The Academia Ghetto The very best thing I've ever read about affirmative action in science. Take their money and run! _
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09:19:56 AM, Wednesday 26 January 2011

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Role models are women who exist -- and are photographed often -- to make other women feel better about the fact that there aren't really enough of us anywhere, except in the lowest-paying jobs.

The most depressing thing about this is that it was written 20 years ago. Anna Quindlen's then 2 year old may well be graduating from college this year, into a world that hasn't changed all that much. _
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11:20:53 AM, Tuesday 25 January 2011

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The New Atheists' Narrow Worldview

I am not anti-atheist. Most of my best friends are atheists, quite literally. But I get so tired "The Four Horsemen" and of myself and a large proportion of the world simply being called dumb, without any consideration of anything else. In light of the recent holiday especially, I would always stand on the side of Rev. King against anybody who dared to call him dumb or say that his religion had contributed nothing to the world. _
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