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Ads and Gender
In a recent New York Times Magazine article, Peggy Orenstein discusses advertisers’ discovery of “the sales potential in female pride.”She...
Chinese Contradictions
Recent statistics concerning flows of students from China and Chinese views about migration raise some interesting questions concerning the present...
Sexuality, Technology and Student Life
How is the young man who was in the room with Mr. Clementi doing? Thankfully, for him, we don't know...
What Duff Brenna Knows
Duff Brenna’s novels include The Book of Mamie, Too Cool, The Altar of the Body, The Law of Falling Bodies...
(What) Can You Read and Write?
Istanbul, Turkey As academics, we are expected to be doing two things on a regular basis: to read a lot...
What Gorillas Are We Missing?
Before you read this review of The Invisible Gorilla: And Other Ways Our Intuitions Deceive Us by Christopher F. Chabris...
Math Geek Mom: Sick Days
I recently taught a class in “linear programming”, in which a (linear) objective function is maximized subject to several constraints...
Exasperated Sigh
How do people with day jobs and school-aged kids write books?