Ugh, that is way worse. In that case, strike everything I said and go for extreme side-eye. Perhaps make a sign that says CROSSING THE LINE and wave it at him whenever he's being a jerk.

I feel you on the job = social circle front. I went from being in a writers' MFA program in the Southwest to working in a software company in DC. The label wasn't "weird," but the combination of having a vagina and being an artist definitely made my coworkers unsure about what to do with me in the beginning.

So by "weird" you mean "awesome." :)

Make your boss aware of the situation, and ask your boss to make this dude's boss aware of it as well. Review your company's sexual harassment policies and talk to HR to find out what lines you can draw. Being informed might make you feel more powerful: instead of cringing while you wait to hear what awful thing he…

First off, no one handles this shit well in the moment, so don't beat yourself up because you didn't have a witty rejoinder the first time or because you're prepping yourself in advance. Seriously, you did fine.

Meher didn't use the word racist until her final paragraph, and then it was as a joke. She's not calling out "racism", she's talking about improving the ways we communicate about differences in ethnicity. Consider how nuts everyone has gone this last week alone over race. George Zimmerman assumed Trayvon Martin was…

I don't have sufficient sample size (because talking to IAs gives me rage), but in my experience a lot of these guys also tend to be wildly unhappy or unfulfilled when you get right down to it. But they still love to pat themselves on the back for being smart enough to accept the truth. In their evaluation, sure maybe…

Amen to all that.

If you shout ANONYMOUS three times into the Internet, can they hear you?

Dude, that is the perfect play structure for ME. Bring a book in there, get nice and cozy...perfect summer day.

THIS IS HOW WE FIX THINGS IN RUSSIAN SHARKSTATION!

And 2000. ;)

Shark Trek II: Wrath of Sharks

I immediately thought it was WashU. Seeing this picture gave me a massive pang of homesickness.

"It is no less frustrating for a wife to be refused sex when she desires it [...] it evidently happens."

Sometimes I wish I was in control of my own destiny, but then a man's dick starts acting up. Or doesn't. Either way, I'll just take the blame.

That is everything I wanted, right down to the name. I'm living abroad right now (practicing Spanish!) but I will look into working with them when I get home. Thank you for the recommendation!

Gotta agree with Ardala. While a normal person might worry about performance on that test, GZ would probably walk out of there confident he'd scored an 800 at least.

I agree overwhelmingly with the majority of what you're saying, I really do. And I appreciate your willingness to take the time to say it, because I know this shit gets tiring.

SO. MUCH. RAGE.