A strong and horrifying commentary on a recent NYTimes article and the sleazy “reporter” who wrote it.
8 things some a$$#ole says in every debate about sexism
a female computer science major at Stanford discusses sexism
interesting discussion of what it’s like to be in a female pocket in a male-dominated field
Finding freedom in paris: African American women in the Jazz age
guess how I spent the last hour of my workday hint
Powerful and disturbing post by Academic Cog. This one deserves to go viral.
A windy city gal discusses confronting fear.
On the Boston winter. The comments provide a really good discussion about how this may not be a natural disaster so much as a politically created one.
One weird trick female animals use to control who gets them pregnant.
baby sea lions need help
Borderlands books sponsorships
things to replace shopping with
these are soooo true
the video at the end of this article is awesome. Hard to believe she’s only 25– she is tremendously talented. I wish I were that awesome at 25… or you know, now.
this is worth watching all of
valentines for academics
Grumpy Rumblings (of the formerly untenured) 
February 21, 2015 at 12:07 pm
I love how the big cat can’t keep from playing with the red discs.
February 21, 2015 at 1:36 pm
She thinks it’s ALL THE FUN FOR HER! Squee so cute.
February 21, 2015 at 3:23 pm
We just got this mailer from my institution stating that now we’ve got all kinds of additional options for our retirement investment funds, like lifecycle dealios and all kinds of equity and bond funds. Should I worry about any of that or just stick with the default, which is where I’m at now? (Sorry to derail, but you’re the only people I know who know jacke dicke about this shittio.)
February 21, 2015 at 4:25 pm
Depends on what company you’re using and what you’re currently invested in. Lifecycle funds are good if you want to just pick one date and not worry about rebalancing or figuring out when to change your stock/bond ratios. But they can be expensive depending on the company.
February 22, 2015 at 9:24 am
I just found out all of my retirement funds are a 403(b) in TIAA-CREF Lifecycle 2030 Fund – Institutional Class. Does that sound okay?
February 22, 2015 at 6:06 pm
That sounds great. You don’t have to think about them again until like 2030 now.
February 22, 2015 at 12:59 pm
It sounds ok to #2 — I have a lot of my funds in a similar dealio from the same company — but I also have a small pot of money in a more hand-balanced thing. I’m not sure what #1 would say about it all being in one place, but it’s a diversified place, so… #1?
February 23, 2015 at 5:32 am
Thanks!
February 23, 2015 at 3:01 pm
Why do people accept adjunct positions that pay so poorly? In some cases, they get paid better teaching high school students. I don’t understand?
February 23, 2015 at 3:02 pm
We don’t either, but that post seems to give a lot of insight into why.
February 23, 2015 at 5:01 pm
It just made me question it harder. Why sustain the abuse? Is the possibility of tenure REALLY that big of a deal? Is it really so much better than a normal job? And side question because I don’t really know the answer to this– are there some areas where research can be properly conducted as a side job? Like if you’re a high school social studies teacher can you do research on a humanities related field on the side? Or is that you won’t get published because you lack University affiliation? I work in the academic world but I don’t understand it since I’m not an academic myself.
February 23, 2015 at 5:02 pm
No, no it isn’t. But abused women often don’t leave marriages either.
People do get published without academic affiliation.
February 24, 2015 at 9:35 am
It makes me really sad.
February 24, 2015 at 10:03 am
Yeah.