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News

PoC News in America

Happy Black History Month, everyone! Here’s how you can help shut down the ignorant haters, just like John Boyega, or celebrate with the rest of the internet.

News

PoC News in America

This week, we were overwhelmed with cuteness by these pictures of John Boyega being force-choked by a mini-Vader, among other things.

News

PoC News in America

Everything happens when you have limited internet access for a week. We’ll get to the disaster that was the Oscars after some news.

This Week in Misogyny

This Week in Misogyny: Bad News and Terrible People

Post author By [E] Hillary
Post date Friday, May 2nd, 2014
4 Comments on This Week in Misogyny: Bad News and Terrible People

There was so much terribleness this week that y’all get a double dose of This Week in Misogyny! First up, we find out the latest news about the students who were kidnapped by extremists in Nigeria, wonder what the hell L’Oreal was thinking, and shake our fists at terrible people and gender essentialism. There’s a […]

Dispatches from Ladyblogland

Post author By [E] Sally Lawton
Post date Tuesday, April 8th, 2014
2 Comments on Dispatches from Ladyblogland

In which my dream to do a group Heathers-themed Halloween costume is validated, Anaïs Nin continues to fascinate, and people have feelings about leggings. Plus much more!

Tags anais nin, auto straddle, boobs, busty girl comics, diary, education, egg donation, entertainment weekly, feminizing, Heathers, Leggings, new inquiry, photography, racism, Slate, super worse, syreeta, the hair pin

This Week in Misogyny

This Week in Misogyny is One Big Pile of Shit

Post author By [E] Hillary
Post date Friday, March 28th, 2014
2 Comments on This Week in Misogyny is One Big Pile of Shit

Buckle up, everyone, it’s about to get rough up in here. Hobby Lobby went before the Supreme Court this week, so that could really suck if the court sides with them. Our new weekly list of terrible people is just ridiculous today, and schools are also being particularly shitty. But to balance that out, we […]

Education in America

Mis-Education

I have always been a proud supporter of public education. I started my teaching career in 1997 and I passionately believed that if we all continued to work together, we could make the world better for our children and teach them tolerance and acceptance. I believed that the best and most innovative learning environment was […]

Tags education, homeschooling, No Child Left Behind, opinion, parenting, schools

Gender

All Your Favorites Are Transphobic

Post author By Alyson
Post date Thursday, January 16th, 2014
2 Comments on All Your Favorites Are Transphobic

I am an avid Twitter user. I think it’s probably the best way that celebrities, random strangers, and peoples’ cats can communicate with one another. It’s a great promotion tool. It’s also an easy place for bigotry, intended or unintended to come out. This, unfortunately, leads to us finding out some of our favorite people […]

Tags education, Jon Stewart, Laverne Cox, nicholas stoller, problematic allies, stephen colbert, transgender, transphobia

Women In Academia

Adjunct Land: Why Didn’t I Think of That?

Post author By Natasha
Post date Wednesday, January 8th, 2014
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I tend not to respond to op-eds, columns, and blog posts about adjuncting. I’d never have time for anything else. But Charlotte Allen’s recent op-ed for the L.A. Times contains a worn argument that I can’t ignore anymore: “Don’t be an adjunct.”

Tags adjunct, adjunct professor, Charlotte Allen, college, education, high school, high school teaching, job, jobs, L.A. Times, teaching, teaching jobs, unemployment, university

Life

Start MOOCing about

These days I’m attending the University of Rice and the University of Michigan. Without ever leaving my chair. Let me tell you about Massive Online Open Courses (MOOCs).

Tags coursera, education, MOOC, self study, university

Perspectives

Broke And Overeducated

The other day, I noticed that I had an email waiting for me in my inbox titled, “Loan Management Made Easy” from Fedloan Servicing. Throughout my time in school, I have been successful in avoiding any messages, email or snail mail, that have to do with my student loans. Until this dreaded day.

Tags career, debt, education, graduate school, money

News

News in Asia

Welcome, welcome everyone. This week’s “News in Asia” is filled with the usual mix of good news and bad news and sometimes really awful news and sometimes some really awesome events. So let us begin…

Perspectives

Expat Ramblings: Schooling

Post author By Karo
Post date Tuesday, September 17th, 2013
7 Comments on Expat Ramblings: Schooling

My oldest started school this month. Apart from the obligatory first day pictures and updates on how well she’s settled in, this wouldn’t be a big thing, alas…