Right? I mean the Clintons were grifters who wanted to cure AIDS. Immoral! But Ivanka is a grifter who wants to sell me fashun. Way better.

I posted this down in the grays, but it bears repeating. Two important issues to consider.

This infuriates me and I am not even a citizen.

Dude, I heard some Wall Streeters paid her for some speeches once.

Man, thank God we kept the Clinton family from increasing its personal wealth through the presidency, amirite, guys?

My last employer was a small private college. They also had me on year-to-year contracts and laid me off after two years. :-/

I would break it off, because he’s not the guy for you. He’s been fairly honest in that he’s not into monogamy, so you only get slivers of attention when he feels like giving them. And GGG is the latest buzzword but that doesn’t mean much in itself—many people seem to see it as “I’m theoretically down for whatever so…

Go with your gut! Don’t let ANY kids near those precious babies until they are at least 3 months old. And if you’ve got a weird feeling about that kid in particular I would absolutely trust that instinct.

And professorships are very competitive, to say the least. How frustrating. This is why my dad is retiring after 40 years as a carpenter rather than after 40 years as an anthropologist. My apologies for reading comprehension fail.

My neighbor keeps asking when her kid can meet our week old foster kittens. I have felt funny about saying no, so thank you because I am going to say no for a while, the neighbor kid has issues and I was uncomfortable about it. I am so so sorry about your bunny.

I suggest 2 things first: Patti Stangers be your own matchmaker book and Matthew Hussey’s Get The Guy.

First of all, I am so sorry. Losing a pet is so hard. I saw that you replied to another post that you have not told the kid’s parents and I just thought I would say that you maybe should. I know that doing so would be painful and potentially awkward and angering in and of itself but if my child caused the death of any…

That’s fair. Would it help to reframe it as not blaming the children but the children’s behavior? I mean, unless the kid is a budding sociopath or something. It’s a stretch, though. Shitty behavior that has a terrible outcome is really hard to separate from the person. But you don’t deserve the blame, even though you…

It’s good you invited them over before committing to cat sitting. What the hell kind of 10 year old picks up ANYONE by their arms, ow! Basically all animals like to be held supported under their front and back legs, it’s not fucking hard.

Had a guy on okcupid talk about being mentally ill which didn’t bother me. Then told me he was unemployed but I still gave him a chance. Then told me the last two reasons he was broken up with was because he was too nice. Then told me he had gained 30lbs since the photo was taken. Then told me he has a very high sex…

This whole system — academia — is totally fucked up. It’s a disaster, and I’m sorry that you’re caught in it.

I heard on NPR that we have more daily experiences with people who are generally nice to us, as opposed to the not nice people. But the negative experiences stick in our minds more. I’m trying to keep that in mind now, and when I remember to, I see that it’s true.

A guy asked me out in the grocery store this morning. Like, at 8AM. He just walked up to me and started chatting me up, staring at my boobs the whole time. I politely told him that I wasn’t interested, but it was really the most action I’ve had in seven or eight months.

Dating apps are very crapshoot. One time I was talking to a girl on tinder, and it started well enough that I got her number. I called a day later, and she started the conversation with “what’s good my n****r?” and I was speechless for a moment. She was white. I told her I wasn’t comfortable with her saying the n-word…

Just a straight-up vent: Anyone who is considering grad school right now with the goal of getting into higher education needs to think through it very carefully. I’ve been out almost four years. I’ve published well, I’ve been in good journals, I have a book in print, I get cited, and I even got invited to Europe…