I grew up Catholic where all of my peers just had a ton of unsafe sex because if you’re safe about it, it means it was pre-meditated and therefore you’re a whore and a sinner and going to hell! I had sex on a bathroom floor with my boyfriend on prom night (we’d already been sexually active for a while), and while I…

Sex educator here. Cannot wait to watch and dissect this movie with my students!

Nah, I accused my actual harasser, with proof, in front of HR. He was there, too. I told everyone to their faces, in person, what he did to me. He got to keep working there. They moved my office to a basement location where I would be “safer.”

I was informed by my college boyfriend’s ex-girlfriend that she had Chlamydia. Um ok? Turns out she got it recently, from him, because they’d been hooking up. She wanted me to get tested to make sure I was okay. I did not have it, but am glad I got tested. We later tracked down 2 more classmates at our school who…

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Agreed, which is why I said NTTs need to weigh when is a safe time to share that info. I’d already told my department I was leaving. NTTs organised a union that was going on strike. I told every student I worked with why I was striking, why a union was needed, and why I was leaving. My department tried to respond by…

I tell all of my advisees to work after college for at least 3 years, preferably 5 or more.

My non-tenure-track colleagues were unionizing as I prepared to leave my last institution. After a grueling battle with the university’s legal team, we voted to strike because they would not budge.

I had 347 students per class AFTER I refused to teach a 450 person class with no TA. Guess what? NO TESTS. I don’t have time to write and/or grade them. Ended up being a fun and engaging class for everyone, but I had to prioritize my time to get to my bartending gig (seriously).

I am one of the “lucky” ones that found the right job at the right time and I’m now on the tenure track at an institution that I like. I was an organizer for the NTTs when I was one at my previous institution and there is no union here. While no one is interested in a union, I’ve still been surprised how few TT…

This is a fantastic line up. I live in the Midwest and love going to the small city festivals. Affordable, fun, something to do, lets us show off our cool towns, AND everyone is just soooooo happy to participate in the fest because we’re all so appreciative!

Oh man, I haven’t even heard about it yet. Now I’m scared to get back into the swing after my lazy weekend. But yes, let’s do it!!

Hi fellow OTF member! Just wanted to say that you actually did the DriTri, which is a big deal no matter what you placed. I was too nervous to be around people so I spent the weekend self loathing by drinking beer and eating pizza. Then I had a dream about my teeth falling out. Celebrate your victories even if they…

We have teens in our family, but that also meant they were old enough to stay home alone for the night (their parents’ ideas, not ours). Otherwise we would have happily paid them $20 an hour to watch the younger ones at the hotel! My aunt planned a family outing for the next day so everyone and the kids could all hang…

Claire Danes reads the Handmaid’s Tale audio book which I have listened to thrice over the years. That, mixed with her fantastic performances in Homeland, makes me automatically imagine her as Offred when I read the book. Moss’ approach to Offred is so much quieter, almost emotionless. I prefer Danes’ panicked-eyed…

Luckily, thanks to our awesome family friends, I didn’t even know about it! THAT’S how you wedding. Let the couple who already had the stress of planning the party enjoy the party. Decent people can step in and handle something that looks amiss. Though my dad’s friend who helped out in such a big way later joined some…

Our wedding was at a city park (green space, not playground), and in order to serve alcohol we had to purchase our own insurance policy. The policy for all 21+ guests and the policy for an event with guests under age 21 was about a $450 difference. We were able to hire childcare + pizza party for $270. Problem solved,…

Just had a wedding in June. Hired childcare AND a separate hotel suite for said care to be provided. PAID for it ourselves. All so there would be absolutely no confusion about how not-invited children were to the wedding. People still tried to bring their kids in and while we hadn’t hired a bouncer because it was a…

My spouse is a real life white twin man with a biological twin sister and an adopted black sister the same age (not to the day, a few months older). His parents hadn’t been able to conceive and they were almost completely through the adoption process of an expected baby when they found out they were pregnant with…

God this writing is so so bad. How embarrassing for everyone involved.