Reading the comments on the Jezebel article would have yielded the response to the question about Facebook letting it exist so long: Facebook gets tons and tons of requests to report groups every day, so it's not surprising it would (posted to Australian students create "pro-rape" Facebook group)
I posted this comment on the Yes Means Yes article about the Lisa Miller column, but I wanted to post it here too: I do think she’s right in that a lot of college students are not having sex, and (posted to What We Missed )
Also, for those interested in hearing from the other side of the Harvard "abstinence battle", check out senior Lena Chen (of "Sex and the Ivy" fame) at http://thechicktionary.com/ (posted to What We Missed )
"chances are the majority of those 80% of college students who have had (posted to What We Missed )
Isn't the world of classical music/opera pretty classist too? As much as there have been people like Leonard Bernstein who tried to promote it to a less privileged audience, the fact remains that most people who can afford music lessons (posted to Racism and Sexism in Standardized Testing)
I agree, the expectation to know classical music and operatic terms are classist---that's why I brought it up, because I had that unfair advantage over someone who couldn't afford to pay for classical music lessons. (posted to Racism and Sexism in Standardized Testing)
That would be so awesome to have questions on bell hooks and feminism. Occasionally I've come across reading comprehension passages that deal with women's oppression. Sometimes I have to bite my tongue because I don't think it's accurate or don't (posted to Racism and Sexism in Standardized Testing)
Hmm, you raise some interesting points about differentiating discrimination between the PSAT/SAT and GRE. However, I disagree with you about what graduate students should know when going into grad school. Graduate school programs tend to be concentrated in one subject, (posted to Racism and Sexism in Standardized Testing)
I think alot of people are missing the major point of alot of these tests. It doesn't matter how relevant the subject matter is - what matters is can you LEARN something, remember, and do well on a test for (posted to Racism and Sexism in Standardized Testing)
