Adjuncts should be paid more (maybe not ten times more - that would average around $35,000 per class, which seems excessive). They should demand more, because the problem won’t fix itself until they do. Unfortunately, that will mean that a lot of adjuncts lose their positions, and they likely need the income. But the…

Huh? Adjunct courses are not limited to avoid overtime - that’s never been an issue, and still isn’t. This new plan does not apply to any educators - primary, secondary, or higher ed. The number of courses adjuncts can teach can be restricted to prevent having to pay for other benefits (health insurance, etc) but it’s…

I didn’t, but that’s not the point I was making, and it’s curious you’re avoiding it. Your argument is that since the girl was held captive for two years and forced to perform sex acts with her consent, any boy that has sex with her now is raping her. I’m just curious as to how the boys would know (plural in my…

Wait... how or why would you punish your son for witnessing an underage girl having sex in a school bathroom? I was a teenager a long time ago, but I had sex and knew about other teenagers having sex. Granted, I didn’t witness it and didn’t want to, but I’m curious if you feel I had some responsibility to stop it if…

Her mental state is not available information to the boys involved. If she gave consent, it’s consensual. There’s also no indication that the boys even knew about this history.

What Baylor did, or more specifically what they haven’t done, is unforgivable. But easy on the “typical Christian” thing - I’m atheist, and find fault with an awful lot of Christians (when they justify being an asshole with Bible passages), but I wouldn’t call it typical. I work at a Catholic college. We have unisex…

It’s not all the criteria. I do hear people questioning Clinton’s actions as a politician, but not her experience, nor Sander’s. They’re both qualified.

I love that a person recently convicted of a series of violent, horrific crimes, yet maintains his innocence, is using the conviction of Ligons (30 years ago) to raise questions about her credibility. I guess that means we’re free to ignore him, too.

Ugh, thanks for pointing that out. I thought maybe it was a result of quick photoshopping, but the original is like that too:

That is amazing. I’m honestly tearing up a little. If everyone could meet a person like that along the way of life, there just could be hope for society yet.

The theories started almost immediate - I remember them within the week. Most of these idiots believed the planes crashed into the buildings, but that they couldn’t have done that much damage without additional explosives planted in the building. By the government, of course, who were possibly working with terrorists…

I doubt many of them are so devout that they believe denying birth control is what god wants, and it’s their duty to see it through. It’s just an excuse. For what, fuck if I know. Why do they care? Why would they think god cares?

No. You should use that vacation time to look for other employment. Well, maybe the Satan Convention - that would be pretty interesting.

Mostly maybe, but not most straight men. Most don’t really seem to care one way or the other, which is also problematic. Given that plenty of women are opposed to contraceptives, abortion, etc, it feels odd to assume that gay men would automatically align with women on these issues, since women can’t even seem to…

There are a few nuns that work with some of our (college) students - and freely distribute birth control and reminders of how to protect themselves and stay safe. I’m the first to admit there are plenty of problems with organized religion, but some nuns really are badasses. They’ve lost most (maybe all, at this point)…

I’m confused. Only straight men should stay out of the conversation on “uterine affairs”? Why would any other group of men have a more enlightened view on this?

Anyone could miss Canada, all tucked away down there...

And that’s fine. It shouldn’t be free of criticism. But that thoughtful comment is not made stronger by the preface of “faith is bullshit”. And depending on your definition of faith, no one is free from it entirely. I don’t believe in God, but I have faith that I’ll get up in the morning, that gravity will continue to…

But women don’t have their own money and are busy with housework, so it’s pointless to cater to us. A Nancy Drew movie could work, as long as Nancy is saved from certain tragedy by a man. Or if Nancy Drew is replaced by a man. Or if it’s made by Lifetime, so we could watch it at home while doing our hair.

Right, we have Charlie’s Angels, and you want yet another movie that features women not being rescued by men? Greedy!