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Patty has a cold. :(

Also, Buffy and Angel? Not here yet.

Finished my WIAD story.

Can we talk about Lady Gaga's new video? Because I could. All day. Not only is it a response to a certain era of Madonna, but it also goes to a lot of strange, strange uncomfortable places, the fascist references in its physical language being close to the top of the list. It's incredibly cool, smart stuff. There needs to be a Gaga Studies Journal, that's all I'm saying.

From all of my friendslist to all of yours: liljacks_corner is a community that has been set up for fan creators to make G-rated stuff for an eight-year-old boy named Jack who has just lost his legs; one of the only things that cheers him up right now is Doctor Who. He's only seen the first two seasons of the New series. What's being requested is a story about a little boy, much like the one it's for, going on an adventure with the Doctor and Rose. Details at the community.

Ready to start hollering? Daring to discuss women in science.

The Century Athletic Club.

New York now has an AllStaints Spitalfields.

Does anyone know more about this: is Judy Shepard's book homophobic? Accusations vague, scenario murky. Bwah? Anyone read it?

Didn't know this: Stephanie Flores, the Peruvian woman van der Sloot has reportedly confessed to killing, was a lesbian.

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[rm.livejournal.com]

All of this, and it's not just the sciences. There's a reason I'm not getting back on line to do academia the way I'm supposed to, and it's not just because I'm an impatient sod. It's because the rules of the game are cruel and stacked and center on a sort of gender-policing I can neither pass nor endure.

I have heard male tenured professors say in one breath that their female students are always better than their male students and say in the next "if doesn't want to fuck me, why is she in my class?"

It's a big bucket of no thank you, and I admire the women in my life who are getting their PhDs from reasonably sane departments where they aren't being subjected to this sort of shit. But it's out there, and we all know it.

[heavenscalyx.livejournal.com]

I admire the women in my life who are getting their PhDs from reasonably sane departments where they aren't being subjected to this sort of shit.

Yes, this, exactly. My wife just got her PhD from a reasonably sane department and it was still maddening in many, many ways.

When I got my new job, with its generous tuition reimbursement for two major institutions in the area, the first words out of my parents' mouths: "Are you going back to get the PhD?" My response: "Oh, hell no."