I think you looking at this from an interesting angle, and although I don’t agree with you, I respect your opinion. Your point about the online course description is not great for the UC context, because those are put up by university admin, not professors. You give the admin your desired course description, and they…

It’s not a course requirement here either—naked emotionally/metaphorically counts as well and students do select that option. There are some examples here in the comments from former students. If it were an absolute requirement...I doubt that would be acceptable to the university. Also, (apparently) this is done…

“I shall certainly give your input (the) consideration (it deserves).”

I think Southern4Real is trolling.

Your response has nothing to do with what I posted, I made none of the claims you are refuting in your post. I’m a woman, not a “dude”. A woman who teaches about gender issues (including LBGT rights), among other things. At a university. So, according to you, I’m winning. You don’t help any cause when you start name…

You make some valid points. Generally, the university’s way of making an environment neutral territory is to keep an open door policy (such as leaving your doors open during office hours) or having someone of the other sex present (such as having a male TA go along on a field trip if there is a female professor).…

Do tell! What kind of things did people do when they were “los[ing] it”? And damn, 2 minutes seems like a long time for an emotionally raw exercise.

I agree that there is a good deal of abuse happening at unis, and the power structure in place makes it very, very difficult to overcome. However, this is not an uncommon practice at art schools—I know this and I don’t teach an arts-based subject. Also, it’s likely that the prof has a female grad student, etc., in the…

Seriously. I teach at a uni and the likelihood of this as a random assignment is 0%. It had to be in the syllabus. Now, based on my experience, the likelihood of students reading through the entire syllabus is only about 50%. This is the best example ever of READ THE NOT-SO-FINE PRINT. Also, the prof must have been…

RIGHT? If you want to watch vapid people spend stupid amounts of money and play fake versions of themselves, throw in some accents! Real body issues? Gemma Collins and Arg! Plastic surgery? All the women, and they generally cop to it! Love it.

This x1000. And—for better or worse—it’s on Hulu. But if you have Hulu the only thing you should be watching is TOWIE.

It’s a Catalan name, it’s very common in Catalonia. There’s a beautiful mountainside(mont= hill or mountain) monastery called Montserrat just outside of Barcelona. You don’t pronounce the first “t”.

This calls for a total rewrite!

I’m pretty sure this entire piece was written so she could use “needn’t” in a sentence.

I’ve definitely had worse moments in public areas, but I remember this one vividly because A) I wasn’t drunk and B) there was a moment of panic as I reviewed my options. I didn’t have a jacket and my purse was in the back seat. That cup was a tiny corporate miracle, because the alternative was...nothing.

Years ago I was stuck in afternoon rush hour traffic in LA, where the 405 meets the 101. Traffic was at a complete standstill for about 20 minutes when I got that unpleasant, yet familiar stomach grumbling. Luckily, I had a mostly-empty Starbucks cup from that morning, so I threw up into the remaining 2 inches of…

I second the comfy shoes but will argue for hats. You don't want to be a jerk and block people's views, but some of us need that extra protection from the sun. Now, to the total frat bros with incredibly sunburned faces wearing baseball caps to the side...??? Just stop.

Yes, that's the one. You can hear it—it's available on that page (just click the red arrow) or subscribe to the podcast and find it in their feed.

All of these thoughts run through my head when I am forced to explain myself. The thought of supporting kids before I am set up financially gives me hives. Part of the problem is that it is mostly an older generation that asks the prying questions, and it's hard to ignore/be sassy to relatives in their 70s+ without…

Yes! PCHH *is* Friday to me, and I love the small batches.