basically.

Florals? For spring? Ground breaking.

Oh my god. That sloth. Oh my god.

Right now this is starting to feel less than rhetorical.

As opposed to the law of no numbers?

I am confused. Were your first post and second post written by the same person? They seem a little contradictory.

You're doing the same with your post.

I hate the non-apology "If anyone was offended, I'm sorry." Be sorry you said offensive stuff. Period.

"I'm Italian." Oh, so it's not racist if you say racist things because you're Italian now? Because some of Italian extended family members are the worst racists. God forbid I ever brought home a Mexican guy. Shut the fuck up, GinaMarie.

I love this whole post. Every single bit of it.

Dude, you are really making it sound like you just don't understand Judith Butler. Obviously, she's said and written some fucked-up things, and I'm not defending those. But her writing is impenetrable intentionally. She's interested in making her reader work harder to get her meaning, because the structures of sexism…

You're arguing the most minute semantics. It is a dumb argument.

I did graduate work in Sociology and Women's Studies was a part of that program. One professor — a woman who taught a variety of Sociology classes, including some Women's Studies courses — became a valuable mentor to me, and a close friend. She died a few years ago and was widely mourned, her funeral attended by many…

I don't think I'm egotistical. And since I am about a year out from professorship now I guess I should start working on that.

Hmm. Sorry you had a bad experience with your school. I had a lot of really wonderful professors.

As an academic in a male-dominated discipline, I still vehemently disagree with you.

While I can see a lot of people feeling that way, especially if you are speaking from the experience of the trans community, Judith Butler had a lot of important things to say. She created a language for a lot of us to use to discuss lived experiences that we might have otherwise not been able to discuss- even though…

I heard that NPR interview as it aired. If you have the time, listen to it in its entirety at some point. One of Fresh Air's best pieces in ages.

I'm in the Midwest, and I absolutely feel the pressure. Everyone is married, most people my age have kids, and nearly everyone has a house/mortgage/new car/amazing job. Meanwhile I'm working a job I hate but can't escape, in school for a degree that will probably turn out to be worthless and I won't finish until I'm…