lady Chatterley's Lover? I hear it's full of smut.

I decided not to read the Twilight books or 50 Shades of Grey because, as a writer, it would probably be too depressing. Plus, at this point I've read so many articles and comments about those series that it feels like I've pretty much read them anyways.

Worst bachelorette party performance ever.

It's so cool that, in the midst of so much visual candy, it's her hands that are totally mesmerizing. It was the same in the Walking Dead one — the periodic pop of her left hand was just entrancing.

That's the one aspect of this that I'm not familiar with as well. How does the matrix/red pill stuff fit in to MRA? Anyone wanna provide a tl;dr summary?

I don't get the Matrix connection. What am I missing?

I can't believe that immature, low-level primate got to ride on a private jet. He even brought a pet simian along with him.

Are you saying her stint came to a Bigend?