As you have probably guessed, I’m administering a final exam and browsing through my blog roll. Here is another fascinating link:
Many readers were duly aghast when I highlighted this “call for applications” (we won’t call it a “job ad”), for a “non-stipendiary residency” at a feminist research center. I was upset about what is apparently a call this center makes (presumably with success) on an annual basis, for one very simple reason: It is advertising for scholars to come and work at this center in exchange for “networking,” “collaboration” and “prestige” instead of money.
Got it? A FEMINIST research center – wait, stay with it for a moment, a feminist center. Remember feminism? – is inviting women to work for free. Women – to work for free. A feminist research center. Makes total sense, that. ‘Cause feminism is all about getting women to do more uncompensated work.
What’s next, uncompensated teaching positions at the Department of African -American Studies? Or below-minimum-wage professorships at the Department of Hispanic Studies? Or the Department of Slavic Studies where professors provide sexual services to fund their research?
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People won’t be satisfied until you can hire academics on Task Rabbit or Fiverr and with the Rauner administration that day may not be far off. At least you might make five bucks.
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“People won’t be satisfied until you can hire academics on Task Rabbit or Fiverr and with the Rauner administration that day may not be far off. At least you might make five bucks.”
– Exactly. And then Rauner will purchase Fiverr, and everybody will be happy.
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Why am I suddenly imagining the Office of Handicapper General from Kurt Vonnegut’s “Harrison Bergeron”, complete with shotgun-wielding Handicapper General?
In other news, lead shot futures are going up … 🙂
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I know of people coming to places like MIT for several months for what is essentially an unpaid postdoc…
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If the word “feminist” wasn’t in the title, this would still be appalling but at least it wouldn’t rise to the level of being completely, bizarrely and offensively ridiculous.
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They just treat education/experience in any subject at a big-name place exactly the same way. In that sense there is no discrimination – everyone gets treated the same way, professional feminists, professional engineers, etc…
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Equality of lack of opportunity! 🙂
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Your last paragraph is the funniest thing I have ever read and maybe ever will be. I mean, sobbing-funny, social-injustice-rage-inducing funny, but funny nonetheless. ❤
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Thank you for bringing this to light because people begin to treat these things like they are completely normal.
Feminist slogan of the day: “To stop women from complaining about being paid less than men, let’s not pay them at all!” Yay, we have just defeated pay inequality!
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Can’t be “unequal” when it’s not there at all!
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I learned the word “non-stipendiary” today. Chilling.
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