Oh, I don’t disagree at all! And the bulk of my annoyance with the study stems from the misinterpretations it will inevitably lead to.

Because studies like ones that say men spend more time doing paid work than women and that women spend more time doing housework than men almost always lead to misleading headlines—like the ones I linked above.

That’s an interesting theory. It is, unfortunately, completely erroneous, as you’ve been told a number of times.

Last fall, I was hiring a student lab assistant for the lab I work in. I had it down to two candidates, one black guy, one white. I mentioned to my co-worker that the black guy was a Posse Foundation scholar, and I was thinking that would probably be the final mark in his favor (it’s NOT an easy program to get…

You can’t help kids get better SAT scores by sitting the exam for them. Jia has just admitted that she wrote (or re-wrote, same thing) the admissions essays for her clients. She says she always did this, and while that may be hyperbole, it still indicates that it happened often. Once, frankly, is bad enough. I think…

How is "extracurriculars" a "wildly subjective" criteria? If you have someone that has a slightly lower test score but is kicking butt in mountain biking competitions, or is amazing at basketball, or spends all their spare time helping orphans, why wouldn't you want them? There are a million people out there who did…

This whole piece, and especially that quote, really struck a chord with me. I grew up in a working class family and attended an elementary school in a predominately black and Latino neighborhood in Los Angeles. I earned a scholarship for all four years to a prestigious, private all girls high school. During my time…

Those things can’t be measured as objectively as you believe. My high school didn’t offer a single AP class and the district had a policy that prevented anyone from having over a 4.0. There would be no way for any of us to compete with the people doing extra AP classes during the summer to get those 4.9 gpas. The test…

Yup. I’m also going to presume that she assumed, because they weren’t involved in the same activities she participated in, it must mean they weren’t involved in any activities.

“These upper middle class parents need to get real with their offspring: race and money can only get you so far.”

I don’t think it was the tutoring she was ashamed of, it was that she basically wrote their essays for them.

I’m also a tall lady (over 6') and have had dudes forbid me to wear heels (Birkenstocks are “heels,” dontcha know) and stand on steps non-ironically when we were getting photos taken so they could appear taller. Obviously they didn’t last long, but the fucking nerve.

As a vagina-haver, I am so happy to have partner who loves and supports me, and actually TALKS about it. Dudes I’ve dated (even long term) in the past have said they were proud of me behind closed doors, but would often opt out of events where I received an award or accolade of any kind. My partner is at every event…

ummm, its not just me that sees the irony dripping out of “white nationalists” referring to others as thugs, right???

Look at their sad little home made shields.

Amazing how you and so many others are rushing to the defense of this group and claiming they were peaceful victims. Here is a picture of your precious sons on the day in question. Do you notice anything? These were not peaceful demonstrators. These are men who have and will spill blood in support of their movement.…

Isn’t Danerys Jon’s auntie?

“In this particular case I think spying on the N Koreans might be best left to professionals.”

“Boys will be boys.”

Some even denounced me, a South Korean woman, as someone who had merely returned “home” to North Korea; to them, I hadn’t gone undercover at all. Which is another way of saying that what I had written was personal, and therefore by definition not authoritative.