Talking Back to Conservatives About Title IX and Science
You all may be aware of the moronically stupid column by John Tierney that ran in the NY Times recently, an opinion piece disguised as reporting. I haven’t had a chance yet to give my own response to...
View ArticleNormative Heterosexuality In ScienceLand
Female Science Professor has a great Q&A post, So They Had To Hire A Woman. Here’s a sample: Question: So you’re going to get a Ph.D.? Couldn’t you find anyone to marry you? Answer 1: Why would I...
View ArticleWhen Women Get Together Outside The Kitchen, It Must Be To Plot Against Men
I love Ursula K. le Guin’s the Earthsea series, and recently finished reading the final novel, The Other Wind. Those who are familiar with the Earthsea books will know that among other topics, le Guin...
View ArticleConversations With Female Science Administrator
I have an acquaintance who works in what some of you professorial types jokingly refer to as the dark side – administration. Ha ha ha. Yeah, I was an administrator in academia myself, you know, and let...
View ArticleThings You Just Shouldn’t Say Even If You Mean Well
I’m speaking from experience, people, having had most of these lobbed at me one time or another. Please feel free to add to the list in the comments section. 1. “When is the baby due?” I’m not...
View ArticleYou May Be A Mansplainer If…
Mansplaining. We’ve all had to endure it, on the internets or IRL, so frequently we are often overwhelmed with the desire to hork up serious chunks on the mansplainer’s shoes. And yet, you can’t always...
View ArticleMen Who Cannot Follow Clear Directions From Women
I warned Jon, I did. D00d, that thread is for MOCKING MANSPLAINERS. Now, here I will repost Jon’s mis-directed comment. Zuskateers, you may feel free to read (warning: contains mansplaing) or skip...
View ArticleThe Thread That Keeps On Giving…
That mansplainer thread just won’t quit – it is the gift that keeps on giving. Well, if you can call continuing recitations of the endless ways women are constantly mansplained by the d00dly...
View ArticleYou Femsplainers Just See Sexism Everywhere
Over at the mansplaining thread, you can read literally hundreds of hilarious, annoying, frustrating, heartbreaking stories of how women are constantly subjected to intrusive, incessant, insensitive,...
View ArticleWhy Are You So Angry?
Thegoodman really, really wants to know. If you do not consider yourself a failure, that is great. Why then are you so angry about this situation? If it has worked out well for you, what is driving...
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