Anna, I hope Gawker Media is also footing a massive bar tab for this because I know I couldn’t do this sober without my head exploding all over the pink elephant fetus merch.

Thanks, I hope so! The main obstacle to me is getting good recommendations after all this time. Some sites I’ve read suggest having your employers write one but I’d rather not if I can get some contacts through volunteering or joining organizations instead that might be more relevant to my areas of interest.

That’s pretty much exactly what friends of mine who worked in academia told me later, when I told them the story. I wish I’d known them then, I would have solicited their opinions on what she’d said before taking her word for it. I also wish I’d been more assertive and knowledgeable about the situation at the time…

Thank you! That’s so much more practical than what I was told in school, which was essentially “don’t bother”. I don’t know if the lady was having a bad day, trying to hurry me out of her office for another appointment or what, but she didn’t even want to talk about options on how to get better prepared.

That’s why it’s terrible. He sounds more like he’s copying a Leeds accent.

Actually, I’m not. So nope, not an option either.

Not only does it look really dumb, I’m also really put off by the faux-Yorkshire accent. You can hear a recording of someone from Grimsby here.

I have one of those degrees that a lot of people would deem “useless”. It’s a bachelor’s in archaeology. My original plan was to at least do a master’s, maybe even a PhD. Around time to graduate, sitting down with the adviser, she told me to not even bother looking into graduate applications until I knew precisely…

That’s why I can’t wrap my head around the unnecessary rudeness. People who get a number wrong aren’t trying to inconvenience anyone but some people act as though it’s a huge personal affront.

Oh my god thiiiiiiiiiiiis. Like, nice for you buddy that you’ve got the luxury of all that income, but that’s another argument for another time about how women and men are treated very differently in the workplace.

Oh, this is so going on my reading list! I may even bump it to my next one after I finish my current read.

I’m glad the artist admits that looks nothing like a magnolia, ‘cause there’s tons of magnolia trees around here and I was about to say.

The person who texted me back was a guy. Somehow I doubt he was getting a lot of unsolicited sexts.

And he had the NERVE to yell at her that she’s an adult, “not a fucking baby” all the while oblivious to what a toddler he’s acting like. What an unbelievable fucking asshole.

There’s no way a woman would be allowed even one incidence of the behavior that manbabies like this take for granted as their proper due.

Yeah, I don’t get it. I got a wrong number once and got a reply that was like “This isn’t [friend’s name], my name’s [whatever], don’t ever text this number again.” Um, okay, because who wants to text an asshole?

Slight nitpick: the UH professor’s name is Backus. I took her Irish lit class years ago as an elective during a semester at UH, and she was a really great teacher.

Later on in the post she explains that there’s no reason for the nanny or anyone else to have been in their room.

Yeah, it seemed pretty obvious the reason for it was to have some proof of his side of the story.

Honest question... if the actual establishment folks in the GOP hate Trump and don’t want him, do they have to endorse him as their candidate if he wins all the primaries? Obviously if they refused to it would be the best case scenario because he’d probably insist on running under the Trump Party and split their…