juliana!

I don't remember when I last got to post with you, but I do know it was before you found both a place and a job, so a double Congratulations spiced with "Go you!" on top.

Huh. He got an office. I have no idea how he scored an office, but it's not a good office. It's an office one (namely me) would wonder how I could manage to turn down.

Office intrigue...

Thank you, Nilly! How are you?

My jealousy of Perkins is renewed.

In other news, I'm watching Transgeneration, this show about trans kids in college (pretty sure it's all college?), and this one dude is all worked up because Smith college isn't as supportive as he wants them to be. Dude. It's a women's college. You aren't a woman (anymore)! Of course it's an issue. You can't have it both ways. Says me.

Thanks for asking, juliana. Everything is the good kind of regular here, now that my students' exam is over. Oh, other than my umbrella attacking me this morning. I won.

The problem with putting out the garbage the night before is that we have lots of skunks and oppossums, not to mention squirrels and starlings and so on (and the odd rooster) in this little urban neighborhood, and since we're very good about recycling, most of our waste is food products.

And yes, the answer would be garbage cans with lids, only I've bought four of them over the years, and four of them have disappeared. Mostly, I hope, due to wind, but I know for sure one ended up thrown down onto the railroad tracks on the bridge just two houses down the street from me.

Plei, I am wearing the awesome fun jacket of happy today and thinking of you.

Keen!

We had heavy frost this morning. Each blade of grass on the manicured lawn next to the transit station looked like it was dipped in brushed silver. It was pretty nifty.

Theodosia, doesn't the city give you the garbage cans? I know around here, everyone gets the same style can to both cut back on the rodent problem in the alleys and also to make it easier for the garbagemen.

all worked up because Smith college isn't as supportive as he wants them to be. Dude. It's a women's college. You aren't a woman (anymore)! Of course it's an issue.

Believe it or not, this became a big deal a couple years ago. Smith revised its student guide to remove the "discriminatory" female pronoun and replace it with something neutral.

(I think Smith gets a lot of F-to-Ms, because of the lesbian crowd. When I was on campus, a small minority of the women dressed like men every day, although I don't know whether any of them were actively transitioning, or just trying out the role.)

Wellesley is supposed to be the transgender "safe space" school, but Smith has got a lot of reasons to work up a policy on this kind of thing (whether or not the policy ends up being altogether inclusive).

Smith revised its student guide to remove the "discriminatory" female pronoun and replace it with something neutral.

And it's not like they're kicking out these two guys, but still -- it seems pretty obvious why they wouldn't be promoting their school as a safe space for (even recent) men. The official policy says they only admit women, but once you're in, you get to stay in.