In the lived reality of my students, Medusa is a feminist icon. I have female students with Medusa tattoos, which they’ve explained to me, sometimes in private. I’ve been so startled by her popularity in my myth course that I’ve reduced the Perseus component of one class meeting to focus on her.

One part of this situation that is not being told is that cuts to the humanities at American universities are making it difficult to study Christianity in any kind of historical or objective form. It’s now impossible at my urban state-related institution

I’m 2 years younger than you. We’d just immigrated from England and I’ve been told I watched the Bernstein memorial concert on my father’s lap. But Bobby’s death is still pretty vivid in my memory, and I’ve come to think *his* death was the single most important death of my lifetime.

That’s truly bonkers. What did you ask to get that reply?

Don’t underestimate the wild card of referees (if an edited volume has them–a number don’t). The academic publishing industry has had severe problems since covid, especially with getting anyone to agree to read anything. Some ghost the editors after they agree. It’s driving editors nuts.

And he’s over 70, so that’s physically quite taxing, he doubtless doesn’t need the money, and so one imagines he thinks it’s really important to try to continue to mentor certain people. Here’s yet another example of why a retirement age for academics would be useful

East coast media bias

It was the annual Velvet Revolution concert, in memory of the wonderful events of 1989, when the future looked so bright. Fall of the Wall was one of the greatest days of my life

The decision to stop interviews at the convention was made before Covid started; my board term started in 2019. By then most institutions had ceased to hold interviews at the annual meeting and the remaining ones were usually not in bedrooms

Michael Putnam loved The Wind in the Willows.

I’d forgotten about that Cambyses story. Thanks. The craven life-appointed judges leapt out at me there more than the sexual desire of the mad tyrant!

and then transforms into David Tenant, who quotes George Lazenbee after the first scene of his only go at Bond: ‘this never happened to the other bloke.'

You can download the Audacy app and listen through your phone

In Philadelphia Duffy attacked our transit agency for not securing the funding the Republican-led PA senate is Hell-bent on denying it

My question is why do people care what actors think?