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Lazy Saturday Browsing · Nov 29, 12:20 PM

The Gators go up against FSU in a few hours. It’s a classic rivalry worth joining, even outside the context of a possible three-way SEC tie to be decided by the inhuman BCS polls. I browse away the pre-game hours in front of an aging PIII with a monitor so small I get confused pity from my roommates in my ugly blue hiking fleece because it “Feels Like 39°F.”

Women are (in general) divided into those who are encouraged to be vain, and those who (because they can’t meet cliched, conformist understandings of beauty) are encouraged to hold themselves in contempt. Meanwhile, guys are divided into those who are encouraged to be lustful, and those who (because they can’t or don’t “get girls”) are similarly encouraged to hold themselves in contempt. [ full post ]

I’ve been happily slogging through the archives of Eve Tushnet’s blog.

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