Hmm. I don't think either my mother or sister go by Prof. I wonder why not.
I don't really have a security blanket... unless you count Mr. Pointy.
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Natter 66: Get Your Kicks.
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, pandas, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
§ ita § - Oct 11, 2010 10:40:27 am PDT #28938 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
megan walker - Oct 11, 2010 10:41:14 am PDT #28939 of 30001
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Note: I meant on letters and the like, not in person when introducing oneself.
Trudy Booth - Oct 11, 2010 10:43:33 am PDT #28940 of 30001
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
Their slogans included "You can never be too thin" and "Tastes as good as skinny feels." Now they're using "We're thin and stacked, so lose the old bag."
Is that really pro-anorexic though? Or just pro-skinny?
LOTS of people without eating disorders want to be skinny, take steps to be skinny (even drastic ones), say things like "you can't be too rich or too thin".
Eating disorders are a real problem. Pro-eating disorder websites are too. But not everything is a disorder.
brenda m - Oct 11, 2010 10:44:39 am PDT #28941 of 30001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Oh, is that what pro-ana means?
Trudy Booth - Oct 11, 2010 10:46:07 am PDT #28942 of 30001
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
Yeah. [link]
§ ita § - Oct 11, 2010 10:50:03 am PDT #28943 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Is that really pro-anorexic though? Or just pro-skinny?
They are used within the pro-ana community, so it's hard to extricate them from that. Sure, you can say you don't mean to be pro-ana when you say them in this particular context, but you're doing a bad job of knowing your market.
tommyrot - Oct 11, 2010 10:50:31 am PDT #28944 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
NoiseDesign - Oct 11, 2010 10:55:37 am PDT #28945 of 30001
Our wings are not tired
but all professors are generally doctors).
This is definitely not the case in all disciplines. I know in theatre departments there are plenty of Professors who are not Doctorates. In my field there isn't even a doctorate offered, I hold a terminal degree in Sound Design. There is also the fact that a large number of teachers in the arts hold an MFA of some description. It's unfortunate that an MFA is considered a masters level degree as the credit hours, time commitment and coursework is typically closer to a doctorate than to an MA.
Burrell - Oct 11, 2010 10:58:54 am PDT #28946 of 30001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
I'm sorry, but it's use of phrases like "tacky" "incorrect impression" and "trying to milk some kind of extra credibility" in relation to PhDs using their title that is bothering me here.
Teaching and research are perfectly credible professions on their own, and you can blame MDs for the misperception that Doctor = MD. Scholars used the title first.
Ugh, OK. I am going to have to leave off this conversation for now. I have students coming soon.
Trudy Booth - Oct 11, 2010 10:59:36 am PDT #28947 of 30001
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
They are used within the pro-ana community, so it's hard to extricate them from that.
But the pro-anas didn't invent these things, they lifted those phrases from let's say "regular" dieters who've been using them for years.
I'm not sure the pro-anas should get to have them.