I do, but it became rapidly clear that the OP did not understand any type of nuance and moreover even the use of a cleaver instead of a scalpel proved not to be a deterrent to the person’s obtuseness. We are not at the Algonquin and I under no obligation to demonstrate that I know how to use my lobster pick; we are on…

Well if “rudeness” is what you deem speaking forthrightly, Mrs. Landers, then I am happy to own it. In this case correctness is preferable to being likeable to random tsk-tsking person on the internet. I don’t have that much more experience than the OP – I’m only about five years out from my degree, it’s just that…

No, I’m not actually. If the poster is as she claims a finishing up Ph.D. candidate she has been in the U.S. academic system at the post-grad level for close to a decade – no doubt at public expense since most doctoral scholarship in the U.S. is fully funded. In this case the funding was wasted, since the person has…

If I made a decision to hire someone for a position at a public university (and most private ones, including HBCUs) based on the applicant’s race, I would be in violation of the federal law, and likely local laws and the immediate institution’s regulations, in doing so.

Had to “endure the experience of being black”? Some people are probably perfectly happy being black and do not at all consider it a burden, Professor Bwana. I’m not insulting you; you’re happy you’re leaving academia, and I am, so in this we are of like minds.

Well, good luck in the private sector. There was an article in the Chronicle just the other day about recent Ph.D.s who are not attracted to the public service aspect of education making a dash for bankster territory and earning tons of cash to keep them warm, so there you go.

No, actually, I’m not an adjunct. There’s that empathy problem you are having again. I’m tenured and habilitated (meaning I’ve written my second academic monograph) at a German institution. I know it’s unbelievable that I could relate to other people simply because they work, and I also work, but there you have it.

OK. We’re actually talking about different things here. If you’ve done any teaching at all I hope your supervisors didn’t take into account the ludicrous assessments that students fill out anonymously and sometimes capriciously...since you don’t like academia and don’t seem to have much empathy, maybe your students…

OK. So you’re a libertarian and objectivist, and as typically vengeful and cruel as those types usually are. Why don’t you just say so, instead of making this post and your other posts about your feigned interest in racial justice.

I’m glad you think that the full discharge of acquiring an advance degree consists of memorising trivia, that’s very charming. But in fact, legally, whatever one’s attitude or personal practice is about cultural appropriation is, it does not legally prohibit you from obtaining a job as an adjunct instructor.

Yes, what you have said is factually correct, although I think you mean she doesn’t have as much freedom as the TT/T faculty. I see from your posts that you are a PhD student with considerable grasp of some of the tangential subjects at hand.

Well you just go on and enjoy your TT/full faculty position now. Because precarity / casual academic employment as a permanent condition isn’t coming for you at all. Not at all. Look how successfully the faculties in Wisconsin were able to protect their sacred job security! Yeah, just go right ahead and disparage the…

I see what you are saying. Perhaps a better example would have been Angela Davis, who recently retired from the UC system and held while there among other titles the director of the feminist studies department. Although Davis was acquitted of the crimes she was charged of, she was arrested and charged (which is more…

Really? She 100 percent earned never being able to teach again? You’re aware that most public institutions have fought hard (see: Stephen Salaita) for professors to have considerable latitude in their public demeanour and activities, right? She has not been charged with a crime, or done anything that would technically…

Because this is the same Gawker Media blogger who has called essentially for violence to be committed against the model and editorial staff in a quarter-page throwaway in a fashion magazine no one reads because the person dared to curl her hair: http://jezebel.com/allure-stupidl…

Slow West was just fantastic. You’re the only other person I’ve ever encountered who has ever even heard of it, though.

OK I see what you are saying now, that is a good point and good examples. I was just hoping to avoid the typical Jezebel jump-the-tracks of “No! Marie Antoinette was the first “it” girl!”

Yes, that is what this qualifier means: Though the term had been around for awhile,

Though the term had been around for awhile, the coinage “It Girl” became popularized when Edie Sedgwick became part of the Warhol Factory “Youthquake,” starring in several of his short films in the early 1960s, when she was still a teenager and therefore technically a “girl.” It would be more interesting to see…

She is just fantastic. I would probably give up a month of my life too if I could have my hair styled like that for even one day.