If it was “stand naked in front of the class” I could maybe see it being some sort of legitimate performance art instructional thing (demonstrating that you’re comfortable enough with your own self that you can be totally vulnerable in front of a crowd is probably a thing that performance artists should be able to…

Mmm...if it was nudity in front of the class and everyone had to do it, that would be one thing. But students having to get nude in front of the professor to pass an art class? Yes, it’s an elective, but a failing grade can really fuck up your GPA. I’m all for stepping outside your comfort zone but this, to me, sounds…

Not only did I have a similar experience (in terms of administrators being uninterested until parents get involved), but college students... They might be legal adults, but most are adults in pretty much no other way.

Yeah, it’s not like there are any sexual assaults or anything going on on college campuses. Parents should just let their fully mature adult children handle everything, and not question anything that looks inappropriate.

I do know something about art and I am a performance artist and this is just ridiculous and offensive. No one should have to perform naked in a college course at any age or level. The dude is clearly a pervert who is totally getting off on this. This is absolutely unnecessary. I also happen to have taught a little,…

This is a really weird power dynamic, and I have to agree that it is super inappropriate. That being said, the student is an adult. Asking mom for support and advice is fine, but she needs to make the complaint herself.

Nice transition to saying they were defending the slave trade—good obfuscation.

Acknowledging the Islamic slave trade is anti-Muslim? You dumb ass.

so while i disagree with most of what that person wrote toward the end, he/she is correct regarding grundy’s rather ahistorical portrayal of slavery. as people work more on uncovering what actually happened during the hundreds of years of slavery, colonialism, and imperialism in africa, they are beginning to find a…

I disagree. Was the comment in perfect English? No. Was it perfectly understandable? Yes. Not everyone who has good ideas is always going to be an expert grammarian, so if you want to participate in discussions with a wider range of people, you might want to stretch your brain a bit so a few misspellings and a missing…

She says only white people passed slavery on from parent for child and that only whites ever kidnapped people from other country to make them slave.

say what you will about white tears, but if you can tell me why this rhetoric is even remotely helpful or insightful, i’d love to hear it

I’ll wait 7 or 8 years before his book “Doing Nothing: How I Learned the Priceless Art of Relaxation After I Had to Spend 2 Years in Bed Due to a Mysterious Chronic Illness.”

“The serum absorbs the moisturizer.”

There is an interview with the author on another NYT page (not the Vice one) linked to below the article, and she says higher tips will be skimmed by owners or used to justify paying an even lower wage, so she doesn’t think that’ll be helpful. I’m at a loss.

Yeah but this is a temporary fix. Have you noticed how many people in the goods/services industries now ask for tips? It used to be wait staff, the pizza delivery man, and maybe your barber. Now it’s the coffee barista, the doorman, the cashier at the takeout restaurant, the cashier at the grocery store (which I go to…

Or you could go to a more expensive spot where you know the person is being paid fairly and is not slave labor and just tip normally? It would probably come out the same cost wise.

I thought it was actually respectful of the waiter to ask. He didnt make assumptions based on appearance or his own opinion...he simply asked the person their preference. What is wrong with that?

Aw. TBH I like it when people don’t try to pre-judge a person’s gender, and don’t make a fuss about asking if it’s relevant. Of course, I wasn’t there, so I’m in no position to know whether he was being rude about it.

Oh, so this is one of those mommy-aimed pieces of media where it reels you in with some vaguely insulting or inaccurate statement like “Breast Milk is the Same as Formula” only to piggyback on the surprise (masquerading as emotion) of a REAL INSPIRATIONAL TRUTH: LOVE YOURSELF LIKE YOUR BABY DOES I MEANT ‘BREASTMILK…