I think I get it: you think that it is only white Feminism that makes these women entitled and delusional. I disagree and find Dunham far more delusional and entitled because she is so fucking pretensous while Taylor Swift just wants to be mainstream. Dunham’s sense of privilege is so extreme that she believes…

But they are both white feminists.... I’m confused.

This goes too far, surely?!

Does not MAKE it honest, i.e. not all honest feelings are compelling just because of their honesty.

The acceptance rates of the two schools is roughly the same. Niether is a top tier school but as Missouri is a large state school it is the more prestigious institution and even if it were not moving from a tenure-track position to non-tenure-track position essentially means she has lost her career and is now only a…

I am aware that Ohio is an open cary state. Just because you CAN do something does not mean it is appropriate or wise in all situations. It is also legal to ride horses in populated areas but horses would not add anything meaningful/useful to this protest.

No. The prestige of an academic job (the subject of my post) bears no positive relationship to the statis of an institution’s sports program(s). There can be, in the minds of some academics, an unconcious negative correlation (“that’s a school for dumb jocks”) but the football team (or whatever) never HELPS.

It’s appropriate to endanger the entire neighborhood and anyone who might pass through it?

In all honesty I’ll bet you are correct. A larger point like, “You will not be raped while unconcious if you’re armed.” I guess if the only tool you have is a hammer everything starts to look like a nail.

Ah! I see. It’s only the educational branch of the institution that is “obscure.” But that would be the branch relevant to this discussion, no?

No hyperbole was used in this criticism. Sorry to have misjudged you. I thought that someone who advocated intimidation with deadly weapons would certainly support gun ownership and open carry. I also assumed they’d be a little tougher in the face of criticism with non-deadly words.

I was educated on both the east and west coasts and share the general prejudices of the Academy, where kinja searches are generally not used to measure an institution’s renown. Shall we say “a small Roman Catholic University ” rather than “obscure”?

Guns should not be used for”posturing.” It’s not an emoji; it’s a deadly weapon. The only purpose of guns is killing; if you do not mean to kill anyone, then you should not have a gun. Americans’ absurdly cavalier attitude toward guns is the reason that toddlers killed an average of one person per week in this country…

I DO work on changing gun laws (why would you assume I did not?). I also work on convincing people that violence is NOT the way to prevent more violence. The only purpose of guns is killing. If you don’t mean to kill someone, don’t have a gun.

Why are the protestors armed? That seems unnecessary.

She has moved from a tenure-track position at a well-respected, mid-level state university to a temporary, non-tenure-track position at an obscure, low-ranking institution. Essentially she has gone from a having a career to having a job, from a executive position at stable corporation to an administrative assistant…

You write like an ignorant asshole.

Wow. This surprises me. One more reminder that I live in a bubble.

That sounds excruciating. Where do you live?

It SHOULD be a bad joke.