“I think that relations between professors and grad students can be messy and not entirely boundable. Part of the problem is that those boundaries become eroticized. I don't think people are quite so managerial with their sexuality. By suggesting that sex can be successfully regulated, we're imposing stupidity on the issue.” PeopleThinkingProblemSexIssuesStudentsRelationStupiditySexualityBoundariesProfessorsMessyImposingSuggestingGrad Author:Laura Kipnis
“So exiled have even basic questions of freedom become from the political vocabulary that they sound musty and ridiculous, and vulnerable to the ultimate badge of shame-'That's so 60's!'-the entire decade having been mocked so effectively that social protest seems outlandish and 'so last century,' just another style excess like love beads and Nehru jackets. No, rebellion won't pose a problem for this social order.” ProblemSeemsLastsPoliticalOrderSocialSoundLove IsCenturyStyleUltimateShameDecadesRidiculousVulnerableProtestRebellionExcessVocabularyJacketsLike LoveBadgesSocial OrderBeadsOutlandishNehru Author:Laura Kipnis
