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[Lobstergirl, el principe]

[Laurin]

Trying to comprehend what happened in my art history class today. This girl had been vomiting in class for a couple of weeks. No one was really sure why. Today, the teacher announces to the whole class that this girl is pregnant. Then, the whole class awkwardly clapped. It was some weird shit.

[Lobstergirl, el principe]

WTF. Is this the same teacher that did some weird shit before? Something sexist?

[Laurin]

Lobstergirl wrote: "WTF. Is this the same teacher that did some weird shit before? Something sexist?"

Yes, she's the one that made the comment about rape.

She asked the girl if it was ok to tell everyone. But she did it in front of the whole class, after saying that she had a big announcement to make. So basically there was no way for the girl to say no.

[Susan]

That teacher is a little out of control.

[Lobstergirl, el principe]

Yeah she needs to be reported. Two strikes.

[Félix]

That is weird.

[Laurin]

I plan on writing everything down on my teacher evaluation at the end of the semester.

From the way she talks, it sounds like she's a major player in the art history dept. So I don't know how effective reporting her would be.

[Jonathan]

This teacher you're describing reminds me of one that I had in high school and really detested, Laurin. I still have nightmares about her 25 years later.

[Laurin]

It just keeps getting more and more bizarre.

[Laurin]

Jonathan wrote: "This teacher you're describing reminds me of one that I had in high school and really detested, Laurin. I still have nightmares about her 25 years later."

Luckily she isn't like this every day. I'm just amazed that no one else has ever reported her. I can't imagine that this is new behavior.

[Susan]

I don't know how much credence I would give to her talks of self importance around school. They could be as bloated as some of her other ideas.

[Laurin]

I looked her up on the university website. Apparently she is a "special lecturer", and she's the curator of the visual resources.

[Susan]

I would tell you to not let someone make you feel too intimidated to speak up about something that does not sit well with you but I have let it happen to me in the past.

Do what you feel comfortable doing about the situation, Laurin. Trust your gut instinct.

[Lobstergirl, el principe]

It's entirely possible someone or multiple people have reported her before and nothing has been done about it. Entirely possible everyone in the department knows about her bad weird shit.

[Susan]

That, too.

[Laurin]

I guess I'm just afraid of rocking the boat for no real gain. I did that at my first college. I was being harassed and humiliated on a daily basis, by fellow students and even students employed by the university. When I spoke up, I was basically told to join a sorority and get over it.

[Lobstergirl, el principe]

Does your school have an ombudsman? That would be a good person to go talk to. Maybe the pregnant student would be willing to go with you. They keep everything confidential.

[Laurin]

I'm not sure. I'll look into it.

[Phil]

Just finished fantasy gaming. Catching up here, then to bed.

[evie]

Waiting for dinner.

[Cynthia]

Waiting for clarity.

[Jim]

I think that clarity may be habitually tardy.

[Cynthia]

Damn her.

[Phil]

 

 


 


 

 

 

[Phil]

^^^Clarity has arrived.

[Cynthia]

Jesus Clarity, where the hell were you? Getting your nails done? Having an aromatherapy session? You're late. You're always late, damnit.

Sorry. Are you mad at me? You look mad. I'm sorry, Clarity. No, you're right. You are always right.

[Félix]

I thought it was charity.

[Cynthia]

Nope.

[Phil]

Cynthia wrote: "Jesus Clarity, where the hell were you? Getting your nails done? Having an aromatherapy session? You're late. You're always late, damnit.

Sorry. Are you mad at me? You look mad. I'm sorry, Clarity..."

[Laurin]

Finishing

[Phil]

Whodunnit?

[Laurin]

(view spoiler)[The narrator, Dr. Sheppard (hide spoiler)]

[Phil]

Oooooh.

[evie]

Sleepy.

[Lobstergirl, el principe]

Reading an article about the "Large Labia Project," a "submission-based Tumblr." No, not going there. Not linking. Just reading with increasing horror.

[Susan]

Scary.

Glad to be home from the wedding we went to today.

[evie]

Susan wrote: "Scary.

Glad to be home from the wedding we went to today."

Oh dear.

[Susan]

It was fun but I really missed little today. I didn't see him all day. :(

[Phil]

::pictures Susan & hubs doing the chicken dance::

[Susan]

Ha! Not this time but I am not saying it has never been done.

[Carol]

It's the only dance that I know all the moves.

[Cynthia]

Carol, I bet you can do the Macarena. I did that at a few Bat Mitzvahs.

[Susan]

::Cringes::

I refuse to dance to the Macarena.

I will get down to the Hustle and the Cupid Shuffle.

[Cynthia]

Love the Hustle! Learned that at a Lutheran Youth Convention in New Orleans in 1976. Sigh. Those Lutheran boys were HOT.

[Félix]

That Cynthia.

[Cynthia]

Oh it was all above board. Chaste.

[Susan]

I went to a couple of church lock-ins at athletic clubs with a friend who invited me. Those church boys were movers.

[Cynthia]

Depends on the church. I probably told you about the Mormon dance I went to. I was 16 and wore a red dress. Every other girl there looked like Mary from Little House on the Prairie. The boys were afraid of me, the girls disgusted.

[Susan]

Scandalous! I never would have taken you for such a hussy. :) heehee.