Yep, when a professor can tell a student that she shouldn’t bother doing an assignment, because she can get the grade on her knees, and then become the head of the department, it’s a pretty glaring signal that this is not a place for us.

He is. I’m pretty sure that’s why the Emo Kylo Ren twitter works so well for me. He sounds like every sullen teenager ever (including me).

Not cool. It’s amazing how clueless some people are about the amount of time and the cost of materials that go into handmade stuff. The other day, I was wearing a hat and mitten set I’d made for myself (intricate pattern, fingering weight merino/silk blend), and an aquaintance saw them and remarked that he should…

I can’t remember which critic/writer it was, but I read a piece where one person was saying that it was a brilliant work of art, but it was unlikely to do well commercially because it wasn’t made for a white audience. It’s a film that more or less assumes that you know who all of the major black members of the…

If you want virtual hugs from a stranger on the internet, I’ll offer them. I’m so sorry you had to go through that.

I completely agree that it’s creepy A.F. to ship Kildare/Jones or to view him as anything other than a horrifying villain, but I can see how for some, people, he will always be the Doctor no matter what he does.

To be fair, the DW publicity people actually encouraged that kind of blending of Tennant and the Doctor pretty agressively. I can remember several interviews and clips where they had Tennant talking about “What do you mean play the Doctor? I am the Doctor.” It fit in well with all of the stuff about him having been a…

Probably. 10 wasn’t my favourite Doctor, but I did like him. There are times when Kilgrave is being flippant, or trying to turn on the charm that I see flashes of Ten. I find myself thinking for a second “Oh, he can’t be all bad...” and then I realize what I’m actually seeing, and I’m horrified.

I don’t want to give the original poster any more credit by responding directly, but anyone who starts their input into a discussion about discrimination in the workplace with “We need women to stop whining” might not be the kind of person who most women feel comfortable coming to with their stories of sexist…

One of the huge things you can do to be helpful is call out your other male colleauges on their bullshit. If people are making sexist jokes or assumptions, call them out on it. They’re far more likely to actually pay attention to that kind of criticism coming from another man (or a white person, in the case of racial…

The NYT now has a mini crossword. I’ve found it really helpful in getting me back into the habit of crosswords. It usually takes me somewhere between 30s and 5min to do. I’ve gotten into the habit of doing it when my alarm goes off in the morning before I get out of bed. It seems to help me actually wake up.

I’ve gotten that question from anti-choice types as well. They’re generally nonplussed that my response is “Well, I would have been left motherless as a toddler, and my little brother wouldn’t exist if she hadn’t had access to safe and legal abortion, so I’m pretty cool with it. If she’d had the same complications…

I’m not sure if it’s self-care or a coping mechanism for me, but walking.

This is the worst. There do seem to be a certain subset of people who think that reading in public is a desperate plea for someone to come and talk to you and save you from this horrible bordem. I used to commute by bus, and people would somehow think that the fact that I had my face buried in a book, with headphones…

This. I’ve developed a nightime ritual of knitting and hanging out with my cats while I watch The Daily Show and the Nightly Show, followed by getting into bed and reading or meditating for half an hour. I’ve found I can handle most things if I can keep space for that routine. It’s when things get disrupted enough…

My interest is piqued. Once this season hits Netflix, I’ll be sure to check it out.

It is absolutely terrible. Usually, if you have the medications in the original packaging, with the pharmacy sticker containing a scrip# on it, that’s considered a copy of the precription. The trouble comes if you are traveling with a a daily pill container, or something like that. Mind you, that’s generally only an…

Me too! If they could get rid of Hewett and either Thomas Gibson or the guy who plays Rossi and bring back her and Jeanne Tripplehorn, I’d keep watching that show forever.

This sounds right to me. It agrees with my mental block that leaves me convinced that 1996 was about 10 years ago.

Will I be thrown in jail for using an almond in place of the plastic baby Jesus because I’m not big on the idea of baking plastic?