This is definitely true. Administrators know that for many academics their work is the most important thing to them, and they are likely to accept crappy pay, unpaid projects ‘for the CV’, short term gigs etc. I personally will not do unpaid work and will likely leave the field in the next 5 years because I am looking…

Here in Europe it’s still possible (for the lucky ones) to make a decent living as an academic, and I feel lucky for the position I am in (full time PhD researcher who makes a living wage). I understand these people’s passion and think they’re probably wonderful teachers but I have to ask: at what point do you quit a…

RIGHT?? I love all of them but when it comes down to it, I am 100% in that clueless sod’s corner.

Lol this reminds me, my best friend’s mom was OBSESSED with the show and for Christmas after the last season aired she asked for the box set that came in a shoe box. Her poor dear husband (whom she later divorced, I cannot confirm or deny that these events are related) apparently couldn’t find the box set or didn’t…

Shit :/.

I forgot all about it until now, I’m definitely going to watch it again! I saw it when I was 14 or so and I rented the VHS :’).

It’s definitely not a cut and dry situation. It just sucks that the system he fought to end was replaced (in no small part by him) by a system that has a lot of pseudo-empowerment attached to it. It’s so normalized by now that it’s harder to fight (just like with all the light versions of inequality we see in today’s…

You’re right, it’s such a muddled thing. People love to confuse the objectification of women as sexual playthings with empowerment. Where in this brave empowered culture is female pleasure?

It’s amazing what rich men can get away with as long as they keep up the appearance of a ‘gentleman’ and put out some vague comments about ‘respecting women’ every now and then. Actions speak louder than words.

I will never understand this dude’s popularity with women. The man basically kept a creepy babe-zoo in his house and only supported ‘women’s empowerment’ as long as it fit his idea of women being naked and not being ~prudes~ about it. If literally any other man did this, would we applaud him for being an ‘icon’?

When I was in uni (in Dublin), every inside of every women’s bathroom door had posters with phone numbers to call if you were pregnant and needed help. It was upsetting to see what a problem this was for young women, yet you never heard a peep about it outside of those bathrooms. I hope this referendum will go the way…

“It’s weird doing Hot Topics and being a hot topic,” Wendy Williams said at the beginning of her talk show’s iconic opening segment Tuesday morning.

So people who photograph other people in the street without their permission are complaining that companies don’t pay them for those photos? There are no winners here.

Right?? Her looks have nothing to do with anything, but can we all stop pretending that this is some beautiful woman? She has the Trump genes and desperately tried to change that with not super convincing plastic surgery. Why are we all buying into her carefully crafted ~hot woman~ brand?

I don’t really care about the Kardashians and Caitlyn is a terrible person, but Kylie saying she’s happy her dad is finally her true self is wonderful.

Good god, the people who are involved in this garbage show are like a pesky ex you can’t get rid of.

I was 5 and named her Akkie (we lived in Amsterdam and it is a pretty normal Dutch name but I do NOT remember why I chose it, haha). I remember walking into this shelter full of cats and kittens and making a beeline for the saddest one I spotted. My mom was of course a total sucker for her too. She was a total…

We got my first cat at a shelter. She was a kitten and she was found in a bag with her dead siblings. The vet reckoned someone kicked or beat the bag too, because my cat had a broken rib that punctured her lung. She lived with us perfectly happy and healthy with her one working lung for 7 years before she died. She…

I hate that middle picture so much. He murdered that animal yet he’s holding it as if he’s hugging it. Did it magically make your dick any bigger, asshole?

I did NOT edit any images whatsoever