They have always misunderstood our heroines
A little late, but here’s the 2015 Feminist Killjoy Holiday Gift Guide. Smash the patriarchy, friends.
Another unwanted present...
Writing by appointment. It works!
Comics to read after lumberjanes
Anatomy of a muppet scene
How to parse political polls
In the comments last week someone mentioned controversy about the mindset research so I did some poking around the internet, and this post is lengthy but really well worth reading all the way through. It does a great job of pointing out how lab experiments can have multiple interpretations, as well as doing a good job discussing external validity. Also Alfie Kohn wrote this article which is more nuanced and reasoned than any Alfie Kohn thing I have ever seen (which is not saying much), but he makes some valid points without going off into his usual potentially harmful hyperbole (Maybe that “Alfie Kohn will destroy your kids” article got to him, or maybe Salon has good editors).
People who love to sleep
I wonder if he bought it from Cards against humanity
If you can’t find cold medicine that works…
I would totally watch that star trek episode
Grumpy Rumblings (of the formerly untenured) 
December 26, 2015 at 8:51 pm
Enjoyed the growth mindset article! I especially like the made up Alice/Bob/Carol chart which maps more or less exactly to my belief on the subject.
December 26, 2015 at 9:02 pm
Yeah, it seems really logical.
Which is a reason why I’ve stopped trying to be so careful about not telling the kids that they’re smart (or letting other people tell them they’re smart which is nigh impossible) and I’m focusing more on the “what matters is what you do with it” part. (And practice practice practice! Also enjoy! And learn!)