she looks like a bratty fish

Yeesh, look, I get Mindy's point, but she has a gigantic chip on her shoulder when asked about anything about being a woman in her field or diversity. Sorry, if you're breaking barriers (which she IS) you're gonna get asked about it. You don't have to like it, but it seems kind of immature or unprofessional to lash…

Mindy's parents were never famous or connected like all of those people you listed. I mean don't get me wrong, "privilege," absolutely, but I don't see how she had "good connections" in the way that all of those others did.

Music should be free! Give away your art for free because it isn't worth anyone's money anyway! Get a real job, hippie!

You're at least "above average" smart, if you're a PhD. You might not be a genius, but you at least have a degree of knowledge on some subject or that surpasses what the average person knows about anything.

The wedding ring you mean? Most women wear their engagement rings every day in addition to the wedding band.

Sure ain't. I get what they're trying to say, but there seems to be this dichotomy that you are either a RING person or a SENSIBLE, FEMINIST, HOUSE person on Jez. If you can have both, why shouldn't you? And if you WANT both, you could probably find a way to make it happen within reason.

I take your point but suggest it does mean above average intelligence, though. There is a point where all the tenacity in the world can't bring you through to defense.

Maybe you can go into academia.

....people take their underwear off when trying on swimsuits?

Understandably shaken, Pauline asked to speak to a manager, who pulled her aside and gave her some hand sanitizer and a 30% off coupon. No one took her name down, no one offered to follow up with her.

I was ABD and anxiety ridden. Now I am defended and more anxiety ridden because there are no jobs. The defense is not the party I wanted it to be. I could model sweat-soaked ugly interview suits right now?

What about those of us who are ABD? Do we get to model bracelets? AND ANXIETY?

Oh good, I was just reading an article on insidehighered.com about how there are no tenure-track jobs in academia anymore, and PhDs should be applying outside of academia. Fashion modeling seems like a much more high paying, stable and probably career track then getting a tenure-track position. *sigh*

Second, ANY intrusion into my personal space is not welcome and will be treated as such.

Cold-call telemarketers are dicks. Complaining that a receiver of cold-call telemarketing was a dick back to them is the height of hypocrisy.

In addition to the fact that all telemarketers are dicks by the fact that they are re-purposing our telephone service to solicit us, there is also the fact that the vast majority…

We are social creatures and have unwritten rules about how to interact.

Sorry, I take umbrage to the fact that fundraising is different. First of all, why is a place that is cash-poor spending money on something that AT BEST has a 4% conversion rate? That is wasteful spending.

The do-not-call list does not work for "You've won a cruise!" scams... which are the only telemarketing calls I get any more... suggestions?