Yes, I was wondering the same thing. If by sexual trauma she means an unwanted sexual advance and/or harassment, then that "figure" makes sense.

If they call it a volunteer position, that is fine in my book. The problem with calling it an internship is that it's a deceptive recruiting tool in that it makes the (often naive) applicants believe that the position might lead to a job opportunity, there or somewhere similar. When they're not paying you, this is…

If you want the education, then go for it. But business schools are more about the network. Even students at the mid-tier ones are connected to alumni networks/career services in their respective cities.

Where do you make $30k/year as an attorney???? I heard it was bleak out there, but that is insane. I once made more than that as a paralegal with no experience for a small law firm that served mostly low-income people and was not remotely prestigious. It was in a major U.S. city, but not one with a notoriously high…

Yes, a friend of mine was denied admission to a sorority at a prominent private college in the South, despite being cute/perky/blonde and upper middle class. When she asked a friend who was already in the sorority why, she was told it was because her parents were divorced.

This is true for state schools. Not so much for private ones.

No. In Canada, the government directly subsidizes the universities, while simultaneously enacting cost-control measures. In the United States, the government subsidizes and/or guarantees students' loans, which allows universities to raise tuition because they know someone will always be there to pay it (with…

I think that they hesitate to post salaries because they pay different wages to people with similar or equivalent responsibilities. My coworker who has the exact same position as I do casually mentioned her salary to me over lunch. Turns out she is getting paid about 17% less than I am. We were hired months apart, are…

I think that the other side of this is that people from upper middle class and above backgrounds delay marriage so that they can enter it from a position of greater financial stability, rather than struggling together through the early-to-mid-20s. They want to see where things settle before committing, because it's…

Yes, what a great link. Thank you.

I wish you had given some thoughts on how this NYT writer could have better sourced her story, or better written it. To me, that the NYT is publishing stories about major cultural shifts on college campuses is not a problem in and of itself. It's the fact that an extremely long article was spent detailing the sexual…

I can't tell if you're making an association between being in Hollywood and a preponderance for drug use/addiction, or between being in Hollywood and not going to jail for illegal drug purchase/use. If it's the former, then I think money/access are obvious factors. If it's the latter - it's not just wealthy actors who…

Actually, just read in the NYT that the average age across the country is 25.6, but for college grads it's 30.

Good points. I do think, as you pointed out, that there's a pretty big difference between being vegan and vegetarian in terms of flexibility in social situations, especially if you're a really strict vegan who wants to know what's in the bread, if there's butter in the sauce, if that glaze is made with honey, etc. I…

I agree that these magazines tend to focus too much on overly-complicated preparations of obscure Asian vegetables or vegan extremes (like 100% raw) when documenting forays into veganism. But going vegan is hard if you exist in mainstream society, and frequently socialize or have work functions with…

Definitely don't let anyone make you feel bad about your freely-made choices. I think that part of what occasionally galls certain women who consider themselves feminists (such as myself) about marriage/weddings is that we see a lot of our friends falling into very traditional roles that conflict with their…

Didn't read through all the comments before posting a similar sentiment myself, but +1 to you.

An excuse for a honeymoon I get, but don't you kind of have to pay for a wedding in order to justify the registry? In which case you might as well just buy the mixer yourself?

I just popped in to make the same comment! I love me some celebrity gossip - in no way am I above it. But I just can't bring myself to care about the Kardashians, who so transparently construct their entire lives to fuel tabloid coverage. In my opinion, celeb gossip works best when you think there's some chance that…

I don't know. I am a native Spanish-speaker, but very "white" looking (I'm of 100% European descent) — i.e. lots of Spanish-speakers in the U.S. assume I don't speak the language. I hear employees in various stores talking about people around them all the time. The commentary is not always horribly rude, but I don't…