As it so happens, there *is* a Facebook app called the Lesbian Detector (which you can use on any of your Facebook friends). It's pretty humorous, and I discovered I could earn more points by adding "coffee" to my likes. For extra points, I added it twice.

It doesn't help, either, that Berkeley (and I think this is also the case at other UCs?) is cutting grad student teaching positions in a lot of departments, so that fewer courses can be offered or those that are offered have to cap their enrollments much lower. It means that even if folks don't drop out in their third…

I'm a current grad student at Berkeley, and yes, it's a pretty crunchy-liberal school. That being said, it's a huge state school, and so you have a whole bunch of different contingents: your fraternity/sorority types, Div. 1 athletes (and fans), lots of people who like to protest things, and - one of my favorite…

Well, Prop 209 actually forbids the UCs (or any public institution in CA) from taking race, ethnicity, or gender into account. The real kicker is class, which is becoming more and more of an issue as the UCs hike fees for in-state students.

What makes this all the more ridiculous is that the College Republicans *have* what they want already, and are getting more of it with each passing year!

Pregnancy often causes women's hair to grow and become thicker, so perhaps that's the solution: divorce your spouse + get pregnant = maintain the hair status quo?

I'm also white, with long straight hair I put up in a bun. Most of the time my hair has gone through without comment, but twice the bun has been patted down. It seems like, at the very least, this policy is unevenly enforced, which opens it up to being used to single out women of color. You'd think by now we would…

@Jan74, I've got to disagree - while I'm excited about getting a queen someday, a double works *just fine* for two average-sized ladies. Your problem is you've been putting a guy in your bed ;)

@Jan74, I've got to disagree - while I'm excited about getting a queen someday, a double works *just fine* for two average-sized ladies. Your problem is you've been putting a guy in your bed ;)

I haven't seen them in person, but when I saw the catalog page for "Are you Joan?" I was floored - the styles were worn by a super-thin model, with no indication that they'd actually be proportioned for a voluptuous woman like Christina Hendricks/Joan. Sigh.