You know, you could be on to something. If pitched as a WWE rivalry, even tRump would allow himself to be humiliated publicly by the husband of an employee. Otherwise, I can’t see his ego allowing anyone related to his circle criticize him like this. 

Sometimes the process of separation and navigating that, when you already hate each other, is even more traumatic than staying together. For some couples, together or apart, it’s gonna be ugly. I’m sorry for your experience though.

As someone approaching divorce myself, and barely able to exchange a civil word with my husband, I appreciate her giving this attention as a better way to separate. I’m trying like hell to keep it civil, which literally means not rolling my eyes, not harumphing, not rising to his bait, and it means I feel silenced BUT…

Yeah, demonetized or not, the videos are still there. That’s traumatic to the children, who know what is happening off camera to elicit those performances. Youtube can take some credit if they haven’t removed all the videos. 

They even discuss how tRump raised up Bolsanaro’s son Eduardo and gave him vague credit for something. Made him stand up and everything. Fucking bizarre. 

I know it’s not fair, but to me KAC looks like a heavy drinker. On a less superficial level, these back-and-forths are just performance art to me now. They mean nothing in the scheme of things and have no real world effect, so I really don’t know why we even talk about them. 

Forget history, let’s talk current events! As a child of the 80s, I was exposed to world news (by otherwise disaffected and not highly intelligent parents; there was really nothing else to watch at certain times) from an early age, and current events in school was a big deal from elementary on. But I can talk about…

Same. And yet I wasn’t surprised. 

Yeah, my smutty senses were not satisfied with a real estate tuffle (if that’s what that even was - likely none of them even knew where the first lady was supposed to have offices). 

No doubt he thought about it, because it’s super specific.

Wait, I’m confused. The Clintons are role-models or nah?

It’s exhausting, as it’s meant to be. 

Hi, asshole. Can you make money off that? 

This is so disgusting and the tone of this whole article suggests that there is a both-side-isms to this confrontation. Even if we disregard Clinton’s pregnant state, her years of advocacy and support of immigrant/Muslim/Jewish groups (including co-founding the one that hosted this event), this was entirely unfair.…

And donate to our Venmo. 

That’s true, it’s a declining field for full-time, TT positions. I should have thought of that before I posted, but for those who got in earlier (in the 70s and 80s) it was a great option for Arts & Letters folks. 

I agree with the story about the first-gen not understanding how the costs add up and what paying off several different types of loans means. When I first entered college, I thought all those forms were grants, did NOT understand they were loans as I happily signed FAFSA forms semester after semester. Before I…

Yeah, those fields are flush and many don’t even need degrees to get those entry-level writing jobs - all they need are writing samples. So it’s hard to find sympathy but still, if they move into academia, those can be high-paying jobs. 

Agree completely, to all of this. My story is similar, and this news broke my heart. I’m proud of my work but it feels like just another way that rich folks fuck with the poors. 

I feel the damages being sought kind of illustrate that this lawsuit is performative. I also believe that - until we have free higher ed (maybe even then?) - spots in college should be competitive. The academic work is difficult and heavy, as it’s meant to be. It’s preparation for life beyond college... sorry I’m…