This is where you or I need to be courageous enough to be writers for this kind of crap. I know that just because people belong in a minority group it isn't their responsibility to "make up" for disparities caused by majorities, but if it's something that you're interested in, go for it.

Ieee, horribly embarrassing on my part. Only read the opening statement, made the assumption that it may? have been a male professor making students uncomfortable, because I cannot fathom HOW this got anyone fired otherwise. I'm really ashamed at my assumption. Please forgive.

I think she's a great writer. She's hilarious to me. She's ignorant to things like race and homosexuality sometimes. If I dismissed everyone that wasn't aware of race or sexuality, I think I'd have maybe 20 people I admired. That is not a lot. Thankfully, she doesn't write about those subjects with authority.

I will always love Dines. She is my old philosophy/WGS studies professor's bestie, and they are so fucking convincing. The bottom line is, Dines has a LOT to say. It would take a "moderate" feminist 12 hours of lecturing to get behind her. Dines doesn't have that kind of time, except for her immediate students.…

What? A sociology professor was fired for that? What? Was he sexist, was he telling his students it was a stupid documentary? I... I am confused... I've had the pleasure of being a student of R. Whisnant, and attending a couple of Gail Dines' lectures. As leading scholars in WGS, they tend to value the Price of…

I've always liked Arfin. She came from a publication that tolerated, no, encouraged homophobia and racism. I have a feeling she'll be like, "Okay, I see where I went wrong here."

I'm not doubting the legitimacy of your story at all. I don't doubt that it happened to you. Being treated like that is terrible, no matter what gender you are. Men, for the most part (but not always!), get to chalk that shit up to a bad night and try to forget and joke about the experience later. But from a woman's…

I'm with you. He's an ass. But considering that so much of Palin as a prospective VP centered around her "hotness," I don't feel like his Facebook comment can be taken seriously. Hell, I've made PLENTY of facetious comments about politicians on social networking sites. Granted, I don't work for the Secret Service, but…

Yeah, they can be. But if you tell a girl she's being a creep she almost never goes, "NO, I'M NOT A CREEP, YOU'RE JUST A WHOREBITCH."

If a woman genuinely regards you as a creep, it means you've violated one of our early social/self-preservation cues. If you make us uncomfortable, we aren't going to bother trying to make you feel like we accept you/are totally into trying to understand a stranger's social flaws. Don't blame women for that defense…

Britney's meltdown was probably the most horrific and sad celebrity moment of my own life. I've always adored her. Gettin' out my rosary for Nicki. Sorry, she was such a strong woman before becoming pop-polished into something she wasn't. I don't want to see her break.

I feel like Nicki got wrapped up in something she wasn't prepared for. Her tapes before she joined Young Money WERE actually... empowering? But I feel like she's had PR shoved down her throat about how she should and should not act. I love her. I don't want her to end up going off her rocker like Britney.

Hohohoho, Scranton. How strange. Scranton has always seemed so anachronistic to me! Every time I take a train through the area, it is totally bizarre. I'm originally from Dayton, OH. Live in Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky. People are generally VERY respectful about smoking here.

Yup. Leviticus is not our faith, the Sermon on the Mount is.

I've been blessed with a very pro-feminism, liberal sect of Catholicism. The Marianists! God bless em. Of course the Vatican has denounced us for being too radical, but he can go ask Jesus for permission to fuck himself.

Jean Paul II? I miss him too. He may have covered up some sex crimes, but that's the least of the horrible things the Holy See has covered up.

These sisters are the reason why I love my faith. Yeah, we hold tight to a little of what the Vatican says, but we're quick to call them out on bullshit. They make me love Catholicism. The sense of community (though divided, sometimes) is bitchin'.

Hahahahaha that is really lovely. I love having that kind of rapport with my own boss.

HA. Because he was thinking of the Br'er Rabbit character, Tar Baby. My dad is pretty old. There was an airshow yesterday to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the Doolittle Raid on Japan, and he made me sit on the back porch with him and drink Arnold Palmers. That's the kind of dude my dad is. He grew up/was a college…

Is that Nana from Peter Pan? Today an old biddy with the license plate "NANA RN" flipped me off while honking and sped past me doing 90. Grandma Nurse.