Yeah, I think I read something on-line saying that now that those of us who grew up with these dolls are having kids of our own (which horrifies me), they are "retiring" them with the view of bringing them out of the vaults just before the holidays.

Yes, and she found that fucking inlet all on her own and saved the day! Love Molly. She and Felicity were my faves.

I just looked through this girl's twitter page and I dunno...I know the official feminist line is that we have to get upset when people like Sarah Palin and Christine O'Donnell are slut shamed/have their own sexist views turned on them...but I also feel that if you work in the business of misogyny/racism, and profit…

Yes, but there are often other options I have seen people take (and that I myself will be taking now that I'm on the market), such as working in an administrative position at your university (like a teaching center, graduate center, etc.), private tutoring, consulting for educational programs, part time work in fields…

I understand the reasoning here, but as someone who went straight through, I have no regrets about not working out in the "real world" before going into my program (I also worked my way through college and during the summers in between, so I had some sense of what 'real world' work offered. Ultimately, I knew I wanted…

Not to scare you off, but I think anyone interested in going into academic work should know that there are very, very few full-time jobs; since schools are generally now relying on adjunct teaching, this probably won't change anytime soon. I'm not sure what you field you're in, but if it's in the humanities, (as my…