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January 11, 2010 - Uncategorized

Why I Wear Makeup to Readings

I go glam for all my readings. For my first, I wore pink, gold and green eye makeup, painted my…

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January 11, 2010January 11, 2010 - Uncategorized

Thinking About Age Differences, Relationships, and Academics

It’s a subject for whispers — a dirty academic secret. The TA really is making out with the student she recognized from suicide girls. The married, “monogamous” professor who hosts get-togethers at the home his wife keeps for him and his kids is slipping his own hors d’oeurves to the obnoxious boy who won’t shut up in class.

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