Quick Takes

Profs Warn Against Promoting the Work of Straight White Men

Posted by Mike LaChance on July 17, 2017 6 Comments

“white heteromasculinism”...

U. Kentucky Prof Calls Betsy DeVos a Powerful Handmaiden to the Patriarchy

Posted by Mike LaChance on July 17, 2017 8 Comments

“A powerful handmaiden to a hegemonic white supremacist"...

https://twitter.com/Caitlyn_Jenner/status/855586779490942976

Caitlyn Jenner Considering Run For Senate

Posted by Fuzzy Slippers on July 16, 2017 1 Comment

"I would look for a senatorial run”...

There Are No Safe Spaces for College Grads in the Business World

Posted by Mike LaChance on July 16, 2017 2 Comments

“They will have to adapt or perish”...

https://petapixel.com/2017/01/21/president-trumps-official-portrait/

Professor Reportedly Resigns After Being Accused of Harassing Pro-Trump Student

Posted by Mike LaChance on July 16, 2017 4 Comments

"He stared at me until I acknowledged what he was saying.”...

NYU Librarian Has ‘Fatigue’ from Presence of White People

Posted by Mike LaChance on July 16, 2017 18 Comments

"dealing with the micro- and macro-aggressions that inevitably occur"...

Wave of Acid Attacks Hits London

Posted by Fuzzy Slippers on July 15, 2017 3 Comments

"A growing trend that's seen the corrosive liquid become the weapon of choice for British attackers"...

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump and https://twitter.com/POTUS

Self-proclaimed “Intellectual” Claims Trump Blocking Her On Twitter Is Destroying Her Career

Posted by Fuzzy Slippers on July 15, 2017 6 Comments

You can't make this stuff up...

Will Ben Shapiro be Allowed to Speak at UC Berkeley?

Posted by Mike LaChance on July 15, 2017 0 Comments

“Ben Shapiro v. Berkeley”...

College Diversity Officers Make More Than Professors

Posted by Mike LaChance on July 15, 2017 0 Comments

"average of $175,088 per year is more than three times the average American’s salary of $44,980"...

Psych Profs Call Trump Mentally Unfit, Want Congress to End His Presidency

Posted by Mike LaChance on July 14, 2017 20 Comments

“alarming psychological instability”...

Columbia Settles Lawsuit With Student Accused by ‘Mattress Girl’

Posted by Mike LaChance on July 14, 2017 3 Comments

"Columbia’s investigation had found Nungesser not responsible"...

ACLU mistakenly posts most unfortunate tweet ever

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 14, 2017 5 Comments

Late last night a federal judge in Hawaii issued an Order scaling back the Trump administration's implementation of the Travel Order. The judge disagreed with the Trump administration as to who would be considered a “close familial relationship” under the Supreme Court's ruling. The Hawaii judge ruled that "grandparents, grandchildren, brothers-in-law, sisters-in-law, aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews, and cousins" would fall under that category, and thus be excluded from Travel Order bar to entry. The ACLU celebrated early this morning with a *most unfortunate* tweet: