Saying that the Beastie Boys are ruined to you in one breath and referring to Adam Yauch as "a dead guy from their band" in the next? Yeah, you sound like you were a real fan.

We have no idea whether that's true- The "undisclosed sum" could be a paltry amount ($5), undisclosed because they don't want others to think that they can use their songs with impunity.

Why waste time and effort on negotiating with somebody whom you've already determined is unsuitable based on their silly list of demands? This woman screwed herself.

Absolutely. I am a department chair at a mid-sized state university in the Midwest, and therefore have been involved in faculty searches multiple times. If I were to receive this kind of "counter-offer", while it might not drive me all the way to rescinding the offer, it would definitely give me pause. And it has…

I agree with you. As a fledgling academic and someone married to an academic, there were several requests made that would have given a liberal arts college serious pause. Negotiation of starting year and 3 preps being the biggest two that come to mind. Most of the commenters here are unable to make that distinction,…

Could you be specific? I haven't seen much by way of trolling or misogynists here.

I wouldn't recommend that any candidate, male or female, handle a negotiation in this way and I'm not surprised they retracted her offer of employment. Her first mistake was conducting a negotiation via an email to an entire committee - a much better and more professional way to do so would be in a conversation with…

So... when men have to do this sort of thing and are turned away, it's whatever because privilege? But when women finally step up to the plate and have to deal with some accountability, it's a systemic problem. Got it.

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PLAN DOESN'T GO PERFECTLY FOR AREA WOMAN. SEXISM AFOOT.

I'm with you to an extent. I think it's absolutely horrible that they rescinded her offer. They could have come back to her and tried to talk to her and explain why some of her requests weren't possible. And yes, the maternity leave thing is fishy and makes it seem that it might not have been the best working…

Yea, this is definitely because she's a womyn and not because she's an entitled, lazy, tenure-minded 'professor'. Liberal-Arts colleges are known hotbeds of anti-womyn misogyny.

I really have no idea why you brought up Mindy's privileged background like it means anything? What the fuck?

and this is why i get so frustrated with feminism sometimes. women like lena dunham and mindy kaling DO get attacked more for breaking barriers than shows that follow the status quo and are run by me. they are held to a higher standard. and that's bullshit. instead of celebrating, you're only looking for more reasons…

I think your joke will be lost on the crowd here.

The Wife is better educated, more attractive, more popular, a better person, and soon to be making far more money than I, The Man.

And I'm ok with that. Because I can still kick her ass.

BROFIST

I'm not trying to speak for anybody but myself.

Don't care.

It's a physics joke, not a racist joke! OH MY GOD, THE SCIENCE LITERACY IN THIS COUNTRY!

Sorry, soapbox time, and it's not me being a jerk to you, just waxing philosophical.